He was nicknamed Thomas due to his resemblance to the cartoon character Thomas from ‘Thomas and Friends’.On the early debut days of SEVENTEEN, Seungkwan used the catchphrase ‘Aspiring Variety Show Star’, showing his strong will to be SEVENTEEN’s representative in variety shows.Mic prior to SEVENTEEN’s debut, hinting at how good he is at broadcasts. Seungkwan is the “unofficial” MC and variety show representative in the group even before his debut.He is very bright, talkative, sociable, and witty.With no dancing “hole”, SEVENTEEN becomes the representative of synchronized dancing idols. Unlike the typical main vocalists, Seungkwan can also dance very well (well, he can even rap).Seungkwan’s singing ability is widely acknowledged even by the general public, especially after his appearance in ‘Kings of Masked Singer’ in which he ended up being the runner-up of episodes 135-136.Seungkwan graduated from Seoul Broadcasting High School (Broadcasting & Entertainment Major), he was in the same academic year as Mingyu.He was nominated as the main vocalist since joining the agency.Pledis CEO, Han Sungsoo, is said to have boasted about Seungkwan everywhere, saying that “A child who sings really well has come into our company.”.After finished singing for the audition, Seungkwan bravely shouted, “I’ll make a second heyday for Pledis!” because he didn’t want to miss the opportunity.Seungkwan sang Kim Bumsoo’s ‘Last Love’ and Big Mama’s ‘Yeon’ and danced to U-KISS’ song at the audition.He joined Pledis Entertainment in 2012 when he was 14.When Pledis staff contacted him, he thought that he was being scammed.His art teacher who secretly filmed Seungkwan at the competition uploaded the video to the internet after receiving Seungkwan’s permission, a Pledis staff coincidentally saw the video and immediately casted Seungkwan. When he was in the 2nd grade of middle school, he participated in a singing competition, singing Big Mama’s ‘Yeon’.Seungkwan liked singing so much that he participated in many children’s singing competitions since he was in elementary school.
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