”KATSEYE” grasps both teamwork and individuality, what is the secret to survival in global auditions?

How did the six members of "KATSEYE", who made their debut after two years of training and auditions, beating a competition rate of about 6,000 times, thread a needle?
Could they have passed the screening and debuted as a global girl group?
When you watch "KATSEYE," three ways to survive an audition become clear: "individually or together," which makes the team shine and shows your own individuality at the same time, and "enjoying and enduring the competition."
It is the "strong inner self" that is brought out and the "ability to communicate" that captures the hearts of fans. [Teamwork and individuality are all important...Participants show "individually and together"]
Gabe, center vocalist of HYBE and Geffen Records T&D, said to the participants before the group performance, which was one of the end-of-month evaluations, "You
"We're fighting each other now. It has to sound like one person going down the stairs, it can't sound like multiple people falling down the stairs. That's not us," he said.
For a K-pop group made up of loops, teamwork is their lifeblood, and they must dance in unison without the slightest error, creating a harmony that sounds as if one person is singing.
The perfect performance of the members, each with their own unique personality, as one team will determine the survival of the entire team, regardless of the deceased.
At the same time, in the moments when the camera takes a "one shot" of each individual, they must show their individuality to the fullest.
In the evaluation of the live finale stage where the final member of "KATSEYE" was selected, the judges also asked Sophia, a participant, "to be honest and open about everything."
"You can see that he has made tireless efforts to develop himself and his colleagues through his performance," he said. His leadership side, where he thinks of teamwork first, caught the attention of the judges.
Sofia, who shines in the group, is also a unique individual star. In the third mission, which reinterprets the masterpiece of the female pop legend, Sofia, despite the bad conditions,
They continued to show off their charms and ended up becoming a hot topic with an intro video that many fans imitated.
["If you don't have a fighting spirit, you will be eaten"...Strong inner strength]
Strong inner strength is also an essential element for audition survival. K-pop audition participants receive training at a relatively young age and are selected by internal and external experts.
The participants receive a lot of praise from the competition. The psychological pressure they experience from the time they are selected as the final members from among the many powerful people gathered from all over the world is beyond imagination.
The participants who survive until the end are those who have the fighting spirit to win the practice to the end and the inner strength to remain unshakable under any circumstances or variables.
Ikky Paramo T&D Center's Dunst Reina said, "Even if you have the skills, if you don't have confidence and a fighting spirit or competitive spirit, you will fall to the bottom. The top of the pyramid is very fierce, and such a fight is very difficult.
"If you don't have ambition, you'll be eaten up," she calmly advised. As colleagues who had relied on each other dropped out one by one, the participants began to question, "Do I want to be in a girl group?"
When Lexie decided to step down, unable to bear the pressure, Mitra Darab, CEO of HxG, said, "You can't force someone to do something like this without both parties' will.
"I can't do that," she said. It was reaffirmed that in order to survive in the cruel world of survival, one needs a firm will to become a girl group member and the inner strength to remain calm and not get too excited.
"The final hurdle in the audition process is the ability to communicate with fans." Even if you have various qualities, the final hurdle to becoming a star is ultimately the fans. Fans are the key to the existence of a star.
This is the reason why K-pop stars in particular actively interact with fans around the world through various social media platforms such as Weverse, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, and are gaining popularity.
For audition participants who dream of becoming K-pop stars, this level of communication is an evaluation factor and a measure of whether they will achieve success in the future.
Even in the early stages of the survival competition, the participants were keenly aware of the importance of fans and the need for communication. They thought that if they developed their skills and caught the judges' attention, the voting results would come naturally.
However, in the first fan vote of the first mission, when the extremely talented people remained in the lower ranks, some participants were confused and said, "Something seems wrong."
The participants, who realized that they did not have enough money, continued to share their daily lives with their fans, saying, "I want to go to a Korean convenience store together," and "Today I'll show you what I bought at Olive Young."
A HYBE representative said, "Even though their natural star power overwhelms the other members, we also want to see their human side, such as their team chemistry and friendship.
"Even the best dancers and vocalists cannot survive an audition unless they win the hearts of their fans," he said.
"I hope that the story of the KATSEYE members' growth will become a guide and bible for many aspiring people around the world who dream of becoming future K-pop stars."