Survival Audition KPOP Star S5 / K-pop Star 5 (서바이벌 오디션 K팝 스타 시즌5)

We, YG, JYP, Antenna, want to cast you.

The Casting Audition is here!

Hello.

I'm nervous.

How are you feeling today?

Today? I didn't get much sleep.

The casting audition is a special kind of opportunity available only at KPOP STAR.

If I passed this round, I get a chance to go to the agency of my dream.

I am not gonna miss it.

An hour before the audition -Arrival of the judges-

By the time we do the casting audition, we all have someone in minds.

I'm gonna do whatever's necessary to bring the ones I like to YG.

I won't lose! Now is the time to use strategies.

I think our favorite contestants overlap a lot.

The casting audition can be pretty intense.

I'd like you to write down the names of the contestants you have in mind.

-Six people? -Yes.

I've never gotten the ones I really wanted.

[Three judges make a wish list for casting!]

The top favorites will be the same across the judges.

I will write this person as my number one choice.

I liked him from the very beginning.

[Antenna's most wanted contestant, Jung Jin-woo]

I think he's got a good chance of making it to the final.

I'm done. You wanna see?

Lee Su-Jung, Joo Mi-yeon, Yoo Jay Jung Jin-woo, Lee Su-Jung, Yoo Jay Antenna: Jung Jin-woo, Yoo Jay, Lee Soo-Jung

The game is on.

The winner of KPOP STAR Season 5 receives $300,000 in total,

And also Hyundai Avante, a global compact car,

which has been with KPOP STAR every season.

Happy new year!

Happy new year!

Happy new year!

[How nice would it be if this smile could stay...]

Alright, finally-

we are going to have the casting audition

where judges will be competing against one another fiercely.

In the 4th round of the finalists' audition, AKA, casting audition,

each judges has six casting cards.

So each judge has the opportunity to take 6 individual contestants,

or teams to their agency and practice together.

Which means that we'll have to be super careful as to how to use those 6 cards.

Casting someone also means eliminating someone.

If we've been focusing on your strength until now,

we'll begin to focus on your weakness from now on.

[A rough round in which nearly half of the contestants will be eliminated]

[Amidst tense atmosphere, the first contestant!]

Alright!

First contestant, please come up to the stage.

Goodness, I feel nervous.

please come up to the stage.

[Everyone cheers for the youngest contestant, Ms. Kyu-won!]

Aw.

She's still a baby.

Hello.

-Have you been well? -Yes.

You're the youngest of the remaining contestants.

Yes.

How're you holding up?

Good.

Why do you look so nervous?

-Are you nervous? -Yes.

Really? You've been so confident in the past rounds.

You seem to be much more tense than you did before.

I am gonna call four people. Come forward please.

Seo Kyung-deok.

Jung Jin-woo.

Joo Mi-yeon.

Lee Kyu-won.

[The reason they call these four contestants is...]

We want these four contestants to prepare a solo performance.

When I was practicing...

since I didn't have a partner,

I had to practice alone, and I felt a little lonely.

Coming to practice used to be fun.

But now I was like, "I have to do this alone..."

I wish I had team members.

I have to push forward a song from start to finish by myself.

I was really worried about it.

The song I am gonna sing today is "So that you can't say goodbye" by Page.

Can a 11 year old girl understand the feelings of breakup?

A goodbye is...

A goodbye?

A goodbye is...

I think it means that you can never see the person again.

Before my grandpa passed away, I couldn't even imagine what it would feel like.

Because, til then, I hadn't even thought of not being able to see someone ever again.

That was also the first time I saw my Mon crying.

What comes to your mind when you think of your grandpa?

-Hands. -Why?

His hands were rough.

My grandpa is in the heavens now,

but I think he would have been happy to see me singing.

[Can this 11 year old girl convey the feelings of goodbye?]

Don't worry, Kyu-won!

"So That You Can't Say Goodbye" by Page.

Do you really love me?

Yes, that's all I need.

Maybe it's because I wanted too much,

that my heart ached so much.

Even though sadness comes looking for us,

please don't leave me.

How am I supposed to let go of the love that has already begun,

I don't really know how to do that.

Should I pray to the heavens so that you can't say goodbye?

so that we can keep loving each other only, just as we do now.

Should I hide it somewhere deep so that it can't go anywhere

Our love... I hope it stay like this....

I still can see you with my eyes closed

I can just keep looking at you.

Should I live with my eyes closed?

Should I do that?

You don't need to give me anything.

All I need is you.

Then I will be happy.

Thank you.

Good job, Kyu-won!

[Is there a place for Kyu-won in the six casting cards?]

Just like I said before,

among all the young contestants we've had in KPOP STAR,

you definitely are the best singer.

Amazing.

Because she's never experienced a breakup,

she used the emotions she'd felt in her grandfather's passing.

If her grandfather in the heavens could hear her sing like that,

I am certain that he'd have been very happy and shed tears of happiness.

Such a young girl could generate that emotion...I felt sadness.

There were some weaknesses in her singing,

but you will overcome it just by getting older.

Right.

That's the only way.

It's not even a practice.

You just listen to many different types of music,

and grow older, then those problems will get solved by themselves.

Your voice that's too childlike,

and not having enough breathing and power, probably because of her small body,

which leads to the lack of fluidity in connecting phrases, things like this.

You just have to grow.

All you have to do is get older.

You really are an embodiment of potential.

When you listen to her singing, don't you get amazed?

When she sings..

It's amazing how she portray the emotions of the song.

And she really can sing. I've always thought so.

When she sings, she interprets the song first and create emotions from there.

It makes it obvious how smart she is.

Once she becomes a bit older, she's gonna be a great singer.

Thank you.

-Well done. -Thank you.

Well, I have the priority to cast.

[Hyun-seok seems hesitant to announce his decision]

[The wish list where the judges wrote down 6 contestants of their choice]

She's the youngest in KPOP STAR season 5.

But, if we didn't mention her age,

she wouldn't come short even when compared to a 20 year old contestant.

[What did he decide after watching her performance?]

[It's natural that he has to think it over since each judge has only 6 casting cards]

I realized that I've been producing music for twenty years now.

This year is the 20th year.

I think I'll be able to do another ten years, right?

I think I will be able to see Lee Kyu-won's success in that ten years.

Whether she comes to me or to someone I recommend on one of these days,

I think I'll be watching her grow and succeed with my own eyes.

But!

But!

From a perspective of a parent,

I think she should take a break.

Because she's so young, I don't want her to get hurt.

Practice many different songs while you take a break.

Jin-young made a good point earlier.

This isn't time to worry about practicing and singing skills. You just need to grow.

You should experience breakups,

and when you become able to genuinely feel the emotions of a song,

you will be an amazing singer.

So although I am not gonna cast you today ,

I'm glad because you'll grow into a much better singer in time.

Thank you.

Two years later?

I think two years later will be perfect.

Nobody really said anything bad about your performance today. Right?

I will see you again after about two years, okay?

Okay.

So this time, this is it.

It was a great experience, wasn't it?

I really think you'll become a superb singer.

[Kyu-won will be eliminated if Hee-yeol doesn't cast her]

If Ms. Kyu-won was not 11 years old,

if she was 15 or 16,

we three judges would have fought one another to get her.

What I mean by that is, literally,

about her power, her physical strength.

So, not yet.

Not yet.

I think you are not ready to compete with other contestants yet.

That's what I think, personally.