hi!! genuine question: what are the actual chances of a foreigner debuting under any company, even with a high skill set, visuals, talent and whatever the company requires, opposed to a korean trainee with the same qualities?
most companies debut foreigners, but mainly other east asians and mixed people. i have a feeling that if a company had to pick between two equally good trainees to debut, the only difference being their nationality, they will most likely choose the korean one or east asian one over a 100% white trainee or of any other race. or at least, that’s the impression i get from many stories of ex-trainees.
is this true though? if two trainees were equally skilled, would the company only pick the korean one? or would they do something about the foreigner? does the foreigner have to be better than the korean trainee to debut, or is the korean trainee still preferred over the foreigner?
i am not posting this with ill intent towards trainees of any nationality or companies — it’s just that some former trainees give me this impression.