Hello! Project will launch a new show on AbemaTV focused on their 2018 new member auditions.Titled Shoujo-tachi no Ketsudan ~Mitchaku!! Hello! Project 20th Anniversary Audition, the show will feature an in depth look at the recruitment of the newest Hello! Project members. This is the first time in 7 years a television camera will document the entire audition process. A large amount of extra footage will also be available through Abema.The first show airs on November 13 at 21:00 (JST). Hello! Project members and OG members confirmed to appear so far are: Wada Ayaka, Kanazawa Tomoko, Takagi Sayuki, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Yajima Maimi and Kumai Yurina.The age range for eligible candidates is from 9 to 17. Girls applying must not already be signed to or must not be affiliated with another agency. Those who pass may be added to any existing group, join a new group or even be added to the Engeki Joshibu theater division.https://hellonewsservice.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/hello-project-launches-new-show-focused-on-their-2018-auditions/
Michishige Sayumi will narrate the 2018 H!P Audition. barks has posted an interview with her. There were 89 girls called back for the second audition screenings.https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000148793https://twitter.com/hipnewsservice/status/928565816093761537
1 橋本桃呼(はしもとももこ) - Hashimoto Momoko (Middle 2nd year, Yamaguchi pref., favorite Inoue Rei)2 出頭杏奈(しゅっとうあんな) - Shuutou Anna (Middle 1st year, Chiba, favorite Okai Chisato, Yokoyama Reina)3 窪田七海(くぼたななみ) - Kubota Nanami (Middle 1st year, Chiba, favorite Michishige Sayumi)4 金光留々(かねみつるる) - Kanemitsu Ruru (6th grade, Tokyo, favorite Makino Maria, Morning Musume audition5 後藤咲香(ごとうさやか) - Gotou Sayaka (Middle 2nd year, Oita pref., favorite Makino Maria, Sayashi)6 為永幸音(ためながしおん) - Tamenaga Shion (Middle 2nd year, Nagano, favorite Makino Maria Morning Musume '16 audition 3rd round)7 児玉麻衣(こだままい) - Kodama Mai (Middle 3rd year, Chiba, favorite Sayashi, Masaki, Morning Musume '16 audition finalist, refused the offer to join Kenshuusei)8 松原ユリヤ(まつばらゆりや) - Matsubara Yuriya (4th grade, Tokyo, Half Japanese - Half Belarusian)*Thx to Amped