Starlight Boys

Starlight Boys
Starring	Lee Sung Kyoung Lee Seung Gi Daesung Choi Youngjoon Hanhae Kwon Eun Bi Hui Eric Yoon
Release
Original network	iQIYI
Original release	October 26 (2024-10-26) – December 28, 2024 (2024-12-28)

Starlight Boys (Korean: 스타라이트보이즈; Chinese: 星光闪耀的少年), previously known as Youth With You International, is a South Korean-Chinese survival show that premiered on iQIYI and SBS on October 26, 2024.

The program follows the story of 69 contestants who will participate to debut in a 9-member boy group. ^{[1] [2]}

Mentors

The series was presented by Lee Sung Kyoung. Other artists featured as cast members:

• Lee Seung Gi
• Daesung
• Choi Youngjoon
• Hanhae
• Kwon Eun Bi
• Hui
• Eric
• Yoon

Contestants

Color key

•   Top 9 of the week
•   Final members of Polarix
•   Eliminated in the Final Episode
•   Eliminated in the Second Elimination
•   Eliminated in the First Elimination
•   Eliminated after the Signal Song Mission
•   Left the show

Company	Name	Nationality	Age	Guiders' evaluation				Rankings
				Ep. 1–2 [a]		Re-test [b]		Ep. 2 [c]	Ep. 3 [d]	Ep. 5		Ep. 6 [e]	Ep. 7 [f]	Ep. 9		Ep. 10		Final
				#	1st	#	2nd	#	#	#	Votes	#	#	#	Votes	#	Votes
Top Class Entertainment (托璞司娱乐)	Bian Shiyu (비엔쓰위) [i]	China	18	47		46		35	39	Not Shown		Eliminated
Ningbo Huajieyu Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd	Cai Chengyuan (카이청위안)	China	23	57		52		27	42	Not Shown		Eliminated
Yue Kai Entertainment	Chen Xuanyou (천쉬안유)	China	19	14		20		26	30	32	168,328	34	32	Not Shown		Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Choi Jun-ho (최준호) [ii]	South Korea	22	31		32		28	36	37	129,344	Eliminated
Mustation Entertainment	CongB (콩비) [iii]	Vietnam	23	10		27		12	11	13	539,466	17	13	13	833,340	Not Shown		Eliminated
PocketDol Studio (포켓돌스튜디오)	Do-ha (규민) [iv] [v]	South Korea	20	43		13		11	16	22	354,888	21	22	15	781,206	Not Shown		Eliminated
M-Nation	Duan Xingxing (두안싱싱) [vi]	China	26	4		8		6	6	6	1,054,784	8	9	8	1,070,680	11	Not Shown	Eliminated
FirstOne Entertainment (퍼스트원)	Eden (이든) [vii]	South Korea	26	44		30		29	37	36	132,442	27	26	17	597,296	Not Shown		Eliminated
Stardust Entertainment (砾子星尘文化传媒有限公司)	Float (플로트) [viii] [ix]	Thailand	21	62		Not Shown		Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Gun-woo (건우) [x]	South Korea	22	41		38		42	45	38	Not Shown	Eliminated
PocketDol Studio (포켓돌스튜디오)	Han-gyul (한결) [iv] [xi] [xii] [xiii] [xiv]	South Korea	24	50		35		4	4	4	1,467,622	4	3	2	2,989,467	6	676,040	6
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Han Jeong-woo (한정우) [xv]	South Korea	23	13		6		15	17	21	360,664	19	23	Not Shown		Eliminated
	Han Tae-i (한태이)	South Korea	20	53		48		55	54	Not Shown		Eliminated
Stardust Entertainment (砾子星尘文化传媒有限公司)	He Xilong (허시롱) [viii]	China	24	28		22		9	10	11	609,883	18	11	11	863,604	Not Shown		Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Hijiri (히지리) [xvi]	Japan	21	7		36		54	53	Not Shown		Eliminated
KISS Entertainment (キッス・エンタテインメント)	Hikari (히카리) [xvii]	Japan	22	45		14		23	26	26	271,049	14	20	19	522,104	Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Hoang Phan (호앙판) [xviii]	Vietnam	23	55		Not Shown		Eliminated
PocketDol Studio (포켓돌스튜디오)	Hong Sung-min (홍성민) [xvii] [xix]	South Korea	20	23		3		18	12	12	593,570	11	10	7	1,080,796	12	Not Shown	Eliminated
JS Entertainment (제이에스엔터테인먼트)	Hou Jiaen (허우지아언)	China	19	58		Not Shown		Eliminated
Qin's Entertainment (坤音娱乐)	Huang Jialiang (후앙지아량) [xx]	China	20	38		21		45	41	Not Shown		Eliminated
JS Entertainment (제이에스엔터테인먼트)	Huang Pengfeng (후앙펑펑)	China	18	66		Not Shown		Eliminated
Yuxiao Media	Ivan (아이반) [xxi]	Malaysia	23	22		54		22	23	24	313,213	23	24	Not Shown		Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Jae-min (재민) [xix]	South Korea	21	56		53		44	46	Not Shown		Eliminated
	Jeon Min-gyu (전민규)	South Korea	18	69		51		53	55	Not Shown		Eliminated
	Jung Hae-sung (정해성)	South Korea	22	49		28		46	48	Not Shown		Eliminated
RS Music (개인 연습생)	Kad (카드) [xxii] [xxiii] [xxiv]	Thailand	26	24		Not Shown		Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Kwak Gun (곽건) [xxv]	South Korea	23	37		19		52	51	Not Shown		Eliminated
TOV Entertainment (엔터테인먼트)	Ke Mingkai (크어밍카이) [xxvi]	China	23	35		45		41	29	29	239,188	36	36	Not Shown		Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Kim Seon-jae (김선재)	South Korea	21	36		31		38	44	Not Shown		Eliminated
KPlus (케이플러스)	Kim Seong-ju (김성주)	South Korea	17	21		49		36	40	Not Shown		Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Kingston Wong (킹스톤웡) [xxvii]	Malaysia	19	16		29		34	32	33	158,417	30	29	Not Shown		Eliminated
	Kris (크리스) [xxviii] [xxix]	Thailand	21	27		16		24	28	34	152,399	32	34	Not Shown		Eliminated
	Lee Da-eul (이다을) [iii]	South Korea	20	46		56		8	8	10	646,101	20	18	14	793,180	9	277,835	9
	Lee Jun-hyuk (이준혁) [xiii] [xxx]	South Korea	24	5		23		7	7	7	946,089	7	6	3	1,737,708	2	1,532,218	2
TOV Entertainment (엔터테인먼트)	Li Shengjun (리성준) [xxvi]	China	21	59		Not Shown		Eliminated
PocketDol Studio (포켓돌스튜디오)	Ling Qi (링치) [xvii] [xxxi] [xix] [xxxii] [xxxiii]	China	22	15		15		17	19	18	382,484	24	19	18	578,255	Not Shown		Eliminated
The Line Star Entertainment	Luo Junwei (루어쥔웨이) [xxxiv]	China	22	48		40		51	52	Not Shown		Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Michael Wu (마이클우)	Canada	21	18		7		48	35	31	197,085	10	21	Not Shown		Eliminated
PocketDol Studio (포켓돌스튜디오)	Min-jae (민재) [iv]	South Korea	20	40		9		10	9	9	650,397	13	16	16	639,556	Not Shown		Eliminated
TNK Entertainment (TNK 엔터테인먼트)	Nam Son (남손) [xxxv] [xxxvi]	Vietnam	17	54		41		40	31	28	249,662	28	25	Not Shown		Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Ngan Chau Yuet (응안차우유엣)	Hong Kong	22	63		Not Shown		Eliminated
Insight Entertainment (อินไซท์ เอ็นเตอร์เทนเมนต์)	Park Si-woo (박시우) [xxxvii] [v] [xiii]	South Korea	23	51		37		47	49	Not Shown		Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Park Yeon-wook (박연욱)	South Korea	22	68		33		56	56	Not Shown		Eliminated
Insight Entertainment (อินไซท์ เอ็นเตอร์เทนเมนต์)	Pentor (펜떠) [xxxviii] [xxxix]	Thailand	25	2		11		5	5	5	1,269,590	6	8	4	1,307,081	5	693,895	5
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Phoom (품)	Thailand	23	30		44		30	33	35	150,969	26	28	Not Shown		Eliminated
	Pong (퐁) [xl]	Laos	22	39		47		37	34	30	216,669	33	33	Not Shown		Eliminated
	Rex (렉스)	China	26	12		Not Shown		Eliminated
	Rin (린) [xli]	Japan	22	25		34		43	43	Not Shown		Eliminated
	Ryou Kaito (료카이토)	Japan	23	29		Not Shown		Eliminated
Warner Music China (华纳音乐中国)	Shao Ziheng (샤오쯔헝)	China	20	1		2		3	3	3	1,740,809	2	1	1	4,343,933	1	2,144,491	1
TOV Entertainment (엔터테인먼트)	Sheng Qi (셩치) [xxvi]	China	21	32		5		39	27	25	272,585	12	17	20	Not Shown	Eliminated
JS Entertainment (제이에스엔터테인먼트)	Sun Jiayang (쑨지아양)	China	18	60		25		25	20	19	369,877	29	30	Not Shown		Eliminated
Laoyu Vision Company	Sun Yinghao (쑨잉하오) [vi]	China	24	8		12		2	2	2	1,878,149	3	4	Left the show
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Syo (쇼)	Japan	24	26		17		19	24	27	263,620	31	31	Not Shown		Eliminated
RS Music (개인 연습생)	Vexter (벡터)	Thailand	22	9		Not Shown		Eliminated
Joy Together	Wang Kun (왕쿤) [xviii]	China	18	51		4		16	18	17	393,353	25	27	Not Shown		Eliminated
UN24	Xin Che (신처)	China	18	33		55		20	25	23	333,712	22	12	9	954,638	4	882,415	4
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Xu Shihuan (허세환)	China	24	42		39		31	14	14	482,842	35	35	6	1,082,589	3	1,431,896	3
Bluedot Entertainment (블루닷 엔터테인먼트)	Yang Dong-hwa (양동화) [xlii]	South Korea	21	6		10		32	22	16	404,184	9	7	5	1,284,062	8	415,097	8
Insight Entertainment (อินไซท์ เอ็นเตอร์เทนเมนต์)	Yang Yan (양얜)	Singapore	23	17		50		49	47	Not Shown		Eliminated
Image Music	Yoo Gwan-woo (유관우) [vi]	Taiwan	22	11		1		1	1	1	2,628,744	1	2	Left the show
PocketDol Studio (포켓돌스튜디오)	Yoo-jun (유준) [iv]	South Korea	23	19		26		13	15	15	453,145	15	14	12	860,647	10	247,729	Eliminated
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Yoshi (요시)	Japan	18	20		18		50	50	Not Shown		Eliminated
Catwalk (凯渥经纪)	Zai (자이)	Taiwan	20	3		24		21	21	20	361,305	16	15	10	914,418	7	562,335	7
JS Entertainment (제이에스엔터테인먼트)	Zhang Hangyi (장항이)	China	19	67		Not Shown		Eliminated
PC Entertainment	Zhang Jijun (장지쥔) [xliii]	China	24	34		43		14	13	8	688,940	5	5	Left the show
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Zhang Jinghe (장징허)	China	20	65		42		33	38	Not Shown		Eliminated
	Zhao Jiayin (자오지아인)	China	21	52		Left the show
JS Entertainment (제이에스엔터테인먼트)	Zhu Enhao (주언하오)	China	17	64		Not Shown		Eliminated

Prior to Starlight Boys

Prior to Starlight Boys

1. Bian Shiyu is a member of trainee group TOPTEENS.
2. Choi Jun-ho was a contestant on Vocal Showdown.
3. CongB and Lee Daeul were contestants on Boys Planet .
4. Do-ha, Han-gyul, Min-jae, and Yoo-jun are members of BAE173 and as a group they were contestants in Peak Time .
5. Do-ha and Park Si-woo were contestants on Extreme Debut: Wild Idol.
6. Duan Xingxing, Sun Yinghao, and Yoo Gwan-woo are former members of IXForm and were contestants on Youth With You 3 .
7. Eden is a member of NINE.i.
8. Float and He Xilong are members of trainee group Stardust Boys.
9. Float is a former member of Hashtax.
10. Gun-woo is a former member of TFN.
11. Han-gyul is a former member of H&D.
12. Han-gyul is a former member of X1.
13. Han-gyul, Lee Jun-hyuk, and Park Si-woo were contestants on Produce X 101 .
14. Han-gyul was a contestant on The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project .
15. Han Jeong-woo is a former member of trainee group Odd One Out.
16. Hijiri is a member of Berave.
17. Hikari, Hong Sung-min, and Linq Qi are members of Fantasy Boys.
18. Hoang Phan and Wang Kun were contestants on Asia Super Young .
19. Hikari, Hong Sung-min, Jae-min, and Linq Qi were contestants on Fantasy Boys .
20. Huang Jialiang is a member of BC221.
21. Ivan is a member of Cheng Xin Ji Hua.
22. Kad is a former member of Superboy.
23. Kad is a former member of F2K.
24. Kad is a former member of Element.
25. Kawk Gun is a former member of 14U.
26. Ke Mingkai, Li Shengjun, and Sheng Qi are members of Youtove.
27. Kingston Wong was a contestant on King Maker V .
28. Kris was a contestant on To Be Number One Idol 11.
29. Kris was a contestant on 9low on top.
30. Lee Jun-hyuk is a former member of Mirae.
31. Ling Qi is a member of co-ed group A Six.
32. Ling Qi was a contestant on Idol Producer .
33. Ling Qi is a former member of X-Time.
34. Luo Junwei was a contestant on The Coming One 2.
35. Nam Son is a member of PICKUS.
36. Nam Son and Xu Shihuan were contestants on Fan Pick.
37. Park Si-woo is a former member of Blank2y.
38. Pentor is a former member of LAZ1.
39. Pentor was a contestant of LAZ iCON.
40. Pong was a contestant on Oishi Teen Idol 2.
41. Rin was a contestant on Loud .
42. Yang Dong-hwa was a contestant of The Origin – A, B, Or What? .
43. Zhang Jijun is a member of AGEBOY.

Missions

Level Test (Episode 1–2)

Key

All star
2 star
1 star
0 star

Color key

•   Polaris
•   "All-star" contestant who was eventually demoted to "2-star"

The Level Test involves the contestants performing individually or in teams and getting their individual performance evaluated by the guiders. After each performance, contestants could also evaluate each others' performances by voting. At the end of the Level Test, the contestant with the most votes, regardless of their grade, will be the "all-star" center, dubbed Polaris.

Bold team numbers are teams whose performances were partially or entirely unaired on broadcast. ^[g]

Star Level Test (1st evaluation results)

Performance			Team	Contestant	Evaluation		Performance			Team	Contestant	Evaluation
#	Original artist(s)	Song					#	Original artist(s)	Song
Episode 1							Episode 2
1	BTS	"Blood Sweat & Tears"	BTS	Ke Mingkai			14	Got7	"Hard Carry"	Avengers (어벤져스)	Chen Xuanyou
				Li Shengjun							Huang Jialiang
				Sheng Qi							Ivan
2	AB6IX	"Breathe"	ABMIX	Ryou Kaito							Michael Wu
				Syo							Zai
3	Treasure	"Darari"	Runway My Way	Kim Seong-ju			15	TVXQ	"Hug"	AI Visuals (AI 비주얼)	Xin Che
4	Ateez	"Crazy Form"	Triple Casting (트리플 캐스팅)	Choi Jun-ho			16	Treasure	"Jikjin"	Fantasy Boys (판타지 보이즈)	Hikari
				Han Jeong-woo							Hong Sung-min
				Kim Seon-jae							Ling Qi
5	Super Junior	"Black Suit"	Black Suit	Shao Ziheng			17	Chungha	"Gotta Go"	Unknown	Phoom
6	Beast	"Beautiful"	Super MZ	Hou Jiaen			18	Infinite	"Man In Love"	Unknown	Eden
				Huang Pengfeng							Gun-woo
				Sun Jiayang							Han Tae-i
				Zhang Hangyi			19	Stray Kids	"Case 143"	Unknown	Hijiri
				Zhu Enhao							Rin
7	2PM	"My House"	Before Anyone Else	Do-ha							Yoshi
				Han-gyul			20	ONF	"Bye My Monster"	Unknown	Jae-min
				Min-jae							Jung Hae-sung
				Yoo-jun							Kawk Gun
8	BigBang	"Fantastic Baby"	Star Kings (스타킹)	Rex			21	Infinite	"Be Mine"	Unknown	Kad
				Yang Yan							Vexter
				Zhang Jijun			22	Stray Kids	"Miroh"	Unknown	Bian Shiyu
9	Winner	"Really Really"	Flirty Boys (플러팅 보이즈)	Jeon Min-gyu							Hoang Phan
				Lee Da-eul							Luo Junwei
				Nam Son							Park Si-woo
				Park Yeon-wook			23	Cravity	"Groovy"	Unknown	Cai Chengyuan
10	Riize	"Love 119"	Shining Eyes	Float							Xu Shihuan
				He Xilong							Zhao Jiayin
				Ngan Chau Yuet			24	BTS	"Boy In Luv"	Unknown	CongB
				Wang Kun							Kingston Wong
				Zhang Jinghe							Pong
11	Monsta X	"Rush Hour"	Second Idol (두 번째 아이돌)	Lee Jun-hyuk			25	Kai	"Mmmh"	All Rounder (올라운더)	Yang Dong-hwa
12	SF9	"Good Guy"	N and S (N극과 S극)	Kris
				Pentor
13	Ateez	"Answer"	Last Dance (라스트 댄스)	Duan Xingxing
				Sun Yinghao
				Yoo Gwan-woo

All-Star Battle

Only eight seats were allotted for contestants receiving an "all-star" rating. Once all seats were filled, subsequent contestants receiving an "all-star" could challenge a current "all-star" contestant for their seat. Results were determined by the other contestants' votes. The winning contestant would keep their "all-star" rating, while the losing contestant would be demoted to "2-star".

Color key

•   Winning contestant, remained in all-star
•   Losing contestant, demoted to 2-star

Order	Challenger	Nominee
1	Yoo Gwan-woo	Han Jeong-woo
2	Sun Yinghao	Min-jae
3	Michael Wu	Han-gyul
4	Huang Jialiang	Duan Xingxing
5	Zai	Lee Jun-hyuk
6	Hong Sung-min	Sun Yinghao
7	Yang Dong-hwa	Sun Yinghao

Signal Song Survival Challenge (Episode 2)

Key

	Class maintained
	Class upgraded
	Class downgraded

The top row indicates the initial level assigned after the Level Placement Test, while the first column indicates the new level after the re-evaluation.

Re-evaluation Test (2nd evaluation results)

Before After	All star	2 star	1 star	0 star
All star	Duan Xingxing Michael Wu Shao Ziheng Wang Kun Yoo Gwan-woo	Han Jeong-woo Hong Sung-min Minjae	Sheng Qi	—
2 star	Pentor Yang Dong-hwa Zai	Chen Xuanyou Do-ha Kawk Gun Kris He Xilong Hikari Huang Jialiang Lee Jun-hyuk Ling Qi Sun Yinghao	Yoshi	Sun Jialiang Syo
1 star	—	CongB Han-gyul Kim Seon-jae Kingston Wong Nam Son Yoo-jun	Choi Jun-ho Eden Gun-woo Hijiri Jung Hae-sung Luo Junwei Park Si-woo Park Yeon-wook Rin Xu Shihuan	—
0 star	—	Ivan Pong	Bian Shiyu Cai Chengyuan Han Tae-i Jae-min Kim Seong-ju Lee Da-eul Phoom Xin Che	Jeon Min-gyu Ke Mingkai Yang Yan Zhang Jijun Zhang Jinghe
Eliminated	—	—	Float Hoang Phan Kad Ngan Chau Yuet Ryou Kaito Vexter	Hou Jiaen Huang Pengfeng Li Shengjun Rex Zhang Hangyi Zhu Enhao

K-Pop Generation Battle (Episode 3-4)

Color key

•   Winning Team
•   Polaris

K-Pop Generation Battle results

#	Performance			Contestant
	Original artist(s)	Song	Team Votes	Position	Name	Votes	Votes with bonus	Rank
1	Stray Kids	"Chk Chk Boom"	142	Main Vocal	Syo	20	5,020	26
				Sub Vocal 1	Kawk Gun	31	5,031	20
				Sub Vocal 2	Hikari	104	10,104	1
				Sub Vocal 3	Yoo-jun	103	5,103	2
				Sub Vocal 4	Yang Yan	27	5,027	22
				Sub Vocal 5	Michael Wu	47	5,047	17
	Ateez	"Guerilla"	33	Main Vocal	Choi Jun-ho	44	—	42
				Sub Vocal 1	Min-jae	61	—	35
				Sub Vocal 2	Chen Xuanyou	22	—	48
				Sub Vocal 3	Lee Da-eul	30	—	45
				Sub Vocal 4	Han Jeong-woo	12	—	54
				Sub Vocal 5	Lee Jun-hyuk	87	—	31
2	BTS	"Butter"	83	Main Vocal	Sheng Qi	22	—	48
				Sub Vocal 1	Xu Shihuan	35	—	43
				Sub Vocal 2	Luo Junwei	34	—	44
				Sub Vocal 3	Cai Chengyuan	26	—	46
				Sub Vocal 4	Pentor	53	—	38
				Sub Vocal 5	Eden	77	—	32
	NCT Dream	"Glitch Mode"	84	Main Vocal	Hijiri	19	5,019	27
				Sub Vocal 1	Gun-woo	62	5,062	11
				Sub Vocal 2	Kim Seon-jae	26	5,026	23
				Sub Vocal 3	Kris	10	5,010	29
				Sub Vocal 4	Wang Kun	63	5,063	10
				Sub Vocal 5	Xin Che	56	5,056	13
3	Riize	"Boom Boom Bass"	80	Main Vocal	Yoo Gwan-woo	98	5,098	3
				Sub Vocal 1	CongB	80	5,080	6
				Sub Vocal 2	Duan Xingxing	52	5,052	15
				Sub Vocal 3	Huang Jialiang	26	5,026	23
				Sub Vocal 4	Sun Yinghao	60	5,060	12
				Sub Vocal 5	Bian Shiyu	29	5,029	21
	Babymonster	"Sheesh"	77	Main Vocal	Rin	73	—	33
				Sub Vocal 1	Ivan	21	—	51
				Sub Vocal 2	Kingston Wong	21	—	51
				Sub Vocal 3	Zhang Jijun	46	—	41
				Sub Vocal 4	Sun Jiayang	94	—	30
4	Pentagon	"Shine"	27	Main Vocal	Park Yeon-wook	48	—	39
				Sub Vocal 1	Kim Seong-ju	12	—	54
				Sub Vocal 2	Jung Hae-sung	22	—	48
				Sub Vocal 3	Nam Son	9	—	56
				Sub Vocal 4	Zhang Jinghe	47	—	40
	Blackpink	"How You Like That"	141	Main Vocal	He Xilong	66	5,066	9
				Sub Vocal 1	Yoshi	24	5,024	25
				Sub Vocal 2	Ke Mingkai	17	5,017	28
				Sub Vocal 3	Do-ha	78	5,078	7
				Sub Vocal 4	Park Si-woo	40	5,040	18
5	Super Junior	"Sorry Sorry"	32	Main Vocal	Jae-min	56	—	36
				Sub Vocal 1	Han Tae-i	67	—	34
				Sub Vocal 2	Pong	14	—	53
				Sub Vocal 3	Jeon Min-gyu	24	—	47
				Sub Vocal 4	Phoom	56	—	36
	2PM	"Again & Again"	129	Main Vocal	Ling Qi	73	5,073	8
				Sub Vocal 1	Zai	54	5,054	14
				Sub Vocal 2	Yang Dong-hwa	39	5,039	19
				Sub Vocal 3	Shao Ziheng	82	5,082	5
				Sub Vocal 4	Hong Sung-min	48	5,048	16
				Sub Vocal 5	Han-gyul	96	5,096	4

Position Battle (Episode 6-8)

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•   Winning Team
•   Polaris

Position Battle results

Position	Performance			Contestant
	Original artist(s)	Song	Position	Name	Votes	Votes with bonus	Rank
Vocal	BtoB	"Pray (I'll Be Your Man)"	Vocal 1	Min-jae	43	—	31
			Vocal 2	Syo	39	—	33
			Vocal 3	Hong Sungmin	61	—	28
			Vocal 4	Shao Ziheng	107	100,107	4
	Day6	"You Were Beautiful"	Vocal 1	CongB	89	100,089	6
			Vocal 2	Ivan	54	50,054	16
			Vocal 3	Duan Xingxing	47	50,047	18
			Vocal 4	Pentor	86	50,086	13
Dance	Stray Kids	"Thunderous"	Vocal 1	Chen Xuanyou	103	—	20
			Vocal 2	Kingston Wong	33	—	35
			Vocal 3	Sheng Qi	47	—	29
			Vocal 4	Pong	22	—	36
			Vocal 5	Han Jeong-woo	84	—	22
	The Boyz	"Maverick"	Vocal 1	Yoo-jun	105	200,105	3
			Vocal 2	Xu Shihuan	48	50,048	17
			Vocal 3	Lee Da-eul	41	50,041	19
			Vocal 4	Hikari	81	50,081	14
			Vocal 5	Sun Yinghao	79	50,079	15
Rap x Dance	NCT Dream	"Smoothie"	Polaris	Zai	103	400,103	2
			Vocal 1	Do-ha	91	100,091	5
			Vocal 2	Sun Jiayang	32	100,032	10
			Vocal 3	Kris	10	100,010	12
	iKon	"Rhythm Ta"	Polaris	Phoom	73	—	25
			Vocal 1	Zhang Jijun	44	—	30
			Vocal 2	Ke Mingkai	72	—	27
			Vocal 3	Nam Son	42	—	32
Vocal & Dance	Wanna One	"Energetic"	Vocal 1	Yoo Gwan-woo	90	—	21
			Vocal 2	Ling Qi	81	—	23
			Vocal 3	Xin Che	79	—	24
			Vocal 4	He Xilong	73	—	25
			Vocal 5	Wang Kun	37	—	34
	Monsta X	"Shoot Out"	Polaris	Han-gyul	104	400,104	1
			Vocal 1	Lee Jun-hyuk	84	100,084	7
			Vocal 2	Michael Wu	31	100,031	11
			Vocal 3	Yang Dong-hwa	78	100,078	8
			Vocal 4	Eden	35	100,035	9

Final Battle (Episode 10)

Performance			Contestant
#	Producer	Song	Position	Name
1	Lyrics: TBA Composition: TBA Arrangement: TBA	"Pretty Dirty Boy"	Polaris	Han-gyul
			Vocal 1	Pentor
			Vocal 2	Hong Sung-min
			Vocal 3	Xin Che
			Vocal 4	Yoo-jun
			Vocal 5	Lee Da-eul
			Rapper 1	CongB
			Rapper 2	Xu Shihuan
			Rapper 3	Do-ha
2	Lyrics: TBA Composition: TBA Arrangement: TBA	"MILLIONAIRE"	Polaris	Shao Ziheng
			Vocal 1	Duan Xingxing
			Vocal 2	Yang Dong-hwa
			Vocal 3	Eden
			Vocal 4	Min-jae
			Vocal 5	He Xilong
			Vocal 6	Ling Qi
			Rapper 1	Lee Jun-hyuk
			Rapper 2	Zai

Ranking

Top 9

The top 9 contestants were chosen through popularity online voting through the iQIYI mobile app and audience live voting, as shown at the end of each episode.

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List of Top 9 contestants

#	Ep. 2	Ep. 3	Ep. 5	Ep. 6	Ep. 7	Ep. 9	Ep. 10
1	Yoo Gwan-woo	Yoo Gwan-woo ()	Yoo Gwan-woo ()	Yoo Gwan-woo ()	Shao Ziheng (1)	Shao Ziheng ()	Shao Ziheng ()
2	Sun Yinghao	Sun Yinghao ()	Sun Yinghao ()	Shao Ziheng (1)	Yoo Gwan-woo (1)	Han-gyul (1)	Lee Jun-hyuk (1)
3	Shao Ziheng	Shao Ziheng ()	Shao Ziheng ()	Sun Yinghao (1)	Han-gyul (1)	Lee Jun-hyuk (3)	Xu Shihuan (3)
4	Han-gyul	Han-gyul ()	Han-gyul ()	Han-gyul ()	Sun Yinghao (1)	Pentor (4)	Xin Che (5)
5	Pentor	Pentor ()	Pentor ()	Zhang Jijun (3)	Zhang Jijun ()	Yang Dong-hwa (2)	Pentor (1)
6	Duan Xingxing	Duan Xingxing ()	Duan Xingxing ()	Pentor(1)	Lee Jun-hyuk (1)	Xu Shihuan (29)	Han-gyul (4)
7	Lee Jun-hyuk	Lee Jun-hyuk ()	Lee Jun-hyuk ()	Lee Jun-hyuk ()	Yang Dong-hwa (2)	Hong Sung-min (3)	Zai (3)
8	Lee Da-eul	Lee Da-eul ()	Zhang Jijun (5)	Duan Xingxing (2)	Pentor (2)	Duan Xingxing (1)	Yang Dong-hwa (3)
9	He Xilong	Min-jae (1)	Min-jae ()	Yang Dong-hwa (7)	Duan Xingxing (1)	Xin Che (3)	Lee Da-eul (5)

First voting period

The first voting period took place from October 26 to November 16, 2024.

Voters could vote for three, five, or seven boys per day depending on their subscription to iQIYI.

At the end of the second episode, all votes for the eliminated contestants were discarded.

Result

Finale results

Rank	Name	Points	Company
1	Shao Zi-heng	2,144,491	Warner Music China
2	Lee Jun-hyuk	1,532,218	Individual Trainee
3	Xu Shi-huan	1,431,896	Individual Trainee
4	Xin Che	882,415	UN24
5	Pentor	693,895	Insight Entertainment
6	Han-gyul	607,642	PocketDol Studio
7	Zai	562,335	Catwalk Company
8	Yang Dong-hwa	415,097	Bluedot Entertainment
9	Lee Da-eul	277,835	Individual Trainee

Discography

Singles

Title	Date (2024)	Album
"Good Luck (Be My Luck)"	November 1	Non-album single

Post-Competition

The debut group POLARIX will be active for 2 years and 6 months, and managed by iQIYI.

Other contestants

• Some contestants returned to their original groups:
  • Yoo-jun (10th), Do-ha (13th-18th), and Min-jae (13th-18th) returned to BAE173.
  • Hong Sung-min (12th), Ling Qi (13th-18th), and Hikari (19th) returned to Fantasy Boys.
  • Eden (13th-18th) returned to NINE.i.
  • Nam Son (21st-33rd) returned to PICKUS.

• Some contestants left the agency
  • Ivan (21st-33rd) left Yu Xiao Media.

Franchise

Main articles: Youth With You.

Notes

1. Level Test.
2. Signal Song Survival Challenge.
3. As of October 31, 2024, at 21:00 KST.
4. As of November 7, 2024, at 21:00 KST.
5. As of November 28, 2024, at 21:00 KST.
6. As of December 5, 2024, at 21:00 KST.
7. Full versions of the unaired performances were posted to YouTube by iQIYI on October 28 (Episode 1) and November 4, 2024 (Episode 2).
8. Indicates contestants who had never placed in the Top 9 in any prior elimination rounds or ranking announcements.

References

1. Yeo Shu Hui (November 4, 2024). "Starlight Boys contestants perform live in Thailand - who caught our eye?". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
2. Lee, Jan (September 30, 2024). "Actor Yang Yan is sole Singaporean contestant on K-pop show Starlight Boys". The Straits Times . Archived from the original on October 2, 2024. Retrieved November 24, 2024.