Singer Hyolyn’s Remarks About The Visuals Of “Boys II Planet” Contestants Draws Intense Reactions

Singer Hyolyn has become a hot topic for her remarks about contestants’ visuals on Boys II Planet.

Hyolyn | @xhyolynx/Instagram

Hyolyn, who is one of the mentors on the show, was evaluating the contestants’ performances when she suddenly asked her co-mentor, JUSTHIS, if they were supposed to take the contestants’ visuals into account while scoring them. The rapper responded, saying that he had indeed been scoring the contestants based on their looks in addition to their skills.

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— 저기요 (@4ickyu) July 18, 2025

Hyolyn: Do good looks also get included in the scores?

JUSTHIS: It does, of course! I have been including it.

When Hyolyn mentioned that she had not taken visuals into consideration at all, the rapper reasoned that it was a part of their charm as idols.

Hyolyn: Really?

JUSTHIS: Yeah.

Hyolyn: But I didn’t include it even once.

JUSTHIS: Doesn’t that count as charm? Since they’re idols…

The clip of this particular interaction between the two mentors was reposted on X (former Twitter) by a netizen. The OP (original poster) expressed their discontent with Hyolyn’s disregard for visuals as a judge.

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— 저기요 (@4ickyu) July 18, 2025

JUSTHIS is right. for the first time, I’m disliking Hyolyn unnie a little.

— The OP’s tweet

However, the OP’s criticism of Hyolyn hasn’t been received well by other fans. Many felt that putting weightage on looks in an idol survival show highlighted a sustaining issue in the K-Pop industry where vocal skills are seemingly dropping in priority.

All these quotes focusing on visuals over skills is the reason why Kpop singers now are so mid

If people want to see visuals they can go to a runway show.

Idols are singers and dancers above all

Even the visuals of 2nd and 3rd gen groups pull their own weight https://t.co/VHmphgUxqZ

— Notice me 씨스타 Senpai (@hyoraluv) July 19, 2025

you people giving hyolyn shit for caring more about vocals than visuals is why the current state of kpop is just companies giving us slop after slop and forcing us to eat this shit when fans clearly want substance but here we are https://t.co/2Aiqb3lcS4

— dalina ♡ (@justdalina) July 19, 2025

there's no way hyolyn is getting backlash bc shes prioritizing vocals over visual in idols.. https://t.co/87NIuVnbpd

— Grace 🍉 (@myriadsfandom) July 19, 2025

putting hyolyn on as a vocal coach but not wanting her to judge based off vocals is CRAZY to me https://t.co/kZU31gTPMX

— jøe🪽 (@princezhangshu) July 19, 2025