WAKEONE is holding the 2026 WAKEONE open audition WAKEONE the LAND: "School Festa" to discover next-generation artists.
This audition was planned with the 'School Festa' concept, expanding the image of auditions from tests to stages for freely pursuing dreams under the slogan 'Attend and it becomes a stage!'. The application fields are broadly composed of vocal, rap, dance, visual and specialties, and anyone male or female born between 2007 and 2015 can participate as an individual or a group.
Applications are accepted by choosing either pre-registration or on-site registration. This audition is scheduled to be held for two days from Jan. 24 to Jan. 25, 2026, at the Jung-gu Youth Center in Seoul, and pre-registration will be open from Dec. 18, 2025, to Jan. 19, 2026. Successful auditionees will be offered trainee training opportunities with WAKEONE.
WAKEONE has continued solid results through idol group management, including 5th generation top-tier boy group ZEROBASEONE, global rookie izna, and mega-rookie boy group ALPHA DRIVE ONE (ALD1). At the same time, it has steadily led the activities of solo artists with different musical colors such as Kim Pil, Ha Hyun-sang, Jo Yuri, and Kim Jae-hwan, demonstrating broad management capabilities.
On the back of these achievements, WAKEONE is further raising expectations for discovering next-generation artists under a systematic production system and a globally oriented strategy. In particular, after appointing Nam So-young as CEO, it reorganized into a center system to strengthen management capabilities while preparing to establish a separate label for solo artists, diversifying artist growth paths. WAKEONE, which is building a production environment and system optimized for artist characteristics and strengthening global competitiveness, is attracting attention for what new possibilities this audition will show.
Detailed information such as audition schedules and application methods can be found on the official WAKEONE audition Instagram.
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