AOA's ChoA surprises with the number of times she failed auditions

AOA's ChoA appeared on MBC's 'Radio Star' on May 20 and talked about how hard it had been for her to become a trainee and singer.  

She said, "I really liked [the idea of being] a singer.  I used to look at pictures and stuff when I was little.  I happened to see Girls' Generation when they were trainees.  I was envious of that image.  However, my parents were very against it.  I went around by myself to audition."

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She added, "I failed SM auditions 15 times.  Afterwards, I tried out for JYP and was dropped again at the very end," surprising everybody.

Well, FNC Entertainment saw her potential and now she's a hit star, so all that hard work paid off!  You can also see her mimic Yano Shiho and act cute in the videos below.