Pledis posted a new online audition on their website...

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i guess they're interested in female trainees too

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1 hour ago, GetRapper said:

Now that I think about it, you may be on to something here. They don't want to discourage potential female trainees if they don't have any gg's listed. Still as a fan of the group it's insulting to still list them as active when they haven't had any activities over half a decade.

Agree, it's sad to see AS listed

But I guess it also makes sense companies would use their veteran artists to promote the company too. They're part of the history and brand.

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53 minutes ago, lighterxx said:

they have them for a while they just closed their other audition tho i guess they couldnt find suitable trainees? i heard they are struggling to find vocals but its hearsay on twitter only 

tbh Bang is still considered the pledis song, Pledis is happy to have After School, whether After School is happy to have them tho... 

or they're getting way to any applicants, and have found some reliable trainees already.

true, pledis is happy for AS

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2 minutes ago, lighterxx said:

i saw some videos of their trainees, they are amazing in dancing and performing already when they didnt even join pledis tbh, i just only saw 1 vocal trainee, considering Pledis found main vocals of Seventeen via viral videos (other for casting) , and Baekho via streetcasting, I think thats where rumours are created

hmmm i would think pledis has better management of their business and not everything about their trainees is being leaked...o.o 

especially now that they're with bighit (hybe) who tend to be really good at keeping majority a secret/private

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6 minutes ago, lighterxx said:

oh yeah, they are so strict about their trainees, one we know are because they are trained in special schools. For example lets say you are a dancer in dance school A, apply to pledis auditions, you pass, and become a trainee. School A celebrates you, on instagram usually, because its both their student being an idol and advertisement of their trainee entering a big company (which pledis is funnily enough considered as such). Otherwise Pledis doesnt allow social media etc too 

You're right, many trainees nowadays get trained at some sort of school/studio for dance. However not everyone celebrates on sns. I assume because some companies ask them not to once they get to a certain level of the auditions/rounds. So i'm actually sort of cautious with those who celebrate early. It very well could be they made it pass the first round but don't the following rounds. It seems some companies become stricter the higher the trainees get.

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7 minutes ago, lighterxx said:

yeah they, to my knowledge only celebrate for 1st round, and no school allows it for 2nd round to my knowledge, still at least i know a trained vocal who passed 1st round, he was not bad but certainly weaker than svt's vocal line, probably woozi and hoshi could beat him (then again he was very young so fingers crossed for improvement) 

i'm sure there were more vocals, we're just unaware of them..nonetheless good luck to the kid!