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Category:	Other
Created:	Sep 8, 2007
Type:	Public
Members:	422
Owner:	cutie13 Yson
Language:	English
Country:	South Korea

Super Junior (Korean: 슈퍼주니어), or simply, SJ or SuJu (Korean: 슈주), is a large thirteen member K-pop boy band formed by SM Entertainment in 2005. The group initially debuted with twelve members on November 6, 2005 with the single, "TWINS (Knock Out)". The initial twelve members, in age order (from oldest to youngest), are Leeteuk (the leader), Heechul, Han Geng, Yesung, Kang-In, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, and Kibum. The Chinese member, Han Geng, was chosen among the 3000 applicants through auditions held in China by SM Entertainment in 2001.

Many of the members had already pursued an entertainment career before Super Junior's debut through acting, VJ-ing, and modeling. On May 23, 2006 SM Entertainment announced the addition of a new member, Kyuhyun, making them the thirteen member group they are today.
Pre-debut

News about SM Entertainment's unprecedented plans of forming a large twelve member group spread over the internet.

Most members have been actors, MCs, models, or DJs. Heechul, Siwon, and Kibum made their debuts in dramas and films. Leeteuk, Yesung, Kang-In, Sungmin, and Eunhyuk are still active DJs. Han Geng made his first media appearance as a model.[1]

Super Junior made their pre-debut appearance on M.NET on September 11, 2005.[a] At the showcase, Super Junior performed various styles of hip hop dancing. The group danced to B2K's "Take It To The Floor." Han Geng, Eunhyuk, and Donghae, also performed a separate dance away from the group, dancing to Usher's "Caught Up." However, the performance did not air on television until May 16, 2006.
Debut

Super Junior made their debut television appearance as a group on SBS Inkigayo on November 6, 2005 as a twelve member group. The group performed their first promotional single, "TWINS (Knock Out)." A digital single with "TWINS (Knock Out)", "You are the one", and three more different tracks were released online on November 8, 2005. A CD single was scheduled to be released on November but a more complete album, Super Junior 05[b], was released on December 7, 2005 instead. Their debut album sold more than 81,000 units.[c]

An official fanclub was created for the group, called E.L.F. (acronym of Ever-Lasting Friends). Since Korean fans tend to support their idols with a certain balloon color, Super Junior's official color became sapphire blue.

To further publicize the new group, on December 2005, Super Junior collaborated with another boy band, TVXQ. Together they released a single titled "Show Me Your Love". During this time, the two groups were seen on the same shows together to promote their single.

With the start of 2006 after "Show Me Your Love" performances were finished, Super Junior moved onto their second single, "Miracle". It was their last single to be promoted from their studio album.
On May 23, 2006 SM Entertainment announced the addition of a new member, Kyuhyun, being the youngest member. The new thirteen membered group polished a newer look and released their new single, "U" online for free download on May 25, 2006. "U" exceeded 1,700,000 downloads.[2] The single was soon followed by the release of "Endless Moment" on May 29, 2006 and "Lovely Day" on June 6, 2006. The title song "U" enjoyed the #1 spot for several weeks on music programs for the first time in the group's career.

When promotions barely began for their single "U", a new single, "Dancing Out" was released on July 23, 2006 as part of SMTown's summer album. Super Junior had been frequently appearing on various musical and variety programs to promote their new singles thereafter. Because their single "Dancing Out" was a special summer single, they had their "Goodbye Special" (performing their last singles "U" and "Dancing Out" for the last time) on SBS Inkigayo on September 3, 2006.[3][d]

The group's second full-length album was intended to be released on November of 2006, but due to Heechul's car accident on August 10, 2006, schedules regarding the second album had to be postponed. Nonetheless, the album is currently slated for a late 2007 release.[4]