Sandeul

Sandeul
Sandeul at the Yongsan I-Park Mall on November 2013.
Background information
Birth name	Lee Jung-hwan
Born	(1992-03-20) March 20, 1992 Busan, South Korea
Genres	K-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2011–present
Labels	WM Entertainment
Associated acts	B1A4
Website	Sandeul on Twitter
Korean name
Hangul	이정환
Hanja	李征桓
Revised Romanization	I Jeong-hwan
McCune–Reischauer	I Chŏng-hwan
Stage name
Hangul	산들
Revised Romanization	Sandeul

Lee Jung-hwan (Hangul: 이정환; Hanja: 李征桓; born March 20, 1992), better known by his stage name Sandeul (Hangul: 산들) is a South Korean singer. He is a member of South Korean boy group B1A4, that debuted on April 23, 2011. He debuted as a solo artist on October 4, 2016.

Career

Pre-debut

Sandeul was known to have competed in numerous singing contests prior to training and debut. Sandeul was approached by a company agent after performing a song by Kim Yeon-woo in a talent show. He then underwent a training period of two years.^[1]

2011: Debut with B1A4

After years of training, Sandeul joined as the main vocalist of B1A4. On April 11, 2011, WM Entertainment revealed Sandeul as the fourth member to be revealed after releasing the news of B1A4 along with Jinyoung, Baro and Gongchan's pictures. CNU was revealed the next day.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

On April 20, 2011, B1A4 released their debut Track "OK" and mini album "Let's Fly", making their debut on April 23, 2011 on MBC Show! Music Core.^[7]

After their debut, B1A4 was invited to star in MTV's reality show Match Up with Block B.^[8] As one of the projects for the show, B1A4 filmed a music video for "Only Learnt The Bad Things (못된 것만 배워서)."^[9]

2012 - 2014: Musicals and Immortal Songs

In May 2012, Sandeul made his musical debut in Brothers Were Brave, as Joo Bong. In addition, he, alongside some of B1A4 members, competed on Immortal Songs number of times. In December, on Kim Bum Ryong special, he (with Baro) took the trophy for the first time, performing "The Way to Live Like a Man".

In 2013, he entered Myongji University as a Musical Theater undergraduate.^[10] Lee continued competing on Immortal Songs. He took his second win on Yim Jae-beom special, dedicating his performance, "I'm a Candle before You", to his late aunt. In October, Lee was cast for the lead role in the musical The Thousandth Man.

In 2014, Lee was cast for the role of Elvis Presley, in the musical All Shook Up. The musical is a remake of the 2004 American jukebox musical, created from Elvis Presley's songs and based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

2015: Flowering Silky Fowl

In April, Lee competed on Mystery Music Show: King of Mask Singer. A singing competition program, where masked celebrities sing and their identities are revealed only after being eliminated. Under "Flowering Silky Fowl" stage name he became the runner-up of the first generation and, as a result, gained more recognition for his vocals ability. Afterwards, he joined as a fixed panelist on the program. On episode 17 opening, Lee performed a special duet with his role model, Kim Yeon-woo, singing “Is It Still Beautiful?” by Toy.

Lee got his fourth musical role in July, as Prince Christopher in Cinderella. He also acted in the web drama Loss:Time:Life.

2016: Singing Programs and Solo Debut

In 2016 Sandeul made numerous appearances on singing compactions.

He came back to a single performance on Immortal Songs alone, and later that year with B1A4 as a full group for the first time.

He also returned to King of Mask Singer, as a guest panelist. On October 5, Lee participated in the Special Live: Your Choice! King of Mask Singer – a special live edition that brings back contestants that had been eliminated in previous episodes, and a special Mask King is chosen from live voting. Sandeul was chosen to be King of the Live Episode and was able to perform as a challenger in Episode 84. However, on that episode he lost to Ali and Kim Dong-myung of Boohwal.

In April, Sandeul made his first appearance on Duet Song Festival with Jo Seon-young. They have been the first pair to make 3 consecutive wins, and crowned King of Kings on a special episode. He returned to the show to perform a special duet with Ken(VIXX) on episode 28.

In addition, Lee made collaborations on JTBC's Two Yoo Project Sugar Man and Girl Spirit with Baek A-yeon and Oh My Girl's Seunghee respectively.

In February, Lee was cast for the role of D'Artagnan in the musical The Three Musketeers.

In October 2016, Sandeul debuted as a solo artist with extended play Stay As You Are.

2017

In February, Lee became the first male idol to be appointed as an honorary ambassador for the Presidential election. He was appointed alongside Kim Yeon-woo, Jung Ae-ri, Jin Se-yeon, Jang Na-ra and Yoon Joo-sang.^[11] Later, he joined singer Kim Yeon-woo for a special performance in You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook, urging people to vote. ^[12] In addition, a video of Kim and Lee do a remake of the song “As One Says” was released by The National Election Commission. ^[13]

On July 6, the song “Oppa”, a collaboration of Sandeul and Yoo Seung-woo, was released. ^[14]

In June, Lee came back to Immortal Songs 2 on Park Mi-kyung special, winning his third trophy with the song "Like a Dandelion Spore". A month later, on Summer Spent Together with Friends special, singing Yim Jae-beom's "Flight" as a duet with actor Ahn Se-ha, he took his forth trophy. ^{[15] [16]}

Discography

Extended play

Songs

Filmography

Television dramas

• 2015: Naver TV Cast Loss: Time: Life - Min-soo

Variety show appearances

Musicals

• Brother Were Brave – Sandeul (2012)
• The Thousandth Man – Sandeul (2013)^[23]
• All Shook Up – Sandeul (2014)
• Cinderella – Prince Christopher (2015)
• Three Musketeers – D'Artganan with CNU (2016)^[24]

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Sandeul at WM Entertainment
• Sandeul on Twitter