Universe League: Where Are They Now?
Universe League (유니버스 리그) was a SBS-produced boy group survival show and the direct sequel to Universe Ticket. The show aimed to debut a new boy group under F&F Entertainment and consisted of 42 trainees divided into three teams: RHYTHM, GROOVE and BEAT. Each team would compete in league battles against the other teams, with the winning team taking the Prism Cup and earning a debut in the final lineup. The two highest-voted participants from the losing teams would join the winning team. The show began airing on November 22, 2024, and ended on January 24, 2025, with Team RHYTHM (consisting of 7 members) winning the competition, and one member from GROOVE and one member from BEAT joining the lineup. The final lineup consisted of 9 members, with group name revealed as AHOF.
So where are rest of the contestants now?
Debut Lineup:
Rank-1 (Debut) Team Rhythm – JL
– He debuted in the show’s final lineup as a member of AHOF.
Rank-2 (Debut) Team Rhythm – Steven
– He debuted as part of AHOF in the show’s final lineup.
Rank-3 (Debut) Team Rhythm – Zhang Shuaibo
– He debuted in the show’s final lineup as a member of AHOF.
Rank-4 (Debut) Team Rhythm – Park Junwon
– He debuted as part of AHOF in the show’s final lineup.
Rank-5 (Debut) Team Rhythm – Seo Jeongwoo
– He debuted in the show’s final lineup as a member of AHOF.
Rank-6 (Debut) Team Rhythm – Chih En
– He debuted as part of AHOF in the show’s final lineup.
Rank-7 (Debut) Team Rhythm – Daisuke
– He debuted in the show’s final lineup as a member of AHOF.
Rank-8 (Debut) Team Beat – Cha Woongki
– He debuted as part of AHOF in the show’s final lineup.
Rank-9 (Debut) Team Groove – Park Han
– He debuted in the show’s final lineup as a member of AHOF.
Eliminated Team Finalists:
Rank-10 (Final Round) Team Groove – Jang Kyungho
— He keeps posting on his social media.
— He signed with PI Corporation along with Keum Jinho, as a trainee.
Rank-11 (Final Round) Team Groove – Kim Joohyung
— He returned to his group NINE.i and continued to promote with them, but later on March 11, 2025, it was announced that he had left the group.
— He continues to post on his social media.
Rank-12 (Final Round) Team Groove – Kwon Heejun
— He returned to his label PI Corporation, while also posting on his Instagram.
Rank-13 (Final Round) Team Groove – Kenta
— He continues to post on his social media.
Rank-14 (Final Round) Team Beat – Kairi
— He keeps posting on his social media.
Rank-15 (Final Round) Team Groove – Koo Hanseoo
— He continues to post on his social media.
Rank-16 (Final Round) Team Groove – Kim Gijoong
— He returned to his label PocketDol Studio.
— He regularly posts on his social media.
Rank-17 (Final Round) Team Beat – Sirin
— He used to post regularly on his social media, but later made it private.
— He signed with Nouer Entertainment as a trainee, along with Zen Zen.
Rank-18 (Final Round) Team Beat – Yuito
— He regularly posts on social media.
— He joined Sony Music Japan’s trainee team, M:Rea1, then later he was revealed as part of the new boy group Bestted.
Rank-19 (Final Round) Team Beat – Keum Jinho
— He continues to post on his social media.
— He signed with PI Corporation along with Jang Kyungho as a trainee.
Rank-20 (Final Round) Team Beat – Kim Dongyun
— He returned to his label STARON Entertainment and continued training there, but later appeared to have left the label silently.
— He used to post regularly on his social media, but later made it private.
Rank-21 (Final Round) Team Beat – Zen Zen
— He returned to his label Bill Entertainment and continued training there, but later left the label silently.
— He used to post regularly on his social media, but later made it private.
— He signed with Nouer Entertainment as a trainee along with Sirin.
Rank-22 (3rd Round) Team Rhythm – Li Zhinuo
— He returned to his label Top Class Entertainment and continues training there.
— He regularly posts on his Weibo account.
Rank-23 (3rd Round) Team Rhythm – Eito
— He returned to his label STARON Entertainment and continued training there, but later appeared to have left the label silently.
— He regularly posts on his social media.
Rank-24 (3rd Round) Team Rhythm – Xiy Yuxin
— He returned to his label Top Class Entertainment and continued training there.
— He regularly posted on social media, but later went silent.
— On June 12, 2025, he was introduced as a contestant on Mnet’s survival show Boys II Planet representing Top Class Entertainment.
— He participated on MNET’s survival show Boys II Planet, but he was eliminated after ranking “NO STAR” during the first round of eliminations.
Rank-25 (3rd Round) Team Rhythm – Ayumu
— He returned to his label Bill Entertainment and continued training there, but later left the label silently.
— He opened social media and is posting regularly.
Rank-26 (3rd Round) Team Rhythm – Mac
— He continues to post on his social media.
Rank-27 (3rd Round) Team Groove – Kim Daeyun
— He opened social media and is posting regularly.
Rank-28 (3rd Round) Team Groove – Bae Jaeho
— He opened social media and is posting regularly.
Rank-29 (3rd Round) Team Beat – An Yul
— He opened social media and is posting regularly.
— He made his official debut as a soloist under NO.1 ENM on April 2, 2025, with the release of his first digital single, “Heart On Fire”.
Rank-30 (3rd Round) Team Rhythm – James
— He continues posting on his social media.
— He signed under XEBIS Entertainment as a trainee.
Rank-31 (3rd Round) Team Beat – Nam Dooyon
— He returned to his label Blossom Entertainment and continues training there.
— He used to post regularly on his social media, but later made it private.
Rank-32 (3rd Round) Team Groove – He Junjin
— He returned to his label I.E.One Entertainment and continued training there.
— He regularly posted on social media, but later went silent.
— On June 12, 2025, he was introduced as a contestant on Mnet’s survival show Boys II Planet representing I.E.One Entertainment.
— He participated on MNET’s survival show Boys II Planet, but he was eliminated after ranking “NO STAR” during the first round of eliminations.
Rank-33 (3rd Round) Team Groove – Yeo Gangdong
— He used to post regularly on his social media, but later made it private, then deleted everything.
Rank-34 (3rd Round) Team Rhythm – Hiroto
— He returned to his label CAT’S EYE Okinawa and continues training there.
Rank-35 (2nd Round) Team Beat – Kim Hyotae
— He regularly posts on his Tiktok account.
Rank-36 (2nd Round) Team Beat – Li Zhiwei
— He returned to his label I.E.One Entertainment and continued training there.
— On May 2, 2025, he was announced as a contestant on the SBS survival show B:MY BOYZ.
— He is currently participating on survival show B:MY BOYZ.
Rank-37 (2nd Round) Team Rhythm – Jin Zhiming
— He returned to his label Top Class Entertainment and continued training there.
— He sometimes posts on social media.
Rank-38 (1st Round) Team Rhythm – Royce
— He returned to his label TOV Entertainment, where he is still part of their trainee group YOUTUVE.
Rank-39 (1st Round) Team Beat – Jiang Fan
— He returned to his label Top Class Entertainment and continued training there.
— He regularly posted on social media, but later went silent.
— On June 12, 2025, he was introduced as a contestant on Mnet’s survival show Boys II Planet representing Top Class Entertainment.
— He is currently participating on MNET survival show Boys II Planet.
Rank-40 (1st Round) Team Beat – Park Jihun
— Nothing has been heard from him since the show ended.
Rank-41 (1st Round) Team Beat – Kang Junhyuk
— He opened social media and is posting regularly.
Rank-42 (1st Round) Team Beat – Park Yeonjun
— Nothing has been heard from him since his elimination.
Note: If you’re looking for one of the participants’ social media accounts just click on their names and it will take you to their social media profile, though that’s only for the ones that haven’t debuted.
Related: AHOF Profile (Debuting lineup)
Universe League Contestants Profile
Did your favorite member get into the debut lineup? Do you know more about the current status of Universe League contestants? Feel free to comment below! 🙂
