Morning Musume '14 (Golden) Audition!

[[File:55452.png|thumb|260px| Morning Musume '14 promoting 12th Generation Member Audition

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Previous: "Mirai Shoujo" Audition (2013) ]] Morning Musume '14  Audition! (モーニング娘. '14 ＜黄金＞オーディション！) is the second Morning Musume 12th generation auditions. It was announced on March 15, 2014 at the 2014 spring tour. The winner(s) of the audition will receive lessons and be able to participate in fall 2014 events, and will become full member(s) in 2015. Girls who fail the audition may have the opportunity to join Hello Pro Kenshuusei, receiving free training.

Audition Details

 * Application Requirements:
 * Female, Minimum of age 10 and maximum of 17 years of age by March 31, 2014.
 * Must not currently be under contract with any agencies.
 * Must have consent from legal guardian if under age.
 * Application Deadline: May 11, 2014
 * Total Applicants: 8,000+ Auditionees
 * Training Camp Choreographer: YOSHIKO (Morning Musume's Choreographer)
 * Training Camp Singing Teacher: Marron
 * Broadcast: On Hello! Project Station

First Round
The application deadline was May 11, 2014.

Second Round
The second round started on May 12th. Each girl's profile were viewed by Tsunku, who then arbitrarily selected the ones he wanted to go onto the third round. All the candidates were interviewed as well.

On July 7, it was announced on the audition website that the second round was finished and continuing candidates would be contacted directly.

Third Round
On July 19, the candidates gathered in Tokyo for further screening. From there, they were selected, and invited to the training camp. Kenshuusei joined in this round.
 * In this round the girls had to:
 * Show a special skill.
 * Dance TBA.
 * Give a performance to the rhythm of Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe.
 * Sing song of their choice.

Fourth Round
The fourth round began in mid August and concluded on August 24th. The finalists were taken to a training camp from where they received dance and vocal lessons, individually recorded Date ja nai yo Uchi no Jinsei wa and danced to Seishun Beat wa 16 in a group in front of Tsunku and the dance teacher.


 * 9 girls were chosen to participate in the fourth round. They include:


 * Ogata Haruna (尾形春水), 15
 * Nonaka Miki (野中美希), 14
 * Tanimoto Ami (谷本安美), 14
 * Shimamura Uta (島村嬉唄), 14
 * Ozeki Mai (小関舞), 12

Results
The winners of the Golden Auditions have been chosen and were revealed on September 30 at Nippon Budokan: The following Hello Pro Kenshuusei members were selected to join Morning Musume as 12th generation members alongside the audition winners:
 * Ogata Haruna
 * Nonaka Miki
 * Makino Maria
 * Haga Akane

Trivia

 * The audition was not limited to Japan, girls from different nationalities were allowed to audition.
 * People who participated in the auditions but failed include Kamikokuryo Moe, Tanimoto Ami, Morito Chisaki, Shimamura Uta, Asakura Kiki and Ozeki Mai.
 * Morito, Shimamura and Ozeki were later selected to join Country Girls.
 * Asakura and Tanimoto were later added to Hello Pro Kenshuusei and both became members of Tsubaki Factory in April 2015.
 * Kamikokuryo later participated in 2015 ANGERME Shin Member Audition and won.