America's Got Talent Teams Up with YouNow to Host The First Live Streamed Open Auditions for the Show's Upcoming Season 12

NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveFronts – YouNow, the live streaming network, announced the return of their live open auditions for NBC's America's Got Talent (AGT) today at The LiveFronts conference, hosted by BRaVe Media Ventures and Roker Media in New York City.  The YouNow auditions will be streamed live during the conference where attendees can watch the first AGT season 12 hopefuls, auditioning from their homes and mobile devices, vying for a position on the hit TV show.  Auditions will be hosted by AGT digital producer Adam Davis, who will be broadcasting from LA.

After generating huge viewership for last season's open auditions, YouNow and America's Got Talent again invite prospective contestants of any age and any talent to share their unique skills with show producers. Last season over 14,000 potential contestants signed up to audition via YouNow.

During the 9-week audition period, millions engaged with talented hopefuls via likes, comments and digital gifts more than 500,000 times.  By using YouNow's live streaming platform as an open call for auditions, America's Got Talent is opening the door for talent to audition from anywhere in the country.  Visit https://www.younow.com/AGT_Auditions to learn how to become a contestant and view the schedule for upcoming auditions. 

Said Adi Sideman, YouNow founder and CEO, "TV has long strived to break the 4^th wall and allow for interactivity.  America's Got Talent and FremantleMedia are going a step further by allowing people to not just interact, but to participate. Using YouNow for auditions means more talented people have the opportunity to be discovered.  The live streamed auditions are also content in their own right, generating millions of new interactive experiences that did not exist before."

"YouNow offers us a phenomenal vehicle that widens the pool of potential contestants for AGT," said JR Griffin, vice president digital marketing and business development, FremantleMedia North America.  "In addition to enhancing our audition efforts, it's simply fun to watch.  The YouNow community loves to see the people who step up and take a shot at getting on the show."  

America's Got Talent has remained television's most watched summer series for the past 11 years.  This past summer, the show was the #1 broadcast network series in both adults 18-49 and total viewers, with a season average of 13.5 million viewers.  The show also saw its own highest ratings in five years.

America's Got Talent was created by Simon Cowell and is co-produced by FremantleMedia North America and Syco Entertainment. Simon Cowell, Sam Donnelly, Jason Raff, Trish Kinane and Richard Wallace are the executive producers.

For a complete list of America's Got Talent audition cities, details on how to submit a video and how to participate in the YouNow auditions via younow.com/AGT_Auditions, go to the official America's Got Talent audition site at http://www.agtauditions.com.

The LiveFronts conference is an invitation-only event that brings together content creators, executives, advertisers and innovators to share insights around the current and future states of live streaming ecosystem.

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