I do hope we get auditions in the beginning of next year again though. Because this is making the news and he's saying that the people that applied between April and June aren't good enough.
I hope a lot of girls see this and go "I'd be good enough." and will apply next time soooooo new auditions in January plz.
The difference between 7ki and this is that back in 2005 they NEEDED a new girl to create a hype and they thought they could afford not to do it. Doing it this way... while I thought they couldn't pull it off, seeing it this way and the things he said, I definitely think it's kinda smart. They don't NEED a new girl to stir things up right now, they're doing that quite damn good on their own. Go with this hype for a year and they'll get more fans and then during a streamed/shown-in-theaters-concert around new years, you announce 12ki auditions again. The number of applications would probably be way, way higher then. And would someone pass, she/they would get the headlines of "These girls were of high-enough-quality to join MM!" and that... is a headline we've never had before.