Still hesitating to make your K-pop idol dreams come true? Well, the opportunity is coming closer to your doorstep!
Mnet announced on Friday, August 4, that they’ll be holding an offline global audition tour for I-LAND 2 across 12 cities in nine countries.
The stops for the offline audition will include Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles. Meanwhile, the Asia stops will be in Tokyo, Osaka, Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Bangkok, and Shanghai.
[I-LAND2 GLOBAL AUDITION TOUR🎤]
I-LAND2 Global Audition Tour begins!
It will be held offline in 12 cities in 9 countries.
Details for each country will be updated sequentially.Please see the details
▶ https://t.co/DnJlaT74ZJ pic.twitter.com/bj8GajdnoI— Mnet I I-LAND2 (@mnetiland) August 4, 2023
Additionally, the audition tour will also go to Berlin, London and Sydney in September.
Mnet added that details and instructions for the audition stops in each country will be updated sequentially.
What we know so far about I-LAND 2:
It was in July when Mnet announced that they’re launching the second season of the audition program I-LAND.“Ready to be the biggest K-pop girl group of 2024?,” they teased.
The first season of the hit reality survival series saw the formation of K-pop boy group ENHYPEN. The show was initially a joint project between Mnet and Belift Lab, an entertainment agency established through a joint venture between CJ ENM and HYBE.
However, the second season will now be a collaboration between Mnet and YG Entertainment’s THEBLACKLABEL.
2024년, Mnet과 판을 깨는 모험을 함께할 I-LAND2의 새로운 프로듀서를 공개합니다
Mnet X @THEBLACKLABEL
Master Producer TEDDY[I-LAND2 GLOBAL AUDITION]
▶ 지원하기 https://t.co/8KTW1FYlHt (~8/6, KST) pic.twitter.com/yzlu0G6ZJY— Mnet I I-LAND2 (@mnetiland) July 23, 2023
The online applications ran from July 10 to August 6. Only girls who are born before January 1, 2011 and can travel internationally were allowed to apply.
Online applicants also had to submit three videos: a self-introduction, a rap or vocal performance, and a dance routine.
The program is expected to air in the first half of 2024, but a final release date has yet to be announced.
The trainees who will survive the challenges in I-LAND 2 will debut as a girl group under agency WakeOne Entertainment, the same label that handles ZEROBASEONE and Kep1er.
💌 #ZEROBASEONE 으로부터 도착한 메시지!
앞으로 단 4일! 판을 깨는 새로운 모험이 시작되는 곳,
I-LAND2에서 함께할 여러분들을 기다립니다![I-LAND2 GLOBAL AUDITION]
▶지원하기 https://t.co/uMtrAwOQM5 (~8/6, KST) pic.twitter.com/wG3y6maceg— Mnet I I-LAND2 (@mnetiland) August 2, 2023
ZEROBASEONE were chosen from the audition program Boys Planet, while Kep1er was formed through the series Girls Planet 999.
Featured image: MNet partners up with THEBLACKLABEL for ‘I-LAND 2.’ Credit: Twitter/Mnet I-LAND