The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project

Idol Rebooting Project: The Unit is a South Korean survival reality show on KBS2. The concept of the show is to form male and female unit groups of nine members each, among idols who had already debuted. The show is aiming to give them a fair chance to demonstrate their talents that they may not have been able to showcase before.

Overview

KBS announced in July 2017 that they had started production of a reality show under the working title The Final 99 Match. On August 2, the show's first teaser was released under the new title The Unit, stylized as The Uni+, which stands for "You and I Plus". The show also launched its official website on the same day along with application forms available for any idols interested in joining to fill in and submit, as well as a bulletin board wherein idol recommendations from anyone can be submitted.

Booting Evaluations

During the Booting Evaluations, members of the audience vote while the contestants perform. The contestants will receive 1 Boot when 15% of the audience votes for them. When 90% of the audience vote for the contestants, which is known as "Super Boot", the whole group will be able to join the show immediately. If the contestants do not receive a "Super Boot", the Mentors will determine whether to pass each performer or not. Contestants who receive at least 1 boot from any of the mentors will be able to join the show. The Booting Evaluations were held at the Kintex Hall 9 in Ilsan between September 29 and October 1, 2017.

Theme Song

It was reported that 126 contestants who passed the Booting Evaluations started filming a music video from October 7 to October 9 as part of a mission. The center group would consist of nine males and nine females, and the most stand-out contestant would be the "center of the center".
On October 13, The Unit dropped the music video for the competitors' first challenge "My Turn", which also aired on that day on KBS's Music Bank, featuring Sonamoo's Euijin and IM's Kijoong as the girls' and boys' center respectively.

Voting

The Unit opened up voting at 10 p.m. KST on November 11, and servers crashed approximately 15 minutes later as people rushed to place their votes. Voting for the show would be exclusively done through TMON's website, with only one vote for each TMON ID. Anyone who supported the 126 contestants could participate. Each person would choose nine male contestants to form their own "Uni+ B" and nine female contestants to form "Uni+ G". Within their top nine choices, the voters would pick their favorite contestant, who would be awarded two votes while the remaining eight would receive one vote. This would mean that each voter would be able to help out a total of 18 contestants to achieve their dreams.
From Episode 11 onward, the voting system underwent a major change. It was announced that the voting would be exclusively done through The Unit official mobile app. Each person would pick only three contestants from "Uni+ B" and "Uni+ G" and was allowed to vote only once per day. The voting period started from 12 p.m KST on 7 January and would be closed at 11.59 p.m KST on 25 January 2018.

Post ''The Unit''

On February 24's broadcast of The Units "Special Show", it was announced that UNI+ B's band name will be UNB and UNI+ G's band name will be UNI.T.

Mentors

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	Mentor who had given a Boot
	Artist received a Super Boot
	Artist received Boots from all of the Mentors
	Artist did not receive any Boots
	Artist who did not receive any Boots, but selected to join The Unit

Note: Mentor votes for some artists were not indicated. The number of boots are shown instead. For some artists, the number of boots were retrieved from the show's official site.

Episode 1 (October 28)

Episode 2 (November 4)

Episode 3 (November 11)

Unaired Performances

Contestants

Top 9

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New Top 9

First voting period

Second voting period

Third voting period

Final Top 9

It was announced that the boy group would be called UNB and girl group to be called Uni.T.

Elimination chart

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Male Contestant

Female Contestant

First Mission: The Music Video

After the Booting Evaluations, the contestants were tasked to form groups of 9 for the first mission. The winning team for each gender will become the center team in the music video of the show's theme song "My Turn".

Uni+ B Evaluations

Uni+ G Evaluations

Second Mission: Restart Mission

Contestants will choose one of the given songs of different concepts that they are confident in; new teams of nine are formed. Voting of each contestant is conducted during the performances. The winning team for each gender with the most votes will win a benefit of immunity from elimination after the end of the first voting round, regardless of current overall vote rankings in the show, plus the chance to perform in Rain's comeback stage.

UNI+ G (Episode 5)

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Order	Team	Song	Artist	Votes	Total	Result
1	Black	"Rough" by GFriend	NC.A	267	1,266	5th Place
1	Black	"Rough" by GFriend	Gaeul	161	1,266	5th Place
1	Black	"Rough" by GFriend	Shin Jihoon	142	1,266	5th Place
1	Black	"Rough" by GFriend	Chahee	141	1,266	5th Place
1	Black	"Rough" by GFriend	Lee Juhyeon	131	1,266	5th Place
1	Black	"Rough" by GFriend	Lee Hyunjoo	127	1,266	5th Place
1	Black	"Rough" by GFriend	Eunji	116	1,266	5th Place
1	Black	"Rough" by GFriend	Han Seoin	98	1,266	5th Place
1	Black	"Rough" by GFriend	Genie	83	1,266	5th Place
2	Blue	"Crazy" by 4Minute	Hyosun	273	1,635	2nd Place
2	Blue	"Crazy" by 4Minute	Euna Kim	223	1,635	2nd Place
2	Blue	"Crazy" by 4Minute	Nari	196	1,635	2nd Place
2	Blue	"Crazy" by 4Minute	Serri	183	1,635	2nd Place
2	Blue	"Crazy" by 4Minute	Dabin	171	1,635	2nd Place
2	Blue	"Crazy" by 4Minute	Mint	170	1,635	2nd Place
2	Blue	"Crazy" by 4Minute	Euijin	165	1,635	2nd Place
2	Blue	"Crazy" by 4Minute	Viva	146	1,635	2nd Place
2	Blue	"Crazy" by 4Minute	Saebyeol	108	1,635	2nd Place
3	Yellow	"Heart Attack" by AOA	Yoonjo	172	929	7th Place
3	Yellow	"Heart Attack" by AOA	Yoomin	159	929	7th Place
3	Yellow	"Heart Attack" by AOA	Somyi	122	929	7th Place
3	Yellow	"Heart Attack" by AOA	Lena	98	929	7th Place
3	Yellow	"Heart Attack" by AOA	Park Jiwon	88	929	7th Place
3	Yellow	"Heart Attack" by AOA	Yena	84	929	7th Place
3	Yellow	"Heart Attack" by AOA	Tae.E	80	929	7th Place
3	Yellow	"Heart Attack" by AOA	Yujeong	67	929	7th Place
3	Yellow	"Heart Attack" by AOA	Eunbyeol	59	929	7th Place
4	Orange	"Red Flavor" by Red Velvet	Jiwon	183	1,051	6th Place
4	Orange	"Red Flavor" by Red Velvet	I	159	1,051	6th Place
4	Orange	"Red Flavor" by Red Velvet	Yebin	151	1,051	6th Place
4	Orange	"Red Flavor" by Red Velvet	Lee Suji	137	1,051	6th Place
4	Orange	"Red Flavor" by Red Velvet	Yujeong	98	1,051	6th Place
4	Orange	"Red Flavor" by Red Velvet	Sebin	89	1,051	6th Place
4	Orange	"Red Flavor" by Red Velvet	Yuji	87	1,051	6th Place
4	Orange	"Red Flavor" by Red Velvet	Dan-A	78	1,051	6th Place
4	Orange	"Red Flavor" by Red Velvet	Lucky	69	1,051	6th Place
5	Green	"You're The Best" by Mamamoo	Yang Jiwon	302	1,947	1st Place
5	Green	"You're The Best" by Mamamoo	Eun.E	285	1,947	1st Place
5	Green	"You're The Best" by Mamamoo	Heejin	248	1,947	1st Place
5	Green	"You're The Best" by Mamamoo	Kang Minhee	223	1,947	1st Place
5	Green	"You're The Best" by Mamamoo	Haena	208	1,947	1st Place
5	Green	"You're The Best" by Mamamoo	Joo	191	1,947	1st Place
5	Green	"You're The Best" by Mamamoo	Hyeyeon	189	1,947	1st Place
5	Green	"You're The Best" by Mamamoo	Han Areum	152	1,947	1st Place
5	Green	"You're The Best" by Mamamoo	Yeseul	149	1,947	1st Place
6	White	"Give It to Me" by Sistar	Yeoeun	280	1,389	3rd Place
6	White	"Give It to Me" by Sistar	Seol Hayoon	208	1,389	3rd Place
6	White	"Give It to Me" by Sistar	Semmi	203	1,389	3rd Place
6	White	"Give It to Me" by Sistar	Chaewon	156	1,389	3rd Place
6	White	"Give It to Me" by Sistar	Kwon Haseo	150	1,389	3rd Place
6	White	"Give It to Me" by Sistar	Haein	147	1,389	3rd Place
6	White	"Give It to Me" by Sistar	Janey	118	1,389	3rd Place
6	White	"Give It to Me" by Sistar	Kim	82	1,389	3rd Place
6	White	"Give It to Me" by Sistar	Bomi	45	1,389	3rd Place
7	Red	"Gee" by Girls' Generation	Woohee	228	1,337	4th Place
7	Red	"Gee" by Girls' Generation	ZN	218	1,337	4th Place
7	Red	"Gee" by Girls' Generation	Yujeong	185	1,337	4th Place
7	Red	"Gee" by Girls' Generation	Soya	181	1,337	4th Place
7	Red	"Gee" by Girls' Generation	Chaesol	121	1,337	4th Place
7	Red	"Gee" by Girls' Generation	Anne	115	1,337	4th Place
7	Red	"Gee" by Girls' Generation	Lee Borim	113	1,337	4th Place
7	Red	"Gee" by Girls' Generation	Hanbi	112	1,337	4th Place
7	Red	"Gee" by Girls' Generation	Sandy	64	1,337	4th Place