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SNSD Oh! dance video from YeinJee's Asian Blog

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SNSD’s SPAO photoshoot from YeinJee's Asian Blog

Following the huge success of all-girls pop group SNSD from SM Entertainment, the debut of f(x) from the same agency was highly anticipated.

The song is just ok imo; it seems to me that SM is trying to rush their debut to counteract other new girls group from rival companies without much direction.

The Koreans might be liking it anyway… and there’s always room to improve and evolve for these teenage pop groups if it doesn’t work out at the beginning.

f(x) – LA chA TA music video from YeinJee's Asian Blog

Among their accusations are the duration of the contract (13-15 yrs), unfair distribution of profit, and overloaded schedules etc.

I’m not going into the contract details; I can agree that the terms are unfair… but why sign the contract if it’s not a decent one to begin with?

These celebs chose to sacrifice their freedom to seek fame and fortune; some of them could argue that they were deceived (at young age), but there’s no denying that they were blinded by their own desire while penning the deal.

SM seems to have the legal advantage in the case; it’s afterall a signed contract. But TVXQ are getting huge backing from their fans; with over 800,000 throng of supporters threatening boycott on SM’s other products, the company might just seek a compromised solution to end the saga.

TVXQ vs SM Entertainment, the battle begins from YeinJee's Asian Blog

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.

SM Entertainment Global Audition 2009 (US & Canada) from YeinJee's Asian Blog

Sunye’s (from WonderGirls) wardrobe trouble seems to be grabbing the headlines though; and Big Bang’s fans are wondering how their favourite group managed to end up with nothing at all considering how red hot they are at the moment.

The Winners [via Kbites]

Daesang – TVXQ (Disk), Jewelry (Digital)
Bonsang (Disk) – TVXQ, Kim Dong-ryul, SG Wannabe, Rain, Brown Eyes, Shinhwa
Bonsang (Digital) – MC Mong, Brown Eyed Girls, Jewelry, Wonder Girls
NewComer Award – SHINee (Disk), Davichi (Digital)
Popularity Award – Son Ho-young, TVXQ (Disk) & F.T. Island, Tae Yeon (Digital)
Trot Award – Jang Yoon-jeong
Rock Award – Nell
Special Achievement Award – Kim Changwan
New Trend Award – Kim Jong-wook
Producer Award – Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment

Korean Golden Disk Awards 2008 from YeinJee's Asian Blog

The auditions will be held from September 19 to October 25 in Hawaii, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Orange County (CA), New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver. Nationality doesn’t matters, but it seems like they are looking for Asian faces only.

It’s funny that SM is calling it a ‘global’ audition when in fact the locations are limited to US and Canada. Regardless, it’s a chance for young Asian talents to try their luck if they are interested with the entertainment business.

Set aside the publicity purpose, SM do mean business with the auditions. If not mistaken Tiffany from SNSD and Henry from Suju-M were discovered from previous auditions… there might be a few more that I’m not aware of.

Check SM’s website for details and updates. Good luck if there is any taker here.

SM Entertainment Global Audition 2008 (US & Canada) from YeinJee's Asian Blog