Kara Project

{{Short description|2014 South Korean reality TV show}}

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{{Infobox television

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| genre = Reality

| developer =

| writer = Jung Soo-jung
Kim Eun-jung
Kim Hye-jin
Yoo Hye-jin

| director =

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| num_episodes = 6

| executive_producer = Park Sang-min

| producer = Park Jae-bum
Han Dae-hee

| location = Seoul, South Korea

| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = Tuesday at 18:00 - 19:00 (KST)

| company = DSP Media
MBC Plus Media

| first_aired = {{Start date|2014|05|27|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2014|07|01|df=y}}

| channel = MBC M

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Kara Project is a 2014 South Korean reality television program starring the girl group Kara. It aired on MBC M from May 27 – 1 July 2014.

The program centred around the search to find a new member of Kara, following the departure of its members Nicole and Jiyoung.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Jung Hyeok|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=shm&sid1=106&oid=076&aid=0002541372|script-title=ko:카라는 왜 5인조를 포기하고 4인조를 택했을까?|trans-title=Why did KARA give up being a 5 member group for 4?|date=July 3, 2014|website=Naver|publisher=Chosun Ilbo|access-date=July 6, 2014|language=ko}} Seven trainees from DSP Media participated in the show, competing to become part of the group. The winner of the competition was Heo Young-ji, who became Kara's new member.

On February 24, 2015, contestant Ahn So-jin was found to have died from apparent suicide one month after DSP ended their contract with her. She had been a trainee for five years before participating in Kara Project.{{cite news|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/02/25/2015022502667.html|title=Beibikara Sojin samang, apateu hwadanseo sumjin chae balgyeon...chwigeun 'uuljeung arha'|script-title=ko:베이비카라 소진 사망, 아파트 화단서 숨진 채 발견…최근 '우울증 앓아'|trans-title=Baby Kara Sojin dead, found dead recently in apartment garden 'ill from depression'|publisher=Chosun Ilbo|date=February 25, 2015|access-date=March 1, 2015|language=ko|archive-date=February 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227172824/http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/02/25/2015022502667.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2015/02/25/story_n_6749242.html|title=DSP cheuk: Bebikara Sojin samang, gwadohan chucheuk jajehae dalla|script-title=ko:DSP측 "베이비카라 소진 사망, 과도한 추측 자제해 달라"|trans-title=DSP's side:"Baby Kara Sojin dead, please refrain from excessive speculation"|publisher=Huffington Post Korea|date=February 25, 2015|access-date=March 1, 2015|language=ko|archive-date=February 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227204302/http://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2015/02/25/story_n_6749242.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/6480540/ahn-so-jin-dead|title=K-Pop Trainee & 'Kara Project' Contestant Ahn So Jin Dead at 22|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-10-07}}