On Friday, December 27, the final episode of reality competition Project 7 was released, revealing the top seven winners of the show. Following the final match that was conducted as the last round of evaluation with the 21 contestants, seven members were picked to enter the final debut lineup of the show's resultant group.
The results were decided through the global voting that was previously conducted at 8:50 pm KST on December 27. The episode revealed that the debut group name is CLOSE YOUR EYES, and the fandom name of the group is OPEN YOUR EYES. Here are the seven winners of the reality survival show:
- Rank 1: Ma JingXiang
- Rank 2: Sakurada Kenshin
- Rank 3: Jeon Min-wook
- Rank 4: Seo Kyoung-bae
- Rank 5: Song Seung-ho
- Rank 6: Jang Yeo-jun
- Rank 7: Kim Sung-min
Following the same, the social media accounts for the debut group have been released. Here's the information regarding the same:
- Instagram: @close.your.eyes.official
- X: @closeyoureyes_7
- YouTube: @close.your.eyes.official
- TikTok: @closeyoureyes
The group is expected to debut under the newly launched entertainment labels SLL, Studio Slam & YG PLUS. Additionally, the members of CLOSE YOUR EYES are also scheduled to roll out a performance at the Golden Disc Awards 2025 on January 4, 2025.
All you need to know about the finale of the reality K-pop survival show, Project 7
Project 7 is a reality K-pop survival show created by JTBC. It's hosted by the South Korean actor Lee Soo-hyuk and the judges of the show are Ryan Jhun, Lee Hae-in, Ha Sung-woon, RYUD, and Bada Lee. The show aims to create a seven-piece global K-pop boy group, and it initially started with 100 contestants.
Following a series of evaluation rounds and eliminations in Project 7, the final debut lineup was narrowed down on December 27. Unlike the other reality survival shows, Project 7 stood out due to its unique voting system. The viewers were allowed to cast two kinds of votes. One where they can vote for their favorite contestant and another where they can vote for seven contestants to create teams for the evaluation rounds.
An average score of the votes is taken to create these teams. The final round of evaluation had the 21 contestants divided into three teams, and they performed three original tracks from the reality K-pop survival show. Here are the three teams, the votes they received, and the songs they performed:
Antidote - Team 1: 4,238,684 votes
- Kim Sung-bin
- Seo Young-bae
- Nam Ji-woon
- Kim Si-hun
- Yoo Young-seo
- Binghua
- Woo Ha-joon
Psycho - Team 2: 4,128,009 votes
- Jeon Min-wook
- Jang Yeo-jun
- Kim Hyun-woo
- Song Seung-ho
- Sakurada Kenshin
- Kang Hyun-woo
- Kim Jeong-min
Act Up - Team 3: 2,843,408
- Park Jun-seo
- Yichen
- Ma Jing Xiang
- Ahn Jun-won
- Lynn Lynn
- Jung Se-yun
- Andy
Following the debut lineup and winner announcement of the reality K-pop survival show, many fans and netizens are excited to see what CLOSE YOUR EYES has in store for them,