"Leehoo and Kwanghee met each other in high school when they were both competing to become school uniform models. Taeheon was also friends with them since high school. I (Kevin) started in Sydney signed with a company that also had Russell Crowe and Olivia Newton John, and decided to come to Korea to join with ZE:A. In the beginning, ZE:A only had 5 members including Leehoo, Kwanghee, Taeheon, and myself. Our debut kept getting pushed back so the members split up and only Leehoo was left. Later on, Leehoo called us all back together. And Minwoo was waiting for the result of his JYP auditions when Leehoo suggested he audition for our current label. A week after that, he heard back from JYP that he had made the cut. Heecheol was auditioning to become an actor and Siwan, Dongjun, and Hyungsik were all discovered at music competitions." - Kevin | Hot Beat (x) “I believe we are uniquely fated to meet, like destiny. I first met Kwanghee at a uniform model meeting, and we became friends. At that time I was a trainee in another company. I left that company to joined Star Empire as a trainee with Kwanghee and Taehun. It was the opening of a new beginning.” - Leehoo (x) "Leehoo-hyung was the one who chose me. He saw my UCC dancing video and called me at 2AM. He said ‘I like your dancing image, and told me to sing a song. It was in the quiet morning and my whole family was sleeping, so I couldn’t sing. The following day I went to the audition and passed it.” - Minwoo (x) “Like dancer Minwoo, I call Kevin our ‘Foreign Vocal.’ I made my first international call to Australia, and persuaded him to come to Korea. At the time, I thought Kevin couldn’t or wouldn’t return to Korea. Then one day, when I was eating with the other members on the first floor (of Star Empire), Kevin walked in, saying ‘Hello.’ It was like a dream, the tears just fell down.” - Leehoo (x) 原文網址: http://forever-zea-nine.tumblr.com/post/98614207001/how-ze-a-was-formed 簡而言之整理就是原先只有五名成員為光熙 李厚 泰憲 KEVIN 旼佑 光熙起初因為面容的關係每間公司都不收 是經歷最久練習時間的練習生 有著非常強要成為藝人的意志 容忍了整容非常痛苦的手術 光熙和李厚是在校服選拔認識 李厚本來是DSP的練習生，被光熙叫來明星帝國， kevin是俊英第一次打國際電話把他找來 旼佑是俊英看到視頻很欣賞半夜兩點打電話給旼佑還叫他唱歌 後來旼佑有通過jyp的試鏡但仍選擇留在明星帝國還多次表示不會後悔這決定 時完是在大學的歌謠比賽雖未得名但被明星帝國挖掘 炯植是在高中的歌謠比賽有得名被很多公司挖掘但因為對演藝圈並沒有太大企圖 所以推掉不少公司的邀約，後來明星帝國是和炯植說 我們是需要你的公司 炯植後來也加入 熹哲以前是cy有名的美男 桐俊是男版韓佳人 怎麼被挖掘就不清楚了 曾經退出的確定有光熙、kevin、泰憲、熹哲 但也還好後來都回來 所以才有現在的ze:a！ --

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