In Episode 15 of JYP x Republic Records audition show, "A2K," the top 10 trainees who will compete to debut in the mega-joint project American girl group are finally unveiled!

Who Are the 'A2K' Finalists? JYP Reveals 10 Possible Members of American Girl Group

On September 1, the 10 American trainees who will continue to train in JYP headquarters in Korea have been confirmed!

In the 15th episode of JYP Entertainment's global girl group program, "America2Korea," hereinafter A2K, the overall ranking after completing their final mission in the boot camp in Los Angeles was announced on the agency's official YouTube channel.

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Camilla, who was the first to win all "four pendants" to advance in the finals won first place in the honor. She was followed by Gina who proved her status as a JYP trainee with her solid basic skills. Cristina and Savanna then came in third and fourth place.

Although the following six trainees failed to complete the "four pendants," they were still announced to be coming with the other aforementioned trainees to train in Korea.

The fifth place was Kendall, who was lauded for her dance, vocals and star quality. Lexus ranked in sixth place, citing how she received favorable reviews from J.Y. Park as one of his favorite dancers in the program.

In 7th place, the young idol aspirant Kaylee secured a spot in the top 10, along with KG who ranked 8th for showcasing her excellent vocals and songwriting skills.

Melissa who has huge potential in writing lyrics ranked ninth, while Yuna completed the top 10.

Park Jin-young said:

"I'm really proud to see you all overcoming all kinds of adversity during the LA boot camp. I hope you learned a lot from these past times. Now, you will go through the debut group process in Korea. Let's meet there."

He also encouraged Mischa, the only trainee who was eliminated from the show and said:

"Just because she was not selected doesn't mean she has no potential. It's just that she's just a little bit not ready yet, but I'm sure we'll be able to meet again."

How Many Members Will A2K Be? More Details About Joint Project 'A2K'

Meanwhile, "A2K" is a joint project between JYP, a "girl group master" who discovered Wonder Girls, Miss A, TWICE, ITZY, and NMIXX, and Republic Records, the No. 1 label in the U.S., selected by Billboard under Universal Music.

Its goal is to produce a North American girl group based on the K-pop training system. During the show, the trainees were evaluated according to four qualities (pendants) including vocal, dance, star, and personality.

Episode 16 of "A2K," which will move from LA to Seoul, Korea, the center of K-pop, will be released at 10 a.m. on September 5.

Currently, it is still not announced how many members will debut in JYP's American girl group, thus, it is possible that all 10 members will debut in A2K.

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Written by Eunice Dawson.