On October 22,  the new girl group members of Kep1er from the idol audition program 'Girls Planet 999' were revealed.

According to the final episode, the final contestants who will be debuting as 'Kep1er' are Kim Chae Hyun, Huening Bahiyyih, Choi Yujin, Kim Da Yeon, Seo Young Eun, Kang Ye Seo, Ezaki Hikaru, Sakamoto Mashiro, and Shen Xiaoting.

As soon as the episode aired, the results from the audition program were shared on various online communities where netizens were able to respond to the final results. Netizens commented, "More Korean contestants debuted than thought," "How did that Huening Bahiyyih come in second? I thought she was always at the lowest ranks during the show," "There's a member who didn't show anything that's part of this group, lol," "They're all pretty," "I can't believe Kim Bo Ra is not there," "More Koreans were chosen than I expected," "This is totally rigged," "I'm happy Choi Yujin will debut now," "This is not rigged for sure, lol," "They really rigged this so blatantly...do they want to go to jail again? lol," and"I'm really fascinated how Huening Bahiyyih got to debut, lol."