Justin Wong Reveals The Eight Contestants For His New Reality Show

Evo winner Justin Wong has released the pilot episode of his new Street Fighter reality show, NXT Up. The show gathers eight players to see who will be the next big thing from the North American FGC. 

The pilot of the show aired on Justin's YouTube channel where he went through over 200 audition tapes to pick his contestants, and after going through them all, he settled on eight individuals:

• Blendoben
• Coosco
• King Raichu
• Fem! Shep
• Zykles
• Mothman
• Nate Banks
• Triumph

There were auditions from prominent people within the community like Zaferino and Andylo2. 

Some of the names in the show are also prominent including Mothman who has multiple top 8 finishes at big events and Zykles who is a top Kimberly player who made top 8 at East Coast Throwdown 2023. 

The show will feature a challenge of the day with the next one being a first-to-three match against Justin himself to see which player goes home first and who can stay competitive.