GIRLS PLANET 2027 Opens Its Global Audition Push

Mnet has formally pushed GIRLS PLANET 2027 into its next public phase with a new audition announcement video, positioning the project as a global search rather than a Korea-only survival-show pipeline. Featured on Mnet K-POP’s official YouTube channel, the clip promotes applications for global participants and highlights both offline and online audition routes connected to REPUBLIC Collective, the Universal Music Group label partner attached to the program.

The announcement gives applicants a clear timeline. The first offline fast-track audition was tied to KCON LA 2026 from August 14 to August 16 at the LA Convention Center festival ground. A wider global audition tour is scheduled for early November, with New York, Los Angeles and London listed as stops. Online applications are also open through Mnet Plus, allowing would-be contestants outside those cities to enter the process.

That structure makes GIRLS PLANET 2027 one of Mnet’s most internationally framed audition projects to date. Rather than waiting for global interest after a broadcast begins, the show is building global participation into the casting stage. The partnership with REPUBLIC Collective also signals that the final project is being imagined with a music-market strategy that extends beyond Korean television.

A global audition plan with KCON as the first stage

KCON LA is a logical launch point for the fast-track audition. The event gathers K-pop fans, aspiring performers, dance teams and creators in one place, making it a live testing ground for a show that wants applicants who already understand the global fan ecosystem. By placing an audition opportunity inside that environment, Mnet can meet potential contestants where K-pop culture is already active.

The November tour expands that idea across three major cities. New York and Los Angeles give the project access to two of the most competitive entertainment markets in the United States, while London opens a direct European route. Korean and international reports about the project have emphasized that this three-city approach is a major step for the PLANET franchise, particularly because New York and London were not traditional stops in earlier casting frameworks.

The online application path is just as important. A global girl group cannot depend only on applicants who can travel to a few cities. By keeping digital applications open through Mnet Plus, the project can capture candidates from Asia, Latin America, Europe and other regions where K-pop cover culture and training communities have expanded rapidly.

For viewers, the audition geography is also part of the story. Survival programs have always sold the idea that talent can emerge from unexpected places. GIRLS PLANET 2027 is making that promise more explicit by placing the search map in the announcement itself.

Why REPUBLIC Collective changes the stakes

The REPUBLIC Collective partnership gives this project a different industry profile from a standard broadcaster-led audition. REPUBLIC sits inside the Universal Music Group ecosystem, and its involvement points to a plan that could connect the eventual group to global distribution, branding and market development earlier than many survival-show teams receive that support.

That does not mean the program will abandon the K-pop system. Mnet’s strength is still television storytelling, trainee evaluation, mission structure and fandom voting drama. The difference is that GIRLS PLANET 2027 appears designed to connect that Korean production model with a Western label network from the beginning, rather than after debut.

The move reflects a broader K-pop industry shift. Agencies and broadcasters are no longer asking whether global members can participate in K-pop; they are asking how global casting can be made central to the product. Recent years have shown that fans are willing to follow multilingual groups, multinational lineups and hybrid training systems when the music and personalities feel coherent.

For Mnet, that creates both opportunity and pressure. The PLANET brand already carries expectations because Girls Planet 999 led to Kep1er and Boys Planet helped build major post-show momentum. A 2027 edition with a global label partner will be judged not only on ratings or viral performances, but on whether it can deliver a debut team with a credible international lane.

What applicants and fans should watch next

The next meaningful updates will likely come from application deadlines, eligibility details, mentor announcements and the way Mnet frames the show’s voting or evaluation system. The audition video is intentionally brief, but it tells fans that casting is no longer an abstract future step. It is already underway, beginning with KCON LA and continuing through November’s offline tour.

Applicants should pay attention to the official Mnet Plus page rather than relying on reposted graphics or unofficial summaries. Audition projects often update requirements, city schedules and submission formats as the process moves forward. The official application page is the safest reference point for age rules, performance materials and deadline changes.

Fans, meanwhile, will be watching for how the show balances global openness with the training standards expected of a K-pop debut. The best version of GIRLS PLANET 2027 would not simply collect contestants from many countries; it would explain why those contestants belong in one musical team and give audiences enough time to understand their growth.

The new Mnet K-POP video does not reveal contestants or broadcast dates, but it establishes the project’s ambition. GIRLS PLANET 2027 wants to be a casting call heard across continents, and its first official audition push makes that goal visible. For a franchise built on the idea of fans discovering future stars together, the search has now become the headline.

The project also arrives as audition programs face a more informed global audience. Viewers now follow editing choices, trainee backgrounds, contract terms and label strategy almost as closely as performances. That means GIRLS PLANET 2027 will need transparency as well as scale. The official audition push is a strong opening signal, but the franchise's next challenge is building trust with applicants and fans across every market it is asking to join.

If the show converts that early attention into a fair and watchable competition, it could become more than another survival-series sequel. It could become a case study in how Korean broadcasters, American label partners and international trainees now share the same debut pipeline.