[adikkeluangman]

New Male Quintet to Debut This Fall
2006-05-09


A new male quintet will debut this fall to join other popular idol music groups such as
TVXQ and SS501.

The news about this five-man group was released to the public for the first time on
May 8. The group has been training for a year and a half under Kim Kwang-soo, the
production executive of the entertainment agency, Poibos, who has supported the
male group SG Wannabe and the female group SeeYa. The new group has been
organized jointly by animation film director Cha Eun-taek, who has produced music
video-style ads -- "AniMotion" and "AniClub," famous visual director Kim Woo-ri, and
photo artist Cho Se-hyun.

Kim Kwang-soo said, "The new group will debut through a two-episode TV drama
which we're going to produce along with director Cha Eun-taek in September and
October this year with a budget of 5 billion won. We've already finished a script that
has an atmosphere similar to that of Michael Jackson's 'Moonwalker' and the film '8
Mile.' We are now discussing this plan with TV networks."

Kim added, "We're planning to continuously broadcast 25-second spot ads,
reminiscent of 'AniMotion,' on terrestrial networks. The new group has one
Japanese-Korean member as it is targeting the entire Asian market, including the
Korean music market. We are resolved to make each of the five members a Rain in
the future."

The five members were chosen through auditions. The new group has not yet
decided on its name. They are in the age group between 20 and 22. All of them look
handsome and stand 181 to 188 cm tall. For more than a year, they have undergone
"basic training," including acting for three hours, dancing for five hours and singing
for four hours on average every day.

Kim also said, "We will train them as stars who can act, dance and sing excellently.
Unlike other idol groups, the new group will also introduce reggae dance music just
as singer Kim Kun-mo did with his song 'Excuse.'"

c: KBS Global

[..natz..]

another band for us to drool upon i suppose heheh..
they are all so tall..
hoping for the best!!

[glitzyglam]

I saw an article about then on daum.. reggae, hm?

they say one member is Japanese-Korean.. but it looks like almost all of them are mixed.. O_o;;
maybe I'm crazy?

[payachan]

Idols group like DBSK and SS501 are enough ,I dont want another band like them to appear >< .
But maybe theres a difference, I hope so ... Everthing related to SgWannabe will be good and worthy to expext something new

[fluffy]

haha don't say that.. if they can prove themseleves as another top notch group.. then why not.. we can have more nice songs to listen to 20-22? that's quite old for a soon to be debutting group.. is it just me or the guy on the 2nd from the right looks awfully a lot like min kyung hoon from buzz? O___O

[Asianspirit]

i think the one which is a mix of Kor-Jap is the far right one....wow POIBOS is freaking rich investing so much money on this new group...haha they have a money spinner in sg wannabe.....

gosh they should actually promote MTOM widely also....pity the MtoM boys they are like so neglected....they have talents too....

yes one of them look like a member from Buzz....

[athirah]

All of them looked mixed and i think one of them look like DBSK jaejoong, but honestly it's already too much boyband and only SS501 and DBSK are currently popular while others tend to be like sometimes they there and sometimes they don't.

[kiki]

hope they could sing. *crosses fingers

[shinhwaholic]

I guess that adds another group onto the list to be compared with TVXQ and SS501.

[cmy_185]

oo weee they're pretty cute. and like the person above said, anything related to sgwannabe should be good .

[Asianspirit]

i dun think this group will be like SS501 or DBSK....they dun look that young to be like in Teen Idol group...anyway none of POIBOS artis has that kind of image....

[Mr.Holmes]

another boyband??? wow~ they look pretty good but at least I think they can sing well after trained for long time ... waiting for debut ^^

[sungaaah]

"For more than a year, they have undergone
"basic training," including acting for three hours,
dancing for five hours and singing
for four hours on average every day."

... sounds like fun >.<
why are there still more and more
boy groups coming out when they know
they have to compete w/ like dbsg,
ss501, shinhwa, etc etc ...
w/e good luck to them ~

[wowastyle]

is it just me... or are there more boy groups than girls??
it would be a really good time for really a girl group to come out... like CSJH's rivals.. same age ish... ^^

ohh interesting... See-Ya and SG Wannabe's company... ^^

[jasmine_korea]

Well maybe they can compete with SS501 cuz DBSG is going to be as good as SHinhwa!

[whiterose]

Well maybe they can compete with SS501 cuz DBSG is going to be as good as SHinhwa!

um as good as shinhwa... your going overboard.

[heavenly angel]

oohhh im excited...i love these kind of groups

[ANJEE<3]

I saw an article about then on daum.. reggae, hm?

they say one member is Japanese-Korean.. but it looks like almost all of them are mixed.. O_o;;
maybe I'm crazy?

i thought so too.. lol they look like they're half white

[kYUNGMi]

wow. 181-188cm? thats frkn tall O.O
most of them do look mixed, but then again its only one picture so its hard to tell
hope they have the talent to back up the looks (judging by how much they're practicing, im guessing they will)

[XhoXho]

I don't care if they can sing, as long as they can dance and look pretty ^o^
I love boy bands. <3