survival shows
all of the survival shows i watched or want to watch. this list includes shows from the countries South Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, Philippines. a little comment about each one + my favourite contestants
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1. UNDER19
Korean TV Show - 2018, 14 episodes
- a little different concept for a survival show
- your current favourite idols all participated in it
- faves: yongha, jungwoo, siyoung, jinseok, doyeom, byeonghee, taekhyeon, sungwon
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2. Produce X 101
Korean TV Show - 2019, 12 episodes
- amazing concept misson songs
- thankful for x1's disbandment because solo stans were too toxic
- faves: wooseok and jinhyuk (u10t), byungchan and seungwoo (victon), hyeop, dongpyo, sihun
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3. Stars Awakening
Korean TV Show - 2022, 12 episodes
- includes singers and songwriters, not only idols
- some of the best stages you will ever encounter (love me right retro version forever in my heart)
- faves: soomin, jonghan, sion, guman, park hyun, junhyeok, pureum, haewon
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4. 789 Survival
Thai TV Show - 2023, 12 episodes
- one of the few survival shows that i would actually recommend
- very wholesome and heartwarming, all trainees feel like one big family (prepare tissues)
- faves: phutatchai, alan, min, jinwook, apo, heart, obo aka EVERYONE
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5. Boys Planet
Korean TV Show - 2023, 12 episodes
- this survival show has changed lives
- gang is the best stage on the show; the girls who get it, get it
- faves: junhyeon, gunwook, taerae, kamden, dongyeol and hwanhee (u10t), yedam, haruto, takuto
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6. My Teenage Boy: Fantasy Boys
Korean TV Show - 2023, 11 episodes
- shocking ranking changes
- a trainee named ksoul lied about his age on 3 different occasions (warning: he is also kinda problematic and hella annoying)
- faves: hanbin, minseo, jaemin, taeseon, hikaru, myeongjae, hyeonggun
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7. Produce 101 Japan
Japanese TV Show - 2019, 12 episodes
- i would rewatch and that says a lot about a survival show
- to this day i have no idea what happened to the halo members
- faves: yonasho, ryuji, ryuta, HALO, takeru, junki, koshin, tsurubo shion, yoshiki, yugo
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8. Produce 101 Japan Season 2
Japanese TV Show - 2021, 10 episodes
- the covid survival show
- dxteen members participated which automatically makes it great
- faves: takumi (ilysm), koshin, nalu, rihito, mori, fengfan, koki
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9. Produce 101 Japan the Girls
Japanese TV Show - 2023, 11 episodes
- i thoroughly enjoyed it
- the original songs from this show are on replay on my spotify WHO MADE THEM SO GOOD
- faves: momoka, kokoro, miu, hina, ranka, keiko
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10. Loud
Korean TV Show - 2021, 15 episodes
- a jyp x pnation survival show except jyp never ended up debuting a group
- very talented trainees but a disappointing outcome
- faves: all of tnx especially taehun and eunhwi, gyehun (in jyp's basement somewhere), sihyun, yedam, minseong
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11. Seven Stars
Thai TV Show - 2022, 12 episodes
- a survival show on a budget
- no idea what is happening with newkidd (btw stream get loose)
- faves: guitar, toy, pods, b
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12. Dream Maker
Filipino TV Show - 2022, 26 episodes
- one of the songs performed on this show was Da Coconut Nut (it was great)
- extremely rewatchable
- faves: wilson, asi, drei, neil, vinci, thad, josh L
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13. Idol School
Korean TV Show - 2017, 11 episodes
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14. Idol Producer
Chinese TV Show - 2018, 12 episodes
- where it all started
- legendary
- faves: all of NEX7 especially quanzhe, all of Awaken-F. zhangjing, didi, yanchen, dinghao
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15. Youth with You
Chinese TV Show - 2019, 12 episodes
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16. Youth with You Season 2
Chinese TV Show - 2020, 24 episodes
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17. Youth with You Season 3
Chinese TV Show - 2021, 22 episodes
- last episode never aired
- last survival show before they got banned in china
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18. Produce Camp 2019
Chinese TV Show - 2019, 10 episodes
- reason #1 why you should watch this show: zzn
- reason #2: fireman and transform
- faves: zhou zhennan, lu siheng, zhao lei
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19. Produce Camp 2020
Chinese TV Show - 2020, 10 episodes
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20. Produce Camp 2021
Chinese TV Show - 2021, 10 episodes
- pretend that ak lz doesn't exist and you are good
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21. ALL FOR ONE
Chinese TV Show - 2019, 10 episodes
- this is where my history with chinese survival shows started
- the concept is very different but i must say this show had some of the craziest jaw-dropping performances (naicha's group devoured)
- faves: fanfan and his entire group, huadi, xunlun, jacob, wang di, pinlin, aj, haolian
- btw the fans of this show were SO SCAMMED (the 2 groups that came out of it never even promoted together basically)
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22. R U Next?
Korean TV Show - 2023, 10 episodes
- the chanelle hype is there for a reason
- good participants but overall a bad show
- faves: chanelle, minju, jiwoo, moa, jongeun
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23. NCT Universe: Lastart
Korean TV Show - 2023, 8 episodes
- nct: the survival show
- the best trainee is in the debut lineup but he never ends up actually debuting
- faves: jungmin, ryu
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24. Nizi Project
Japanese TV Show - 2020, 10 episodes
- jypapi is a hater AGAIN but what's new
- sometimes it's boring to watch but i really like the trainees
- faves: nina, maya, akari, riku, rio, miihi
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25. Nizi Project Part 2
Japanese TV Show - 2020, 10 episodes
- the debuted group is really good tbh i have to give it to jypapi
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26. Nizi Project Season 2: Part 1
Japanese TV Show - 2023, 10 episodes
- jypapi is being a hater here
- funny af i laughed a lot tbh, everyone is so funny
- faves: yuu, ken, yuhi, sodai
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27. Nizi Project Season 2: Part 2
Japanese TV Show - 2023, 10 episodes
- continuation of part 1
- everyone is suddenly so good??
- the debuted group is amazing
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28. Chuang Asia Thailand
Chinese TV Show - 2024, 10 episodes
- an abomination of a show, might be the worst i have ever seen
- try not to cringe every 2 minutes challenge impossible
- faves: all of CSR, akina, wang ke, xueyao, praew, liliana li
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29. Chuang Asia Season 2
Chinese TV Show - 2025, 10 episodes
- way better than s1 thank god
- rankings are infuriating
- faves: david, kk, omar, koshin, maison b, racebace
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30. I-LAND Season 2: N/a
Korean TV Show - 2024, 11 episodes
- this is supposed to be the 2nd season of i-land but the group isn't even debuting in hybe so??? it's a collab show between wakeone and yg
- half of the participants probably got traumatised by this show cuz like why are they getting so much hate from the mentors
- faves: sujung, mai, yuju, jeemin, gyuri
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31. Make Mate 1
Korean TV Show - 2024, 10 episodes
- honestly? 3 episodes in and i already know every participant very well
- faves: junpyo, yuseop, yundeok, gihyeon, miraku, minjae
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32. Asia Super Young
Hong Kong TV Show - 2023, 15 episodes
- WE ARE SO BACK
- outstanding participants that create outstanding stages
- faves: quanzhe, liang shiyu (all of BOYHOOD), all of ENONE (yitian <3)
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33. Mission×2
Japanese TV Show - 2023, 12 episodes
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34. Extreme Debut: Wild Idol
Korean TV Show - 2021, 13 episodes
- survival show in the literal sense (not really but kinda)
- problematic for a lot of people but it's actually one of my favourite shows unironically, it's so good
- faves: sunghyuk, gunwook, changsun, taehoon, jaejun, ayno, kangmin, trainee 14 (na kamden), jaechan
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35. &Audition: The Howling
Japanese TV Show - 2022, 8 episodes
- faves: fuma, gaku
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36. We Are Young
Chinese TV Show - 2020, 10 episodes
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37. Next Girlz
Taiwanese TV Show - 2023, 12 episodes
- this is a survival show between already established groups a little similar to all for one
- every episode is new stages with new songs and the groups shuffle their members
- faves: babymint
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38. No No Girls
Japanese TV Show - 2024, 16 episodes
- chanmina's survival show
- unique contestants
- faves: momoka, naoko
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39. Debut's Plan
Korean TV Show - 2025, 10 episodes
- this show could've cimented itself as one of the absolute best of all survival shows if they had a lineup that made any sense at all
- no literally the lineup is so atrociously bad
- faves: kyuhyun, yonghoon, jiyong, jo minjae, bomin, taegeon, wonbin
- context for the lineup: not a single non-korean made it; jiyong who carried the entire show didn't debut either (apparently because knetz didn't like his visuals); a problematic trainee was in the lineup and had to leave after the finale (he was last in popularity vote)
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40. Universe League
Korean TV Show - 2024, 10 episodes
- the concept is very different and fun
- good participants, good stages, almost no eliminations, good mentors, great debut lineup i loved this experience
- faves: team groove <3, park han, juwon, joohyung, kyung ho, kairi, jeong woo, kenta, jiang fan, he junjin
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41. Starlight Boys
Korean TV Show - 2024, 10 episodes
- so uhhh this show has actual torture in it
- there's this one debut member that i didn't even know existed until they literally announced him I CANNOT MAKE THIS SHIT UP who tf is xu shihuan
- faves: bae173, fantasy boys, shao ziheng, han jeongwoo, dxx, liu guanyou, junhyuk, xilong
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42. Project 7
Korean TV Show - 2024, 12 episodes
- the debuted group literally has like 1 vocalist, the lineup is atrocious
- visuals over talent
- faves: ahn junwon, lee hanbin, kang minseo, sihun, junseo, minwook, kenshin, abe yura, kang hyunwoo, kim hyunwoo, nam jiwoon
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43. Oen-High: The Starting Line of Dreams
Japanese TV Show - 2025, 8 episodes
- i hate the judges so much
- this show doesn't serve any purpose besides torturing gaku
- faves: gaku, yuju, kyosuke, shin
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44. B:My Boyz
Korean TV Show - 2025, 11 episodes
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45. Build Up: Vocal Boy Group Survivor
Korean TV Show - 2024, 10 episodes
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46. Peak Time
Korean TV Show - 2023, 11 episodes
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47. Boys II Planet
Korean TV Show - 2025, 13 episodes
- crickets
- does anybody even like this show
- faves: andrew han, vrvr, harry june, boystory, lee hyeop, junseo, jiang fan
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48. The Last Piece
Japanese TV Show - 2025, 13 episodes
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49. Fan Pick
Korean TV Show - 2023, 8 episodes
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50. World Klass
Korean TV Show - 2019, 10 episodes
- i remember it being soooo difficult to find the episodes for this show