Introducing Super Junior XD (Lee Teuk)

He is the leader of Super Junior cuz he is the oldest of all~
LEE TEUK !!

Birth name : Park Jung Soo 박정수
Also known as : Leeteuk (official) 이특
Eeteuk (unofficial)
Born : July 1, 1983
Origin : Seoul, Republic of Korea
Genre(s) : K-pop, trot
Occupation(s) : Singer, dancer, actor, television host, radio host, MC
Instrument(s) : Beatboxing, piano, guitar
Voice type(s) : Tenor
Years active : 2005–present
Label(s) : SM Entertainment
Associated acts : SM Town
Super Junior
Super Junior-T
Super Junior-Happy

MUSIC CAREER

When Leeteuk and his older sister (Park Inyoung) traveled to Myeongdong for a holiday in 2000, he was recommended by a talent scout to audition for SM Entertainment's Starlight Casting System, an audition that selects musicians, actors, dancers, and models. After several test recordings and performances, he signed into SM Entertainment, becoming its official trainee. That same year, he had his first quick television appearance as an extra in the MBC Korean drama All About Eve and appeared as a brief model for Pepsi in 2002. In 2003, Leeteuk was put into a five-member boy band with future band mate Donghae, but the project quickly dropped. They were then put into the large rotational group Super Junior along with ten other boys. Older than the other trainees, Leeteuk became the leader of the group.[1]

On November 6, 2005, Leeteuk officially debuted on SBS's Popular Songs music program as a member of Super Junior 05, the first generation of Super Junior. The group performed their first single "TWINS (Knock Out)" with an audience of about 500 fans. Leeteuk explained that he uses a stage name due to his desire to have a name with the same effects as Kangta (and to also prevent confusion with veteran actress Park Jung-soo). His stage name denotes to being "special" as he wants to be a special member in the group.

Around March 2006, SM Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation, and Leeteuk would still remain as the leader of Super Junior 06. However, plans changed when the company added in a thirteenth member, Kyuhyun, and the company declared that future Super Junior generations were rumors. The group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially Super Junior. The new group hit big after they released their first CD single "U" the following summer, which became Super Junior's most successful single in the music charts until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.

In early 2007, Leeteuk was placed in a six-piece subgroup of Super Junior, Super Junior-T. Different from Super Junior's usual urban music style, the group specializes in singing modernized versions of trot, an old style of Korean pop music. On February 25, 2007, Super Junior-T debuted on Popular Songs with their first single, "Rokuko". In the summer of 2008, Leeteuk became a member of Super Junior-Happy, the fourth official Super Junior sub-unit. In the fall of 2008, Super Junior-T returned to the music scene with a debut in Japan, targeting the Japanese music market.

ACTING

Leeteuk's first experience of acting was in early 2000, the same year he joined SM Entertainment. His extra role was a moviegoer in All About Eve. His first major acting role was in Mystery 6 (2006), a horror documentary starring the members of Super Junior. Following Mystery 6, there were the miniseries Super Junior Mini Drama (2006) and Super Junior Unbelievable Story (2008). Leeteuk was originally going to take a larger part in Super Junior's first theatrical production, Attack on the Pin-Up Boys (2007), but due to his injury from the car accident on April 19, Leeteuk's role was canceled. However, he was revealed at the end of the film to be playing the role as the panda mascot, which was later confirmed that it was actually Ryeowook who portrayed most of the panda in the film.

HOSTING

Few days after Super Junior's official debut, Leeteuk became an MC for Mnet's music program M!Countdown along with band mates Kang-in and Shindong. Due to scheduling conflicts, Kang-in left in late 2006 and his position was taken over by Eunhyuk. The trio's last day of hosting was on March 27, 2008.[2]

Along with Eunhyuk, Leeteuk became the host of the radio show Super Junior Kiss the Radio, a show that promotes Korea's music and pop culture. The show was established on August 21, 2006 and has become one of the more frequently tuned in radio channels of Korea.

Starting December 2007, Leeteuk became the host of his own show, Leeteuk's Love Fighter, a variety show of Leeteuk helping to solve troubled couples' problems. The show ended a year later, and in November 2008, Leeteuk became the host of Bachelor While On a Date.


APRIL 19 CAR ACCIDENT

Leeteuk became seriously injured in a car accident in the morning of April 19, 2007 when returning home after a recording of Super Junior Kiss the Radio. Along with Leeteuk, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Kyuhyun, and two managers also became victims. Although Shindong and Eunhyuk suffered minor injuries, Leeteuk and Kyuhyun sustained more serious injuries, which required for the two be kept in the hospital for several more weeks. Leeteuk had glass shards embedded into his back and above his eyes and had a successful surgery of 170 stitches in removing most of them.[3][4] Leeteuk was discharged from the hospital on April 30, 2007.


CYBER CONTROVERSY

Three months after the car accident on April 19, Leeteuk appeared as a guest on an episode of School of Rock on July 30, 2007. Leeteuk falsely stated that Korean figure skater, Kim Yu-Na refused his cyworld invitation. After the program aired, Leeteuk's fans posted over 7,000 comments on Kim's cyworld. Kim's fans counter-attacked Leeteuk's cyworld, posting hateful comments on his cyworld as well. A day later after the incident Kim publicly clarified that she never refused such an invitation. Ultimately, Leeteuk had to post an official apology for the incident and acknowledged that the refusal never occurred. Leeteuk explained that he wanted to make an interesting topic for the television program and did not expect such a negative consequence.[5] A hearing was held to discuss the incident on August 9, 2007. The panel held in August 2007 discussed that it was hard to know whether a guest on a show is telling the truth or not, since Leeteuk did not tell the story during a live broadcast. Since the show did not verify the story before it was aired, the show has to take responsibility for the incident to have occurred. Charges were not pressed against Leeteuk.[6] Regardless of the clashes, both Kim and Leeteuk became closer and they continued to work together to endorse uniforms for IVY Club.[7]

PERSONAL LIFE

A year after he joined SM Entertainment, Leeteuk entered Paekche Institute of the Arts, but later transferred to Inha University.


I took it from Wikipedia..
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Btw,,
I'll go to Bali the day after tommorrow~
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