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10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

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10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

From being back dancers to successful idols, that's the career journey of several K-Pop idols whose names are now known worldwide. They became background dancers for senior idols to gain experience performing on stage. Here is a list of 10 K-Pop idols who used to be back dancers before their debut. Check it out!

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Shownu from Monsta X became a back dancer for Lee Hyori when performing her hit song, Bad Girls. Shownu became Lee Hyori's 'victim' on stage.

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In 2015, Kang Daniel was a back dancer for Sihyun from Spica and Cao Lu from Fiestar when performing the song Invitation popularized by Uhm Jung Hwa. Kang Daniel danced with Cao Lu and showed chemistry that made the audience hysterical.

10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

When she was 17 years old, Eunbi IZ*ONE once became a back dancer and performed with Girl's Day. She and Hyeri attended the same school and their ages were only one year apart.

10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

S.Coups has been a back dancer for various groups, one of which is After School. The leader of SEVENTEEN looked adorable wearing a white collared shirt with a bow tie.

10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

Chungha's dance ability is unquestionable. This is because she underwent 6 years of training while being part of other artists' choreography team. She once became a back dancer for Ulala Session on the television show Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend.

10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

Lee Know, who used to be a back dancer for BTS, can now share the stage with them along with his group, Stray Kids. With BTS, he once performed the song Rainism popularized by Rain.

10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

Although now they are one of the biggest boy groups of all time, BTS members used to be back dancers for Jokwon. Jungkook and J-Hope were back dancers for Jokwon when promoting the song Im Da One.

10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

Jokwon also uploaded a photo of him with his back dancers, including Jungkook and J-Hope. They still look very young.

10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

Kahi was a back dancer for BoA for 3 years before debuting with After School. Initially, Kahi only replaced one of BoA's dancers, but it turns out she worked with the veteran idol for quite a long time.

10 K-Pop Idols Who Used to Be Back Dancers Before Debut, Kang Daniel - Jungkook BTS

Instead of being a back dancer, Lay once replaced the injured Jonghyun to dance on stage during SHINee World concert before debuting with EXO. He performed the song Ring Ding Dong brilliantly with his senior from the same agency.