[instiz] FORMER EXO MEMBER TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF DECIDING THE DEBUT TEAM

“They picked 100 people out of 120”

“And then picked 60 people out of 100”

“And then picked 24 people out of 60”

“And then picked 12 out of 24”

“And then would eliminate one person per week”

This is SM version of Produce 101

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1. Wow it was seriously war over there…..

2. Wow fascinating

3. I respect idols who debuted so much…

4. This was seriously a Produce series

5. I understand why they did that for EXO. They were the mains of SM’s next generation so Lee Sooman probably did his best to choose the best ones

6. They either picked kids with decisive talent or visuals (charms) and they also focus a lot of vocal harmony.  The interesting thing is that even if you come in as a visual, you can level up your skills, whether it’s dance or vocals, and become an all-arounder… How did they turn their trainees around like that…

7. I’m so shocked that only 10 people remained from that group…..

8. The competition must’ve been so fierce..

9. And on top of that, then had to pick kids who matched a given position and had good harmony in a group…

10. Wow it was honestly a survival… it must’ve been so hard on them mentally