BLACKPINK's Jisoo revealed how well-known TWICE's Nayeon was during their trainee days.
On the Nov. 10 episode of SBS' variety show "Whenever Possible," TWICE's Nayeon and BLACKPINK's Jisoo appeared as guests and spent time with the hosts in Sanbon-dong, Gunpo.
While waiting for the guests in Sanbon-dong, Yoo Jae-suk said, "They must be young people. This is a newly developed town."
Yoo Yeon-seok said, "I looked it up as soon as we arrived in Sanbon," and mentioned actor Seo Kang-joon, who is from the area. He also guessed that BLACKPINK's Jisoo might be from Sanbon, asking, "Didn't Jisoo grow up in Sanbon, too?"
Yoo Jae-suk reacted with surprise, asking, "Jisoo?" He then joked that Yeon-seok seemed unusually curious about the guests and doubted she would be able to make it because she was so busy.
As it turned out, the guests that day were Jisoo and Nayeon, just as Yoo Yeon-seok had guessed. The two are close friends born in the same year. Although they trained at different agencies, YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment, respectively, they became friends before their debuts.
When Yoo Jae-suk remarked, "It seems you two are very close," they replied, "We've known each other for a long time, since our trainee days."
Jisoo explained, "Back then, trainees who had been training for a long time tended to know one another. You would hear things like, 'She's the ace at that agency.'" When Yoo Jae-suk asked whether Nayeon had been a well-known trainee, Jisoo replied, "She was famous. Nayeon herself was famous."
Jisoo and Nayeon also reminisced about their agencies' monthly evaluations.
Jisoo said the evaluation score sheets were posted for everyone to see. "After the evaluation, we would wait, and then they would put up the results. We would all gather around and cry," she recalled.
Trainees who ranked lower could be sent home and forced to leave the program. Nayeon added that after each monthly evaluation, trainees were called into the office one by one for individual meetings.
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