Leeteuk

Park Jeong-su (born July 1, 1983), known professionally as Leeteuk, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter, radio personality and actor.

Leeteuk was born on July 1, 1983, as the second child of Park Yong-in and Yoo Suk-yeong.

His elder sister, Park In-young, is a singer and an actress.

His parents divorced in 1998.

He has spoken about his parents' relationship publicly on several variety shows.

He attended Chungwoon University and graduated with a bachelor's degree.

He is also an alumnus of Gachon University.

When Leeteuk traveled to Apgujeong-dong to sightsee in early 2000, a talent scout approached him and recommended he audition for SM Entertainment's Starlight Casting System.

After several test recordings and performances, he signed with SM Entertainment and became a trainee.

In the same year, he appeared as an extra in the drama All About Eve which aired on MBC TV, and briefly modelled for Pepsi in 2002.

In 2003, he was put into the five-member boyband Smile with future bandmate Donghae, which aimed to rival the group TVXQ.

The project was dropped, and they were put into the rotational group Super Junior along with ten other boys.

Being older than the other trainees, Leeteuk became the group's leader.

Leeteuk has explained that he uses a stage name because of his desire to have a name with the same effects as Kangta, and to prevent confusion between veteran actress Park Jung-soo and himself.

His stage name Leeteuk, means "special".

He previously rejected two of the stage names designated for him by his agency.

The agency's then-chairman, Lee Soo-man, called him "a special child" and said the name Leeteuk suited him better.

He debuted as the leader of the boy band Super Junior in November 2005 and since then has participated in its subgroups Super Junior-T and Super Junior-H.

He began his career as a television presenter on the music show M! Countdown.

He is best known for his role in presenting Strong Heart, Star King, The Best Cooking Secrets, I Can See Your Voice, and Idol Star Athletics Championships.

He is also a regular figure in the South Korean year-end awards; he has presented Golden Disc Awards three times, Gaon Chart Music Awards six times, and Asia Artist Awards six times.

He regularly hosts the Dream Concert and the Asia Song Festival annual concerts.

Leeteuk officially debuted as part of the 12-member project group, Super Junior 05 on November 6, 2005, on Seoul Broadcasting System's (SBS) music program Popular Songs, performing their first single, "Twins (Knock Out)".

Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released a month later on December 5, 2005, and debuted at number three on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.

Originally, the band was meant to have rotational line-ups, much like the Japanese girl group Morning Musume, but the idea to form new generations of Super Junior was dropped after fans objected.

Following the addition of a thirteenth member, Kyuhyun, the group dropped the suffix "05" and officially became Super Junior.

In 2005, he became the host of a weekly music show, M! Countdown, his first gig as a host, with bandmates Shindong and Kangin.

The re-polished group's first CD single "U" was released on June 7, 2006, which was their most successful single until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.

Leeteuk became a radio DJ for KBS Super Junior's Kiss The Radio (Sukira) with Eunhyuk in August 2006.

In February 2007, Leeteuk was placed in the trot-singing subunit, Super Junior-T.

The subunit debuted with the single "Rokkugo", which quickly reached number one on the weekly music chart and held the spot for two consecutive weeks.

A year later, Leeteuk became a member of Super Junior-H, a subunit focusing on bright and cheerful music, in contrast to the genre of the songs released by the core group.

Besides music, he also participated in Super Junior-centric television shows like Mystery 6 and Full House.

He made his first film appearance with Super Junior members in Attack on the Pin-Up Boys in 2007, playing the role of the school's panda mascot.

Apart from Super Junior activities, he has hosted several television shows.

This eventually landed him his first solo hosting act on the reality show Leeteuk's Love Fighter, which aired on the cable television channel Mnet in 2008.

He received praise for his work as a newcomer and received a plaque of appreciation from the show's crew members on his last appearance on the show.

Between 2008 and 2009, he hosted several television programs including three variety shows which aired on KBS2; Road Show Quiz Expedition, ''Challenge!

From March to June 2011, bandmate Yesung temporarily replaced Eunhyuk while he was away doing promotional activities for Super Junior-M's third EP Perfection.

Leeteuk left the program in November 2011 because of conflicting work schedules.