Boys Planet will premiere in 2022. (Image via MNet)Mnet has announced a male version of their hit show, Girls Planet 999, titled Boys Planet, and the internet can’t get enough of the news!MNet’s audition survival program Girls Planet 999 aired from August to October, with female participants from all over East Asia, specifically South Korea, China, and Japan. The contestants on the widely viewed show were competing for the ultimate prize - a chance to debut in an all-girl idol group, later announced as Kep1er.Kpop Charts@kchartsmasterMAMA announces Boys Planet for 2022.3:21 AM · Dec 11, 202191312585MAMA announces Boys Planet for 2022.Hosted by Yeo Jin Goo, the “Planet Master” and mentored by Sunmi and Girls’ Generation’s Tiffany, the nine finalists of Girls Planet 999 made up a brand new group called Kep1er, which is gearing up for their debut in January 2022.In light of the show’s success, MNet has announced an all-male version of it amidst several controversies.Mnet's Boys Planet will air in 2022On December 11, while broadcasting the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards aka MAMA 2021, MNet announced a brand new show, titled Boys Planet, scheduled for 2022. Through a video of planets in space, Mnet cryptically stated,“A signal from a new planet. We await the boys who will go on a global journey together.”BOYSPLANET2022@BOYSPLANET_2022BOYS PLANET 2022 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AT THE 2021 MNET ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS4:31 AM · Dec 11, 2021112BOYS PLANET 2022 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AT THE 2021 MNET ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS https://t.co/UDRROvzkcFLike Girls Planet 999, it appears that Boys Planet will also have a celestial theme and a space connection. Mnet announced that they were open to applications for the show from any contestant born between December 11, 2021, and February 11, 2022.Boys Planet is open to applicants from any part of the world, not only South Korea, Japan, and China, as long as they are born before January 1, 2009, and can travel to South Korea for the competition. Girls Planet 999, on the other hand, only had participants from the aforementioned three countries. Most importantly, they should not already be a part of any agency. Potential contestants on the upcoming show must be proficient in any two of the following categories:Vocal, Dance, Rap, Acting, and Producing.connect: lori@xiaodebutboys planet will no longer have ethnicity restrictions!! it is open to anyone born before 2009, any nationality, and only for individual trainees (no company).5:21 AM · Dec 11, 20211766420boys planet will no longer have ethnicity restrictions!! it is open to anyone born before 2009, any nationality, and only for individual trainees (no company). https://t.co/UczQh7nlYTBoys Planet’s announcement has taken several netizens by surprise, and the internet is full of speculation about whether the show will follow the same pattern as the original show.connect: lori@xiaodebutim reading too much into this but there's no 3 specific planets in the teaser?? maybe they'll change the system too because it's also called boys planet 2022, and not boys planet 9994:29 AM · Dec 11, 202117228im reading too much into this but there's no 3 specific planets in the teaser?? maybe they'll change the system too because it's also called boys planet 2022, and not boys planet 999 https://t.co/qSuVlwjognSeveral jokes have also taken over social media, with edits of the Kep1er members as boys doing the rounds.¿connect?: paz 🍨 !! (semi ia)@holyhiyyihboys planet 999 😎5:13 AM · Oct 2, 20212668597boys planet 999 😎 https://t.co/6hQ7ukaYcdconnect: lori@xiaodebutkep1er arriving at boys planet 999 finals as if they're not 2022 rookies too3:50 AM · Dec 11, 20213581742kep1er arriving at boys planet 999 finals as if they're not 2022 rookies too https://t.co/4HuExAII8wً@xiaotingslavebegging yurina to join boys planet 999 I NEED HER TO DEBUT3:26 AM · Dec 11, 20212610427begging yurina to join boys planet 999 I NEED HER TO DEBUTSome Kep1er fans are upset that Mnet is promoting a different show even before the winners of Girls Planet 999 have made their debut.rachel@ChaehyunsdailyPlz take care Kep1er first, don't promote your boys planet. We don't want it, we want kep1er debutation3:26 AM · Dec 11, 20211953553Plz take care Kep1er first, don't promote your boys planet. We don't want it, we want kep1er debutationali 🦕| gaeul's gf@XIAOTlNGAKGAEFVCK BOYSPLANET999 WE NEED GIRLSPLANET999 SEASON 2!!!!3:23 AM · Dec 11, 20211443302FVCK BOYSPLANET999 WE NEED GIRLSPLANET999 SEASON 2!!!! https://t.co/H4IpQ2xj9Xconnect: nini@wadadaingi dont think some of yall understand. the issue here is how mnet treated the girls in gp999 as guinea pigs, treated them like shit, just to give better oppotunities for boys planet. you don't have to coddle the trainees from kepi stans rn cz society is built to benefit these boys7:01 AM · Dec 11, 2021918241i dont think some of yall understand. the issue here is how mnet treated the girls in gp999 as guinea pigs, treated them like shit, just to give better oppotunities for boys planet. you don't have to coddle the trainees from kepi stans rn cz society is built to benefit these boysrin@999erzlike why would you announce boys planet when the debut group of the first season hasn't even debuted yet.. and considering the timeline that means those two would def go against each other in the future and ofc the bg has a higher chance of becoming famous because they're men3:44 AM · Dec 11, 20211171236like why would you announce boys planet when the debut group of the first season hasn't even debuted yet.. and considering the timeline that means those two would def go against each other in the future and ofc the bg has a higher chance of becoming famous because they're men https://t.co/jpChqDJrmDMeanwhile, the Girls Planet 999 winners Kep1er were forced to postpone their debut in light of a Covid-19 scare, but now they are all set to take the K-pop world by storm.