(From left) Bull$EyE, AB6IX’s Park Woojin, Momoland’s Hyebin, Sandara Park, Bang Yedam, HORI7ON’s Vinci, and Bae Wan-hee in the course of the media convention of “Be The Subsequent: 9 Dreamers.” Picture: Handout photograph
For the mentors of the survival present “Be The Subsequent: 9 Dreamers,” expertise, star energy, and keenness are among the many qualities that the 75 contestants ought to need to safe a successful spot.
Hosted by Sandara Park, the South Korea-Philippines survival present brings collectively 75 trainees from completely different components of the world to compete for a spot in an upcoming nine-member boy group.
They are going to be mentored by EXO’s Chen, HORI7ON’s Vinci, solo artist Bang Ye-dam, AB6IX’s Woojin, Momoland’s Hyebin, music producer Bull$EyE, and choreographer Bae Wan-hee.
Throughout a media con for “Be The Subsequent: 9 Dreamers,” Woojin, Hyebin, and Bang mentioned they’re conscious that “ability and expertise” are essential to final. However it’s their development and optimistic affect that can deliver them far within the competitors.
(From left) Bull$EyE, Momoland’s Hyebin, AB6IX’s Park Woojin, Sandara Park, Bang Yedam, HORI7ON’s Vinci, and Bae Wan-hee in the course of the media convention of “Be The Subsequent: 9 Dreamers.” Picture: Handout photograph
“Initially of this system, there are some who will probably be excellent. Some will develop as this system goes on. My foundation is how they’ll develop and the way a lot they’ll pursue in working onerous,” Bang mentioned in Korean.
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Woojin additionally hoped to see how trainees would handle to make their abilities look easy.
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“For me, ability is vital. However I want to see how they may shine once they don’t attempt to make it look fairly, how they’ll make their uniqueness look pure,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, Vinci, Bae, and Bull$EyE mentioned they’re wanting ahead to how the trainees will show their ardour amid the present’s powerful panorama. “Members with confidence and keenness that can radiate by means of their performances is one thing that I’ll look ahead to,” mentioned HORI7ON’s chief.
Bull$EyE added: “The opposite mentors will probably be good at judging the trainees, however I’ll select the one who would actually [grab] my coronary heart, somebody who can get my coronary heart.”
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Regardless of being the youngest on the panel, Vinci desires to be a mentor who can empathize with the trainees’ hardships and provide recommendation on how they’ll attain their abilities with the appropriate mindset.
“I’m very honored to be a part of a really unreal panel of mentors as a result of we, HORI7ON, are very new to the trade so it’s an enormous accountability for me. However as a younger artist myself, I believe I even have an perception on easy methods to navigate in direction of their goals. I hope I can provide insights on how I navigated by means of mine.” he mentioned.
Vinci additionally touched on his management expertise with the worldwide pop group, saying he would mentor the trainees as how he would assist his bandmates.
“It is extremely helpful to make use of my management abilities as a result of I can take a look at the trainees as my members,” he mentioned. “I need to be identified [as a] consultant of [the trainees] who pertains to them. As a younger artist like myself and a trainee like them [before], I need to empathize with them, be strict, and apply what I discovered in my journey.”
Hyebin identified that having a mentor who can acknowledge a trainee’s expertise would assist them work more durable, which she hopes to turn into.
“I do know it’s vital to have somebody who can acknowledge you at an early stage. I want to be a mentor who can acknowledge their skills and what they’ve inside them,” she mentioned.
Going past the bond between a mentor and trainee, Woojin, Bae, and Bull$EyE mentioned being a “buddy” to the contestants will assist their psychological well-being because the present goes on. “I want to be a mentor that trainees can bear in mind not solely right here however once they expertise success of their lives,” added Woojin.
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Bang, whereas acknowledging his abilities in dancing and singing, mentioned he desires to be a information to the trainees in numerous areas.
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“I need to assist them by means of my dancing and singing. However not solely that. I need to be remembered as a heat mentor who helps them in numerous areas, and to not solely give attention to abilities,” he mentioned.
The survival present, which premiered on February 8, is a collaboration between MLD Leisure and TV5. MLD is the house of worldwide pop group HORI7ON, P-pop boy group New:ID, and Ok-pop lady group Lapillus.
The South Korean music label additionally manages the careers of rapper Cheetah, JT&Marcus, CocaNButter, and Narin, and was the previous residence of “Bboom Bboom” hitmakers Momoland.
