In this article, there’s detailed information about a member of Billlie who used to be a contestant on the survival show Produce 101 by Mnet. Can you guess who the member is? If not, then you should get to know the talented member from Billlie, which is Kim Suhyeon, starting from her full profile, fun facts, pre-debut story, until her debut era with the group in the article below!
Billlie’s Suhyeon: Full Profile
Real Name: Kim Su-hyeon (Hangul: 김수현) Stage Name: Su-hyeon (Hangul: 수현) Birth: Daegu, South Korea, January 15, 2000 Star Sign: Capricorn Height: 163 cm (5’4″) Weight: 44 kg (97 lbs) Blood Type: O Position in the Group: Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer Nationality: Korean Education: Sillim High School (Graduated) Official Site: Instagram ( su_hyun1052 )
Billlie’s Suhyeon: Fun Facts
Billlie’s Suhyeon: Pre-Debut Story
During her pre-debut era, Billlie’s Suhyun attended a celebrity audition class by Five Music and Dance Academy located in Jung-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City. She learned dancing and singing and practiced for her audition. At that time, even at the academy, she was known as a very famous student who always came to practice. Billlie’s Suhyeon was very popular as a student and was loved by the teachers by following her vocal teacher, practicing repeatedly, and receiving a lot of criticism and mockery from other trainees at the academy. Then, she joined on January 7, 2015, as the first and only idol trainee at Mystic Story. She was known for struggling to become the first girl group member of Yoon Jong-shin’s agency after coming up from Daegu. It was reported that Mystic Story had 6 trainees as of November 2015. Among them, Kim Suhyeon was included. Her active social media activities gave a glimpse into her trainee life. Before debuting as a Billlie member, Kim Suhyeon appeared on 2 survival shows, Mnet’s Produce 101 Season 1 and JTBC’s MixNine. Besides that, she’s also known as an actress who has played main roles and cameos in several web dramas since 2017 such as Girls’ Generation 1979, A-Teen, Top Management, Dumpo Girls, Twenty Twenty, and many more.
Billlie’s Suhyeon: Appearance on Mnet’s Produce 101
There are many contestants and trainees who are trying their luck to quickly debut and start a career as a K-pop idol. However, to debut is not easy, and they have to take advantage of various opportunities to have good potential to gain attention from their fans. Through several survival shows that were broadcasted on television, there are so many trainees that participated as contestants. One of them was Kim Suhyeon who previously appeared on Mnet’s Produce 101 Season 1 that was aired in 2016.
In the first introduction video released a month before the broadcast, she established the image of a cute dialect girl by promoting her hometown of Daegu. She showed cuteness, sexiness, shyness, and silliness at the same time during the show. During the Hidden Box mission, there was a mission to guess raw pork belly, but, unfortunately, she couldn’t guess it. She was confused and her dialect exploded. Kim Suhyeon was a contestant who was eliminated in the first elimination round. Even though she didn’t get enough recognition through this show, she gave her best in the episodes that aired.
On February 12, 2016, Kim Suhyeon was in Group 2 with other contestants and performed a very beautiful performance while performing A-Pink’s “I Don’t Know” on stage. Through this eye contact focus fancam, we can see Kim Suhyeon’s excellent potential to debut as an idol soon. Their stage voting results included a total of 61 votes, considered excellent results, and placing 3rd overall and 2nd place as a team. As a result of the 5th episode, Kim Suhyeon was ranked 69th and ended her journey on the show. As a trainee with the largest drop in the ranking (47 → 69 ▼22), she was the most unexpected emitter because she had previously recorded a number of votes in the top 40 and showed a good performance in the group performances. What do you think about Kim Suhyeon’s performance on Mnet’s Produce 101 Season 1?
