They were grouped according to specialization, such as the Vocal Unit (Joshua, Jeonghan, DK, Seungkwan, and Woozi as the leader), Performance Unit (The8, Dino, Jun, and Hoshi as the leader), and Hip-Hop Unit (Vernon, Mingyu, Wonwoo, and S.Coups as the unit and group leader). Thirteen trainees officially became members of Seventeen in January 2015, and they were given rings engraved with “SEVENTEEN” and their names. Joshua first appeared in season two, and was paired with Seungkwan to perform “4 Minutes” by Madonna, featuring Justin Timberlake, and “Yeah 3x” by Chris Brown in their first concert, “Like Seventeen.” Trainees come and go in seasons three through five as those remaining carried out missions that culminated in a concert each season. Pledis Entertainment produced the reality television show, “Seventeen TV” (2013-2014), that was broadcast live featuring their trainees, to launch the boyband Seventeen. Joshua apologized, explained why he reacted that way to clear up any misunderstanding, and heeded the advice of his coach.īefore his debut, he appeared in the music video of “My Copycat” by Orange Caramel, which was a sub-unit of the K-Pop girl group, After School in 2014. He was scolded by the group’s vocal coach when he couldn’t hide his dislike when called by that nickname, and asked him if he couldn’t control his facial expression after he debuted. Apparently, some of them – particularly Seungkwan – found it difficult to call him by his English name, and had to shorten it. He once got a little irritated at the other trainees for calling him “Hong Josa” when they were playing basketball. He was first called by his Korean name Jisoo, before the company decided to use Joshua as his stage name. When he moved to Korea, his parents remained in L.A., and his mom, who has been very supportive of what he wanted to do, would just visit him from time to time. Proving that he had the star quality and talent for it, they officially signed him up as a trainee in 2013. He was invited to go to South Korea and train for a month so the company could properly assess his potential to become a K-Pop idol. He was 18 when he was street-cast at the Korean-LA Festival by a manager from Pledis Entertainment, home to NU’EST and After School.
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