Bangkok, Thailand (February 12, 2012)

Main Set

Act 1:

"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"

"you-aholic"

"Mr. Taxi (Korean ver.)"

"I'm In Love With The Hero"

"Let It Rain (Korean ver.)"

"Snowy Wish"

"Kissing You"

"Oh! (House ver.)"

Act 2:

"Don't Stop the Music" (Hyoyeon's solo)

"Almost" (Jessica's solo)

"3" (Sunny's solo)

"Lady Marmalade" (Taeyeon & Tiffany's duet)

Act 3:

"The Great Escape"

"Bad Girl"

"Devil’s Cry" (Taeyeon's solo)

"Run Devil Run"

"Beautiful Stranger"

"The Boys (English ver.)

"Hoot (Rock ver.)"

Act 4:

"If" (Yuri's solo)

"Sway" (Sooyoung's solo)

"Stuff Like That There" (Seohyun's solo)

"4 Minutes (Yoona's solo)

Act 5:

"Danny Boy

"Complete"

Encore 1

"My Child"

"Cold Noodles"

"HaHaHa"

"Gee"

"Forever"

Encore 2

"Into the New World"

"Way To Go"

"It's Fantastic"

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Hong Kong, China (January 15, 2012)

Main Set

Act 1:

"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"

"you-aholic"

"Mr. Taxi (Korean ver.)"

"I'm In Love With The Hero"

"Let It Rain (Korean ver.)"

"Snowy Wish"

"Kissing You"

"Oh! (House ver.)"

Act 2:

"Don't Stop the Music" (Hyoyeon's solo)

"Almost" (Jessica's solo)

"3" (Sunny's solo)

"Lady Marmalade" (Taeyeon & Tiffany's duet)

Act 3:

"The Great Escape"

"Bad Girl"

"Devil’s Cry" (Taeyeon's solo)

"Run Devil Run"

"Beautiful Stranger"

"The Boys (English ver.)

"Hoot (Rock ver.)"

Act 4:

"If" (Yuri's solo)

"Sway" (Sooyoung's solo)

"Stuff Like That There" (Seohyun's solo)

"4 Minutes (Yoona's solo)

Act 5:

"Danny Boy

"Complete"

Encore 1

"My Child"

"Cold Noodles"

"HaHaHa"

"Gee"

"Forever"

Encore 2

"Into the New World"

"Way To Go"

"It's Fantastic"

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Singapore, Singapore (December 9/10, 2011)

Main Set

Act 1:

"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"

"you-aholic"

"Mr. Taxi (Korean ver.)"

"I'm In Love With The Hero"

"Let It Rain (Korean ver.)"

"Snowy Wish"

"Kissing You"

"Oh! (House ver.)"

Act 2:

"Don't Stop the Music" (Hyoyeon's solo)

"Almost" (Jessica's solo)

"3" (Sunny's solo)

"Lady Marmalade" (Taeyeon & Tiffany's duet)

Act 3:

"The Great Escape"

"Bad Girl"

"Devil's Cry" (Taeyeon's solo)

"Run Devil Run"

"Beautiful Stranger"

"The Boys (English ver.)

"Hoot (Rock ver.)"

Act 4:

"If" (Yuri's solo)

"Sway" (Sooyoung's solo)

"Stuff Like That There" (Seohyun's solo)

"4 Minutes (Yoona's solo)

Act 5:

"Danny Boy

"Complete"

Encore 1

"My Child"

"Cold Noodles"

"HaHaHa"

"Gee"

"Forever"

Encore 2

"Into the New World"

"Way To Go"

"It's Fantastic"

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Taipei, Taiwan (September 9/10/11, 2011)

Main Set

Act 1:

"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"

"you-aholic"

"Mr. Taxi (Korean ver.)"

"I'm In Love With The Hero"

"Let It Rain (Korean ver.)"

"Snowy Wish"

"(Sweet Talking Baby)"

"Kissing You"

"Oh! (House ver.)"

Act 2:

"Don't Stop the Music" (Hyoyeon's solo)

"Almost" (Jessica's solo)

"3" (Sunny's solo)

"Lady Marmalade" (Taeyeon & Tiffany's duet)

Act 3:

"The Great Escape"

"Bad Girl"

"Run Devil Run"

"Beautiful Stranger"

"Hoot (Rock ver.)"

Act 4:

"If" (Yuri's solo)

"Stuff Like That There" (Seohyun's solo)

"4 Minutes (Yoona's solo)

Act 5:

"Danny Boy

"Complete"

Encore 1

"My Child"

"Cold Noodles"

"HaHaHa"

"Gee"

"Forever"

Encore 2

"Into the New World"

"Way To Go"

"Baby Baby"

"It's Fantastic"

[Ending] Note: Sooyoung was involved in an accident in the morning on 28th August. All activities were suspended, thus she was unable to participate in the concert.

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Seoul, South Korea (July 23/ 24, 2011)

Main Set

Act 1:

"Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"

"You-aholic"

"Mr. Taxi (Korean ver.)"

"I'm In Love With The Hero"

"Let It Rain (Korean ver.)"

"Snowy Wish"

"(Sweet Talking Baby)"

"Kissing You"

"Oh! (House ver.)"

Act 2:

"Don't Stop the Music" (Hyoyeon's solo)

"Almost" (Jessica's solo)

"3" (Sunny's solo)

"Lady Marmalade" (Taeyeon & Tiffany's duet)

Act 3:

"The Great Escape"

"Bad Girl"

"Run Devil Run"

"Beautiful Stranger"

"Hoot (Rock ver.)"

Act 4:

"If" (Yuri's solo)

"Sway" (Sooyoung's solo)

"Stuff Like That There" (Seohyun's solo)

"4 Minutes (Yoona's solo)

Act 5:

"Danny Boy

"Complete"

Encore 1

"My Child"

"Cold Noodles"

"HaHaHa"

"Gee"

"Forever"

Encore 2

"Into the New World"

"Way To Go"

"Baby Baby"

"It's Fantastic"

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Seohyun

BIOGRAPHY

Seohyun was born on June 28, 1991, in Seoul, South Korea. As an elementary school student, Seohyun was discovered by a talent staff while riding in a subway train, who encouraged her to audition for SM Entertainment. In 2003, Seohyun auditioned and joined the company under the SM Casting System. She is known for singing children's songs for her audition unlike other applicants who usually sing pop and dance songs. She attended Seoul Middle School and Daeyoung High School, then transferred to Jeonju Arts High School, from which she graduated on February 9, 2010 and currently attends Dongguk University with fellow Girls' Generation member, Yoona. Seohyun's major is acting. She is also an accomplished pianist. Seohyun is fluent in Chinese and Korean. She also can speak conversational English and Japanese.

In 2010, Seohyun was appointed by the Seoul Metropolitan Office as Korea's Goodwill Ambassador for Student Fitness. In 2012, Seohyun was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nation 2012 Yeosu Expo. On October 11, 2011, Seohyun was inaugurated as a UNICEF envoy at Changseong-Dong, Seoul. In the past, Seohyun has worked with UNICEF for the “Help Children in Africa” project.

Career

In 2007, Seohyun was chosen as a member of the group Girls' Generation. The 9-member girl group debuted on August 5, 2007.

In 2012, Seohyun, along with fellow Girls' Generation members Taeyeon and Tiffany, formed a sub-unit called TaeTiSeo. The trio released their first album titled "Twinkle" on April 30, 2012.

Solo releases

Seohyun released various singles with Jessica and Tiffany — the first called Oppa Nappa (Bad Older Brother) and the second titled Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!), a theme song for a video game. On February 17, 2009, Seohyun sang a duet with trot singer Joo Hyun-mi called JjaRaJaJja . The song earned a nomination at the 2009 M.net Asian Music Awards for Trot Music of the Year. She sang the song S.E.O.U.L with Super Junior's Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, Sungmin and Donghae and fellow Girls' Generation members Taeyeon, Jessica, Sooyoung and Sunny. She also sang the promotional song for Caribbean Bay with her fellow members Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Sunny, and members of the boy band 2PM. She sang the official soundtrack of a MBC drama, Kim Soo Ro entitled, It's Okay Even If It Hurts, which was released on June 25, 2010. In October 2010, Seohyun was one of the twenty idols from different South Korean groups that recorded the song, Let's Go, for the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. She provided vocals along with labelmates Sungmin, Jonghyu and, Luna. In 2011, she was a featured artist in TVXQ's fifth studio album, Keep Your Head Down with the song Journey. The song Journey also became the official soundtrack for the drama series Paradise Ranch. On October 11, Seohyun released a digital single "Dreams Comes True" together with Donghae for 2011 Asia Song Festival. This was a project by UNICEF, as the profit was donated to East Africa . On the October 25, 2011, Seohyun released a digital single together with Kim Hyun Joong entitled The Magic of Yellow Ribbon, which became the theme song of the commercial The Face Shop. On February 13, 2012, Seohyun and Brown Eyes' singer Yoon Gun released a duet called Don't Say No. On April 16, 2012, Seohyun sang the soundtrack for the SBS drama Fashion King, which starred fellow Girls' Generation member Kwon Yuri, with the song entitled I'll Be Waiting.

Promotion

Seohyun modeled with TVXQ for the 2004 Smart Uniform modeling show. She and fellow members Sooyoung and Yuri had a photoshoot for QTV's Photographer Audition Survival program Photographer. The photoshoot was entitled "Dreaming Water" and was a joint campaign by Cosmopolitan Magazine and UNICEF to promote the preservation of water for a clean environment. On March 29, 2010, along with Taeyeon, Yuri, Yoona, and Sooyoung, was hired by Nintendo Korea as campaign models for the portable game console, Nintendo DSi. In March, Seohyun and f(x) member Krystal collaborated in a CF for Clean and Clear. In late April 2010, she with fellow members Yuri and Yoona, 2PM members Nichkhun, Taecyeon and Chansung had released a commercial for Everland's Caribbean Bay. In September 2011, Seohyun became the model for The Face Shop and released several commercials with Kim Hyun-joong.

Television appearances

Apart from her appearances with other Girls' Generation members on various shows, she partnered with singer and actor Jung Yong Hwa, who is the main singer of the idol band CN Blue, as a virtually married couple for MBC's TV show We Got Married. The two became known as the YongSeo Couple. The couple first met on 11 February 2010, and filmed their final episode on White Day, 14 March 2011, and left the show on April 2, 2011, when their final episode aired.

Seohyun, along with fellow Girls' Generation members Tiffany and Taeyeon, is an MC on MBC's Show! Music Core since February 4, 2012.

Voice acting

Seohyun and Taeyeon served as voice actors for the Korean version of the animation Despicable Me. Seohyun dubbed the character Edith, while Taeyeon's role was Edith's older sister Margo.

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Im Yoona

Career

In 2002, Yoona joined SM Entertainment Saturday Open Casting Audition, in which she sang WAX's "Please", danced Britney Spears' "Oops..! I did it again" and BoA's "Valenti".[citation needed] Later, she began to train under SM Entertainment with the other trainees in the areas of acting, singing and dancing. In 2007, Yoona was chosen as a member of the group Girls' Generation. The 9-member girl group debuted on August 5, 2007.

Acting

Yoona made her debut as an actress in 2007 with the drama 9 Ends, 2 Outs. In 2008, Yoona acted in the drama Woman of Matchless Beauty before her first leading role in the daily drama You Are My Destiny which she won her important recognitions in acting. YoonA filmed her 2009 drama Cinderella Man  alongside with Kwon Sang-woo.

In 2011, Yoona was cast in a lead role with Jang Keun Suk in the drama entitled Love Rain. The drama began broadcasting on March 26, 2012 on KBS2. Love Rain is a fantasy drama about fate and how the offspring of a previous ill-fated couple who met in the 1970s, also manage to fall in love with each other.

Television

Yoona was a guest on SBS TV Family Outing which ended February 14, 2010, and a permanent cast member on Family Outing Season 2 with Yoon Sang-hyun, Kim Won-hee, Ji Sang-ryeol, Shin Bong-seon, Jang Dong-Min, Super Junior's Kim Heechul, 2AM's Jo Kwon and 2PM's Ok Taecyeon. The program ended its run on July 11, 2010 after 5 months.

On December 24, 2011 she was an MC for 2011 KBS Entertainment Awards together with Shin Dong Yeob & Lee Ji Ae. She was also an MC for 2011 SBS Gayo Daejun together with Song Ji Hyo and Lee Seung Gi.

Promotion

Before her debut with Girls' Generation, Yoona had been well known in the entertainment industry as she began to film commercials and model for various magazines when she was a trainee with SM Entertainment. Apart from Girls' Generation's commercials, she is currently a model for Clean & Clear, YeJiMin Pad, Innisfree Cosmetics, S-Oil, Eider, Ciba Vision’s DAILIES & FreshLook Contact Lenses.

In May 2008, she with fellow Girls' Generation members Tiffany Hwang, Jessica Jung and TVXQ members participated in a TV ad for Haptic Motion. Along with her fellow member Choi Sooyoung, she modeled for the '08-09 F/W SFAA Seoul Collection – Lee Joo-Young Fashion Show' at Seoul Hakyohul Exhibition Hall on March 20, 2008.

On March 29, 2010,Yoona, along with members Kim Taeyeon, Kwon Yuri, Seohyun, and Choi Sooyoung, was hired by Nintendo Korea as campaign models for the portable game console, Nintendo DSi.

In April 2010, with fellow members Kwon Yuri and Seohyun, along with 2PM members Nichkhun, Ok Taecyeon and Hwang Chansung, she filmed a commercial for Everland's Caribbean Bay. The commercial was released in mid-May and is accompanied by the song "Cabi Song.

Yoona was chosen along with Korean celebrities such as Rain, Kim Hee-Sun, Ji Jin-Hee, Ha Ji-won, Son Ye-Jin, Kim Hyun-Joong and Yunho to be the model of Cartier's LOVE collections. Proceeds from the sale of the bracelets will go to the international organization International Vaccine Institute (IVI).

Yoona released her first solo song "Innisfree Day" on August 30, 2010 for the Eco Handkerchief's promotion of Innisfree Cosmetics.

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Sooyoung

BIOGRAPHY

Sooyoung was born in Seoul, South Korea on February 10, 1990. She has an older sister, Choi Soo Jin, who is a musical actress. Her father, Choi Jungnam, is an architect as well as a manager of a contracting company. Her mother, Moon Sohee, is a housewife, but she has taught opera classes.

Soo-young speaks fluent Korean & Japanese and conversational English. She was discovered on SM Casting System via the 2000 SM Open Audition. She then auditioned for the 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo Audition and won first place, marking her debut into the Japanese music scene with the band Route θ.

After winning first place in the 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo, Sooyoung was sent to Japan and debuted as a member of the duo Route θ, alongside Marina Takahashi The band released three singles: "Waku! Waku! It's Love", "Start", and "Painting", and 3 B-Sides : Go Go Happy!!, Kimi Ni Ae Ta Kara and Onna No Ko Magic. The group was later disbanded in 2003.

Sooyoung graduated from JeongShin Women High School in 2009 and is currently majoring in performing arts and theater at Chung-Ang University with fellow member Yuri. She was a member of a choir in JeongShin Women High School in her school days.

Sooyoung is a devout Christian.


Career

Singing career

See also: Girls' Generation

After winning first place in the 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo, Sooyoung was sent to Japan and debuted as a member of the duo Route θ, alongside Marina Takahashi. The band released three singles: "Waku! Waku! It's Love","Start", and "Painting", and 3 B-Sides : Go Go Happy!!, Kimi Ni Ae Ta Kara and Onna No Ko Magic. The group was later disbanded in 2003.

In 2005, she made a song titled "I Am" for the Korean version of an anime titled Inuyasha.

In 2008, Sooyoung and Yuri sang the trot song "Kkok" for the opening theme of the SBS TV miniseries Working Mom. She was also featured in "Oh! My Love to You" ; or alternatively titled "Feeling Only You") by The Blue (Kim Min-jong and Son Ji-chang), alongside bandmate Tiffany.

Acting career

Sooyoung played a part in the 2007 KBS 2TV sitcom Unstoppable Marriage , alongside Yuri. She co-starred with Lee Yeon-hee and Kangin on the romantic comedy film Hello, Schoolgirl; SBS TV miniseries Oh My Lady! starring Choi Siwon and Chae Rim with two bandmates, Jessica and Hyoyeon. She also made a cameo on SBS miniseries Paradise Ranch starring her labelmates Changmin and Lee Yeon-hee.

Sooyoung was in talks to be cast in the drama "Speed", about the world of competitive race car driving. She was being considered for the role of 'Seo Ji Won', an orthopedist and team doctor of racing team ‘CKins’. On February 15, 2012, it was announced that Sooyoung would not be taking part in Speed due to scheduling differences with Girls' Generation's activities and problems with the drama itself.

On March 20, 2012, she was cast on a medical drama titled The 3rd Hospital as violinist "Eu Jin", who is part of the "love square", along with actors Kim Seung Woo, Oh Ji Ho and Kim Min Jung. Her acting was very well-received by both viewers and critics. Co-actor Oh Ji Ho remarks that Sooyoung is the best actress in Girls' Generation while viewers are drawn to her natural display of emotion. On June 9, 2012, she made a cameo appearance on a drama titled A Gentleman's Dignity as herself.

Show hosting career

Prior to her debut as a member of Girls' Generation, she was a VJ of the 2005 M.net Hello Chat, alongside Super Junior's Kangin. Also she worked as a radio DJ with Super Junior's Sungmin on DMB ChunBangJiChuk Radio ; lit. Reckless Radio) from July 2007 to January 2008. From May to November 2009, she was a presenter for MBC TV children's game show Fantastic Duo (Korean: 환상의 짝꿍) along with Oh Sang-jin, and Kim Je-dong.

On August 20, 2011 she was a MC for K-Pop All Star Live in Niigata together with Yuri & Tiffany. She was also a MC in M! Countdown in 2011, following their win on "The Boys".

On May 30, 2012, it was announced that Sooyoung will be the new MC in SBS Midnight TV Entertainment with Yoon Dohyun.

Modeling

Prior to her debut as a member of Girls' Generation, Sooyoung modeled with Route 0 bandmate Takahashi for Chubbygang Clothing Line on 2003. Sooyoung is the tallest and one of the thinnest members of the group. She also endorsed for Skoolooks Uniform back in 2004 along with Jang Geun-suk and Yoo Ah-in . Shortly after her return from Japan, she appeared in a TV ad for Samsung AnyCall with Park Jeong-Ah in 2004. Sooyoung with bandmate Yoona, modeled for the 2008-09 F/W SFAA Seoul Collection: Lee Joo-Young Fashion Show at Seoul Hakyohul Exhibition Hall on March 20, 2008. She had a photoshoot, with Seohyun and Yuri, for QTV's photographer audition survival-themed show Photographer. The photoshoot, entitled "Dreaming Water", is a joint campaign by Cosmopolitan magazine and UNICEF to promote the preservation of water for a clean environment. On March 29, 2010, Sooyoung, along with Taeyeon, Yuri, Yoona, and Seohyun, was hired by Nintendo Korea as campaign models for the portable game console, Nintendo DSi.

Sooyoung is the only Asian girl appearing in Complex's Hottest '90s Babies

Songwriting

She made her debuted as a lyricist with the song "How Great Is Your Love", from Girls' Generation's Korean third album, The Boys.

Car Accident

On the way to participate in a charity event on Sunday, August 28, 2011, Sooyoung and her sister were involved in a car crash. The crash was due to another motorist's driving, leaving Sooyoung hospitalized with a fractured coccyx. Due to this, she was unable to participate in 'SMTOWN LIVE in TOKYO SPECIAL EDITION' and Girls' Generation's concert in Taiwan. During this time, she made a video (in English and Korean), thanking her fans for their concern and assuring them she was doing her best to recover. On September 27, 2011, Sooyoung rejoined Girls' Generation in their activities.

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Kwon Yuri

BIOGRAPHY

Yuri was born in Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea on December 5, 1989. She auditioned at the SM Entertainment Casting System and joined the company in 2001 after finishing in second place in the 2001 SM Youth Best Dancer Contest. She then underwent training for 5 years and 11 months before her debut. She has an older brother, Kwon Hyuk-jun.

She graduated from NeungGok High School in 2008 and is currently attending at Chung-Ang University along with fellow group member, Sooyoung and Seungri of Bigbang.

Career

Solo activities

Acting

She also had a small role in a television segment, The King's Boyfriend, which was part of the 2005–2006 KMTV Super Junior documentary, Super Junior Show. Yuri also played a part in the KBS sitcom Unstoppable Marriage, alongside Sooyoung.

At the end of 2009, she cast for KBS2 reality show Invincible Youth with her fellow member, Sunny. Because of Girls' Generation's international promotions, Yuri left the show along with Sunny and Hyuna of 4minute on June 2010.

On December 17, 2011 Yuri has been offered to take a female lead role of the new drama "Fashion King". On December 27, 2011 Yuri’s role in the Drama ‘Fashion King’ was confirmed.

Singing

She and Sooyoung sang the OST for the drama Working Mom entitled Must!. She also sang the theme song for Caribbean Bay with her fellow members Taeyeon, Seohyun, Sunny, Jessica, Tiffany, Yoona and k-pop boy group 2PM. In September 2012, her voice is featured on TVXQ 6th album Catch Me If You Can track song "Like A Soap".

Show hosting

Yuri co-hosted the Korean music program Show! Music Core of MBC with another Girls' Generation member, Tiffany, leaving after a farewell on July 31, 2010 to focus on their Japan debut.

On December 25, 2010, she was also a host MC for Christmas Show! Music Core with group mate Tiffany. Yuri was an MC for the 2010 MBC Gayo Daejeon Show which was held on December 31 at the MBC Dream Center with Tiffany & actor Ryu Shi-won. She was also the MC for the 20th Seoul Music Awards which was held on January 20, 2011. She was also the MC for the 50th Anniversary Music Wave Concert which was held on March 12, 2011 together with Tiffany & Nichkhun.

On August 13, 2011 she was a MC for 2011 Incheon Korean Music Wave together with Tiffany and also for K-Pop All Star Live in Niigata which was held on August 20, 2011 together with Tiffany & Sooyoung.

On October 11, 2011 Yuri and Tiffany return to "Show! Music Core" as permanent MCs after a 1 year and 3 months absence, leaving on January 29, 2012 to focus on her drama debut Fashion King. On November 12, 2011 she was a MC for K-POP Music Festival in Sydney together with Tiffany.

Promotion

She had an advertisement with Daniel Henney for Biotherm. Later, in April 2010 she participated in another commercial for Biotherm with Tiffany and Sooyoung.

In April 2010 she had a commercial for Everland's water park Caribbean Bay with fellow members Seohyun and Yoona, 2PM members Nichkhun, Taecyeon and Chansung.

In March 2012 she was chosen as the new model of Mamonde, a cosmetic product alongside Choi Siwon of Super Junior.

Prior of her endorsing Mamonde, she is one of the model in Amore Pacific's "Share Your Umbrella Campaign" with Shin Min Ah, Lee Miyeon, Jo In Sung and her Fashion King co-star Yoo Ah In.

Songwriting

She debuted as a lyricist with the song "Mistake", from Girls' Generation's EP, Hoot, about a girl who falls in love and realizes her love is unrequited.

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Kim Hyo-yeon

BIOGRAPHY

Hyo-yeon was born in Incheon, South Korea on September 22, 1989. She grew up with her parents and her younger brother Kim Min-gu. She auditioned for SM Entertainment at the age of 11 through SM 2000 Casting System. Hyo-yeon herself said that she had no intentions to audition, but her mother was a fan of SM Entertainment's boy band H.O.T. and brought her to the offices in the hopes, perhaps, of seeing them. She then danced in her audition show. In 2004, she was sent to study Chinese in Beijing, People's Republic of China alongside with Choi Siwon. Her Chinese name is (Xiàoyuān) in simplified Chinese characters. Hyo-yeon also been picked as Korea's number 1 Idol dancer on Star News.

Hyo-yeon is ambidextrous. She also often referred as the "2nd BoA" due to her dancing skills. Hyo-yeon is fluent in Chinese and Korean. She also can speak conversational English and Japanese.

Career

Pre-debut and training background

Hyo-yeon's formal dance training started in elementary school. At her neighborhood's small hip-hop school, she learned Hip-Hop, Jazz and Latin dance. In 1999, she enrolled in Winners Dance School, a famous dance school in South Korea specializing in popping, locking, animation and various other hip-hop styles. At the school she met Miss A's Min, with whom she formed the dance team Little Winners (리틀위너스). The duo performed at various showcases and was spotlighted by HipHoper.com in 2004.

She received dance instruction from the Electric Boogaloos and top choreographers such as Kim Hye-rang, Poppin Seen, Kwang Hoo (aka Crazy Monkey), Poppin DS, Kwon Seok-jin (aka Locking Khan) and Black Beat's Shim Jae-won. She also worked with one of Justin Timberlake's choreographers and a few foreign teachers.

Before debuting with Girls' Generation, she was BoA's silhouette dancer during a performance at M.net KM Music Festival 2005. In 2007, she teamed up with Jae Won for a dance collaboration to "Anonymous".

Solo activities

On March 7, 2010 she played a cameo role on SBS Oh My Lady! starring Choi Siwon and Chae Rim with fellow members Jessica and Sooyoung. 
On October 17th, 2011 it was confirmed that Hyo-yeon would be joining for the second season of Invincible Youth 2, a Korean reality show alongside with Sunny.

On March 25 2012, it was revealed that Hyo-yeon would be making an appearance on ‘Dancing with the Stars Season 2‘. She joined the cast of MBC‘s ‘Dancing with the Stars' season 2, which aired its first episode on April 27th. Hyo-yeon and her partner ended up winning second place.

On July 2012, Hyo-yeon with fellow members Seohyun will be featured in the August issue of “Nylon”, a fashion and pop culture magazine. To promote the upcoming release, the magazine recently uploaded videos of Hyo-yeon and Seohyun onto its YouTube channel. The clips show behind-the-scenes footage of the photoshoots “Nylon” did with the two. 

On October 30, 2012, Hyo-yeon posed for beauty & fashion look book, ‘o/1 Creative Book‘.The first issue of “0/1creativebook”, featuring Hyo-yeon, will be released on October 31. Hyo-yeon becomes the first cover girl of newly-launched beauty fashion book, ’0/1 creativebook (Zero One creativebook)’! In the first issue of the book, Hyo-yeon is the only celebrity selected to model for the fashion book, an indication of her popularity in the fashion world. 

Hyo-yeon is currently taking part as a member of SM Entertainment‘s new ‘Younique‘ dance unit which has partnered up with Hyundai to release their ‘PYL Younique Album‘.

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Tiffany

BIOGRAPHY

Tiffany was born in San Francisco, California, in the same hospital as fellow band-mate Jessica Jung. Although both born in California, the two would coincidentally end up attending and graduating from the same high school in Seoul, Korea Kent Foreign School, during their preparations for debut in the same group. Tiffany grew up in Diamond Bar, California, attending South Pointe Middle School and Diamond Bar High School.

Tiffany was scouted whilst performing on stage in her home country. She was invited to audition at the SM Entertainment Starlight Casting System and joined the company on October 2004 in Los Angeles, California at age 15. Despite initial objections from her father, she recalls packing up her former life and moving to South Korea after receiving the permission to do so within three weeks of making the decision. She trained for 3 years and 7 months before debuting.

Tiffany is the youngest of three siblings. Her older sister studied anthropology at Berkeley. For much of her early career when approached with the topic of mothers or family, Tiffany would often talk in refferal to her father or both parents as a plural; on a radio broadcast she stated that she missed her mother who was far away and she had not seen her in some time. However in late 2009, she confessed for the first time in public that her mother had already passed. She later stated that her mother passed away two years prior to her becoming a trainee, and that she is somewhat distant with her father, all of her immediate family living overseas. In August, 2009 Tiffany was absent from a group filming in order to fly to the US and attend the funeral of her late grandfather.

She is fluent English and Korean, and can speak conversational Japanese.

Health

In 2008, Tiffany was diagnosed with vocal nodules, wherein a mass of tissue grows on the vocal folds due to strain or overuse. The condition gave her dysphonia, causing a hoarseness in her voice as well as affecting the range of her singing voice. After receiving treatment her voice returned to normalcy, but the condition began affecting her voice even more drastically throughout the latter half of 2009, causing her to take a break from activities to receive hospital treatment in September. She also experienced difficulties due to the disorder mid-2010, a company representative stating she would be taking a short hiatus while she was hospitalized again. While treatment has been succesful, Tiffany has stated that her current voice is different from her voice previous to contracting vocal nodules, although it is not necessarily something she views as a bad thing.

Throughout her career Tiffany has suffered several injuries requiring medical attention. She fell after a performance of "Gee", injuring her left ankle and being put in a cast. Tiffany continued to perform with the group, albeit either sitting or standing to the side stationary. Tiffany also suffered a wrist injury while filming for a show in early 2010 and was seen wearing a cast while continuing activities. In August of 2010, Tiffany suffered an injury to her right ankle after taking a fall during the SMTown Live '10 World Tour in Seoul. Although not a serious injury, she was put in a cast in order to make sure she would be healed enough to perform at Girls' Generation's upcoming Japanese showcase. She suffered a more severe fall two months later during another performance, injuring her posterior cruciate ligament. Due to this, she was withdrawn from the group's promotions of "Hoot", her abscence from the spotlight lasting almost a month until she returned to join her fellow group-mates activities in Japan. The issue of Tiffany's return after injury was a topic of great interest within both the Korean and Japanese media.

Career

Tiffany serves as one of the lead vocalists in the group. Tiffany is a member of a Girls' Generation's sub-group, Girls' Generation-TTS along with Taeyeon and Seohyun. Their first mini-album "Twinkle (EP)" was released on 2 May 2012.

Solo singing career

In 2008, she released two singles with fellow Girls' Generation members Jessica and Seohyun — the first called "Oppa Nappa" ("오빠 나빠", "Bad Boy") and the second titled "Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)", a theme song for a video game.

Tiffany has also participated in the OST of SBS drama Jamyeonggo with the song By Myself, and was featured in a duet with K.Will in A Girl, Meets Love.

She was also featured in Oh! My Love to You by The Blue, alongside bandmate Sooyoung. She also sang the theme song for Caribbean Bay with her fellow members Taeyeon, Seohyun, Sunny, Jessica, Yuri and k-pop boy group 2PM. In 2012, Tiffany has participated in the OST of Love Rain which bandmate Yoona is a lead actress in.

Show hosting career

Apart from all her solo works, Tiffany was the co-host of Mnet's Sonyeon Sonyeo Gayo Baekseo , along with Kim Hyesung from November 5, 2007 to June 13, 2008. Tiffany, along with fellow Girls' Generation member Yuri, was an MC on MBC's Show! Music Core. She left after a farewell on July 31, 2010 to focus on Girls’ Generation's debuting in Japan.

On December 25, 2010, she was a host MC for Christmas Show! Music Core along side Girls’ Generation's Yuri. She was an MC for the 2010 SBS Gayo Daejeon award ceremony which was held on December 31 at the MBC Dream Center with Yuri and actor Ryu Si Won. She was also the MC for the 50th Anniversary Music Wave Concert which was held on March 12, 2011 together with Yuri and Nichkhun.

On August 13, 2011 she was the MC for 2011 Incheon Korean Music Wave together with Yuri and also for K-Pop All Star Live in Niigata which was held on August 20, 2011 together with Yuri & Sooyoung.

On October 11, 2011 Yuri and Tiffany return to "Show! Music Core" as permanent MCs after a 1 year and 3 months absence. On November 12, 2011 she was a MC for K-POP Music Festival in Sydney together with Yuri.

On April 7, 2012 she hosted the 2012 Korean Music Wave in Bangkok together with Taeyeon and Nichkhun. As of April 14 2012, she is hosting Show! Music Core together with Taeyeon and Seohyun.

On October 14, 2012 Tiffany will co-host the first ABU TV Song Festival 2012, which will take place at the KBS Concert Hall. Band Girls' Generation will also perform in the show as representatives of South Korea.

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From 25 November 2011 to 29 January 2012, Hwang played Carmen Diaz in the musical Fame along with Eunhyuk of Super Junior, Son Ho Young, Go Eun Seong, Kim Chan Ho, Shin Ui Jeong, Lina of The Grace, Choi Ju Ri, KoN and Kim Jung Mo of TRAX.

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Sunny

BIOGRAPHY

Sunny was born on May 15, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, and moved to Kuwait while she was still an infant. Her family moved to South Korea around the time of the Gulf War. She has two older sisters, who share the same birthday as her. She speaks fluent Korean, along with basic English, Chinese and Japanese. Her father was in the college band Hwaljooro with Bae Chul-soo. She is the niece of Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Entertainment. In 1998, Sunny entered Starlight Entertainment and became a trainee for 5 years before transferring to Starworld where she became a member of a duet called "Sugar" which never debuted. One of her older sisters was the manager for Sugar, but when the group disbanded, she became active in other parts of the music industry.

In 2007, Sunny was recommended by the singer Ayumi, who transferred to SM Entertainment. After several months of training under SM Entertainment, Sunny debuted as a member of Girls' Generation that same year.

Career

Singing career

Sunny has contributed to a couple of soundtracks as a solo artist, singing the theme song "You Don't Know About Love" for the SBS drama Working Mom, "Finally Now" for IPTV's Story of Wine and "Your Doll" for the SBS's Oh! My Lady.

She featured on the Heading to the Ground soundtrack, singing a duet with Taeyeon in the song SarangInGulYo and another song titled Motion performed with the vocal line of the group.

She participated in the S.E.O.U.L. song project along with Super Junior's Kyuhyun, Leeteuk, Ryeowook, Sungmin, Siwon, Donghae and fellow group members Seohyun, Sooyoung, Jessica and Taeyeon.

Sunny featured in Brown Eyed Girls's Miryo's track "I Love You, I Love You" from her first solo mini album, Miryo A.K.A JoHoney .

Voice Acting

Sunny took part in voice acting for animated film Koala Kid: Birth of A Hero with fellow labelmate Taemin from SHINee.

Theatre

Sunny played the lead role of ‘Brenda Strong’ in the Korean production of Broadway musical ‘Catch Me If You Can’, which was opened on 28th March 2012 and with a scheduled run till 10th June 2012. Her performance received positive critical review and was nominated for Best New Actress in the 6th 'The Musical Awards', South Korea's equivalent of Broadway's Tony Award. Sunny to Return as Brenda in ‘Catch Me If You Can’ who will run from December 14th through February 9th, 2013 at the Seongam Arts Center Opera House.

TV shows

She was a permanent member on the show Star Golden Bell until Girls' Generation's song Oh! came out.

Sunny alongside with Yuri was a part of reality show Invincible Youth in which they were a part of G7, consisting of 7 girls from idol groups. Due to Girls' Generation's Japanese debut and other activities, Sunny left the show, along with Hyuna and Yuri, in June 2010.

On October 17, it was confirmed that Sunny would be joining for the second season of Invincible Youth 2, a Korean reality show alongside with Hyoyeon. She is the only returning member from original G7.

On July 6, a representative from S.M. Entertainment reported to the media, that Sunny will no longer be a regular casting member anymore alongside the members of G6 from Invincible Youth 2. The unexpected leave will mean that the July 7th episode of Invincible Youth 2, will be the last episode that Sunny will be featured as a permanent member. Sunny's leave does not include fellow Girls Generation member 'Hyoyeon' who will continue as a member on the show.

Show Hosting

She was a co-DJ of the radio show Chunji until the broadcast ended in July 2008.

She also co-hosted a music show called The M with Kim Hyung Jun of SS501 and Im Seulong of 2AM but had to leave the show due to her busy schedules. Her last appearance as an MC for the show was on April 4, 2010.

Sunny, along with other notable celebrities, is part of the star-studded cast on SBS MTV's “Music Island”, taking on the role of main MC. The first episode of “Music Island” was aired on February 24, 8PM KST.

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Jessica Jung

EARLY LIFE

Jessica was born in San Francisco, California in the same hospital as her fellow Girls' Generation member, Tiffany. While on vacation in Korea, she and her sister were scouted in a shopping mall by S.M Entertainment and joined the company in 2000.[2] She was trained for seven years as a trainee before debuting as part of the Korean girl group Girls' Generation.

Her younger sister, Krystal Jung, is a member of the Korean girl group f(x), also created by S.M. Entertainment. They are both currently active in their bands and signed under the S.M Entertainment.

Career

Girls' Generation

Jessica was the first member to be signed with SM Entertainment in 2000. In 2007, she was chosen as a member of the group Girls' Generation. The 9-member girl group debuted on August 5, 2007.

Solo singing career

In addition to her group activities, Jessica released two singles with Seohyun and Tiffany: "Oppa Nappa" (Bad Older Brother)[3] and "Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)". Jessica collaborated with 8Eight for the song "I Love You" from their 2nd album Infinity which was released on March 3, 2008. She is not the one in the music video, but is the one singing the harmony and adlibs.

In addition, she had various duets — one with Shinee member, Onew, called "One Year Later", and one with Park Myung-soo, "Naengmyeon". She sang the "Seoul Song" with Super Junior's Leeteuk, Sungmin, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun and fellow group members Taeyeon, Sunny, Sooyoung, and Seohyun.

Jessica released a digital single titled "Sweet Delight" on October 13, 2010.

She also participated in the soundtrack of KBS drama Romance Town with the song "Because Tears Are Overflowing" . The song was released on May 18, 2011. In addition to acting, Jessica sang the OST for “Wild Romance” alongside Kim Jinpyo. The song was digitally released on January 19, 2012.

Acting career

Jessica made her musical theatre debut in the South Korean production of Legally Blonde, alongside Lee Ha-nui and Kim Ji-woo; the production opened on November 14, 2009. She had a cameo role on SBS TV Oh My Lady! in March 2010.

On December 23, Wild Romance's staff confirmed that, “Jessica has been cast for the role of Lee Dongwook’s former lover, Kang Jonghee. She will be appearing in approximately eight episodes.” Jessica will be playing the role of Kang Jonghee in the drama, who is Lee Dongwook’s unforgettable first love. “Wild Romance” is scheduled to begin airing on January 4.

Modeling

Along with Girls' Generation, Jessica has been featured as a model for numerous advertisements, endorsements, and campaigns including Haptic Motion, LG, Samsung, Domino's Pizza, Elite Uniform, J.ESTINA bags and many others.

In early 2011, Jessica modeled for Dior Cosmetics with bandmates Hyoyeon, Yuri, Tiffany, Sooyoung and Sunny.

Jessica had her first runway for Lee Juyoung’s fashion show for the 2011/12 Seoul Fashion Week at Seoul’s SETEC Center on March 29, 2011. Jessica wore the line, Resurrection by Juyoung. In 2011 she also modeled for Levi's in a Marie Claire issue, was the cover of an 17# anniversary CeCi issue, for W Korea magazine, Cosmopolitan magazine, First look magazine and Singles magazine.

She was also featured in a photoshoot, titled ‘Break The Ice’, in the December issue of 1st Look magazine.

On August 17, 2012 Jessica and her sister Krystal were appointed as the ambassadors for the London Paralympics Team. On September 19 they visited the 'Blue House', they were there to attend the event for the London Paralympics Team.

Guest appearance on TV show

In May 2010, Jessica became a regular guest on the show Happy Birthday until she withdrew on June 7, 2010 due to Girls' Generation's overseas activities.

She was also a regular guest on the show Star King, with fellow band member Yuri.

In 2009, she took a special part on the show Infinity Challenge for their summer special, in which she was chosen to sing a duet entitled "Naengmyun" with one of the MCs Park Myung-soo.

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