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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spring water: I too had sent an email audition to usaaudition@smtown.com about a week and a half ago and still no automatic reply but before that i sent one in about 1 month ago and didn’t get a reply from that either so i lost hope for SM e-mail auditions. I did however also sent one to 2009sm@smtown.com(global auditions) and I just got a reply today :D:D. I think you should try JYP Entertainment, because I sent them an e-mail at the same time I sent one to SM and they replied with this(after a week passed):
Thanks for applying to JYP audition.
The applications with all the proper forms will be accepted.
JYPE will only contact the selected cadidates within 2 weeks.
Sincerely
JYPE
p.s Check out upcoming the JYP USA Tour audition at http://www.jype.com/audition.html
However I don’t know if they send that to everyone because I had sent JYP one a month ago and didn’t get a reply for that one. (reason I think they only replied to my second e-mail was because my second e-mail was wayyyy better than my first one)
i dont think many people would use you raise me up since it is a pretty old song. so yeah. and you’re right. lol. focus on getting in first then later. but i joined to audition just for fun. hmm.. and free posters. anyway. i sent a registeration form to 2009sm@smtown.com or whatever the email address is, so am i supposed to get an automatic reply?
felice: It took me a week before 2009sm@smtown.com sent me an reply, but that e-mail is for their 2009 Global Auditions(in USA), if you e-mail them then you have to say which place you are planing to audition in person at. More info is on their website. But to answer your question, I am not sure if it’s automated, this is how it looks(theres more to this, but it was just telling you how to prepare for the audition):
09′ S.M. Entertainment Global Audition Schedule (U.S.A. & Canada)
Hello and Thank you for applying and please refer the following audition information.
Location : Wilshire Plaza Hotel
3515 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010
VIEW MAP: http://www.wilshireplazahotel.com/cityguide-map.asp
Designed Time : 2:00 p.m. November 15, 2009
We would like you to come to the audition room by 1:45 (Start at 2:00) for smooth audition process.
If you are unable to attend on your designated time, please come to the audition room at your convenient time. In that case, waiting time could be longer. (Registration will be received until 7 p.m.)
I think most of the stuff was already written, except they might of had an real person fill out the time to fit their schedule(because the time was in red and underlined, so I’m guessing someone just filled up the form or w.e.)
Hey guys, I went on my phone and this is what I got from SM.
09′ S.M. Entertainment Global Audition Schedule (U.S.A. & Canada)
Hello and Thank you for applying and please refer the following audition information.
Location : Executive Hotel in Coquitlam
405 North Road, Coquitlam, British Columbia V3K 3V9, Canada
VIEW MAP: http://www.executivehotels.net/coquitlam/map.htm
Designed Time : 1:00 p.m. November 22, 2009
We would like you to come to the audition room by 12:45 (Start at 1:00) for smooth audition process.
If you are unable to attend on your designated time, please come to the audition room at your convenient time. In that case, waiting time could be longer. (Registration will be received until 7 p.m.)
Audition Preparation Information
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.
Any expenses of the audition or training cost will be covered 100% by S.M. and no personal fees will be charged on the applicants or those selected from the audition.
We hope that you continue to show active participation and enthusiasm.
For any further details, please contact us at http://www.smtown.com .
S.M. Entertainment
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But no audition number…weird.
Nice info junior… posted the preparation info on the top article as well :)
Thanks to Hitomi for sharing your info too.
thanks junior. btw, how long did you send the email before you get a reply?
I sent an application to 2009sm@smtown.com about a month, they still haven’t responded to me yet. Now, I’m hesitating on auditioning maybe because I said I was Filipino in my applcation that’s why they didn’t bother replying? I don’t know.
Don’t worry I sent mine a month ago too and I got a reply yesterday
Just give it time
I hope so… What did they say on their email??? Did you attached a photo along w/ your application?
Yeh I sent a picture
Look at the recent page I posted what they sent me
hi.i want to know where can i read your reply if you answer my question?is it in this site also?
okey, i want to ask. is it sm entertainment will take the person if he/she is about 20+?it is because he/she want to make some money to go to korea to audition for SMe..what is the person if he/she is from out of korea? is it they accept? i mean he/she must have visa first..so,can i know?i hope u will explain this question with a normal english cuz my english is not good..thanks you..
Just asians?
i’m from indonesia…
please held an audition here…
me and the other indonesia’s people will never gonna miss this chance
fatin… can’t speak directly for SM, but they probably prefer teenagers over s/he who is 20+. Early 20s should still have a chance though.
Not sure if the Korean office will take in audition for foreigners. I don’t think nationality is an issue, but the people in Korean office might not speak English… that’s the problem.
If you are thinking of going to Korea seriously, wait till 2010… after their international auditions ended. There’s a possibility that they are coming to South East Asia after this US&Canada audition.
Anonymous… according to their site, yeah. Contact them for definite answer.
Oh.. I hope it’s not just for asian people :D I can sing and dance but i’m american ;/ But anyway, thank you Yein Jee! ^-^
oh..thanks…erm,can i know why u say wait until 2010?why?can u tell me?
yeinjee: are you going to post the southeast asian audition in the blog? cuz im curious. thanks.
felice… when it’s announced, yes. But there’s no news now.
fatin… 1. They are running auditions in US&Canada now, not sure if there’s anyone in Korea office.
2. As said, there’s a possibility that they will have an audition in South East Asia. I’m not sure where you are from, but it’s probably a better option than flying to Seoul.
The South East Asian audition is not announced, but they have been doing it in at least one country in the region for the past three years… I imagine they will try continuing the ‘tradition’.
aha..thank you very much..urm,if u are the sm entertainment’s person,could you take me as a muslim to be your trainee? what do your mind?and i also wear a scarf..you know right..?
im from malaysia…i hope u dont mind to answer my question…thanks you..and sorry if i ask u many..
I’m a Malaysian too.
I’m not sure what the racial or religious tolerance is in Korea; but it could be a problem if you insist on wearing the scarf.
No disrespect, but even in Malaysia there’s not many Malay female pop singers who wear scarf during their performances… so I can imagine it’s even tougher for Koreans to accept that.