【The Fact | Reporter Choi Soo-jung】HADES has claimed first place on the New Star ranking of the weekly idol ranking site FANNSTAR.

In the FANNSTAR New Star ranking vote for the fifth week of January, held from January 26 to February 2, HADES took first place with 369,524 votes. CORTIS followed in second place with 107,049 votes, while UNIS ranked third with 58,289 votes.

The New Star ranking selects promising rookie idols who debuted in 2023 or later. On FANNSTAR, artists who place first on the New Star ranking for five consecutive weeks (with cumulative votes exceeding 2.5 million) are rewarded with an advertisement on the media wall at I’Park Mall, Yongsan Station, Seoul. A 10-week consecutive win (with cumulative votes exceeding 5 million) is announced via an advertisement on the Hongdae M Screen in Mapo-gu, Seoul.

In addition, regardless of ranking, special rewards are granted to all artists who reach certain cumulative vote milestones. Upon reaching 10 million votes, an advertisement is displayed on the Yujin Building electronic billboard in Yeouido, Seoul; at 30 million votes, on the Future Plaza billboard at Hongdae Station; and at 70 million votes, on the horizontal LED screen in Wangsimni, Seongdong-gu, Seoul.

Along with HADES’s first-place achievement, fans who participated in the voting sent congratulatory messages through FANNSTAR’s official messaging service. A fan with the nickname “Hades-eu” said, “Let’s be with HADES for a long time.”

Meanwhile, FANNSTAR is a weekly idol ranking site operated by The Fact, offering idol voting and large-scale digital billboard support. Known as a playground for fandoms, its group ranking, solo ranking, Global Hot Star, New Star Ranking, and Weekly Music voting begin every Monday and are open to all idol fans.