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]
ermmmm…. what do they mean by scaned picts only???
n it’s in usa???
i rather go to korea then…=.=”’
do you know the e-mail address to apply in korea???
thanks…^^
From the website, the email application is only applicable in US. It’s not really restricted to scanned photos; but make sure the photo is in good quality.
i’m sorry..
i’m from indonesia..
i want to be a member of SM..
But i don’t know what should i do..
i really really want.. to be an artist in south korea by SMtown.. like SNSD or CSJH
can you tell me the way, please??
Would they accept a Pakistani?? I live in the U.S. but would love to audition. I dont know if that will effect my chances of getting in.
sitha… let’s start with some reading. All the basics are provided on the official website, and there are already to many Q&A in the comments here. Read first, ask later when you still need other info.
gia… there are Thais who are doing well in K-pop arena now; can’t tell for sure if Pakistani is wanted or not… things are changing all the time in entertainment world, and there’s always a chance.
ermmmm when we send pur email application….
how long they will reply…=.=”’
Not sure; they’ll probably reply only to those that show a bit of potential.
i`m waitin 4 the latest updates dohh…..can u plez share any news about audition in SEA wit me???…..i really2 want 2 go 2 this audition badly…..do u think they will accept chinese guy????
kyu… no news about SEA schedule yet. And yes, they do accept Chinese guy.
Folks… please do some reading before asking new questions. Most of the Q&A is available in the above comments, and it probably would take less than 10 minutes to browse through it.
I am trying to be helpful here, and I’ll continue to do so; but that doesn’t mean I should spend my time helping people that just couldn’t bother to read.
I’ll update the schedule once it’s available. Don’t expect a reply from me if you are asking some same old questions.
so,all we need 2 do is just go 2 the audition and sing/catwalk/act/dance??…..
yein jee..
i already sent my appication through e-mail…^^
and they said that…
if they interested in me…
than they will info me about a month…
u r sooo true yein jee…^^
thank you so muchhh….^^
btw….
wat is SEA???
wish me luck ya???^^
once again thank you yein jee…^^
are they going to have an audition in malaysia???
South East Asia.
ohhhhh…. i see…^^
thanks…
south east asia…
that include:….???
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor and the Philippines.
Hi
I want to audition,but i have a problem-I am in UK,and UK is not one of the aouditioning countries.
Even if I e-mail audition, I still have to do live audition in L.A
What shoul i do ?
hi.. my name is sylvia.i’m come from indonesia (jakarta) i wanna ask you,can i get a dance audition in sm town?but i’m not stay in korea.i already read about global audition,but i’s already past.i really really want to be a sm town dancer.please reply my massage in my friendster syl_kd@hotmail.com 노무 감사합니다…
indonesia too???^^
cool…
but u dun know when is it rite…=.=”’
i’ve read…hehe…
btw…
can i ask what is the different between sm ent. and JYP?
oh yeah…
and btw… from reading jaejoong’s life… he works hard to pay his lessons…
it’s mean do we have to pay for our lessons in there???