[PERSONALITY TRAITS] ESTP, Slytherin / Adaptable, direct, logical, spontaneous, outgoing, thick-skinned, enthusiastic, assertive, sensation-loving, carefree, objective, sociable, active, persuasive, gregarious, lively, informal, rational, problem solver

 

[PERSONALITY] 

Simon is known to be persuasive and charming meaning if he wants something he knows how to go and get it from those around him. He is humorous and often deals with any situation by cracking jokes, but sometimes this can come off as rather insensitive in difficult situations. He is known to be fun-loving meaning he’s light hearted and very lively. Simon often likes to say is the life the party.

 

He’s great at dealing with crisis situations, which he believe comes from his late teens when he was the main guardian of his brother. He’s thick-skinned and takes criticism well, often seeing it as a good thing rather than a bad thing. Simon can also be quite direct but often find it hard to find the right words to express his feelings.

 

[BACKGOUND] 

Simon Hwi Song (born Song Hwi) was born in Gwangju, South Korea on January 26th, 1995. Simon’s early life wasn’t that interesting. He was raised as and only child and pretty much was the same as other children his age. When Simon was five, his mother gave birth to his younger brother, Jasper (town Song Woong). At age seven, Simon’s mother and father decided to pack up the families belongings and move over 8,000 kilometres (8,321 if you want to be exact) from Gwangju, South Korea to Melbourne, Australia. Simon was of course upset, after all, he was leaving all his friends behind and moving to a place where he didn’t even know the language. But his sadness didn’t last for long. Simon’s parents decided to enrol him into vocal and dance classes after they had moved to almost force him to make friends, and lucky for them it worked.

 

Simon’s life was pretty average after that. He would go to school, met his friends, attend his vocal and dance classes. He lived like many other children and teenagers in Australia. In his teenage years, Simon started to develop a love for history. He could often be found with his nose stuck in a book about some historical event or another or in the library at lunch discovering things about the past. It often shocked people when they found out that his two main hobbies were so different. When Simon entered VCE, he decided to put most of his focus onto history since that was the thing he thought he would be most happy with if he were to study in university (it also seemed like a much more realistic thing for his to pursue over singing). When his final year of high school rolled around, Simon was able to graduate with a high enough ATAR to enter ACU as a modern history major. It was around the same time he had also managed to score a job at a dance studio in the CBD as a dance instructor.

 

After Simon had graduated high school, his parents had announced their plans to move back to South Korea, asking Simon if he would go with them. It didn’t take him long to tell them that he would rather stay and continue his studies in Australia. Jasper, who had entered High School only a few years before had also strongly refused to go back and Simon, being as close as he was to his younger brother, selfishly also didn’t want him to return. After many long and drawn out discussions, the family agreed to let Jasper stay in Australia with Simon as his guardian. Not too long after the decision was made, Simon and Jasper bid farewell to their mother and father and started life alone. It took quite a bit of adjusting for the then nineteen year old Simon, he had suddenly needed to be the one to attend all of his brothers school meetings and be the one to sign off on everything the boy needed to do, but the two of them managed to get through it.

 

A couple of years after his parent’s left, Jasper had saw an ad for an audition for a survival show in Korea aimed at international contestants. Jasper quickly ran to his brother and implored Simon to audition with him. The two auditioned and made it on to the show together. It wasn’t long before they were separated and put into different groups. Unfortunately Jasper wasn’t a member of the winning team. Even so, he still supported his brother and was genuinely happy for him. Simon still felt bad, no matter what jasper had said, but he still decided to give it his best!

 

[TRIVIA] 

Likes

/ Dance

/ Singing

/ Music

/ History

/ Learning new things

/ Cooking

 

Dislikes

/ The cold weather in Korea

/ Snow

/ Lack of sleep

/ Spoiled people

 

Habits

/ Carrying around the book he is currently reading and sneaking in little reads whenever he can.

/ Bombarding U/IDOL and Jasper with a ton of questions when he sees them such as the typical "have you eaten?" "Are you okay?" "You look sleepy. did you sleep enough?".

/ Being touchy with the members and becoming more touchy when he is anxious or nervous.

 

Hobbies

/ Reading non-fiction books.

/ Reading fiction books.

/ Creating dances whenever he has time.

/ Creating vocal and/or dance covers with the other members.

 

Trivia

/ He is born on Australia Day, a national holiday in Australia

/ He became an australian citizen after he geaduated high school and decided he wanted to remain in Australia.

/ Simon became Jasper's legal guardian (within Australia) when he was nineteen.

/ He believes his role in U/IDOL is a sort of mood maker.

/ He would drop anything if his brother or members needed his help with something.

/ Simon has a strong sense of family with U/IDOL as he sees them as his family.

/ He has a degree in modern history from university in Australia.

/ He joined Internatonal Idol with his younger brother, Jasper.

/ His brother is now a trainee under Unite.

/ Enjoys cooking for the other members in the dorm.

/ He likes to take care of the younger members as they reminde him of his brother.

[RELATIONSHIPS] 

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[STAGE NAME] Simon

 

[TALENT TWIN] Infinite's Dongwoo (Lucente's Park Ha)

 

[TRAINEE YEARS] A couple of months under Unite Media

[TRAINEE LIFE] After participating in the first season of International Idol and not winning, Simon and Jasper were offered trainee contracts by Unite Media which they both took without hesitation. Simon didn't find it very hard to adjust to trainee life after International Idol, he actually found it a little easier, maybe because he wasn't spending every second surrounded by cameras. It wasn't long before Unite Media announced that they were creating a second season of the show

[HELLO! COULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF?]

Hi! I'm Simon Song and I'm from Australia!

 

[WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO AUDITION FOR INTERNATIONAL IDOL] 

After participating in season one and becoming a trainee under Unite Media, I just felt like giving it a go. I don't like missed opportunities and I felt like this mighht be mine.

 

[WHAT WAS YOUR AUDITION SONG] 

Thinking Of You by Shaun, Ovan and Sumin. I wanted a sing that I could use to show off my dancing, rap and vocal skills!

 

[WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE SETS YOU APART FROM THE OTHER CONTESTANTS?] 

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[WHAT SKILL OR SKILLS ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT IN?] 

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[IF GIVEN THE CHANCE, WHAT SKILLS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHOW OFF AND IF THAT SKILL WASN'T AVAILABLE FOR WHATEVER REASoN, WHAT OTHER SKILL WOULD YOU PICK?] 

Really I would like to push myself as a dancer, but if for whatever reason that position was taken I would be fine with rap or vocal.

 

[WHAT CONCEPTS DO YOU PREFER, AND WHAT ONES DON'T YOU LIKE?] 

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[IF YOU WERE IN A GROUP WITH A CONCEPT YOU DIDN'T LIKE AND WERE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO SWITCH TO INE WOTH A CONCEPT THAT SUITS YOU BETTER, WOULD YOU SWITCH OR STAY WITH YOUR CURRENT GROUP?] 

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[WHAT AMMOUNT OF MEMBERS DO YOU THINK THE WINNING GROUP SHOULD HAVE?] 

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[IF YOU WON, HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD REACT?] 

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[AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IF THAT, IF YOU LOST, HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD REACT?] 

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[LASTLY, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOUR MENTORS, OTHER CONTESTANTS OR THE AUDIENCE?] 
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[THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR INTERVIEW TODAY! WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK!] 

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