Kpop Idol Trainee System. Sometimes they use these evaluations to check your weight however I believe its more common to check it daily or weekly. To become a trainee is to have one foot in the door making it as an idol is a far tougher proposition.
K-Pop idols go through intense trainee programs in order to chase their dreams and debut as an artist no matter which company they work for or which group they end up in. And the Girls Generation members average length of training period is 5 years. Scouts often recruit idols when theyre only 8-12 mainly through auditions sometimes off the street like fxs Krystal or sometimes through watching performance videos like SEVENTEENs Seungkwan and theyre then put into the companys trainee system a system that is probably as unique as any other in the world.
A typical day for the idol trainees she met many of them teenagers involves dance and singing practice right into the late hours.
The Kpop trainee program that you will go through now is like nothing you have seen so far. 2AMs Jo Kwon has put up with 7 years training period while Super Juniors Kyuhyun debuted only after 3 months training period. To become a trainee is to have one foot in the door making it as an idol is a far tougher proposition. K-pop idols are characterized by the highly manufactured star system that they are produced by and debuted under as well as their tendency to represent a hybridized convergence of visuals music fashion dance and music influenced by Western culture.