Loud

I. Introduction

LOUD (라우드) is a boy group audition show that is broadcasted on SBS. It premiered on June 5, 2021, and airs every Saturday at 9 p.m. KST. The program involved 75 contestants from different countries with artistic talents competing for a spot in one of the 2 groups. The finale is set to air live on September 11 at 8:55 PM KST.

II. Background

LOUD also known as Boys be LOUD is a 2021 South Korean survival show aimed to create a worldwide boy group project under the collaboration of J.Y. Park from JYP Entertainment, Psy from P Nation, and SBS. Lee Seung-gi joined the program as Special Agent, a unique position whose task is to provide the remaining contestants with warmth, guidance, and support as they prepare for the finale

The name of the show, LOUD, was inspired by Stephen Hopkins saying that ‘quiet people have the LOUDest minds’. Unlike other survival shows, LOUD aims to recruit individuals who are talented not just in singing and dancing, but that also have charm and very unique skills in different fields. In the show, Psy and JYP sit on a LOUD chair that they control to get closer to the contestants. The closer they move, the more they are interested in that participant. There are 3 levels forward. Only when they get closest to the stage (level 3), they can press the pass button. Contestants need to get a pass from both Psy and JYP to pass the first round. The producer that hits the pass button first, gets to recruit that contestant in his team.

III. Contestants & Participants

Name	Hangul	Age	Nationality	Prior LOUD
Yoon Min	윤민	22	South Korea	Former Cube Entertainment trainee
Jo Min-ki	조민기	22	South Korea
Kim Dae-hee	김대희	22	South Korea
Lee Seung-hwan	이승환	22	South Korea	Former member of 1the9 and contestant of Under Nineteen; Former Play M Entertainment trainee
Zo Doo-hyun	조두현	22	South Korea
Tatsunari	타츠나리	22	Japan
Kim Min-hyuk	김민혁	22	South Korea
Kang Hyun-woo	강현우	22	South Korea
Kim Hyun-soo	김현수	21	South Korea
Kim Myung-kyu	김명규	21	South Korea
Choi Soo-woong	최수웅	21	South Korea
Ham Mo-hyeob^[b]	함모협	21	South Korea
Lee Su-jae	이수재	21	South Korea
Song Joon-hyuk	송준혁	21	South Korea
Shin Hae-in	신해인	21	South Korea
Kim Do-young	김도영	21	South Korea
Kwak Chan	곽찬	21	South Korea
Park Hyeon-min	박현민	20	South Korea
Choi Tae-hun	최태훈	20	South Korea	P Nation trainee; Former The Black Label trainee
Woo Kyung-jun	우경준	20	South Korea	P Nation trainee.
Tsubasa	츠바사	20	Japan
Kim Min-seo	김민서	20	South Korea	A former contestant on Produce X 101; Former Urban Works Media trainee
Nam Yun-seung^[c]	남윤승	20	South Korea
Lee Kang-jun	이강준	20	South Korea
Park Han-bin	박한빈	20	South Korea
Ellery Hyun-bae	엘러리 현배	20	South Korea United States
Edward Park	에드워드 박	20	South Korea United States
Kim Tae-sung	김태성	19	South Korea
Jang Hee-won	장희원	19	South Korea
Lee Tae-geon	이태건	19	South Korea
Kim Min-seoung	김민성	19	South Korea
Jeong Tae-jin	정태진	19	South Korea
Yoon Dong-yeon	윤동연	19	South Korea Philippines
Ahn Jae-ho	안재호	19	South Korea
Jang Hyun-soo	장현수	19	South Korea	P Nation trainee; Former TS Entertainment trainee
Choi Jae-heum	최재흠	19	South Korea
Park Yong-geon	박용건	19	South Korea
Lim Kyoung-mun	임경문	19	South Korea	JYP Entertainment trainee
Kang Ha-yoon	강하윤	19	South Korea
Kim Young-seok	김영석	19	South Korea	Former contestant of Under Nineteen; Former KQ Entertainment & Brand New Music trainee
Lee Sang-woon	이상운	19	South Korea
Kim Joo-seong	김주성	19	South Korea
Lee Ye-dam	이예담	19	South Korea
Haruto Maeda	마에다 하루토	18	Japan	Musical child actor
Eun Hwi	은휘	18	South Korea
Yoon Hwan	윤환	18	South Korea
Kim Se-gon	김세곤	18	South Korea
Kwon Yoo-seop	권유섭	18	South Korea
Cheon Jun-hyeok	천준혁	18	South Korea	P Nation trainee
Lee Gye-hun	이계훈	18	South Korea	1st place in JYP's 12th Open Recruitment Audition of 2016; JYP Entertainment trainee
Jeon Gyu-min	전규민	18	South Korea
Jeong Soo-min	정수민	18	South Korea United States
Daniel Jikal	다니엘 제갈	18	South Korea Brazil United States	Rapper
Lee Min-gyu	이민규	18	South Korea	Former JYP Entertainment trainee
Lee Tae-woo	이태우	17	South Korea	Child actor
Kim Seong-min	김성민	17	South Korea
Amaru Mitsuyuki	미츠유키 아마루	17	Japan	JYP Entertainment trainee; Former YG Entertainment trainee
Do Min-kyu	도민규	17	South Korea
Lin	린	17	Unknown
Oh Sung-jun	오성준	17	South Korea	P Nation trainee
Kim Hyun-jun	김현준	16	South Korea
Keiju Okamoto	오카모토 케이주	16	Japan	A former contestant on Stage K
Justin Kim	저스틴 김	16	South Korea United States
Moon Hyeok-jun	문혁준	16	South Korea
Riku^[b]	리쿠	15	Japan
Kang Gie-mook	강기묵	15	South Korea
Yang Seung-soo	양승수	15	South Korea
Kim Jeong-min	김정민	15	South Korea
Song Si-hyun	송시현	15	South Korea
Lee Dong-hyeon	이동현	15	South Korea
Kim Dong-hyun	김동현	14	South Korea
Maden Moon	문 메이든	13	Canada South Korea	Mason Moon's younger brother
Koki Tanaka	다나카 고키	13	Japan
Hong Yeon-sung	홍연성	13	South Korea
Na Yun-seo	나윤서	12	South Korea

IV. Final Lineup

IVI. Members of JYP Entertainment's Newest Boy Group

JYP Boy Group	Profile	Trivia
	Name: Lee Gyehun Birthplace: South Korea Birthday: Sep 16, 2004 Blood type: O MBTI: ENFP	- His nickname was "Frozen Man" because he feels like he had been a trainee for a long period of time (like time has frozen). - His specialty is dance, rap, writing rap lyrics, composing and cup stacking. - His other nickname is "baby fox" because he resembles one when he smiles.
	Name: Yoon Min Birthplace: South Korea Birthday: Dec 22, 2000 Blood type: B MBTI: INTP	- He can write lyrics and compose music. - He likes to sleep. - He doesn't like ginger. - His charm is imitating Donald Duck.
	Name: Amaru Mitsuyuki Birthplace: Japan Birthday: Oct 21, 2005 Blood Type: O MBTI: ENFP	- He's bilingual (Japanese & Korean). - He was a JYP trainee prior to joining the show LOUD. - His talents are rapping, singing, dish spinning, soccer and track athletics. - He likes soccer and catching insects. - He hates mushrooms.
	Name: Keiju Okamoto Birthday: Oct 4, 2006 Birthplace: Japan Nationality: Japanese Blood type: A MBTI: ESFP	- His specialty is dancing. - His hobby is drawing. - His nickname is K-Chu. - He likes cats. - His charm is being cute.
	Name: Lee Donghyeon Birthday: Mar 13, 2007 Birthplace: South Korea Blood Type: A MBTI: ESFP	- He can play ice hockey. - He loves to do poetry. - His nickname is ‘idol on ice’. - He was inspired to become an idol after listening to a song from Justin Bieber. - Compared to other LOUD contestants, he had very little idol training. - He can compose music and play the piano.

IVII. Members of P Nation's Newest Boy Group

P Nation's Boy Group	Profile	Trivia
	Name: Woo Kyunjun Birthday: Aug 30, 2002 Birthplace: Australia Blood type: B MBTI: ISFP	- His English name is Justin Woo. - He can speak Korean and English fluently. - He studied in Australia for 10 years from age 5 to age 15. - He was already a P Nation trainee prior to the start of the show Loud. - He likes dancing and singing. - He hates vegetables. - His dream was to become a surgeon. - After he moved to Korea, he got street-casted and changed his dream from becoming a surgeon to becoming an idol.
	Name: Koki Tanaka Birthday: Jan 29, 2009 Birthplace: Japan Blood Type: A MBTI: ESFP	- His specialty is dancing, krump dancing. - His nicknames are Little Prince, BabyBtreetBeast, BabyKrow. - He likes dancing, collecting hats, and shoes. - He started dancing at the age of 4 and started Krumping at the age of 6. - He has won a lot of Krumping competitions overseas. - He hates socks.
	Name: Jang Hyunsoo Birthday: Sep 16, 2003 Blood type: O MBTI: ENFP	- His talent is agriculture. - He was one of the five P Nation trainees on the show. - He likes money. - He hates fish. - His charming point is his eyes.
	Name: Oh Sungjun Birthday: Aug 30, 2005 Birthplace: Korea Blood type: B MBTI: ENFP	- He was one of the five P Nation trainees to participate in the show. - He passed the first round with a JYP badge. - He likes playing computer games. - He hates vegetables.
	Name: Eun Hwi Birthday: Nov 11, 2004 Birthplace: South Korea Blood type: B MBTI: ENTP	- His talents are composing music, music arrangement, rap, skiing. - He taught himself how to write music and play the keyboard. - He writes Kpop music. - He overcame his fear of starting something new and started to compose music. - He won first place in skiing for 4 years consecutively. - After giving up his dream to ski, he got into music and wrote his first original song in 2019. - He studied how to produce music for an entire year, spending 15 hours a day practicing.
	Name: Cheon Junhyeok Birthday: Sep 20, 2004 Birthplace: Korea Blood type: O MBTI: ENFJ	- His specialty is vocals and singing ballads. - His talents are drumming, basketball. - His nickname was Gaji Gaji (different in Korean) because he liked trying many different things. Gaji sounds like "eggplant" in Korean. - He likes basketball. - Three words that describe him: peddler, switch, basketball. - He is an extrovert.
	Name: Choi Taehun Korean name: 최태훈 Birthplace: Korea Birthday: Nov 19, 2002 Blood type: A MBTI: ESFJ	- His talent is sports (soccer, swimming, shooting, archery). - He was one of the five P Nation trainees on the show. - He likes music and fashion. - He hates lying.