How often do you think this situation happen in SM, JYP, and YG?

I think there is an age limit even for auditions so like

Kpop in general.

all the time unfortunately

well to be fair YG and SM debuted Irene Dara and Bom when they weren't "prime debut ages"

Well it's obvious kpop on general abides this sort of thinking as many many idols debut at young ages like 17, 16 and 15. There was even plans for a group of like 10 year oldsi think

The big 3 have debuted older than average female idols

Bom and Dara in 2ne1, Fei in miss A, Victoria and Irene in RV and fx. But it seems their most recent groups go for the usual younger idols

Cube is the worst, they never debuted girls older than 20, with the exception of Miyeon. Now lightsum oldest member is 18 years old and the youngest is a late 2006 liner

All the time, other companies too. It sadly reflects the public prejudice, when Irene debuted she was called ahjumma and other names. Vocal focused girlgroups usually debuts "older" woman (Brown Eyed Girls, Mamamoo, Purple Kiss).

all the time

predebut

debut

one two comebacks later

contract near expire

yea all the time

aespa debuted older than most other 4th gen groups, so I guess it happens even more outside the Big3.

Who!! JYP only cares about personality

this happens everywhere and is a very fundamental thing in this industry. haven't u ever seen audition notices? there's something called age qualifications

The crazy part is Asians tend to be some of the most youthful looking people on the planet, yet the K-Pop cycle is still like 7 years.

Not that often compared to smaller labels.

Smaller ones tend to be much stricter with these kinds of shts to guarantee success

This happens a lot in general since ageism is very apparent. And it isn’t only exclusive to kpop either. The general public is very fickle and after a certain age they will abandon you for younger/fresher girls, so the companies have to act accordingly.

Here is a list of successful ones, there are probably many that also debuted late, but their groups never became popular.

Girl's Day Sojin 26

After School Kahi 28

2NE1 Dara 24

2NE1 Park Bom 25

RED VELVET Irene 23

Then there is

Lee Gai Baby Box over 30

https://www.kpopstarz.com/arti…-to-become-successful.htm

Companies are bad for this but let's not act like Kpop fans don't a role into this they always refer to idols in their 30 old grandpas and grandmas and they tell them that they should retire when in fact 30 year old is relatively young heck people strat a new career at that age.

Small note: i noticed that generally big 3 aren't that strict when it comes to age, when Blackpink made their debut Just was 21 and Lisa was 19 it's not old but it's not that young either same thing with Red velvet they had Irene at 23 and Joy at 18 and same thing for Twice

It's actually worse in the nugu companies but yeah in the eyes of some, idols have an expiration date related to age and popularity.