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We welcome auditions from anyone aged over 18 who is eligible to work in the UK. There is no “´óÏó´«Ã½” voice that we are specifically looking for and you don’t need prior experience to send us your audition.

• Be yourself - When the panel hear your audition they need to be able to feel you in the room with them and so be your authentic self.
  
  
• Use your time well - you have 60 seconds to share something with us, that is a lot more time than it may seem. We want to know what makes you unique. We are looking for a range and a mixture of entertainment and personality.
  
  
• Enjoy yourself - when you are having fun, we are having fun and so enjoy yourself and that will shine through.
  
  
• Talk directly into the microphone - this may sound obvious but make sure we can hear you. The recording does not have to be professional it just needs to be clear. See our recording tips below for more advice.

Audio

• Know where the microphone is on your device and point that towards your mouth.
• Use a voice recorder on your phone or app and keep a note of where the file saves.
• Keep your device close to you when recording - a distance about the length of your hand (or 10-12cm) is a good guide. This will help reduce your background noise but is not too close to distort the sound.
• If you have one, use headphones with an inbuilt microphone.
• If possible record in spaces with low background noise, small spaces are better.
• Listen back to your recording and if you are not happy you can re-record.

Video

• Put your camera on selfie mode and makes sure it’s set to video.
• Turn on ‘plane mode’ so you’re not interrupted.
• Hold the phone horizontally.
• Make sure you are in a space with good lighting but that the light is not directly behind you.
• Put the camera somewhere stable or hold it as still as you can.

Once an audition is open, you will be able to send us your file via our online form.

You will be asked for your name, email address and telephone number. You will need to select the local ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio station that you’d like to audition for and upload your file.

There is an optional space for you to add a link to a personal profile (website, blog or social media) if you want us to see that.

Some opportunities may require additional information, please read the details before submitting.

You can upload the following files:

Audio

• MP3
• WAV
• Windows Media Audio

Video

• MP4 and M4V
• Windows Media Video
• QuickTime*
• 3GP
• AVI
• MPEG
• Flash video

*Please note we can't currently accept Quicktime ProRes files.

If you are not aged 18 or over you are not eligible audition for New Voices, you may want to send your content to our ´óÏó´«Ã½ Upload teams, you can find more details here.

We can’t guarantee communication on the basis of a listen. However, if the panel likes what they hear, someone will be in touch.

Unfortunately we can't provide individual feedback - but if your demo doesn't result in progress, please don't be discouraged. There will be more opportunities to join us and try again if you want to.