Recently, Mnet released pictures of the now 6-member girl group T-ara, revealing two new members. However, pictures of one of them, Soyeon, with Girls’ Generation/SNSD members have surfaced – leading many to believe that Soyeon was originally an SM trainee.

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These pre-debut pictures of the SNSD members with Soyeon have made netizens come to the conclusion that Soyeon was one of the members SM was considering in their rumored 11 member girl group, which is now 9 member SNSD.

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Member SoYeon is known to be a So Nyeo Shi Dae trainee, she was selected as a member to So Nyeo Shi Dae and had prepared for debut back then for 4 months. She even participated in So Nyeo Shi Dae’s showcase and even filmed for the MV. But 1 month before So Nyeo Shi Dae’s debut, she dropped out from the group.

source: kbites