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Universe League
Hangul	유니버스 리그
Revised Romanization	Yunibeoseu rigeu
McCune–Reischauer	Yunibŏsŭ rigŭ
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	SBS
Presented by	Jay Park
Opening theme	"We Ready" by Universe League contestants
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	7
Production
Production companies	SBS F&F Entertainment
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	November 22, 2024 (2024-11-22) – present
Related
Universe Ticket (2023–2024)

Universe League (Korean: 유니버스 리그) is an ongoing South Korean reality competition series created by SBS. It premiered on SBS TV on November 22, 2024, and airs every Friday at 23:20 (KST. The show will form of a new boy group under F&F Entertainment, an entertainment company related to the clothing brand of the same name, F&F.

The show serves as a sequel to Universe Ticket, this time featuring all male contestants.

Concept

Universe League is built around a league-style format, dividing 42 contestants into three teams: Beat, Rhythm, and Groove. The competition unfolds over five stages, collectively referred to as P.R.I.S.M, with each stage focusing on a distinct aspect of the contestants, otherwise known as players' journeys. The ultimate goal is to win the Prism Cup, which secures the team's debut in a new boy group.

Background and promotion

At the end of the finale episode of Universe Ticket on January 17, 2024, a "Coming Soon" video was released and announced the second season titled Universe League. On January 22, F&F Entertainment announced the preparation for the season two and planned to broadcast it on SBS at the end of this year.

On April 15, SBS and F&F organized a global audition and began recruiting boys who were born before 2011 regardless of nationality starting April 22.

On October 14, SBS announced that the program would premiere on November 22, after releasing the concept trailer on its social media accounts. The next day, the profiles of the 42 contestants were revealed.

Cast

• Host: Jay Park
• Team Rhythm Directors: Ten & Yangyang
• Team Rhythm Pick Special Director: Kun
• Team Rhythm Represent Special Director: Xiaojun
• Team Groove Director: Lee Chang-sub
• Team Beat Directors: Yugyeom & El Capitxn
• Team Beat Represent Choreographer: Uhm Tae-woong

Episodes

Contestants

There are 42 players participating in the competition from various countries, primarily South Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, Australia, and the Philippines. The English names of contestants are presented in accordance with the official website.

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Missions

Round 0: Pick (Episode 1-2)

Draft (Episode 1)

The show takes place over 5 stages, collectively named P.R.I.S.M. This mission starts off with the first stage; P. for Pick, separated into two parts, the first of which being the Draft stage. This mission involves the 42 players being separated into seven teams of six players each. They each performed their assigned song in front of the director cast. Following each performance, the directors of each Team would select their First Pick from the team for their roster. If more than one Team selected the same player as their First Pick, the player could select the Team he would like to be a part of from the Teams that chose him. The Team(s) that wouldn't be chosen as a result of the player's choice could then select their Second Pick for their roster.

Bench Test (Episode 2)

Immediately following the Draft team performances, the second part of the Pick stage, the Bench Test, would commence. The remaining 21 players who did not get drafted into a Team had to showcase their skills individually, 1-on-1 with the directors of each Team, to be scouted into their Bench Team. If any player was unable to be scouted into a Team by the end of the test, he would be eliminated from the show.

Round 1: Represent (Episode 2-3)

Starting Lineup Match (Episode 2)

This mission starts the second stage of P.R.I.S.M.; R. for Represent, separated into two parts, the first of which being the "Starting Lineup Match". This mission would have the Starting Teams of each Team compete against each other, covering representative songs of their Team's directors. Two days after the players started practicing, the directors of some teams would come in to see their progress and officially distribute parts to the team members, mainly the Killing Part/Main Vocal. The players are given an individual score based on the live voting of the attended audience and the player with the highest individual score was crowned MVP of the performance. Also, each individual Team received a team score, calculated by adding the individual score of each player on the team.

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Bench Match (Episode 3)

Immediately following the Starting Match performances, the second part of the Represent stage, the Bench Match, would commence. This stage of the mission would have the Bench Teams of each Team compete against each other, again covering representative songs of their Team's directors. Many things are the same to the Starting Match. In two days time after the players started practicing, the directors of some teams would come in to see their progress and officially distribute parts to the team members. Also, the players are given an individual score is based on the live voting of the attended audience and the player with the highest individual score was crowned MVP of the performance again. Identical as well, each individual Team received a team score, adding the individual score of each player on the team for the total team score.

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Round 2: Intercept (Episode 4-5)

This mission starts the third stage of P.R.I.S.M.; I. for Intercept. This mission would have the Starting Teams of each Team perform a song produced by the directors of each team, competing against another Team's Bench Team. A week before the performance day, the directors of each team would come in to see their progress of their Team's Starting Team, and the Bench Team competing against them. The players are given an individual score based on the live voting of the attended audience that will be used with the online votes to determine their individual rank. Also, each individual Team received a team score, calculated by adding the individual score of each player on the team. The winning Team of each match will get to officially release the song on streaming platforms.

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Mission Results

Represent Results (Episode 3)

The benefit for the final winning team this mission was to avoid getting elimination strikes, which are Yellow Cards, in this league-style format, and gaining Trade Tickets, which allow the winning team and the runner-up team to trade players with teams ranked lower than them. The final Team score was calculated by adding the score of the Starting Team and Bench Team together. Whichever Team got the highest final score would be exempt from having any of their players receiving any Yellow Cards. For the 2nd and 3rd place Teams, the bottom 3 contestants in the 2nd place Team, and the bottom 6 contestants in the 3rd place Team, in terms of individual points, would all receive 1 Yellow Card each. Once any player receives 2 Yellow Cards further down the line, he will be eliminated.

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Trade (Episode 3)

Since Team Groove won first place, they earned two Trade Tickets, while Team Rhythm in second, earned one Trade Ticket, with Team Beat not receiving any as a result of placing last. Trade Tickets can be used to trade players with teams lower-ranked than the user of the Tickets.

Based on the players' ranking from the live audience voting (players ranked first to seventh formed the Starting Team, while players ranked eight to fourteenth formed the Bench Team) and the trades, each Team's Starting Team and Bench Team are the following:

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Intercept Results (Episode 5)

Similar to the last round, the winning team in this mission would avoid receiving elimination strikes, known as Yellow Cards, and earn Trade Tickets. These Trade Tickets allow the winning and runner-up teams to trade players with teams ranked lower than them. The final team score was determined by adding the scores of the o-site and online votings. The team with the highest score would be exempt from having any players receive Yellow Cards. For the second and third-place teams, the bottom three players in the second-place team and the bottom six players in the third-place team (based on individual points) would each receive one Yellow Card. Once a player accumulates two Yellow Cards, they will be eliminated.

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Trade (Episode 5)

Since Team Groove won first place, they earned two Trade Tickets, while Team Rhythm in second, earned one Trade Ticket, with Team Beat not receiving any as a result of placing last. Trade Tickets can be used to trade players with teams lower-ranked than the user of the Tickets.

Based on the players' ranking from the live audience voting (players ranked first to seventh formed the Starting Team, while players ranked eight to fourteenth formed the Bench Team) and the trades, each Team's Starting Team and Bench Team are the following:

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Overall Ranking

Round 1

The players rankings are based on the votes that each player received during their performance in front of a live audience of 300. Three and six players from the 2nd and 3rd placing teams respectively are given yellow cards. If any player receives a second yellow card in any upcoming mission, they will be eliminated, regardless of ranking amongst the other players. Color Key

Round 2

Ranking is based on the votes each contestant received during their performance in front of a live audience plus the votes they received from the 1st Global Voting Period. Similar to Round 1, three and six contestants from the 2nd and 3rd placing teams respectively are given yellow cards. If they receive two yellow cards, the contestants will be eliminated. Royce, Jiang Fan, Park Ji Hun, Kang Junhyuk, and Park Yeonjun were eliminated after they received two yellow cards. Color Key

Discography

The theme song "We Ready" was recorded and performed by the contestants. It was released on November 1, 2024, on digital music platforms.

Singles

Ratings

Notes

1. As of November 22, 2024, added new age if contestant is still in the show during their birthday
2. ^ Cha Woongki and Zhang Shuaibo were contestants on Boys Planet.
3. ^ Cha Woongki and Jang Kyungho were contestants on World Klass and members of TO1.
4. JL is member of Pluus.
5. Zhang Shuaibo was a contestant on Youth With You 3.
6. ^ Kwon Heejun and Steven were contestants on Produce X 101.
7. Steven is a member of Luminous.
8. Kim Joo-hyoung is member of "NINE.i".
9. ^ Bae Jaeho and Keum Jinho were contestants on Fantasy Boys.
10. Kairi is a former member of TFN.
11. ^ Jiang Fan, Jin Ziming, Li Zhinuo and Xie Yuxin are members of TOPTEENS.
12. Koo Hanseo was a contestant on Under Nineteen.
13. Kim Gi-joong is a former member of the boy groups IM and UNB and was contestant on The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project and Wild Idol.
14. Yuito was a contestant on Nizi Project 2.
15. An Yul was a contestant on Voice King, Korea's Next K-pop Star [ko] and Burning Trotman.
16. Team Beat failed to recruit Park Juwon, Anyul was their 2nd Pick
17. ^ Both Team Groove and Team Beat failed to recruit JL, James was Team Groove's 2nd Choice, and Kim Dongyun was Team Beat's 2nd Choice
18. Team Beat failed to recruit Park Han, Jiang Fan was their 2nd Pick
19. Any contestant with 2 Yellow Cards would automatically be eliminated

References

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External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Universe League at IMDb 

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