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Universe Ticket
Promotional poster
Hangul	유니버스 티켓
Revised Romanization	Yunibeoseu tiket
McCune–Reischauer	Yunibŏsŭ t'ik'et
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	SBS
Developed by	Lee Hwan-jin Choi Jae-woo
Directed by	Lee Hwan-jin Kim Hae-gyo Yoo Hwa Lee Byung-hee Seo Yoon-mi Jeong Min-ji Do Yoo-jin Jo Sung-bin Eom Ha-eun Kang Joo-hee
Music by	Kwon Tae-eun
Opening theme	"Universe" by Universe Ticket contestants
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	SBS F&F Entertainment Formatist UCC
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	November 18, 2023 (2023-11-18) – January 17, 2024 (2024-01-17)
Related
Universe League (2024)

Universe Ticket (Korean: 유니버스 티켓) is a 2023–2024 South Korean reality competition show created by SBS. It was intended to form an eight-member girl group with a contract of 2 years and 6 months. The final group, UNIS, debuted under F&F Entertainment, a newly established entertainment company related to the clothing brand of the same name, F&F. The show aired on SBS TV from November 18, 2023, to January 17, 2024, every Friday at 18:00 (KST) for the first episode, then changed to 17:00 (KST) time slot for the second episode, before it changed to Wednesday (December 6) at 22:40 (KST) onwards.

A second season named Universe League will feature an all male contestants with a different format is scheduled to premiere in November 2024.

Concept

Universe Ticket follows the story of 82 contestants who will participate in a series of missions for a chance to debut in a global K-Pop girl group. Eight winners will be selected to form a project girl group targeting global audiences, with activities set both in the real world and in the metaverse. In January, it was stated that trainees from the age of 10 to 19 would be participating on the show, but when the audition recruitment was released in March, it stated any girls born before 2011 can participate. The show is intended to form an eight-member girl group with a contract of 2 years and 6 months.

Promotion and broadcast

On March 2, 2023, the first teaser for the show was released. The applications for recruitment was from March 2, 2023 until May 14, 2023. The successful applicants to participate were notified between June 1 and June 10.

On July 13 and July 17, 2023, the contestants were revealed through profile teasers.

On August 21, 2023, former I.O.I and Gugudan member Kim Se-jeong, Girls' Generation's Hyoyeon, Itzy's Yeji and Chaeryeong, and soloist Younha and Adora joined the cast of the show as mentors.

Cast

Judges

Vocals

• Kim Se-jeong
• Younha
• Adora

Dance

• Rian of LaChica

Rap

• Kim Hyo-yeon

Celebrity mentors

• Hwang Ye-ji
• Lee Chae-ryeong

MC

• Jang Sung-kyu (Episode 10)

Episodes

• Episode 1 (November 18, 2023)
• Episode 2 (November 25, 2023)
• Episode 3 (December 2, 2023)
• Episode 4 (December 6, 2023)
• Episode 5 (December 13, 2023)
• Episode 6 (December 20, 2023)
• Episode 7 (December 27, 2023)
• Episode 8 (January 3, 2024)
• Episode 9 (January 10, 2024)
• Episode 10 (January 17, 2024)

Contestants

The spelling of names in English is according to the official website. The Korean contestants are presented in Eastern order (family name, given name). The age listed is according to the Korean age system at the start of the competition.

Color key

Key

P Level
R Level
I Level
S Level
M Level

Company	Name	Age	Ranking							Final Rank
			Battle Week		Road to PRISM
			Ep. 1	Ep. 4	Ep. 5/6	Ep. 7	Ep. 8	Ep. 9	Ep. 10
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Elisia (엘리시아)	15	11	5	High (상)	3	Vocal	1	1		1
F&F Entertainment (에프앤에프 엔터테인먼트)	Bang Yun-ha (방윤하)	15	31	35	High (상)	5	Vocal	7	2	2
FNC Entertainment Japan (FNC 엔터테인먼트 재팬)	Nana (ナナ) / (나나)	16	19	20	Mid (중)	1	Visual	4	3	3
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Gehlee Dangca (젤리 당카)	16	22	8	Low (하)	2	Vocal	2	4	4
Lean Branding	Lim Seo-won (임서원)	13	9	10	High (상)	4	Vocal	3	5	5
J9 Entertainment	Jin Hyeon-ju (진현주)	23	6	26	High (상)	11	Vocal	10	6	6
STARON Entertainment (스타온 엔터테인먼트)	Oh Yoon-a (오윤아)	15	49	9	Mid (중)	12	Visual	5	7	7
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Kotoko (琴子) / (코토코)	16	18	24	Mid (중)	8	Visual	6	8	8
FNC Entertainment (FNC 엔터테인먼트)	Hwang Si-eun (황시은)	15	5	32	High (상)	10	Visual	13	9	9
Evermore Music (에버모어뮤직)	Lee Sun-woo (이선우)	21	8	2	Mid (중)	7	Vocal	9	10	10
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Bae Ha-ram (배하람)	18	71	19	Mid (중)	9	Performance	14	11	11
Blade Music (블레이드 뮤직)	Kim Su-min (김수민)	19	13	18	Mid (중)	18	Visual	8	12	12
J Win Entertainment	Jeon Jin-yeong (전진영)	19	78	57	Mid (중)	22	Performance	15	13	13
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Narumi (なるみ) / (나루미)	18	53	22	Low (하)	15	Performance	11	14	14
	Gabi (가비)	15	7	12	Mid (중)	6	Visual	12	15	15
STARON Entertainment (스타온 엔터테인먼트)	Yuri (ユリ) / (유리)	19	68	36	High (상)	23	Performance	16	16	16
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Nizi (ニジ) / (니지)	14	74	66	High (상)	19	Performance	17		17
Starting House Entertainment (스타팅하우스)	Kim Su-jin (김수진)	14	39	56	High (상)	16	Vocal	18		18
Jellyfish Entertainment (젤리피쉬)	Goo Gyo-ryeon (구교련)	18	48	27	Mid (중)	17	Performance	19		19
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Bae Ye-ram (배예람)	16	58	29	High (상)	13	Performance	20		20
STARON Entertainment (스타온 엔터테인먼트)	Lee Hu-ran (이후란)	18	59	25	High (상)	24	Vocal	21		21
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Jayla (ジェイラ) / (제이라)	18	43	51	Mid (중)	20	Performance	22		22
GOLDDUST Entertainment (골드더스트 엔터테인먼트)	Yona (요나)	25	63	14	Low (하)	14	Visual	Out		23
STARON Entertainment (스타온 엔터테인먼트)	Kwon Eun-hyung (권은형)	17	17	3	Low (하)	21	Visual	Out		24
TR Entertainment (티알)	Heo Sun-bin (허선빈)	19	16	17	Low (하)	25				25
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Lee Eun-chae (이은채)	13	46	46	High (상)	26				26
Entertainment CUP (엔터테인먼트 컵)	Jang Su-a (장수아)	15	36	59	Low (하)	27				27
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Minari (ミナリ) / (미나리)	18	29	23	Low (하)	28				28
Modhaus (모드 하우스)	Idota Yui (井戸田ゆい) / (이도타 유이)	16	79	77	Low (하)	29				29
Blade Music (블레이드 뮤직)	Kim Soo-bin (김수빈)	18	57	49	High (상)	30				30
	Oh Da-eun (오다은)	22	15	13	High (상)					31
	Lee Soo-vin (이수빈)	20	30	21	High (상)					32
J Win Entertainment	Choi Hye-rin (최혜린)	21	27	4	Mid (중)					33
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Kwon Chae-won (권채원)	25	2	15	Mid (중)					34
	Nako (ナコ) / (나코)	15	60	53	Mid (중)					35
	Vanesya (바네사)	16	3	1	Low (하)					36
	Riel (리엘)	24	1	6	Low (하)					37
	Park Ye-won (박예원)	20	24	16	Low (하)					38
	Aya Natsumi (아야 나츠미)	19	10	28	Low (하)					39
	Alyssa (알리사)	19	12	7						40
	Natchayathorn (나차야손)	17	62	11						41
	Vũ Linh Ðan (부린단)	17	4	30						42
	Ahn Seung-bi (안승비)	14	33	31						43
Mystic Story (미스틱스토리)	Kim Seo-yeon (김서연)	17	23	33						44
Starting House Entertainment (스타팅하우스)	Yoon Soo-in (윤수인)	19	45	34						45
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Kim Hyo-jin (김효진)	17	32	37						46
Troy Entertainment	Enny (эни) / (애니)	20	20	38						47
Jellyfish Entertainment (젤리피쉬)	Choi Sung-eun (최성은)	19	28	39						48
Woollim Entertainment (울림엔터테인먼트)	Kim So-yul (김소율)	18	21	40						49
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Choi Yeo-jin (최여진)	13	50	41						50
	Anxin (安心) / (안씬)	14	14	42						51
Marbling E&M (마블링이엔엠)	Jeon Ji-eun (전지은)	19	42	43						52
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Kim Chae-a (김채아)	13	37	44						53
Woollim Entertainment (울림엔터테인먼트)	Lee Su-an (이수안)	16	51	45						54
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Oukikk (우키크)	18	67	47						55
FNC Entertainment Japan (FNC 엔터테인먼트 재팬)	Yukino (ユキノ) / (유키노)	17	73	48						56
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Xiaoyu (小榆) / (샤오위)	23	54	50						57
	Pia (ピア) / (피아)	18	44	52						58
	Yuriko Yamaguchi (山口百合子) / (야마구치 유리코)	18	47	54						59
	Kim Hye-mi (김혜미)	21	55	55						60
	Kim Yu-ri (김유리)	16	41	58						61
	Laura (로라)	18	65	60						62
	Jessica (제시카)	16	61	61						63
GGA	May (메이)	22	26	62						64
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Jung Ji-won (정지원)	18	56	63						65
	Yuriko Honma (本間ゆりこ) / (혼마 유리코)	17	64	64						66
	Yang Eugene (양유진)	15	82	65						67
TNK Entertainment (TNK 엔터테인먼트)	Lee Jin-e (이진이)	20	40	67						68
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Jang Min-ju (장민주)	23	25	68						69
	Kim Chae-won (김채원)	17	38	69						70
	Cho Min-seo (조민서)	15	52	70						71
Top Class Entertainment (TOP CLASS 娱乐)	Zhou Jiaqi (周嘉琪) / (저우지아치)	18	72	71						72
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Kwon Yejin (권예진)	18	69	72						73
YG Plus (YG 플러스)	Jeong Huigyeong (정희경)	18	77	73						74
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Cho Chae-young (조채영)	18	70	74						75
	Mila (ミラ) / (미라)	14	35	75						76
	Yu (유우)	16	80	76						77
GGA	Noh Yeon-woo (노연우)	18	34	78						78
Woollim Entertainment (울림엔터테인먼트)	Park Ye-hyeon (박예현)	15	66	79						79
	Yoo Ye-na (유예나)	15	75	80						80
Individual Trainee (개인연습생)	Izumi (いずみ) / (이즈미)	16	81	81					81
Biscuit Entertainment	Jang Su-bin (장수빈)	18	76	82					82

Rounds

Battle Week

Round 1: 1-on-1 Battle

Round 2: Revenge Battle

Color key

•   Direct Pass
•   Ticket Pass
•   Eliminated
•   Left the Show

Universe: Road to Prism

Level Test and Level Station 1

Color key

•   Promoted to S
•   Safe from Elimination
•   Eliminated

Unit Station

Position Unit

Color key

•   Promoted to Next Prism Level
•   Nominee For Promotion

New Song Unit

Color key

•   Promoted to P (securing their spot in UNIS)
•   Promoted to R
•   Promoted to I
•   Eliminated In S
•   Voted Out By Contestants, Unicorns, Producers

Final station

Color key

•   Final member of UNIS (vote)
•   Final member of UNIS (unicorn ticketing)

Rankings

Elimination

Color key (In order of contestant's group rank on the show)

Online Voting

Ranking based on online voting for each round only.

Color key:

#	Ep. 1	Ep. 4		Ep. 7
	Contestant	Contestant	Voting Points	Contestant	Voting Points
1	Riel	Vanesya	12593.9	Elisia	228503.7
2	Kwon Chae-won	Lee Sun-woo	5583.6	Gehlee Dangca	204903.1
3	Vanesya	Kwon Eun-hyung	3753.0	Lim Seo-won	172272.2
4	Vu Linh Dan	Choi Hye-rin	3689.9	Gabi	139734.5
5	Hwang Si-eun	Elisia	3499.8	Nana	121707.2
6	Jin Hyeon-ju	Riel	3393.9	Lee Sun-woo	113915.0
7	Gabi	Gehlee Dangca	2739.6	Bang Yun-ha	113135.2
8	Lee Sun-woo	Oh Yoon-a	2497.5	Kotoko	112835.0

#	Ep. 9		Ep. 10
	Contestant	Voting Points	Contestant	Voting Points
1	Elisia	553483.4	Elisia	—
2	Gehlee Dangca	518852.4	Gehlee Dangca	1,705,770
3	Oh Yoon-a	140747.0	Jin Hyeon-ju	305,215.8
4	Jin Hyeon-ju	111800.9	Hwang Si-eun	273,287.1
5	Lee Sun-woo	91723.4	Kotoko	252,482.5
6	Jeon Jin-yeong	89763.7	Oh Yoon-a	251,957.5
7	Yuri	84794.6	Lim Seo-won	231,159.5
8	Lim Seo-won	78783.2	Bang Yun-ha	200,906.3

Prism Level Ranking

Accumulated Overall Points including Unicorn Ticketing and Hidden Ticketing.

Color key

•   New Top 8
•   Unicorn Ticketing
•   Producer Ticketing
•   Unicorn and Hidden Ticketing
•   PRISM Ticketing
•   Final Member of UNIS

#	Ep. 7			Ep. 9			Ep. 10
	Contestant	Points	Level	Contestant	Points	Level	Contestant	Voting Points	Level
1	Nana	271707.2	R	Elisia	781987.1	P	Elisia	PRISM Ticketing	P
2	Gehlee Dangca	239903.1	I	Gehlee Dangca	758755.5	R	Bang Yun-ha	960,906	P
3	Elisia	228503.7	I	Lim Seo-won	328783.2	R	Nana	917,941	P
4	Lim Seo-won	172272.2	I	Nana	326948.9	R	Gehlee Dangca	2,464,526	P
5	Bang Yun-ha	148135.2	S	Oh Yoon-a	220222.8	R	Lim Seo-won	559,943	P
6	Gabi	139734.5	S	Kotoko	218019.9	R	Jin Hyeon-ju	496,797	P
7	Lee Sun-woo	113915	S	Bang Yun-ha	217703.1	R	Oh Yoon-a	472,180	P
8	Kotoko	112835	S	Kim Su-min	208870	R	Kotoko	470,502	P

Prism Ticketing & Fan Ticketing Ranking

Accumulated Overall Points excluding Unicorn Ticketing.

#	Ep. 10
	Contestant	Voting Points
1	Elisia	PRISM Ticketing
2	Gehlee Dangca	2,464,526
3	Lim Seo-won	559,943
4	Jin Hyeon-ju	496,797
5	Nana	484,889
6	Oh Yoon-a	472,180
7	Kotoko	470,502
8	Hwang Sieun	434,275

Discography

The theme song "Come With Me? (Universe)" was recorded and performed by the contestants. It was released on October 8, 2023, on digital music platforms.

Singles

Ratings

Aftermath

• Unis debuted on March 27, 2024 with their mini album We Unis.

Other contestants

• Kim Chae-won (70th) joined Modhaus, and was revealed as TripleS' 21st member on April 1, 2024. She made her debut with TripleS on May 8 the same year.
• Kwon Ye-jin (73rd) joined SW Entertainment, and will debut as a member of UDTT in 2025.

Notes

1. As of November 18, 2023, at 21:00 KST.
2. As of December 8, 2023, at 00:00 KST.
3. Level Station
4. Promotion Ceremony
5. Unit Station
6. Promotion Ceremony
7. ^ Nana and Yukino were contestant on Who Is Princess?.
8. ^ Nana and Yukino are members of Prikil.
9. Lim Seowon was a Music Love and Miss Trot 2 contestant.
10. Jin Hyeon-ju was a member of Good Day under the stage name Lucky.
11. Jin Hyeon-ju was a contestant on The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project.
12. Jin Hyeon-ju is a member of girl group Cignature under the stage name Belle.
13. ^ Ahn Seungbi, Bae Yeram, and Oh Yoona were members of Play With Me Club.
14. Oh Yoona was a pre-debut member of Free In Sass.
15. ^ Choi Hyerin and Lee Sunwoo were contestants on Girls Planet 999.
16. Lee Sunwoo was a contestant on Stars Awakening.
17. ^ Bae Haram and Bae Yeram were contestants on Kookmin Singer.
18. Bae Haram was a contestant on 100DNAcers.
19. Korean full name: Park Gabi (박가비)
    Full name: Gabi Baylee Boehr (가비 베일리 보어)
20. Full Name: Chen Yujie (陈羽洁) / (첸유지에)
21. Kwon Chaewon is a member of girl group DIA.
22. Full Name: Vanesya Vixel Agustin (바네사 빅셀 어거스틴)
23. Full Name: Nan Akari Shwe (난 아카리 쉐)
24. Park Yewon was a member of Hot Issue.
25. Vu Linh Dan was a contestant on the seventh season of The Voice Kids of Vietnam.
26. Full Name: Anxin Mier (安心米儿) / (안신마이어)
27. Jeon Jieun is a member of girl group Busters.
28. Full Name: Thitirat Ngamchicharoen (ฐิติรัตน์ งามชิเจริญ) / (티티랏 응암치차로엔)
29. Full Name: Zhou Xiaoyu (周小榆) / (저우샤오유)
30. Full Name: Nattha Phapirom (ณัฏฐา ภาภิรมย์) / (나타 파피롬)
31. May was a 2nd Generation candidate for the Thai girl group BNK48 under the name: Aomthong (아옴통)
32. Jang Minju was a member of MAJORS under the stage name Aki.
33. Full Name: Kawasaki Yu (川崎優) / (가와사키 유우)
34. Yoo Yena was a member of Cookie, Dream Candy, and LUNA KIDS.
35. Indicates contestants who had never placed in the Top 8 in any prior elimination rounds or ranking announcements.
36. Pre-Voting Period: Jul 19 – Aug 9
37. First Voting Period: Sep 9 – Oct 10
38. Second Voting Period: Nov 18 – Dec 5
39. Third Voting Period: Dec 28 – Jan 6
40. Third Voting Period: Jan 11 – Jan 17
41. Indicates contestants who had never placed in the Top 8 in any prior elimination rounds or ranking announcements.
42. Indicates contestants who get bonus points from judges.
43. Indicates contestants who get bonus points from hidden evaluation.
44. Indicates contestants who get bonus points from judges and hidden evaluation at the same time.
45. One of the final members of the group.
46. Second Voting Period: Nov 18 – Dec 5
47. Second Voting Period: Dec 28 – Jan 6
48. Final Voting Period: Jan 11 – Jan 17
49. Online Voting (30% from Web + 70% from Fancast App) + Judges Bonus (35000 Points) + Contestants Evaluation Bonus (115000 Points).
50. This Unicorn Ticketing selected by Sejeong.
51. This Unicorn Ticketing selected by Younha.
52. Final Voting Period: Jan 11 – Jan 17

References

1. ^ 프로그램 소개 [Program Introduction]. SBS (in Korean). Retrieved May 18, 2024.
2. ^ 시작 [Beginning]. Universe Ticket. Episode 1 (in Korean). November 18, 2024. SBS TV. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
3. Lim, Jeong-won (November 16, 2023). "'Universe Ticket' will be the key to eight girls' K-pop idol dreams". Korea JoongAng Daily.
4. "Fashion retailer F&F jumps into entertainment business for new growth". Maeil Business Newspaper. January 11, 2023.
5. Park, Ah-reum (August 8, 2024). 박재범 '유니버스 리그' 단독 MC 됐다 "11월 첫 방송"[공식] [Jay Park Becomes Solo MC for 'Universe League' "First Broadcast in November"] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via Naver.
6. Kim Dong-ho (July 5, 2023). [Who Is ?] 김창수 F&F홀딩스 회장 겸 F&F 대표이사 사장 [ Kang Chang Soo, Chairman of F&F Holding and CEO of F&F] (in Korean). TV Report. Archived from the original on February 19, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023 – via Business Post.
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External links

• Official website (in Korean)

• Korean-language television shows
• Reality music competition television series
• 2023 South Korean television series debuts
• 2024 South Korean television series endings
• South Korean reality television series
• South Korean music television shows
• Seoul Broadcasting System original programming
• K-pop television series
• Music competitions in South Korea