Promotion Morning Musume 11th Generation ~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."
Audition details
- Application Requirements
- Girls aged 10-17 years were allowed to audition.
- Total Applicants
- TBA
- Training camp and theme song
- Dance - TBA
- Voice - TBA
- Broadcast
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.
- What’s Up? Ai wa Dou Nan da~ (Morning Musume)
- Be Alive (Morning Musume)
Fourth Round
- They were taken to a training camp from where they received dance and vocal lessons, separately recorded TBA and danced in a group to TBA in front of Tsunku.
Trivia
- Hello! Pro Kenshuusei members Kaneko Rie, Miyamoto Karin, Takagi Sayuki, Tanabe Nanami, and Kosuga Fuyuka participated in this audition.
- At the beginning of the auditions, Tsunku said: "That's right, last year Morning Musume continuously recruited, and we will mass recruit an 11th generation who exhibit ideals like "I love to sing!"===Get more discussion results===
- A girl named Taniguchi Yuna tweeted to her friends and family (Her twitter was private) she had made it into the 3rd round and was unsure whether or not to continue on in the audition, her accont has since been closed. Its unknown if she has been disqualified. Tsunku tweeted "Who?" when told about the posting.