A group of British lads are set to undergo the rigorous K-pop training process in a bid to take their music to the global stage. But do they have what it takes to achieve K-Pop stardom? Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience is a unique musical experiment - can a band of Brits, assembled by the BBC , make waves on the global stage under the guidance of one of the industry's biggest names? Heading to South Korea, Dear Alice will be plunged into K-pop culture and subjected to SM Entertainment's top-tier K-pop training process for 100 days. With intensive choreography, vocal and performance lessons, life coaching techniques, alongside an immersion into all aspects of Korean life in beautiful Seoul, the group will be put through their paces.
Who are Dear Alice? Blaise Noon, 19, London Blaise was born in Belgium and moved to the UK at the age of 14 to study Musical Theatre at the renowned BRIT School in Croydon, spending his weekends dancing at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. After leaving the BRIT School, Blaise secured a place to train at the highly-regarded Urdang Academy, specialising in dance and musical theatre, where he trained in a wide range of styles. He revealed that he "worked really hard while I was there on my dancing, singing and acting.
I think it made the process easier as a lot of the skills I built there are transferable to this experience, but I think there's a very different focal point in K-pop performance, so it was still a challenge." He prais.