13-Year-Old “PROJECT7” Survival Show Contestant Sparks Major Debate With His Behavior

One of the ongoing survival shows is JTBC‘s PROJECT7.

The “PROJECT7” poster | JTBC

One contestant sparking a huge debate is 13-year-old Sviat from Ukraine.

Sviat | JTBC

The young contestant has gained a lot of attention since his first audition when he covered “Replay” by SHINee.

Recently, videos from the latest episode have sparked a huge debate.

Sviat’s young age had seemingly caused issues during training, which raised frustration among the other contestants when he wasn’t paying attention or disrupted the rehearsals. Many shared anger that while it might be a “joke” to Sviat or some fun, for many, the show is a way to achieve their dream.

atilla and black team are so done with sviat I ijboled pic.twitter.com/2Rf3HmBL6r

— sana! (@jiwoonpill) November 22, 2024

Atilla and Yechan mad as hell😭😭 #project7 #yeomyechan #fongatilla #sviat

♬ original sound – Mika/Ven 🐼🦊 ☆

im sorry but this.. pic.twitter.com/AUALDRHTfv

— cam🫧 VOTE ANDY (@4andyokuda) November 22, 2024

anyway Sviat's age shouldn't be a reason y'all excuse him being annoying and unserious af. all the love to sviat but he WAS being annoying last ep. if he can't be serious abt practice then a survival show, even less a boy group, is the place for him. simple and plain.

— Mika/Ven ☆ VOTE ANDY & FONG ATILLA (@mikasnxj) November 23, 2024

Yet, some defended the young contestant about how it must be hard being away from home and that while his behavior seems immature, he is only 13, and it wouldn’t seem out of place for anyone else his age.

that is a 13 year old boy in a country very far away from his home trying his best to make friends… https://t.co/6dj2NPJ65R

— ☆ charlie ; LIVE AND FALL 🧡 (@odeslcvr) November 23, 2024

“sviat is acting immature” as someone who is studying education, that’s how 13 yo boys act, they’re pretty playful. yall should stop generating a hate train to a boy just wanting to accomplish his dream and if u don’t want him to debut, then stop promoting with your dumbass posts pic.twitter.com/jYkXR8JcQt

— roro is daydreaming ∞ (@matchayulkebrew) November 23, 2024

It continues to raise a debate about age limits within K-Pop.