Yang Hyun Suk, Park Jin Young, and BoA talk about ‘K-pop Star’

The audition program K-pop Star‘s judges Yang Hyun Suk, Park Jin Young, and BoA recently talked about the differences in the program.

The three judges attended a press conference for SBS’s survival audition K-pop Star on November 24 and talked about the program’s strong points.

Park said, “JYP hasn’t signed any contracts with people from other audition programs. Mainly because we haven’t found anyone we want to offer a contract to. But on K-pop Star there have been at least 5 people we want to sign. That’s the biggest difference.”

Yang said, “The strongest point of the program is that winners can choose the best agency for them. I’m worried that a person who I like might go to SM.”

BoA said, “Talent or skill is important but I consider their personalities the most important factor. I was happy to see the participants improving their skills everyday. The biggest thing to think about is how we will mentor the participants.”

The program is a survival program, where Korea’s top three agencies, including SM, YG, and JYP, gather together to discover K-pop stars.

The winner will receive a 300 million won monetary prize and will get the chance to release a worldwide album. Additionally they will get to shoot a commercial and win a car. The show will start airing on December 4 at 6:40 p.m.