The Male Contestants

언플 ✪ A Different Kind of Survival ✪ Discontinued
 
Males
 
 
Eunjae
Real Name: Lee Eunjae
DoB: October 14, 1989

Group Name: 5us
Debut Date: October 27, 2011

About: Although 5us had a very promising start, some poor management decisions saw the boys' popularity drop drastically starting in 2013. Now the group is only getting by on Japanese promotions, but Eunjae hopes to return the group to it's former rising glory.
 
 
R
Real Name: Song Rohyuk
DoB: May 19, 1992

Group Name: Orion
Debut Date: September 28, 2012

About: Orion has never had much luck in terms of gaining attention, and thier lacking fame and funds has resulted in a revolving door of members joining and leaving the group. R, one of the two remaining members of the original lineup, is hopeful that he might finally bring some attention to the group through Media Play.
 
 
Jo
Real Name: Jo Shijin
DoB: June 13, 1992

Group Name: The Wake
Debut Date: May 20, 2015

About: The Wake originally debuted in Japan in 2013 before returning to their home country in 2015. However their overseas success, while only mild, significantly outweighs their notice at home. Jo hopes to increase the attention and be able to promote more in Korea instead of overseas.
 
 
Jaeno
Real Name: Seo Jaeno
DoB: February 21, 1993

Group Name: X-MIUS
Debut Date: November 10,2014

About: While X-MIUS had some focus during their debut, afterwards they were swept to the wayside by newer and better funded groups. Rumors around the company say that the group is facing disbandment soon if they can't get their popularity up, and Jaeno is hopeful that Media Play will be just what they need.
 
 
Woncheol
Real Name: Han Cheol
DoB: August 7, 1994

Group Name: HIGH TOP
Debut Date: June 5, 2013

About: When they first debuted HIGH TOP looked to have a bright future ahead of them, even being considered rivals with BTS in the early years of the two groups. However, where BTS took off in a miraculous way, HIGH TOP found themselves slowly sinking into anonimity. Media Play is this group's last chance to gain back the attention they lost.
 
 
Kurozu
Real Name: Eun Dayoon
DoB: November 5, 1995

Group Name: SAMJOK:ZERO
Debut Date: February 12, 2018

About: SAMJOK:ZERO is a self-produced, independent group composed of six boys who have never formally trained at any company. They've instead managed to debut themselves and are hopeful that their leader being on Media Play will bring some attention to their years of hard work.
 
 
Lai
Real Name: Lee Byungho
DoB: December 30, 1995

Group Name: EGM
Debut Date: October 4, 2012

About: EGM (Eternallly Growing Men) have been an unlucky group from the start. With terrible management and equally terrible treatment, the group never got any notice within the industry. After several member changes and a surprisingly successful lawsuit against their company, the group now mostly promotes in Japan, but are hopeful that if Media Play goes well they can finally return to perform in their home country.
 
 
Seonwoo
Real Name: Geum Seonwoo
DoB: April 4, 1999

Group Name: F1RSTCLASS
Debut Date: September 11, 2015

About: F1RSTCLASS is actually quite a well-known group in the industry, and Seonwoo himself got a bit of viral fame after attending King of Masked Singer and tricking everyone watching into thinking he was a girl. However, despite several nominations on music shows the group can't quite break into the number one spot, and they hope Media Play will be that extra push they need to become a top group.
 
 
Ollie
Real Name: Oliver Choi
DoB: June 21, 2000

Group Name: Eko
Debut Date: March 16, 2017

About: Eko's only claim to fame was during their debut era when their similar name to EXO earned them hate from EXO-Ls. After that mess had calmed down the group dropped from the radar of fans everywhere, resulting in the company being unable to afford a comeback. The group is hoping to remedy this setback through Media Play and finally be able 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!