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]
Hii!! to all!!
I want to be a singer and rapper …. LIKE KEY OPPA FROM SHINee
Can I audition if I can’t speak Korean or I ‘m under 13?
i dont wanna be a singer either
because i cant thing
i can only write lyrics and compose music
but thats all
or speak different languages besides acting
and i rly rly wanna try out
do u think with turning 18 this year
would be too old for the indiustry?
becuz theyre probably searching for
something fresh..
geeeeeeez ppl sorry for all the questions
just wanna discuss it with yall
and by the way i read everything already
i mean all the comments and on the website of sm
but anyways
id like to share ur opinions and stuff !
maybe we can all do it and make it thru this showbz.
i mean anything can happen and one of us
might end up being some great celeb in some days
we wont know it yet !
lets stay tuned ppl.! yiha.
Hi Im willing to audition for sm entertainment, and I heard that judges judge alot on looks, and if i have braces, will they mark me wrong? and when i audition, can i sing an english song?
you guys should really read the before comments…
doesnt that give u guys a clue???
it doesnt matter your looks [maybe]
if u guys dun have self convidence then…
maybe u shouldnt audition the first place…
and for andrew…
you doesnt go here…
and just said i;m willing to audition…
it’s up to you…!!!!
in here we just ask a question
the question that is not in the sm entertainment web page….
you should really read the page…!!!!
dear yein jee.
any information for the international schedule?
hey ppl its mee again!
@andrew
i personally dont think that the judges would mind if u have braces
if u have good voice and ur talented then it doesnt matter anyway
so who cares.. but im sure they will pimp ur outta appearance somehow
i mean in this showbiz its all about looks and if u look good
and are talented then u got more or less best chances to make it thru this biz
of course u also need to be lucky but anyways..
i will try out this summer after school is out
maybe we can rly do it ! lets all give it a try ppl! <3
To Leyla
Thanks
But I might audition for acting, and after I audition, how will I know the results? Will they call, what if I don’t get a call?
I might audition for singing, dancing, and acting, and for results, will they call me and say, I failed at singing and dancing, but succedded at acting? If Yes, what will I do?
erm how come yein jee isnt commenting?
ally… hmmm, what’s new?
Andrew… make up your mind. What are you good at?
leyla… 18 is not too late for showbiz, but SM does seem to favour younger age in recent years. What are the chance? Can’t tell, only SM’s reps can.
hw come i cant c the page for the sm town in eng version?? i cant understand in korean…
To leyla,
All I can do good is acting. But if i get chosen from sm cuz i did really good at acting, what wil they do to me?
Hey,
so im korean born in US and i wanna audition mainly for singing and possibly for dancing.
So hypothetically speaking,
say there was a 17 year old korean guy that was 6′4, 190 lbs, and had a six pack, and this guy isnt like 꽂보다 남자 but didnt look half bad, and had singing capability because he was born with perfect pitch and has a smooth tone of voice but has no professional experience and therefore does not have certain elements like vibrato but still has many years of musical experience regarding technique and theory because of piano and saxophone and this guy has all the fundamentals of popping, tektonik, and breakdancing… This is all hypothetical of course.
If you were a really strict SM representative, would you accept this guy?
알랙쓰… hypothetically, there’s a good chance. Try getting a few honest opinions from your friends on how good you really are.
As we can see from some reality shows, i.e. American Idol etc…. some people often overestimated their talent. But then, there’s always a few gems; I hope some of you here are showing that potential and could make it in the SM audition when it comes to town.
If you pass, they’ll email you more information about the next audition within 3 months, by then if you don’t get an email, then you didn’t pass.
Okay, so my parents are considering sending me to korea over summer break to visit grandparents. If i walk around Seoul all day for a few days and i have all the characteristics of the hypothetical guy i mentioned before, chance to be street casted?
Julie… thanks for the note.
알랙쓰… instead of walking around the streets, just walk into SM’s office directly. They have weekly audition in Seoul on every Saturday…
http://audition.smtown.com/SmAuditionSat.asp?lang=eng
lol okay, thats much easier. thanks
I think everyone has a dream,but…………………….
I’ve submitted the needed informations last may 18.. and on may 19 I received what “RYU” also had.. I think it’s a automatic reply.. and now they are making me wait for about a month.. a week has passed.. I wish they would email me right back..(even a rejection reply is fine) because this is really stressing me out!! can someone tell me how will the rejection letter would look like? haha^^ and what happened to RYU??
Hi, i don’t know if anyone has asked this question before, but I’m in the UK and I REALLY want to audition, but they don’t do it here, obviously. So can I email them a video or something? Do they have an English version of the homepage?