Lee Yeon-hee revealed on ‘Sang-sang plus’ that she almost became a member of SNSD.

She beat the competition of 8000:1 and won first place in ‘SM Teenage Contest’. Since then, her and SNSD members have been friends while training together.

She stated “I auditioned where a girl from Korea and Japan were picked to become a celebrity. However, I didn’t get picked in the end. The person that won was Sooyoung from ‘SNSD'”.

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