Published May 7, 2021 4:49pm
NCT members perform their 2020 single “Resonance.” American media company MGM Worldwide Television Group and South Korea’s SM Entertainment have teamed up to create a K-Pop competition series in the United States. According to a Deadline report on Thursday, the media giants are developing a reality series to find the latest members of the group NCT. The series, which will be based in the US, will look for talented male artists between ages 13 to 25. Should they be chosen, these young male artists will be sent to Seoul, South Korea, to attend a K-Pop bootcamp at the SM Campus.
How to apply for NCT Hollywood?
NCT Hollywood, which will be a part of NCT s infinite extension plan, will allow young Americans to pursue the K-pop fever. So far, NCT has 23 members and a number of subunits including NCT Dream, NCT U, NCT 127 and WayV. NCT stars have also been scouted from different parts of Asia including China, Japan and Thailand. While the details of how to apply for NCT Hollywood are yet to be disclosed, the proposition has caused quite a storm in social media where fans have slammed SM Entertainment for destroying NCT.
SME and MGM are teaming up to find the next K-Pop star in America! @mgmstudios Chairman Mark Burnett, creator of The Voice & Survivor, and @SMTOWNGLOBAL Founder & Producer Soo-Man Lee, father of the Korean Wave, announced that a new show is in the works!#NCTHollywood#NCT#MGMpic.twitter.com/gRQCAAZB1b
May 07, 2021
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South Korean K-pop companies are increasingly eyeing the North and South American markets for their future plans.
This week saw three power players in the K-pop world – Hybe, CJ ENM and SM Entertainment – confirm plans to move into the Americas to find talent via joint ventures with local partners.
Hybe (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), which houses BTS among other popular South Korean acts, recently acquired Scooter Braun’s US-based Ithaca, which manages the likes of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande.
MGM Television Teams With Korea’s SM Entertainment for U.S. K-Pop Competition Show
“I look forward to making an unconventional audition show that all music fans around the world can enjoy,” Soo-Man Lee said. “I hope the audience enjoys watching the journey of new stars being born in Hollywood, that will be promoted as NCT-Hollywood https://t.co/LLNgBKzmmK The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 7, 2021
MGM Worldwide Television Group is partnering with Korea’s SM Entertainment to develop a competition series to scout young American men to form a U.S.-based K-pop group.
The new boy group, NCT-Hollywood, will be the latest subunit of SM’s group NCT, a growing collective of members (with 23 members so far) who also make activities as sub units: NCT 127 , NCT Dream and WayV.
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The major Korean label behind bands such as Super Junior, Exo and SuperM is teaming up with MGM Worldwide Television Group to launch a talent show that aims to create the first US K-pop group.
The new competition series from SM Entertainment will scout young American men in a bid to form new boy group called NCT-Hollywood, reported
The Hollywood Reporter. It will be part of the label s concept group NCT, which can be divided into a variety of sub-units. Teen-only group NCT Dream poses on the red carpet at the 29th Seoul Music Awards in Seoul in 2020. AFP