The Female Contestants

언플 ✪ A Different Kind of Survival ✪ Discontinued
 
Females
 
 
Diamond
Real Name: Yeo Dongjoo
DoB: May 28, 1990

Group Name: GEM GIRLZ
Debut Date: October 26, 2013

About: GEM GIRLZ debuted in late 2013 with '1,2,3' and subsequently released two more songs before going on an unannounced hiatus in 2016. Diamond hopes to bring some attention to the group to end the hitaus.
 
 
U.JIN
Real Name: Oh Yoojin
DoB: January 12, 1993

Group Name: Nightingale
Debut Date: October 12, 2011

About: Nightingale is a group on the rocks. Having been on hiatus since early 2013 the members have mostly been making names for themselves individually rather than as a group. However, U.Jin hopes with this show she and her two remaining group members can finally return to the stage.
 
 
Alexis
Real Name: Choi Hyerim
DoB: May 21, 1993

Group Name: Playback
Debut Date: June 25, 2015

About: Playback recently came back after an almost two year hiatus with a new member, but the girls still can't get any attention. After having success on YG's program Mix9, Alexis is hoping to gain some more permanent attention for Playback with Media Play.
 
 
Hwajin
Real Name: Yeon Hwajin
DoB: May 24, 1993

Group Name: Wonder
Debut Date: August 1, 2014

About: After causing quite a scandal with their lesbian-themed music video for Move, Wonder faded into the shadows of the industry. Four years later, with one less member, Hwajin is aiming to bring her group back from the brink for one last shot at the spotlight.
 
 
Ryuwon
Real Name: Do Ryuwon
DoB: October 26, 1993

Group Name: SPARKLE
Debut Date: July 11, 2013

About: After losing two members to contract expirations in 2017, SPARKLE looked like it was finished. But the two remaining members, both former EXID, decided to take their chances on Media Play for one last shot.
 
 
Lucy
Real Name: Ryu Daye
DoB: February 13, 1994

Group Name: Under/flare
Debut Date: March 6, 2013

About: Under/flare is a girl band that debuted with some solid interest that petered out when the company failed to follow up on their debut. The group has released only two songs since 2013 but Lucy is determined to get more attention for the group through Media Play and finally share her music with the world.
 
 
JIae
Real Name: Kyung Jisuk
DoB: April 5, 1994

Group Name: Artemis
Debut Date: May 9, 2013

About: After debuting with very little fanfare, Artemis was left to slip to the wayside by Fantiago once the much more successful ASTRO and Weki Meki were debuted. While the group was never on hiatus, their contracts are certainly in danger if they can't drum up some interest before the expire at the end of the year
 
 
Saerom
Real Name: Hwang Saerom
DoB: February 1, 1998

Group Name: PUZZLE
Debut Date: June 1, 2017

About: PUZZLE debuted in mid 2017 to mild attention, especially as two of their members had gained some attention from KPop Star 6. However, their comeback went mostly unnoticed, so the company decided to try and rekindle interest in the group with Saerom's participation on Media Play.
 
 
Sujin
Real Name: Dae Sujin
DoB: July 4, 1998

Group Name: Vistal
Debut Date: April 10, 2015

About: After debuting, Vistal found themselves with no money for a comeback and thus on a semi-permanent hiatus. Since 2015 the members have made do with training and hoping their company will find the money for a comeback. As of late, they've turned to survival shows like Media Play in hopes it will elevate them out of poverty enough for the group to release another song.
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HiRitu
#1
I just realised, really random, that Jo is the Feeldog of this show. Always fourth
iisMoMo #2
Chapter 11: i thought there was gonna be a poll because i was ready to vote for Hwajin and R lol. don't worry please please your health and real life comes first so don't feel too bad about ending this here. ship sails and i totally wanna see Lucy & Jo together again but it's okay for what we got so far was good enough. i enjoy reading and honestly watching the performances you put in the story brought me down memory lane with all the good old kpop songs and performances.
Noahscape
#3
Chapter 11: While I´m sad to hear that you have decided to end the story of Media Play here I absolutely get why. And your health and future comes first. It is an awesome and extremely creative concept and one that I have never seen before in applyfics and I applaud you very much for coming up with it. Your writing is so very well done and I absolutely fell in love with every character throughout the chapters. Even Ollie got to me and I actually have respect for him now especially after this last chapter
HiRitu
#4
Chapter 11: Wait so... The story's stopping? We won't know a winner? D:
PrettyPabyulus
#5
Hell week is now done and I've succesfully defended my research, just wanted to spread my happiness!! Congratulations to Diamond, Eunjae, R and Hwajin for getting the immunity! they deserved it! I'm happy to see that my girlie Sujin is interacting with the other contestants, especially with Jiae and Saerom ♡ that's cute since sujin and saerom are both 98' linersss, same-aged friends. I'm also glad sujin's good points are seen in this episode, with Lucy!! its so nice (omg lucy and sujin faceclaims are both UNI.T so im really excited to see the two of them interact, uyu) Yeah, I'm starting to like Ollie but he striked again omg HAHAHAHAHA woncheol-ah please hold off to your 'friend', ollie is like a tsun tsun, I feel bad for seonwoo but it was true afterall, stay strong seonwoo. Now, Ryuwon had become one of my favorites among the girls, she really instill fairness especially in distributing the lines. So for the performances, I don't know but the boys are good HAHAHAHAHA but i really like the girls performance, its really eyecatching for me!
iisMoMo #6
Chapter 10: congrats to winners! im actually starting to like Ollie..hehehehe yes he's annoying brat but he has some points and the world really does need someone outspoken like Ollie too. hrmm so far SM has hire two really odd choreographers for the show lol ...come on SM, its gonna be scandals left and right on how hard the contestant are working on their own. i like to see a little down time for them to just chill, relax, get into some back stories of some people and have just having fun too hopefully. for the performances i liked the girls a lot more the boys was very generic and eh
Noahscape
#7
Chapter 10: Dang this episode was a rollercoaster. I'm not quite sure what to say, but congratulations to Hwajin and her team!

I feel so bad for Seonwoo... Like damn Ollie take a chill pill. Perhaps he gets the votes because he actually deserves them? (I'm totally biased from him being Jiae's compliment, but f that HAHAH) Oh god Woncheol is a cutie and I'm starting to like him even more. The girls... Aaaah I'm starting to really like Sujin. DIAMOND STOP AT LEAST TRY TO BE CUTE. EVEN 30 YEAR OLDS CAN BE CUTE OKAY!?

Performances... While I loved the song the boys did I have to go with the girls on this one. I'm not normally a fan of cute concepts, but I feel like it wasn't overdone and cringey which is how I usually feel about cute concepts. I would love to see some more co-ed stages because I love co-ed stages.

I STILL LOVE YOUR WRITING AND THIS IS AWESOME. Seriously I love this story so much. Okay I think that is all from me this time around.
HiRitu
#8
Chapter 10: I'm terribly sorry for not commenting for last episode but I've been really busy studying and all D: anyway I am very proud that Eunjae and his compliment won immunity! They had already rose in ranks. It's really showing that Diamond and Eunjae are snatching dem fans! It's good cause in normal survival programs they probably wouldn't have cause they're too old or something like that. I hope Lucy and Lai can make it through as well! But all of them deserve it, really. I've really been liking Hwajin lately while she used to be one of my least favourites. Ollie's been rising in my ranks as well!

About this week's performances, I think you forgot to change the thing to show who the girls are because there is no one with a gold jacket or tank top in that performance. When I saw the boys I was really happy. I was hoping to see some The Unit in here and I really love My Story. Actually, Eunjae's idol twin, Myname's Gunwoo, was supposed to be in this performance, but he was the only one of the team to get eliminated during preparations! Another fun fact, the people who are supposed to be R, Seonwoo and Woncheol did mostly vocal, but they are actually all rappers from their original group as well! I was really surprised at their vocal abilities in that performance. It was so good. My vote obviously went for the boys this time. I just like the performance too much.
monbxbe
#9
Chapter 9: Oh My Goodness, I feel like my comment is very late but I swear I've been busy :( First of all, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR DIAMOND :') I HONESTLY THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO GET ELIMINATED BUT I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE HER IN FIRST OF ALL SPOTS :') aLSO, I'm living for the "friendship" going on with Diamond and Hwajin, I ship it #diajin and man, these stages were all really good! I do feel like Ollie got screwed over though :/ Maybe that's just how I'm seeing though lol XD Can't wait for the next update!!
PrettyPabyulus
#10
Chapter 9: That was really a close call! Its a relief that Sujin managed to make into the last place, atleast she survived the elimination, and it was really good since it will open a lot of opportunities for her to make a turning point in the show, well if she will. I'm glad that Diamond and Ryuwon have gotten much higher ranks, they absolutely deserved it! It was thrilling to see a different performance now since it was a coed and damn the first performance was hot, ryuwon is hot, I admit that I'm a bit biased when it comes to hot perfomances HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Ollie really turned to be nice kid in this episode, no harsh sarcastic remarks that could annoy the others but still outspoken. I'm glad he is pushing Saerom a bit to do her job as a leader since Saerom could really easily be swayed away by more assertive people like sujin and woncheol but then, the performance is still good but yeah, it was the weakest. Diamond and Eunjae are really a powerful pair, both are the strongest vocalists among the contestants, fate really work wonders HAHAHAHAHA Their performance was really the best among the four!! R is slowly gaining confidence in himself and it was great that he joined the harmony in their performance! I'm surprised that Seonwoo could lead well! but then it was good overall!