The rumor of CJ ENM and Jellyfish cooperating to debut BY9 - the group including eliminated trainees in "ProduceX101" is stirring up the netizen.
On July 24, CJ ENM shared its official stance with Newsen, "We have yet decided anything on the debut of the derivative group after 'ProduceX101' ended." At the same time, Jellyfish also made a similar statement: "Currently, there are no decisions made regarding the group BY9. We are also surprised at the news of taking charge of managing this group".
Earlier, on the same day, Joynews24 reported that CJ ENM has decided to launch the group BY9 and started planning on the act's debut album. In addition, Jellyfish Entertainment - the agency of trainee Kim Mingyu will take charge of the new group BY9.
BY9 is a fictional group formed by fans with the wish that 9 eliminated trainees (including Lee Jinhyuk, Kim Mingyu, Koo Jungmo, Ham Wonjin, Geum Donghyun, Song Yuvin, Lee Sejin, Tony, Hwang Yunseong) in the final of "ProduceX101" - the show that has just finished airing on July 19 - will be debuted in a group.
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Newsen = Reporter Hwang Hye Jin blossom@
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This project group is a really nice idea and I support it but we shouldn’t force them to do something they don’t want to. If the members want it, marvellous. If they don’t, that’s their own decision that we should all respect. I don’t think all 9 of them want it, but some of them probably want to take the chance, so we may see the group but with a little different lineup. Let’s wait and see and hope for the best for everyone involved.
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