The culmination of local and regional auditions will take place tomorrow night in a national competition, the grand prize being $1,000.

As before, a select number of registrants were invited to audition and take a written test at a regional audition.

The number of students selected for the regional auditions is usually around 300, from which 15 are selected for the show.

If a student chooses to be in a Character Actor role, he or she must attend one of several regional auditions.

The judges would taste dishes offered by members of the public attending the regional auditions.

Selected applications were then called to regional auditions held in eight capital cities across Brazil:

Although most casting takes place in New York City, regional auditions are also held.

At the call-back stage the best acts from regional auditions meet in London to compete.

The show held regional auditions nationwide starting in Busan on 2 April 2011.

Before that, there were seven regional auditions including some in France's overseas territories.