Morning Musume 11ki Member "Suppin Utahime" Audition

Morning Musume 11th Generation ~Suppin Utahime~ Audition (Morning Musume 11th Generation Auditions ~Make-Up Less, Song-Stress~ Auditions) is the audition to choose Eleventh Generation members for Morning Musume. On May 18, 2012, at Niigaki Risa and Mitsui Aika's Graduation at the Nippon Budokan, it was announced that the Eleventh Generation auditions would take place. Tsunku said he is: "focusing more on the talents that will be present at this year’s auditions instead of the looks of the members."

Official Musume Audition

Audition details

 * Application Requirements
 * Girls aged 10-17 years were allowed to audition.


 * Total Applicants
 * TBA


 * Training camp and theme song
 * Dance - What’s Up? Ai wa Dou Nan da~ (Morning Musume)
 * Voice - Be Alive (Morning Musume)


 * Broadcast
 * On Hello! SATOYAMA Life

First round

 * The application deadline was June 25, 2012.

Second Round

 * The second round begins on July 15, 2012.
 * The videotape and profile of each girl was viewed by Tsunku, who then arbitrarily selects the ones he wants to go into the third round.
 * The 2nd round was from July 15th to the 30th in 6 places across the country (Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka).

Third Round

 * The candidates gathered in Tokyo for further screening. From there, they are selected, and invited to the training camp.

Fourth Round

 * They were taken to a training camp from where they received dance and vocal lessons, separately recorded Be Alive and danced in a group to What's Up? Ai wa Dou Nan da~. in front of Tsunku.

Trivia

 * Hello! Pro Kenshuusei members Kaneko Rie, Miyamoto Karin, Takagi Sayuki, Tanabe Nanami, and Kosuga Fuyuka participated in this audition.