i was given the opportunity to audition at SM's Weekly Auditions in Korea
i though i'd share my experience with other auditioners
yesterday (8/29) i was planning to audition at SM's weekly audition in korea
unfortunately i came late, but an employee at the SM Everysing building told me to come tomorrow (8/30) Sunday at 1PM to audition
i was fairly surprised though, because i thought only auditions were on saturday
so earlier today when i auditioned, i went to the SM Everysing building, which is basically a place where there is noraebang and kids can take sticker pictures and talk and whatnot
take note that i do not know how to speak korean, but i was referring to my korean pocket dictionary* i'm chinese
i was told by an employee to sit down await, so i waited until 1PM,
at 1:10, i was brought down with 10 other people and waited downstairs,
and waited, until 2:00, until it accumulated to 26 people?
we were brought down to a noraebang room and given numbers, i was number 6
we were given forms, like any other audition and had to fill out personal information and etc.
the lady that guided us down explained details, which i didn't understand, but she was very nice
she started calling numbers, and i was worried because in the SM Global Auditions, its called by groups of 10, and i was number 6
so i left the room and asked her, but it was only groups of 5
when it was time for my group to audition, we stood on a little stage
i was fairly nervous because i wasn't sure that if one of the judges were to speak to me, how they would understand me because of the language barrier. there was one lady judge and one lady camera recorder
i was the first to sing and i sang SNSD Tiffany's By Myself. i sang the first verse and the chorus, the beginning went really well, but the chorus, i died a little bit lol
since the judge lady knew i didn't speak korean, the judge lady talked to me in chinese.
she asked me to pull back my hair and side bangs and look both ways and lift my chin and look into the camera, no one else in my group was asked to
the other people in my group sang and then it was time for the rhythm test, which was more like 50 seconds opposed to 30 in the Global Auds. it was Disturbia and i wasn't worried about this section because i've been dancing since i was 5.
it was a really nice experience and i wasn't nervous, except for the language barrier part. so what do you guys think?
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EDIT
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hey guys [: so i was checking my email today (10/26/09)
and i came across an email from SM Entertainment and it said this
S.M.Entertainment
您好！
我是S.M. Entertainment 国外（中国，日本，美国）AUDITION 负责人。
首先感谢您对S.M. Entertainment的关心。
请你再发给我几张照片。(全身，半身等)
地址如下：smaudition@smtown.com
S.M.AUDITION报名和成为明星的所有费用由 S.M. 公司承担。
感谢您对S.M.公司的关心，感谢AUDITION申请。
if you can't read chinese,
SMEntertainment Hello! I am a SM Entertainment abroad (China, Japan, the United States) AUDITION person in charge. First of all thank you for your interest in SM Entertainment. Would you please send me some photos. (Whole body, bust, etc.) the following address: smaudition@smtown.com SMAUDITION register and become a star all expenses paid by SM company. Thank you for your interest in SM's, thanks AUDITION application.
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i though i'd share my experience with other auditioners
yesterday (8/29) i was planning to audition at SM's weekly audition in korea
unfortunately i came late, but an employee at the SM Everysing building told me to come tomorrow (8/30) Sunday at 1PM to audition
i was fairly surprised though, because i thought only auditions were on saturday
so earlier today when i auditioned, i went to the SM Everysing building, which is basically a place where there is noraebang and kids can take sticker pictures and talk and whatnot
take note that i do not know how to speak korean, but i was referring to my korean pocket dictionary* i'm chinese
i was told by an employee to sit down await, so i waited until 1PM,
at 1:10, i was brought down with 10 other people and waited downstairs,
and waited, until 2:00, until it accumulated to 26 people?
we were brought down to a noraebang room and given numbers, i was number 6
we were given forms, like any other audition and had to fill out personal information and etc.
the lady that guided us down explained details, which i didn't understand, but she was very nice
she started calling numbers, and i was worried because in the SM Global Auditions, its called by groups of 10, and i was number 6
so i left the room and asked her, but it was only groups of 5
when it was time for my group to audition, we stood on a little stage
i was fairly nervous because i wasn't sure that if one of the judges were to speak to me, how they would understand me because of the language barrier. there was one lady judge and one lady camera recorder
i was the first to sing and i sang SNSD Tiffany's By Myself. i sang the first verse and the chorus, the beginning went really well, but the chorus, i died a little bit lol
since the judge lady knew i didn't speak korean, the judge lady talked to me in chinese.
she asked me to pull back my hair and side bangs and look both ways and lift my chin and look into the camera, no one else in my group was asked to
the other people in my group sang and then it was time for the rhythm test, which was more like 50 seconds opposed to 30 in the Global Auds. it was Disturbia and i wasn't worried about this section because i've been dancing since i was 5.
it was a really nice experience and i wasn't nervous, except for the language barrier part. so what do you guys think?
_________________________
EDIT
_________________________
hey guys [: so i was checking my email today (10/26/09)
and i came across an email from SM Entertainment and it said this
S.M.Entertainment
您好！
我是S.M. Entertainment 国外（中国，日本，美国）AUDITION 负责人。
首先感谢您对S.M. Entertainment的关心。
请你再发给我几张照片。(全身，半身等)
地址如下：smaudition@smtown.com
S.M.AUDITION报名和成为明星的所有费用由 S.M. 公司承担。
感谢您对S.M.公司的关心，感谢AUDITION申请。
if you can't read chinese,
SMEntertainment Hello! I am a SM Entertainment abroad (China, Japan, the United States) AUDITION person in charge. First of all thank you for your interest in SM Entertainment. Would you please send me some photos. (Whole body, bust, etc.) the following address: smaudition@smtown.com SMAUDITION register and become a star all expenses paid by SM company. Thank you for your interest in SM's, thanks AUDITION application.
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