INSIDE JoongAng Daily: "Hallyu hopefuls strut, sing and prance for the judges
August 10, 2006 ㅡ It wasn't their first audition, they said, but it was just as tense. Byun Hyo-myeong and her friend Yang Eun-bi, both 16, were getting twitchy and nervous, waiting for their turn to go up on the stage and sing. 'My mother really wants me to become a star, so she's been taking me to casting auditions since I was thirteen,' Hyo-myeong said as she tried to smooth out her shirt. "