“I wish I could put together a team of artists that America and the whole world will fall in love with.” That's what J.Y. Park tells the viewers of the first episode of A2K. “A2K” stands for AMERICA TO KOREA and is the title of JYP’s newest survival show. Today the second episode was released on Youtube. Have you seen it yet?
“A2K” is by far not JYP’s first survival show. Many of JYP’s best-known groups like Twice, Stray Kids and most recently NiziU were created in survival shows. This year, two new shows are airing at once: A2K and Nizi Project Season 2.
A2K
In A2K, J.Y. Park personally searches for fresh talents from America.
"I hope I will see a different style, a different character and a different kind of contestant." - J.Y. Park (A2K Ep. 1)
The singer and hit producer founded JYP Entertainment and wrote some of our favorite songs. What is Love, Feel Special and Cry For Me by Twice or My Pace by Stray Kids are just a few examples.
Now J.Y. Park is taking on a brand new project. In A2K, he wants to train American talents through the proven K-Pop system and so form a new and unique global girl group. The first episode aired on Youtube on July 14 and the second followed just a few hours ago.
In the two episodes, we have already met seven contestants who passed the audition successfully and will soon keep fighting for their dream in the second round in LA:
The first contestant was 17-year-old student Camila from Canada. She impressed JYP with her strong voice. At the end of the second episode, the youngest contestant so far introduced herself. 12-year-old Kaylee Lee from Philadelphia. She taught herself to sing and surprised JYP with her talent.
The next episode continues in LA!
All successful contestants will train for a week in a boot camp in LA. Afterwards, JYP picks the best ones to accompany him to Korea, where they will continue training and fight for their debut.
Will you follow the creation of JYP’s first American girl group?
Nizi Project Season 2
Today a new teaser for the second season of Nizi Project was uploaded on Youtube, in which we finally get to see more of the first participants. A few JYP trainees are even coming to the audition!
Nizi Project aired in 2020. Similar to A2K, JYP searched for new talents and trained them first in a boot camp and finally in Korea. Only, in Nizi Project a Japanese girl group was formed. JYP traveled all across Japan for the auditions and the boot camp took place in Tokyo. In the end, there were nine winners who debuted as NiziU in December 2020:
In season 2, a Japanese boy group will be formed this year. Will you watch Nizi Project Season 2?
Sources: Youtube, List of songs written by J.Y. Park
