NEXT LEVEL　

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next level (korean: 넥스트 레벨) was a 2017 south korean boy group survival reality show, produced and broadcasted by mnet. the concept of the show was to form a 10 member group from a pool of 20 trainees, depending on the public's votes. the season finale aired on december 2017, and the show announced the 10 members who would go on to form the group newgen. newgen debuted officially on may 20, 2018 with the song "gorilla" off their first extended play "new generation". they went on to release 3 extended plays, 1 studio album, 1 repackaged album and one final album before disbanding on may 20, 2019, when their contracts expired.

the survival show consisted of 7 rounds and lasted 10 episodes. the seven rounds are:

- cover round: live performances where 4 groups, consisting of 5 members each, cover their seniors' most popular songs.
- vocal, dance & rap rounds: live performances where 4 groups, consisting of 5 members each, cover songs.
- mind round: every contestant does a one-minute performance of any skill they have.
- teamwork round: every contestant are given 4 songs to practice and are separated into groups randomly a day before the performances, to test how fast they can adapt.
- final round: the teams that are selected in the teamwork round perform their given songs live. final rankings are announced.

1. min garam (민가람)
2. son jihoon (손지훈)
3. kim sungwoo (김성우)
4. song yechan (송예찬)
5. fujioka toshi (藤岡 俊/후지오카 토시)
6. bae jeongyeol (배정열)
7. han minsung (한민성)
8. lee shiwoo (이시우)
9. kim woojin (김우진)
10. zhang xihu (张西湖 / 장시후)
11. noh hyeongcheol (노형철)
12. kim jaewon (김재원)
13. oh myungho (오명호)
14. won daeri (원대리)
15. yang jaeun (양재운)
16. kawaguchi makoto (川 真/가와구치 마코토)
17. seong han (성 한)
18. kim minwoo (김민우)
19. kim chanhee (김찬희)
20. lee yeseong (이예성)

　NEWGEN'S DISCOGRAPHY　

[may, 2018] 1st extended play "new generation":
title track: gorilla ✕ © pentagon

[august, 2018] 2nd extended play "come here":
title track: can you feel it (감이 오지, lit. "can't you feel it") ✕ © pentagon

[december, 2018] 2nd extended play repackage "100%":
title track: critical beauty (예뻐죽겠네, lit. "so pretty") ✕ © pentagon

[february, 2019] 1st studio album "like this":
title track: like this ✕ © pentagon

[march, 2019] 3rd extended play "fugitive":
title track: runaway ✕ © pentagon

[may, 2019] final album "the end":
title track: shine (빛나리) ✕ © pentagon

　WHO'S WHO　

garam: kino
jihoon: hongseok
sungwoo: wooseok
yechan: e'dawn
toshi: yuto
jeongyeol: yeo one
minsung: jinho
shiwoo: shinwon
woojin: hui
xihu: yanan

　WHERE ARE THEY NOW?　

garam: member of vesper
jihoon: up-and-coming actor
sungwoo: studying in university
yechan: left the company, rumored to be joining boys planet 999 under a new company
toshi: left the company, rumored to be joining boys planet 999 under a new company
jeongyeol: actor
minsung: vocal trainer
shiwoo: musical actor
woojin: producer
xihu: model in china