MIXNINE is an upcoming survival program airing in JTBC starting from 29th October.

Show producer Han Dong Chul (producer of Produce 101 S1 & S2) explained, "I conceptualized 'MIXNINE' while planning 'Produce 101 Season 1,'" and added, "I made a personal move to a different company, so the show is produced by YG Entertainment instead of CJ E&M, and will air on JTBC."

According to the producer, "MIXNINE" will feature approximately 400 male and female trainees. He shared, "The production staff met around 900 trainees from 100 agencies. There were those who were extremely talented. We thought that we had to show them to our viewers."

The producer also stated, "The show's rules could not be called the most fair in the world. There may be rules that make some viewers uncomfortable." He continued, "But all trainees will compete within the same rules, and the ranks will be evaluated fairly."

The general concept of "MIXNINE" is as follows: Of 400 participants, nine male trainees and nine female trainees will be selected to form a boy group and girl group respectively. The winning team between the two groups will debut after the final match.

In regards to the uniqueness of "MIXNINE" as an audition show, the producer answered, "Unlike most survival programs, we deal heavily with showing the participants before they join and also portraying the state of mind and intent they have for being on the program."

"MIXNINE" may also include trainees from major agencies including YG Entertainment. However, the co-producer of the program Yoo Sung Mo emphasized that no particular trainee will receive a privilege based on his or her agency.

After the program's finale, the future of the debut group from "MIXNINE" will be determined after gathering the opinions of each agency. The group's promotional period and management agency will be revealed in upcoming press conferences.

Moreover, the producer revealed, "We plan to release around 10 to 12 songs in collaboration with leading songwriters such as Kim Do Hoon."

"MIXNINE" is scheduled to air on Sundays at 4:50 p.m. KST starting from October 29.

via Soompi

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NOTES:

Another survival program 🙄

This show will air almost at the same time as The Unit, but this one's every Sunday while the other's every Saturday. Rest assured I will be actively updating for both shows at the same time in the following weeks.

Again, this book will contain profiles of the contestants, episode recaps, etc. although for the first 2-3 episodes of the show, I might just be able to update about the episode and nothing else as I have exams. Rest assured that after those weeks, I will be full-on active on updating this :))

Lastly, profiles will be written according to company, not per individual (like all my other "profile" books) as there are 400 contestants and that would make too many story parts (honestly though if they released more info about the trainees and not just their nAMES I would've actually bothered creating multiple books for this 😐😐)

Spam of updates coming in a sec:)