Reality-TV contest K-pop Goes Hollywood to pick ‘all-American boy’ for a new group

K-pop Goes Hollywood will be the title of a reality-TV competition series in which American contestants vie to fill one spot in the line-up of a new group

SM Entertainment, which will launch the new group, NCT Hollywood, will make the show in Korea with the producer of US TV singing contest The Voice

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The 23 members of NCT. A new member from America will be chosen through a reality-TV competition series called K-pop Goes Hollywood. Photo: SM Entertainment

Published: 9:21pm, 12 Jul 2021Updated: 10:39pm, 12 Jul 2021

NCT is going Hollywood, literally: the popular K-pop group will pick its next member from America through a reality TV competition series called K-pop Goes Hollywood, the band’s label, SM Entertainment, has told the Post.

The series, stylised in all capitals except for “goes”, is a collaboration between the South Korean entertainment company and American media company MGM Television, producer of popular programmes including The Voice, a reality singing competition series shown on American network NBC.

It was previously announced that 21 contestants would compete to join NCT, and on Monday SM confirmed the series as currently planned would select one winner to join a new K-pop outfit to be called NCT Hollywood. Members of NCT will appear on K-pop goes Hollywood.

NCT is a 23-strong boy band whose members sometimes perform together but mostly appear in subgroups such as NCT Dream, NCT 127 and WayV.

“We are looking for one winner for this season, but some details of the show are subject to change throughout production,” said a representative of SM C&C, the label’s production company.