5urprise (; pronounced surprise), is the first ever South Korean actor group and consists of five actors:

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, Gong Myung,

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and

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History

5urprise was launched by talent agency

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in September 2013. The group members were selected through Fantagio's "Actor′s League," a program for discovering aspiring actors, and were trained for two years before making their entertainment debut. Unlike idol groups which begin their careers as singers and later expand their endeavors to acting, 5urprise did the opposite. As their first project, they made their acting debut in ''After School: Lucky or Not'', a 12-episode mobile

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with each episode lasting 15 minutes, and viewed through Nate Hoppin, BTV, and T-Store on

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s and

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s. They played five members of a high school club who encounter an outcast (played by actress Kim So-eun) and as they complete "missions," they build a friendship with each other and coax the shy girl out of her shell. 5urprise released the single "Hey U Come On" for the mobile drama's

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. Pre-debut, members of the group also appeared in

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s of female pop group

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. 5urprise released their first single in 2014, titled ''From My Heart''.

Filmography

*2013: ''After School: Lucky or Not'' *2015: ''Taste of Others (Episode 4, 5, & 7)'' *2018:'' Netflix's Busted! (Season 1; Episode 4) ''

Discography

Soundtrack

* 2013: "Hey U Come On"

Single albums

References

External links

* on

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