Entrants are required to provide their own chaperone for attendance at any audition. Entrants must be available to attend on the audition date set by the BBC with their chaperone. This scheme is open to solo acts and bands who are not signed to a record company. Entrants must not have previously appeared on BBC ONE, BBC TWO, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Entries must be an original piece of music or one in which copyright can be cleared.
Entrants can be of any age.
If under 16 you must have written permission from parents or guardians. To apply, entrants should send a standard VHS or audio cassette of their performance to the address on the brochure page together with a completed application form. Details of all the performers on the tape must be provided. Tapes should be no more than 10 minutes long. The five best acts will attend a showcase where they may perform in front of an invited audience of record industry people.