JL Gaspar, a rising Filipino talent in K-pop, is making waves as a contestant on SBS' Universe League, the male counterpart to Universe Ticket.
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00:00JL Gaspar, a rising Filipino talent in K-Pop, is making waves as a contestant on SBS' Universe
00:06League, the male counterpart to Universe Ticket. He is the only Filipino contestant and one of the
00:11finalists on the show following a successful journey from local stages in the Philippines
00:16to the global K-Pop scene. Before joining Universe League, JL was part of the P-Pop Boy Group Plus,
00:22which debuted in March 2023 under SB Town. He trained for four years at the SB Talent Camp,
00:28steadily built his career performing in front of local audiences before pursuing his K-Pop dreams.
00:34In his audition for Universe League, he performs Crush's Beautiful and later Wow's Mentors with
00:39his group's performance of One and Only. His talent led all three teams to choose him as
00:44their first pick, a first in the show's history. If JL wins the Universe League,
00:49it is another milestone for Filipino artists breaking into the global K-Pop scene,
00:53joining the ranks of Jelly Danka, Alicia Parmesano, and Zofia La Forteza.