The World K-Pop Center (CEO Park Sung-jin), established for the purpose of nurturing and disseminating K-POP talent, is hosting the global girl group audition 'ClickTheStar,' which is announcing a new season.

The World K-Pop Center, organizer of the 'ClickTheStar' audition, announced today (1st) through its official account that it uploaded a 'COMING SOON' post signaling the imminent start of auditions in Korea, Indonesia, and South America. Fans of Peru's Blingone and China's Blingone, who debuted through the 'ClickTheStar' audition, expressed their excitement on social media, saying, "We are looking forward to the new season and the unit members who will debut."

'ClickTheStar' is a massive K-POP talent development project that produces 32 girl group unit groups representing each country through K-POP girl group auditions held over 32 seasons in 32 countries. The debut members of 'Blingone' will be selected through an online preliminaries and local finals, followed by a debut survival program conducted by the World K-Pop Center.

Members selected as the final debut team from each country will be trained through unique K-POP training and producing to become a global girl group with differentiated skills and competitiveness. In addition, they will be selected as 'K-POP representatives' from each country, planning to perform under the same team name, the same song, and in different languages, contributing to the spread of K-POP's influence to the global cultural industry, which is rapidly emerging.

The debut girl group 'Blingone' will perform on major music broadcasts in Korea with the title of 'K-POP representative girl group' and will hold a debut stage. The 'Blingone' unit groups, possessing cultural characteristics and fandom from each country, are expected to carry out showcase performances, joint concerts, and world tours targeting their countries and the entire world following their debut activities in Korea.

The simultaneous application acceptance for 'ClickTheStar' in Indonesia, Korea, and South America suggests significant implications in leading aggressive K-POP expansion globally based on the success rules validated by the Peru unit and the China unit of 'Blingone.' Last year, the Peru Blingone, holding the title of 'the world's first K-POP girl group with all South American members,' debuted with their first single album 'Kiss & Call,' and recently, China's Blingone successfully completed their activities with the second single album 'Bubble Gum.' With the opening of three seasons simultaneously, it signals a comprehensive K-POP cultural expansion, continuing the success of 'ClickTheStar' from the home of K-POP in Korea to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and across the Pacific to South America.

The World K-Pop Center is also focusing on the globalization of K-Pop education alongside hosting the 'ClickTheStar' audition. Through the 'ClickTheStar' audition in 32 countries, the center aims to discover talents that can rise as K-POP stars in their own countries while establishing branches of the World K-Pop Center in 32 countries and building an educational infrastructure for global K-POP talent. The World K-Pop Center stated, "As K-POP has become the center of K-culture, Blingone will not only produce national representatives of K-POP artists but also contribute to promoting Korean culture worldwide."

Meanwhile, the application registrations for the preliminary rounds of the new seasons of 'ClickTheStar' will be conducted through the newly launched 'ClickTheStar' platform by the World K-Pop Center. The overall proceedings of the audition, highlight content, participation events, global fan voting, and results announcement for each round will be made public through the 'ClickTheStar' platform. Attention is drawn to who the K-POP star will be, selected as a member of the Blingone from Korea, Indonesia, and South America, following the Peru and China Blingone.

[Photo] World K-Pop Center

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