On August 23, SBS reported that FANTASY BOYS is gearing up for his or her debut with 11 members excluding Yu Junwon.
In response to the report, FANTASY BOYS’ businesses launched the next collective assertion:
Howdy. That is FUNKY STUDIO, the manufacturing firm of “Fantasy Boys,” and POCKETDOL STUDIO entrusted with administration.
We want to ship our stance relating to FANTASY BOYS’ Yu Junwon that was reported immediately.
We want to inform you that Yu Junwon, who was chosen as [a member of] the debut group FANTASY BOYS by way of MBC’s audition program “Fantasy Boys,” won’t be able to take part in group actions as a consequence of absence with out go away.
FANTASY BOYS is a bunch that was created by votes from viewers by way of a survival program with the goal of creating a debut. We sincerely apologize for [FANTASY BOYS] not with the ability to be collectively because the 12 members who had been supported by the viewers.
Proper after this system ended, we mentioned the contract with Yu Junwon and Yu Junwon’s mother and father greater than a dozen occasions. Even though the contract was written based on the usual phrases and circumstances established and advisable by the Truthful Commerce Fee, Yu Junwon’s mother and father demanded revision of the contract with an elevated revenue sharing price underneath the pretext that [Yu Junwon] ranked No. 1 in voting, evaluating him with different members.
If we regulate the revenue sharing price in another way from different members based mostly on the ultimate vote rating, fairness points might come up, so we totally defined why we couldn’t do that each time [they asked]. Nevertheless, Yu Junwon’s mother and father made Yu Junwon go away with out permission twice, and on the similar time, they notified us that he wouldn’t have the ability to be part of the group in the long run.
Consequently, FANTASY BOYS will debut as an 11-member group consisting of Kim Gyurae, Hong Seongmin, Oh Hyeontae, Lee Hanbin, Ling Qi, Kang Minseo, Hikari, Ok-Soul, Kim Wooseok, Hikaru, and Kaedan.
We are going to do our greatest to resolve this concern amicably and won’t maintain again our full assist in order that the remaining 11 members can put together for his or her debut with out issues. We ask for unchanging heat assist and encouragement for the members who’re about to debut.
Thanks.
The lineup for FANTASY BOYS was decided again in June on the survival present “Fantasy Boys”—the male model of “My Teen Lady,” the audition program that gave rise to the lady group CLASS:y final yr. The group is presently gearing as much as make their highly-anticipated debut in September.