Yeah , Pledis bit off way more than it could chew in 2012 . AS was doing alright back then but the market wasn ' t as tough . debuting two new groups Nu ' est and Hello Venus months apart from each other was not smart , especially when 2012 ended up having a record number of debuts . They were even going to debut Tempest that year too , but thankfully scrapped that idea must likely because EXO happened and they wanted to follow that model and started planning longterm for Seventeen instead . For those who don ' t know , Tempest was another fivemember boy group that was supposed to debut alongside Nu ' est . The members were already confirmed S . Coups and Woozi , plus Doyoon from 17 tv were all in it and they even did photoshoots and stuff with Nu ' est . After Tempest was cancelled , 17 tv was announced . The original units were Korean , Japanese , and Chinese instead of Vocal , HipHop , and Performance .