Yoo Seon-ho (born January 28, 2002)[1] is a South Korean actor, singer, and model. He is best known as a contestant on the survival reality show Produce 101 season 2 and acting in the drama Under the Queen's Umbrella. He has been a cast member of the variety show 2 Days & 1 Night since 2022.
Soon after Produce 101 ended, Yoo became a regular guest on a new variety show called Special Private Life together with other fellow Produce 101 contestants.[3] He also had guest appearances in variety shows like Live Talk Show Taxi and Problematic Men.[4][5] In August 2017, Yoo started appearing as a regular guest for a few episode on Channel A's Let's Eat Out This Saturday. From July to August 2017, Yoo along with BtoB's Yook Sung-jae promoted for TMON's Let's Fly TMON Tour campaign.[6]
On August 3 it was revealed that Yoo would make his acting debut in the web-drama Mischievous Detectives alongside Apink's Namjoo and fellow Produce 101 Contestant Ahn Hyung Seob. Yoo played the role of Pyo Han Eum, an honorary forensic investigator that was awarded for solving a murder case.[7] The web-drama surpassed 10 million views in a month on Naver.[8]
Yoo acted as the main protagonist, along with Shuhua in 10cm's music video for the song Pet, having been chosen by the singer himself.[9]
In October 2017, Yoo was part of the main cast of the beauty variety show The Cushion together with BtoB's Jung Il-hoon and popular Korean beauty YouTuber Lena.[10]
Yoo held his first fanmeet The Most Preferred Time on October 27 at the Woori Art Hall in Seoul's Olympic Park.[11] The fanmeet sold out in less than five minutes which saw Cube Entertainment adding a second date, on October 28.[12]
On October 20, was revealed that Yoo will guest on One Night Food Trip alongside his label mate, Pentagon'sHui, the filming started in Vietnam on October 22.[13] Seonho was confirmed as part of variety show cast tvN's Nest Escape 2, with filming taking place in Greece.[14]
2018–present: Solo debut and activities
Yoo joined the cast of variety show Photo People 2 with filming taking place in Japan in March 2018.[15]
After finishes his fan meeting tour with Osaka, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bangkok and Tokyo on December 23, 2017, he will held an encore fanmeeting at Olympic Hall, Olympic Park in Seoul on April 14 with 2500 seats and were sold out in 1 minute.[16]
Yoo made his solo debut with EP Spring, Seonho on April 11, 2018, with the lead single "Maybe Spring" composed by Lee Jin-ah.[17]
In July 2018 it was revealed that he will return to play Pyo Han Eum in Mischievous Detective Season 2.[18] Seonho was also cast in variety show JTBC's Carefree Travellers as fixed cast.[19] Yoo became the model for Goobne a chicken brand. A CF like a youth movie was released starring Yoo Seonho, which surpassed 3.4 million views.[20]
In 2019, Yoo, alongside Lai Kuan-lin and Ha Neul were chosen as new models for TBJ clothing brand.[21] On June 10, Yoo became the ambassador for Korea Pediatric Diabetes Association alongside (G)I-dle.[22]
In December 2019, Seon-ho become a regular guest in SBS's basketball variety show Handsome Tigers. The show premiered in January 2020.[23] Later in December, Seonho was cast in tvN's new variety show Cat's Meow Is Fake, the show was aired on January 5, 2020.[24]
In 2021, Yoo joined JTBC drama Undercover, playing the son of Ji Jin-hee and Kim Hyun-joo, who has autism.[25]
In 2022, Yoo returned to the small screen with the MBC drama Doctor Lawyer, playing the teenage So Ji-sub.[26] Later he joined the tvN historical drama Under the Queen's Umbrella, which was broadcast in October 2022.[27] The same year, Yoo became a fixed cast member of the KBS2 reality show 2 Days & 1 Night Season 4, with his first episode airing in December.[28]
↑Kim Hyun-sik (August 26, 2022). "유선호, '슈룹' 캐스팅…김혜수와 연기 호흡" [Yoo Seon-ho, cast for 'Shloops'... Kim Hye-soo and acting breathing] (in 한국어). E-Daily. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022 – via Naver.
↑Hwang Hye-jin (November 28, 2022). "슈룹' 계성대군 유선호 '1박2일' 새 멤버 확정 "25일 첫 녹화"[공식]" [Shuloop’ Gyeseong Daegun Yoo Seon-ho ‘1 Night 2 Days’ new member confirmed “first recording on the 25th” [Official]] (in 한국어). Newsen. Archived from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2022 – via Naver.
↑2018년 상반기 Album Chart [2018 First Half Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on September 15, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
↑2018년 15주차 Download Chart [Week 15 of 2018 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in 한국어). Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
↑Kim So-yeon (September 3, 2021). "유선호, '우수무당 가두심' OST '포에버 스마일' 참여…오늘(3일) 발매" [Yoo Seon-ho, participating in 'Forever Smile' OST for 'Excellent Shaman' Released today (3rd)]. Star Today (in 한국어). Archived from the original on September 3, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021 – via Naver.
↑Kang Min-kyung (January 9, 2023). "[공식] 유선호·강미나·유인수, '참, 잘했어요!' 캐스팅…권력 쥔 청춘" [[Official] Yoo Seon-ho·Kang Mina·Yoo In-soo, 'Oh, well done!' casting… youth in power]. Ten Asia (in 한국어). Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
↑Kang Hyo-jin (May 26, 2021). "[단독]유선호, 영화 '오랜만이다' 출연…데뷔 후 첫 스크린 나들이" [[Exclusive] Seon-Ho Yoo to appear in the movie 'It's been a while'... First screen outing after debut]. SPOTV NEWS (in 한국어). Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021 – via Naver.
↑Han Hae-sun (June 4, 2022). "유선호, '닥터로이어' 소지섭 아역 등장..강렬 '오열 연기" [Yoo Seon-ho, So Ji-sub's child role in 'Doctor Royer] (in 한국어). MT Star News. Archived from the original on June 4, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022 – via Naver.
↑Park Ah-reum (August 26, 2022). "중전 김혜수X대비마마 김해숙 만나니(슈룹)" [Middle Battle Kim Hye-soo X Big Mama Kim Hae-sook Met (Shroop)] (in 한국어). Newsen. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022 – via Naver.
↑Yoo Jeong-min (April 19, 2023). "유선호, '열녀박씨 계약결혼뎐' 출연 확정…이세영·배인혁과 호흡" [Yoo Seon-ho Confirms Appearance in 'Tale of a Contract Marriage with Mr. Park' Breathing with Lee Se-young and Bae In-hyuk] (in 한국어). MBC Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023 – via Naver.
↑Ahn Yoon-ji (June 24, 2021). "유선호, '우수무당 가두심' 합류..첫 판타지 장르 도전[공식]" [Yoo Seon-ho, joins 'Excellent Shaman Pathfinder'... First Fantasy Genre Challenge [Official]]. StarNews (in 한국어). Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021 – via Naver.
↑Kim Na-yul (October 7, 2021). "소녀의 세계2' 최예나-유선호-이원정-위클리 지한 확정..12월 선공개" ['Girl's World 2' Choi Ye-na - Yoo Seon-ho - Lee Won-jung - Weekly Ji-han confirmed..Pre-release in December]. Herald Pop (in 한국어). Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Naver.
↑Hwang, Soo-yeon (November 28, 2022). "유선호, '1박 2일' 새 멤버 합류…"촬영 완료, 12월 중 방송" [공식입장]" [Yoo Seon-ho joins '1 Night 2 Days' as a new member... "Filming complete, broadcast in December" [Official Position]] (in 한국어). X-port News. Archived from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2022 – via Naver.
↑"'2023 AAA' 포텐셜 수상 유선호 "영광스러워" 소감→딘딘과 컬래버 무대" ['2023 AAA' Potential Award Winner Yoo Seon-ho says, "I'm honored" → Collaboration stage with DinDin]. Star News (in 한국어). 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
↑Lee, Hae-ri (2023-12-24). "'1박2일' 팀, KBS 연예대상 영광" ['2 Days & 1 Night' team honored with KBS Entertainment Awards]. 맥스무비 (in 한국어). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
↑Jeong, Han-byeol (2023-12-30). "김무준·김윤우·박정연·주현영, 'MBC 연기대상' 신인상 영예" [Kim Moo-jun, Kim Yun-woo, Park Jeong-yeon, Joo Hyun-young, 'MBC Drama Awards' Rookie Award honors]. Hankook Ilbo (in 한국어). Retrieved 2024-01-04.