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

In the FANNSTAR New Star ranking vote for the first week of February, held from the 2nd to the 9th, HADES claimed first place with 458,294 votes. CORTIS followed in second place with 125,826 votes, while UNIS ranked third with 56,479 votes.

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

In addition, special benefits are provided to all artists who reach certain cumulative vote milestones regardless of rank. Upon reaching 10 million cumulative votes, artists receive exposure on the digital billboard at the Yujin Building in Yeouido, Seoul; at 30 million votes, on the digital billboard at Mirae Plaza near Hongdae Station in Mapo-gu, Seoul; 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 “Persephone” said, “Kima, I love you.”

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.