Himawari Fairies Happy 11ki Audition

**Himawari Fairies Happy 11ki Audition** was the audition to choose 11th generation members for Himawari Fairies. The auditions were announced on June 10, 2012 and the results were announced on November 21, 2012.

## Audition Details

* **Application Requirements**:
	+ Female, Minimum of age 10 and maximum of 17 years of age by June 10, 2012.
	+ Must not currently be under contract with any agencies.
	+ Must have consent from legal guardian if under the age of 15.
* Total Applicants: 21,000+
* **Training camp and theme song**:
	+ **Vocal**: Ai no Bakayarou
	+ **Dance**: Tsugitsugi Zokuzoku

## Audition Process

### First Round

The application deadline was July 12. However, due to a large amount of submitted applications after the deadline, applicants can also go to a specific location between July 15th and July 30th to audition in person. They must bring their paperwork and will perform a song acapella. Except for the audition events in Tokyo, auditioners will find out the same day if they move on to round two.

### Second Round

The second round was from August 1st to the August 20th. The videotape and profile of each girl were viewed by the producers, who then arbitrarily selected the ones he wanted to go into the third round. All the candidates were interviewed during this 2nd round.

* For those who auditioned in person in Tokyo, the second round (exam) was held on August 1st.
* On August 20th, the second round ended, those who passed the second round were mailed their results.

### Third Round

On September 10, the 52 candidates gathered in Tokyo for further screening. From there, they were selected, and invited to the training camp. Kenshuusei joined in this round. The third round ended on the same day.
The candidates gathered in Tokyo for further screening. From there, they are selected, and invited to the training camp.

* In this round the girls had to:
	1. Show a special skill.
	2. Dance Jidanda Dance.
	3. Give a performance to the rhythm of One Room Natsu no Koi Monogatari
	4. Sing a song of their choice.

### Fourth Round

Those individuals who were not rejected in the third round entered a voting round, in which the public decided on voting for the remaining finalists. The ranking of the finalists will be use for lottery to determine each training camp's member.

* Group 1: 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th, 17th
* Group 2: 2nd, 6th, 10th, 14th, 18th
* Group 3: 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th, 19th
* Group 4: 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 20th

Later, they were taken to four different training camps from where they received dance and vocal lessons, separately recorded Ai no Bakayarou and danced in a group to Tsugitsugi Zokuzoku in front of the producers.

## Results

There are total of 20 finalists. **Bolded** names names indicate the winners of the audition. *Italicized* names indicate Hanakotoba Kenshuusei members.

## Trivia

* After failing in the 3rd Round, Nomura Minami joined Hanakotoba Kenshuusei in December 2012. She later auditioned for 12th generation Rabendā Fairies in April 2014 and passed.
* After failing the auditions, finalist Makino Maria and Sasaki Rikako joined Hanakotoba Kenshuusei in December 2012. Both of them later auditioned for 12th generation Himawari Fairies in December 2013 and passed.
* After failing the auditions, finalist Funaki Musubu joined Hanakotoba Kenshuusei in March 2013. She later auditioned for 13th generation Himawari Fairies in March 2015 and passed.