SM Entertainment, one of Korea’s largest talent management agencies, is kicking off its 09′ global audition on February 14th in its home ground, with plans to extend the audition to China, Japan, South East Asia, Canada and USA etc.
SM is looking for various talents in singing, acting, dancing, modelling etc. It’s said that all Asians are welcome regardless of nationality and age… but I doubt they would want a 40-year-old veteran lol.
[update] USA & Canada audition announced; no news on other places.
Nov 15 – Wilshire Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles
Nov 22 – Toronto Korean Center, Toronto
Nov 22 – Executive Plaza Hotel, Vancouver
Nov 27/28 – Korea Village, New York
Refer to SM Entertainment’s official website for more details. Also check out JYPE audition and Avex audition which are running in Oct/Nov in US and Canada.
1. Singer – prepare 1 or 2 songs which you can sing without accompaniment. Please make sure that you are confident in your song selection and that the song fits best to your voice.
2. Dancer – Free Style Dancing, CD to be submitted to the reception desk on the audition date by the applicant. (If you do not bring any CD for dance, random music will be played.)
3. Actor – Impromptu Acting, memorized monologue to be prepared by applicant.
4. Model – Free posing. (5 or more)
5. Producer/Composer (Writer) – Producer/Composer (Writer) Demo CD or written music to be brought by the applicant.
[hat tip to junior]
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what if I don’t get a reply “ticket” from SM, can I still audition???
to shyunkita: no problem [: which location are you going to? maybe new york like me? ha ha ha
to hitomi: ooh yay thats good! i still haven’t decided whether to drive or fly to new york yet.. >< good luck at your audition~ let me know how it goes! XD
to anonymous: yess you can sign up at the spot on the day of the audition..but you might have to wait longer :/
What do I put in the application form?
I’m going to audition by email, what email do have I to send my audition into?
Auditioning by email, which do I send it to:
2009sm@smtown.com
or
usaaudition@smtown ?
hey even though i got a designated time..should i go early anyway? like they assigned 5pm to me..but the whole audition starts at 3..i heard from previous years that they had to wait forever..so idk if i should go at like 2pm ><
@ spring water~ nahh I’m at Toronto~ don’t wanna fly all the way to NYC~ =P
@ Julie~ Uhh I would love to answer your question but I’m not 100% sure but I think you have to send it to 2009sm@smtown.com
I got an email reply when I tried to send in my email audition but this is what I got back… (I don’t know how to translate) And JYI I sent the audition email to 2009sm@smtown.com, 2009smhelp@smtown.com
귀하의 메일을 수신자의 메일주소로 전달할 수 없습니다.
자세한 내용은 아래를 참고하시기 바랍니다.
Can someone please translate? Thank you in advance!
to shyunkita: good luck at toronto then! :D hope everything goes well for you~
to ben w.: this is what yahoo! babel fish text translation said:
“You mail will not be able to deliver with the address which the addressee gets clogged. , The detailed contents wishes referring to a lower part.”
i’m guessing it means that they couldn’t deliver your email.
btw, if you’re sending an audition mail, i think you should send to usaaudition@smtown.com
but fyi, sm isn’t going to reply to your email auditions right now because they’re busy working with global auditions. it’s no harm to email though.
@ spring water
So if anyone is auditioning my email, we should send it to usaaudition@smtown.com ?
isn’t that the weekly auditions though?
to julie: yes, it’s the weekly auditions. no one gets into sm only through email auditions. after you PASS the email audition, they set up a private audition for you in LA.
all these questions can be answered at http://audition.smtown.com/
if you click on “s.m. usa audition” tab on the left hand side
then click “audition by mail/email” it’ll tell you everything..
@spring water
But I’m auditioning for Global Audition, and I don’t live in USA.
What is this email for:
2009sm@smtown.com
For the photo for the application form. Does it HAVE to be a scanned image? Can’t I just get my camera, take a photo, and use that photo?
Cause the only photos I’ll have to scan that are this year are my school photos which I don’t want to use.
yea i agree with julie. my school fotos are really really really bad.
julie:you have to send only scanned photos ,u can scan another one
@ spring water: Thank you for the quick translation. I translated through Google too. I figured out it was because my headshots were too large of a file. So I just compressed them and resized them, so that it wouldn’t clog up the email box.
Thank you tho for your quick response!
Also, I am an LA-local and am planning on auditioning at the LA wilshire event (Global Auditions). I’ll take your advice and send the application as well to the usaaudition@smtown.com. Thank you for all your great advice throughout the entire Q&A comments. You are great and I appreciate your help.
hey i got a question…wow its been ages since i asked a question lol. well what actually are counted as a scanned foto? like is it a profile shot or like just a foto of yourself like at a party or what is it? i dont know… and i need one theres only 4 weeks left till my audition.
The scanned photo is kinda confusing. I’ve check various sources, and seems like a scanned photo doesn’t have any particular meanings beside being a ’scanned’ photo… which is a very bizarre requirement.
What I think they want is a normal photo, clean, clear… a bit like a passport photo or mugshot. A digital camera photo should be fine.
to julie: if you’re auditioning globally in other countries, then you should send your APPLICATION not audition to 2009sm@smtown.com
applications and auditions are different. for application, they just need your basic info and a photo. an audition usually consists of a video of your specialty, and more detailed info, etc.
refer back to the website to check out the exact info they want [:
to ben w.: you’re welcome :D i’m glad you figured it all out!
i agree with yein jee. i think sm is just looking for a photo taken by a camera, without any photoshop edits/lighting change etc. it doesn’t necessarily have to be “scanned” through a scanner. anyway, i sent my photo uploaded by my digital camera, and they accepted it, so it should be fine [:
Quick question, when I get there am I supposed to bring a printed out copy of my e-mail with the audition time? Or do they already have all my info and I just have to show up and tell them my name.
to hitomi: i think it’ll be safer to print out your ticket..or some type of ID. that’s what i’ll do anyways.