S.M. Entertainment’s Global Auditions are currently underway in the United States and will soon be moving to Canada. The next auditions will take place in San Francisco at the Korean American Association of San Francisco & Bay Area on February 26th, in Los Angeles at the Wilshire Hotel on March 3rd, in Vancouver at the Best Western Hotel and Conference Center in Coquitlam on March 7th, and in Toronto at the Korean Canadian Cultural Association on March 10th.

Applicants can register for an audition through YouTube or through e-mail. To register through YouTube, upload an audition video onto a personal YouTube account, click on the “Share” button on the bottom of the video, click on “Email”, and type “2012global@everysing.com” in the box labeled “To:”. In the box labeled “Additional note”, enter the following information:

  1. E-mail Address
  2. Name / Gender
  3. City / Date (Choose the city with the audition you can attend. For example: “Los Angeles / March 3rd”)
  4. Nationality / Ethnicity
  5. Category applying for (Choose one of the follow: singer, dancer, actor/actress, model, composer)
  6. Date of Birth
  7. School / Grade
  8. Contact Information (1) Phone (2) E-mail (3) Website

Example:

Audition videos less than one minute long and under twenty megabytes can be sent directly to “2012usa@smtown.com”, if auditioning in the United States, or “2012canada@smtown.com”, if auditioning in Canada. Also include the following information in your e-mail:

  1. Name / Gender
  2. City / Date (Choose the city with the audition you can attend. For example: “Los Angeles / March 3rd”)
  3. Nationality / Ethnicity
  4. Category applying for (Choose one of the following: singer, dancer, actor/actress, model, composer)
  5. Date of Birth
  6. School / Grade
  7. Contact Information (1) Phone (2) E-mail (3) Website
  8. Photo Attachment

Registrations for auditions will be closed one day before the auditions in each city. For example, registration for auditions in Los Angeles will be closed on March 2nd.

Auditions are open to anyone and are completely free. Finalists selected will have the opportunity to an exclusive contract with S.M. Entertainment. For more details and information, go to S.M. Entertainment’s audition page (audition.smtown.com). Questions can be sent to 2012uhelp@smtown.com (United States) or 2012cahelp@smtown.com (Canada). S.M. Entertainment’s official press release for the 2012 global auditions can be found here.

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