Boy Bands/Idol Survival Shows + Everyone's Favorite/Pampered by the Whole Group 男团/选秀+万人迷/团宠

1. 1 贴 Cuddles to Stay Alive! The Sickly Beauty Turns a Boy Band into a Battlefield of Love 贴贴续命！病美人爆改男团修罗场 Jiu Xiaoxiao玖潇潇Two Male Leads522k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + boy band in the entertainment industry + real and fake young masters + a touch of everyone’s favorite + all songs are original] Xie Yugui, the spoiled young master of the Xie family, was parachuted into a boy band thanks to his royal status. Years after debuting, he still had none of the three things a celebrity needed: no breakthrough hit, no work to his name, and no traffic. He’d been dealt a winning hand and played it terribly. When his identity was exposed overnight, “real 1.2kReads8.9Score224Shelves

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   I found that people recommend these three more

2. 2 莫 Somehow, I Became the Top-Tier Star in the Center Position 莫名其妙翻身成了C位顶流 Three Feet of Frost寒霜三尺Two Male Leads560k WordsCompleted [Boy band + no female lead + group favorite + no CP] Xiang Yue wakes up to find he has transmigrated into the worst member of the hottest boy band, the dead-last loser. The only things people online have to say about him are: leech, nuisance, nepotism hire, and useless pretty face. And the person he's become is himself from a parallel world. Normally, when you transmigrate, the first thing to do is preserve the original character's persona, then slowly change the public's opinion of them. That's 10.3kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
3. 3 选 Idol Audition: Who Says a Gloomy Loser Can't Become a Big Shot? 选秀：谁说阴郁废物不能成大佬 Fisherman in the Boat's Wake舟上池渔Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted (The main story is complete) [No CP, everyone’s favorite / Various one-sided crushes / Woman transmigrates into a man / Lots of forum-style posts / Focused on career and winning fans] Jiang Rang transmigrated into an obscure cannon-fodder character in a novel about a talent competition show. The good news was that he was younger now, and as handsome as anyone could possibly be. The bad news was that the original owner was terrible at both singing and dancing, and before Jiang arrived, he had alr 1.5kReads8.5Score163Shelves
4. 4 我 I Became a Top-Tier Star Thanks to My Stunning Looks 我靠盛世美颜成为顶流 An Wen安闻Two Male Leads376k WordsCompleted [Accidentally clicked on my embarrassing old comment] A novel about a male idol group with two male leads and a stunningly beautiful, universally adored protagonist. How could a novel with such a warped moral compass, where the protagonist does nothing but commit evil, be so popular? Watching the weak cannon-fodder character who shared his name get bullied by the heroine, Jiang Zhaoyue was so furious that he went to the novel's comments section and praised the hapless character while putting dow 207Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   The last one is a little different from the others

5. 5 说 Weren't They Supposed to Be a Boy Band? Why Are They All Useless? 说好的男团呢，怎么全是废物 Scarlet Cat绯色猫Urban425k WordsCompleted [No CP + absurd comedy + livestreaming + entertainment industry + fast-paced + slight supernatural elements] [The story of a sect’s senior brother and four lunatics] Just after being reborn, Jiang Yi opened his eyes and was shoved down the stairs by his skinflint landlord, Zhou. Jiang Yi tilted his head and rolled his eyes. “Help, police officer~” Someone pushes me down the stairs, I lie there and hit him up for 37,000 yuan. “As long as you’ve got the right attitude, the company is Bali. Work h 1.4kReads9.2Score211Shelves
6. 6 黑 A Mafia Boss Goes Viral After Being Reborn as an Idol Trainee 黑道大佬重生偶像练习生后爆红了 Coconut-Flavored Puppy椰子味小狗Modern Romance717k WordsCompleted [No CP + Male Lead's Perspective + Boy Group Survival Show + Debuting as Center] On the first day of his retirement, Shen Yebai, the second-in-command of the Shengtian Group, drowned and died. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a boy group trainee with pink hair who was bullied and couldn't sing or dance. On the day of the first-stage performance. Mentor: "Who taught you to dance?" Shen Yebai: "My teammate." Teammate: "..." Hater: "Pretty-boy deadweight, get off the show!" Later... The 34.3kReads9.0Score7.6kShelves

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   The third book is great!

7. 7 电 Esports World Champion, Survival Show Center 电竞世界冠军，选秀C位出道 Winter Melon Fart冬瓜屁Modern Romance412k WordsOngoing (The rating has just been posted, so it's on the low side) [No CP + gorgeous but tragic + everyone’s favorite + esports + idol survival show + doted on by everyone + secret identity exposed] He is River, the legendary esports player renowned across the scene, who reached the top of the world at just seventeen. But behind the glory lies severe psychological illness and the agony of sleepless nights. His arms are covered in scars no one knows about. After winning the championship, he hides all his 13.2kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
8. 8 素 An Amateur Talent Show? The Top-Tier Star Mentor Is My Student 素人选秀？顶流导师是我学生 Fallen Pineapple落地菠萝Modern Romance880k WordsOngoing [Entertainment industry + beloved by all + secret identity + beautiful but tragic + no CP (no fixed pairing)] The entertainment industry has never lacked legends. What it lacks is a “devil coach” who can make a top-tier star cry with a scolding. He Xu, 24, is a legendary dance instructor in the industry. After damaging his voice, he stepped behind the scenes, yet went on to train half the top idols in Chinese entertainment. With a face like that, he could’ve debuted and left no room for anyone e 28.6kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves
9. 9 C Debut in the Center Position, My Beloved Heartthrob Dog! C位出道吧，我的万人迷修狗！ Yu Shanwei玉山危Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted Boy-group survival show × ensemble cast × catlike looks and puppyish personality in the protagonist × a super-satisfying, feel-good story (Content warnings❗️: ① There are side couples, but they don't get much focus. ② The supporting characters aren't just there to serve the plot. More details in the author's note in Chapter 1.) On his way from his village to the big city to find work, Shen Jiayu goes out of his way to help someone and unexpectedly gets the chance to sign with Mufeng Entertainmen 5.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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   The writing is so good and so beautiful that it makes my heart beat fast. I tied it within a week.

10. 10 救 Help! Why Is That Blacksmith Trending Again? 救命！那个打铁的怎么又上热搜了 Sun Fanxing损梵行Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Boy Group Audition + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + Debuting in the Center Position + Group Favorite + Forum Posts and Live Comments + Everyone's Crush + Female-Audience Male Lead] The rating is low because it was only just posted 🥺 #My Favorite Digital Snack Has Made It!# #You Said You'd Take the Money and Run, So How Did You End Up Debuting in the Center Position?# #Production Team: Help! The Contestants This Season Are All Wrong for the Show# To raise money for his master's medical bills, Shen 2.8kReads9.1Score314Shelves

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    Shen Lian, an "outlier" in the men's team draft: Others are fighting for the position, but he only wants to earn his master's medical expenses! With his anti-war sword, he defeated the Japanese samurai sword. Fans forced him to put him in the C position when he was running away. The no-CP sand sculpture style is so funny!

11. 11 在 My Carefree Life Raising a Leopard in the Detective Conan World 在柯南世界佛系养豹的我 Heart to Heart, Betrayed by Heart心心负心心Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted Shen Yuan is a graduate student from China who transmigrates into the world of Detective Conan. At first, he has no idea he's landed in the world of Conan. It isn't until he arrives in Tokyo as a year-long exchange student at the University of Tokyo that he notices how easily people end up dead. Any trivial excuse is enough to make someone kill. Tokyo is one big stage, so come on in if you've got a life to spare. Not only are murder cases happening constantly, but the seasons are all out of orde 14.4kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    Really super pretty

12. 12 女 In a World with Few Men, I Became an Interstellar Top-Tier Star 女多男少，我成为星际顶流爱豆 The Guanghanzi of Anyun Province安云省的广寒子Modern Romance69k WordsOngoing No CP + Idol + Entertainment Industry + Everyone’s Favorite + Battle Royale Survival Audition + Forum Posts + Ambitious Protagonist Park Jaehyun was transported into a world where women vastly outnumbered men. Here, women called all the shots, and male entertainers were presumed to be “no good.” Few managed to stand out, but those who broke through could command a fanbase so huge the streets emptied wherever they went. Armed with the skills of a top-tier star from his previous life and a face th 213Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Forum body, Shenyan idol reaches the top. Heartthrob. ,,

13. 13 韩 Korean Showbiz Career Crash Simulator, No, Sasaeng Simulator 韩娱塌房模拟器不，是私生模拟器 The Guanghanzi of Anyun Province安云省的广寒子Female-Channel Fanfiction591k WordsCompleted Reborn as a cool, stunning idol in Korean showbiz, he becomes the subject of a savage forum-style story. A simulator lets him experience the career paths of people in different entertainment-industry professions. From the start, three talent scouts fight over him, and he debuts as the center of a boy group. No CP + universally adored + career-driven. The simulator arrives from the start, three talent scouts compete for him, and he chooses a company. He parachutes into the company. Yet one god-ti 3.2kReads8.4Score229Shelves
14. 14 我 I Became the Crown Prince's Consort on a Reality Show 我在选秀节目当太子妃 A Huge Pie Is Going to Fall from the Sky天上要掉大馅饼Two Male Leads79k WordsOngoing After dying and coming back to life, Chi Yangyue opened his eyes only to find himself bound to an annoying [God One Minute, Devil the Next] System. A cold prompt exploded in his mind: "Get over a hundred fans within 24 hours, or you're eliminated." Chi Yangyue stared blankly at the ceiling for a few seconds, then immediately figured it out: in a talent competition, popularity was everything. His survival instinct kicked into overdrive: stir up scandals! Play up the bromance! Ride the coattails —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A little sun on the outside but a scheming man on the inside, no cp, the protagonist is still a royal family, the whole process is super fun, there are so many comments on the forum

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