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Lauren Dyogi reveals how he selected BINI's members during the group's formation

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Lauren Dyogi opened up about how he chose the members of BINI when ABS-CBN was forming the group.  </p><p>In an interview with Karmina Constantino on the <em>KC After Hours</em> podcast, Lauren relayed that one of his guidelines was height.</p><p>&quot;Ako, actually I took the lead on that. Unang-una particular ako about the height. I wanted them to have the certain height. Director nga ako eh, so gusto ko rin visually, &#x27;yung symmetry at the same time, &#x27;yung hulma na halos magkakasing-katawan kasi if you see them dancing together synchronize, parang ang gandang tingnan di ba? So medyo may ganun kami,&quot; he shared.</p><p>Lauren relayed that they even had to measure the height of the parents of the members in order to determine their growth potential. &quot;Bata pa sila nun, 15 years old so kailangan ko sukatin tatay mo, nanay mo, ano potential mo for growth. There is a science to it. There is also science to the whole thing... Inaral namin &#x27;yun,&quot; he recalled.</p><p>Another guideline that they had was each member needs to have a core talent. &quot;The talent, dapat may basic ka man lang kasi we will train you eh. If you are going to follow the Korean template na sila nga di ba you don&#x27;t have to sing and dance, matuturuan ka nila, naniwala ako dun. Kasi dati paniniwala ko dapat inborn &#x27;yung talent, ngayon hindi. &#x27;Pag inukulan mo ng panahon, inukulan mo ng pagtatiyaga, matutunan mo &#x27;yan. So sa [BINI], either they can sing or they can dance,&quot; he said.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DN4m4rakZ8v/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A60947.2%2C%22ls%22%3A60377.7%2C%22le%22%3A60801.000000000015%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>But Lauren pointed out that there is one thing that was impossible to determine when he was forming the group.</p><p>&quot;Again it doesn&#x27;t stop there kasi magkakasundo ba sila? &#x27;Yun ang hindi ko mapre-predict. So, may bootcamp and because nagkataon na forced sila to live together. We were really planning to put them in a dormitory, pero uuwi sila ng weekends sa mga magulang nila. Eh nag-shutdown, nag-lockdown... Talagang forced sila to live together 24/7, walang uwian,&quot; he recounted.</p><p>As the members lived under one roof, they were able to form a strong bond. &quot;Dun naman nagkaroon ng bond &#x27;yung mga girls... Natutunan nilang mahalin ang isa&#x27;t isa because they have a common bond and they had a story. They came from the pandemic, and they came from a shutdown na talagang kinukwestiyon nila if matutuloy ba &#x27;to or hindi ba &#x27;to matutuloy? Paninidigan ko ba &#x27;to or hindi ko ito paninindigan? Because at that point nobody knew if it could be a success,&quot; the Kapamilya executive pointed out.</p><p>When asked if when he knew that BINI has reached popularity, Lauren recounted: &quot;&#x27;Yung paskuhan sa UST (University of Sto. Tomas), dun nagsimula na nag-viral ang girls eh. At nagkataon, ang ganda rin kasi ng music na binigay nila Roxy (Liquigan), ng Star Music, ang ganda rin naman ng binigay nila na music na &#x27;Pantropiko&#x27; and &#x27;Salamin Salamin.&#x27; That album really exploded.&quot;</p><p>Aside from music, the Star Magic head believes that the personalities of the BINI members made them shine.</p><p>&quot;Lahat nung pagla-live nung mga girls in a streaming platform before, at tsaka &#x27;yung kanilang mga kalokohan na magkakasama sila sa bahay, lumabas &#x27;yun, nag-resurface. Dun nila nakilala &#x27;yung mga girls. So, I think it&#x27;s not only the music, it&#x27;s because they latched on the persona, to the bond of the girls, and to their personalities kaya sila nakilala,&quot; he said.</p>