The Korean version of American Idol, Superstar K, is back with its second season. The first season broke records for a cable show when it received a 8.47% viewer rating and 72,000 people who auditioned. Mnet started taking in applications on March 2nd at 1PM. By midnight on the first day of sign-ups, 20,920 people applied through ARS (phone). Last time, only 5,600 applied in the first 24 hours. Kim Yong Bum PD said, "Last year, we had to increase the number of phone lines because so many people applied through ARS. This year, we prepared enough phone lines to take in over three times the amount of applicants we had last year. We are blown away by the fact that we need even more phone lines now." The official auditions start on April 17th in Daejun. The auditions will take place in Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Choonchun and Jeju. Kim Yong Bum PD continued, "We will take in applications until the beginning of June. Even if the phone lines don't work, we want to take it slowly and let everyone have a chance." Seo In Gook, last year's winner, hasn't gotten extremely far with his career so I'm surprised this many people are applying... but hey, it's way too early to tell right?