Watch: Mnet Announces "I-LAND 2" Will Be Collab With YG's Teddy And THEBLACKLABEL

Jul 24, 2023

Mnet has revealed that the second season of “I-LAND” will be a collaboration with longtime YG Entertainment producer Teddy and his agency THEBLACKLABEL!

The first season of Mnet’s survival show “I-LAND,” which gave rise to the boy group ENHYPEN in 2020, was produced in collaboration with HYBE and its founder Bang Si Hyuk. Accordingly, ENHYPEN’s agency BELIFT LAB is a joint venture between Mnet’s parent company CJ ENM and HYBE.

In the same vein, “I-LAND 2″—the long-awaited female version of “I-LAND”—was widely expected to create BELIFT LAB’s first girl group. However, earlier this year, BELIFT LAB unexpectedly launched a new survival show called “R U Next?” on JTBC that will determine the lineup of its new girl group instead.

On July 24, Mnet officially announced that “I-LAND 2” would mark a collaboration with Teddy and his YG Entertainment subsidiary THEBLACKLABEL. However, the brand-new girl group produced by the upcoming show will promote under CJ ENM’s label WAKEONE.

Online applications for “I-LAND 2” will be open from July 10 to August 6 KST, and any girl born before January 1, 2011 and able to travel internationally is eligible to apply.

Watch Mnet’s new teaser for “I-LAND 2” below, and for more information, check out the show’s official website here!