Chuang Asia: Season 2 (Chinese:创造营亚洲第二季; pinyin:chuàngzàoyíng yàzhōu dìèrjì), also known as Chuang Asia 2025, is a Chinese/Thai reality competition show by Tencent. It is the sixth entry to the Chuang franchise, an idol survival series originally based in China, and the second entry to the Chuang Asia series, following Chuang Asia: Thailand. It premiered on February 2, 2025, and air every Sunday at 16:50 (UTC+7) on WeTV.[1]
The show gathered sixty male trainees from nine countries to fight for a spot in the final boy group.
Promotion
On May 10, 2024, a month after the end of Chuang Asia: Thailand, it was announced that a second season of the series is in the work, featuring male trainees.[2] Application to audition for the show was opened on the same day, and ended on September 30.[3]
In October, photos of trainees that have passed the audition surfaced online, including Thai actors Ben Benjamin and Ole Thanakorn known from the series Caged Again (2024) and Monster Next Door (2024) respectively, Thai idol Peanut from the boy group The7, and participants of past idol shows: Smart from Laz Icon (2021), Champ from Project Alpha (2022), and Hu Yetao from Produce Camp 2021 (2021), the fourth entry to the Chuang franchise.[4]
On December 24, a teaser image was posted on Chuang Asia's social media pages, hinting at the identity of the show's mentors.[8] Two days later, leaked photos from the Chuang Asia: Season 2 set revealed that the show had begun filming.[9] Chinese dancer and Seventeen member The8, Taiwanese actress Ariel Lin, Chinese singer Tia Ray, Thai actress and model Yaya, Thai singer and Chuang Asia: Thailand mentor Jeff Satur, and Thai rapper and Got7 member BamBam were also seen arriving to the set.[9] All of them except Ariel Lin were later confirmed as the show's mentors on January 15, with The8 and BamBam additionally also serving as the show's producers. Ariel Lin was then announced as a guest mentor for the premiere episode.[10]
The show begins with the Grand Audition stage. The contestants are split into self-arranged groups, similarly to last season. This time, however, the contestants are graded individually. They are judged based on three criteria—vocals, dance, and visual—and are given a grade for each category The final grade is determined when the contestant receives two or three of the same grades, or to be determined by the producers BamBam and The8 if all three grades are different.
In the second half of episode 2, the contestants are introduced to the Theme Song Mission. The contestants are to perform the theme song "Skyline", and are judged based on one of the previous three criteria of their choice. Those who picked the 'Vocal' position had to sing through a headset, while those who chose the 'Visual' position had a camera focused on their facial expressions.
Episode 3 & 4: The First Public Stage
In the First Public Stage, the contestants are split into ten groups of six, with a pair of groups competing with each other. Within the team, the contestant with the highest vote will also be crowned the MVP.
The Centers for five of the teams were chosen from Class A by the trainees in Class B, C and F. The other five centers were chosen by each of the Class A members from Class B, C and F. The Center that the Class A trainee chose was the Center for their rival team. The choice of the songs were made based on the ranking of the contestants. Each center has to pick a different song. The other trainees chose in order of their class and ranking within their class.
After all the rounds, it was announced that all members of the winning team would get an added 1000 voting points as benefit. The MVPs of the winning team each got an additional 2000 points as benefit and Omar from team 'A' was determined as the MVP of MVPs and received an additional 3000 points as benefit. The MVPs of all ten teams are said to perform the theme song at "Thailand's Biggest Music Festival"
At the end of the fourth episode, trainees had a Q&A session with Lisa from Blackpink.
Contestants
Color key
Final members of the winning group
Contestants eliminated in the final episode
Contestants eliminated in the third elimination round
Contestants eliminated in the second elimination round
Contestants eliminated in the first elimination round
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