Young participants and caregivers on the underpipitin side are severely shocked and hurt..I want you to check and evaluate it for yourself
Mar 23, 2025
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'Underpiptin' is a fifth-generation K-pop audition that opened the door to opportunities for the Alpha generation, who set their path as idols early on. It is a program promoted to support children to gain practical experiences and grow on the actual stage in line with the trend of the times when the age group of participants dreaming of becoming idols is gradually decreasing as the status of K-POP increases.
The participants are all valuable talents who have applied to the program with the confirmation of their intention to participate and the consent of their guardians, and the production team has strictly observed the recording compliance to protect minors during filming. The production team decided on costumes and styling after a mutually active discussion with the participant's guardian, and the practice time was also observed for up to 35 hours during the recording week, and the guardian and the production team carried out practice room pickup and regular care""If filming is likely to be extended until late at night according to the Popular Culture and Arts Industry Development Act when recording weekdays on weekdays (if the next day is not a school day), the schedule was adjusted to schedule other filming days." In the case of general elementary and middle school students, unreasonable schedules that could interfere with the guarantee of learning rights were excluded.
"It is a very upsetting and sad situation in which young participants and their guardians are being severely shocked and hurt by various controversies at a time when the first broadcast has not been released yet," they said. "Despite their young age, the participants are performing more seriously and sincerely than anyone else with a passion to achieve their dream of becoming a world-leading K-pop idol." In particular, overseas participants are also doing their best to achieve their dreams from the global local preliminary trial held last summer," he stressed.
The production team also said, "We are confident that you will be able to see the passion of young participants and the sincerity of the production team through the recently released teaser video, and please check and evaluate the video yourself.""Underpiptin" is a program that supports and shares the participants' dreams, so the production team desperately hopes that the sweat and effort that the participants have spent for more than six months will not be in vain, and we will make more careful efforts to produce it so that there will be no controversy in the future," he said.
Earlier, calls for the suspension of broadcasting grew louder, saying that under-15 women's children and teenagers compete for idol debuts commercialized female minors. In response, the Citizens' Coalition for Democratic Press issued a statement on the 21st, urging MBN to immediately stop broadcasting underpipptin commercializing children and adolescents.
Meanwhile, MBN 'UNDER15' produced by 'Crea Studios' has confirmed its first broadcast on the 31st. 'Underpiptin' is the first generational audition in the world to discover K-pop prodigies under the age of 15, and participants selected from a total of 70 countries will be on stage as the next generation idols with visuals, performance, and singing skills.
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