Park Jeong-su (born July 1, 1983), known professionally as Leeteuk, is
a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter, radio personality and
actor. At the age of sixteen, he was discovered by SM Entertainment
and became a trainee at SM Entertainment's Starlight Academy. After
five years of training, he debuted as a member of boy group Super
Junior in November 2005 and since then, he also further participated
in the agency's projects Super Junior-T and Super Junior-H.Leeteuk was
born on July 1, 1983. He has an elder sister, Park In-young, who is a
singer and an actress. His father, Park Yong-in, and his mother
divorced in 1998. He has spoken about his parents' relationship
publicly in several variety shows.When Leeteuk traveled to
Apgujeong-dong for sightseeing in early 2000, he was recommended by a
talent scout to audition for SM Entertainment's Starlight Casting
System. After several test recordings and performances, he signed with
SM Entertainment and became a trainee. That same year, he appeared as
an extra in the drama All About Eve which aired on MBC TV, and briefly
as a model for Pepsi in 2002. In 2003, he was put into five-member
boyband Smile, with future bandmate Donghae and aimed to be a rival
group of TVXQ. The project was dropped and they were then put into
rotational group Super Junior along with ten other boys. Being older
than the other trainees, Leeteuk became the leader of the group.
a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter, radio personality and
actor. At the age of sixteen, he was discovered by SM Entertainment
and became a trainee at SM Entertainment's Starlight Academy. After
five years of training, he debuted as a member of boy group Super
Junior in November 2005 and since then, he also further participated
in the agency's projects Super Junior-T and Super Junior-H.Leeteuk was
born on July 1, 1983. He has an elder sister, Park In-young, who is a
singer and an actress. His father, Park Yong-in, and his mother
divorced in 1998. He has spoken about his parents' relationship
publicly in several variety shows.When Leeteuk traveled to
Apgujeong-dong for sightseeing in early 2000, he was recommended by a
talent scout to audition for SM Entertainment's Starlight Casting
System. After several test recordings and performances, he signed with
SM Entertainment and became a trainee. That same year, he appeared as
an extra in the drama All About Eve which aired on MBC TV, and briefly
as a model for Pepsi in 2002. In 2003, he was put into five-member
boyband Smile, with future bandmate Donghae and aimed to be a rival
group of TVXQ. The project was dropped and they were then put into
rotational group Super Junior along with ten other boys. Being older
than the other trainees, Leeteuk became the leader of the group.
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