Venus Flytrap (group)

{{Short description|Thai pop music group}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Venus Flytrap

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| background = group_or_band

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| origin = Thailand

| genre = Pop

| years_active = 2005–2010

| label = Sony BMG

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| website = [http://www.sonybmg.co.th/venusflytrap/ Official Web Site]

| current_members = Bobo (Hot Venus)
Gina (Naughty Venus)
Taya (Kool Venus)
Mew
Bell Nuntita

| past_members = Nok (Posh Venus)
Amy (Sweet Venus)

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Venus Flytrap was a Thai pop music group made up of five young transgender women{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=Peter A. |url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=AVlOvf2jXCMC&pg=PA56 |title=Queer Bangkok: 21st Century Markets, Media, and Rights |date=2011-03-01 |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |isbn=978-988-8083-04-6 |pages=56 |language=en}} (commonly called kathoey in Thailand). The members were selected from 200 applicants during an audition in 2005 by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which also promotes the group and provided it with a recording contract.

Their first public performance occurred in November 2006,[http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/columnists/2007/2/3/thaitakes/16770000&sec=Thai%20Takes "‘Katoeys’ hit the music scene"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010010312/http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=%2Fcolumnists%2F2007%2F2%2F3%2Fthaitakes%2F16770000&sec=Thai%20Takes |date=2012-10-10 }}, The Star, 3 February 2007. and their first album, Visa for Love, was released a month later. Also in December 2006, they performed two songs with Thai superstar Tata Young at one of her concerts in Bangkok.

Venus Flytrap is the first all-transgender music group in Thailand with a recording contract, and the second in the world, following South Korean group Lady.[http://www.nationmultimedia.com/search/page.news.php?clid=18&id=30024109 Captured by katoey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912191355/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/search/page.news.php?clid=18&id=30024109 |date=2017-09-12 }}, The Nation, 15 January 2007.

In 2007, Nok and Amy announced they were leaving the band for personal reasons. Twelve prospective replacements competed on a TV show Venus Flytrap Search for the Missing Puzzle for their spots. Contestants Mew and Bell were the winners.[https://archive.today/20120708201343/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=146538445 Venus Flytrap unofficial MySpace blog][https://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_playlists&search_query=Venus+Flytrap+search+for+the+missing+puzzle Venus Flytrap Search For The Missing Puzzle] (YouTube){{bsn|date=March 2025}}