Be The Next: 9 Dreamers

Be The Next: 9 Dreamers (Korean: 비더넥스트 9 드리머스 ; also known as Be The Next) is a Philippine-South Korean boy group survival reality show. The show premiered on TV5 in February 8, 2025.^[1] The show concluded on May 10, 2025, with a total of 27 episodes. This will be the second reality competition produced by MLD Entertainment in the Philippines after Dream Maker in 2022.

The format is similar to the South Korean survival show franchise Produce 101, where hopefuls will undergo rigorous training to debut as professional talents and performers. 75 Dreamers will compete for the to spots, who will be trained and debut in South Korea, and will be launched as a global P-pop group.

On August 24, 2024, a press conference and contract signing between TV5, MLD Entertainment, and KAMP Global was held announcing a Filipino idol survival show with auditions happening around the globe. Auditions were open for males aged 15 to 24 who are talented in singing, dancing, or rapping. It was held in multiple Ayala Malls within the month.^[2]

Main hosts

• Sandara Park^[3]

Mentors

• Bull$eye
• Bae Wan Hee
• Bang Ye-dam
• Chen of EXO^[4]
• Hyebin of Momoland
• Park Woo-jin
• Vinci of Hori7on

The 75 contestants were first announced on the social media accounts of Be The Next.

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The Dreamers will perform individually in front of the Mentors. After each performance, the Mentors will comment and provide feedback on each performance and each Mentor will give points to each of the Dreamers. The maximum points possible for a Dreamer to earn from each Mentor is 100, for a maximum possible score of 700 points for each contestant. This point system will form the basis of their ranks. If the succeeding Dreamer gets a higher rank than the Dreamer sitting, he will be bumping off other Dreamers based on the order of rank.

• Mentor's Evaluation final ranking results.

The dreamers are divided into eight groups by Dream Mentors, each of groups consists of a performer, rapper, singer, and visual artist. Mentors allow the members to select their group leader after three groups consist of ten people and five groups consist of nine people.

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•   Leader of the group

Four songs were revealed for the leaders to choose from: Tomorrow x Together's Back for More, Exo's Call Me Baby, Hori7on's Six7een, and Stray Kids' Maniac. To have a chance to pick their song first, the group leaders select their best dancer to compete in a one-on-one dance duel.

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•   Winner

The dreamers are divided into eight groups by Dream Mentors, each of groups consists of a performer, rapper, singer, and visual artist. Mentors allow the members to select their group leader after three groups consist of ten people and five groups consist of nine people.

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•   Leader of the group

Three songs were revealed for the leaders to choose from: Tomorrow x Together's Back for More, Exo's Call Me Baby, Hori7on's Six7een, and Stray Kids' Maniac. To have a chance to pick their song first, the group leaders select their best dancer to compete in a one-on-one dance duel.

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•   Winner

For the first ranking, only the mentors determine the Dreamers' ranks, in which the first ranking was determined in episode 4. On episode 19, the mentors ranked the dreamers based on their Unit Battle Mission. Starting from the second elimination, both the Dreamers' scores and the public points determine the Dreamers' ranks.

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