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"Superstar K3" set a new record, as it received over 50,000 applicants in one day!

The show opened its audition box on March 10th at 12 AM, and according to Mnet, it garnered over 47,000 applications in 24 hours. Mnet stated, "Last year for "Superstar K2", registration started on March 1st at 1PM to 12AM and within 11 hours, over 20,902 people applied, so compared to that, this is a huge increase." They added,�"After 6pm, the ARS system shut down because of the influx of applications. We are cautiously assuming that at this rate, it will beat out last year's total number of 1,346,402 applicants." The number of UCC applications for one day was 250, doubling the amount of UCC's from last year. The staff of "Superstar K3" said, "In the past year, former contestants of�'Superstar K' have ranked high on music charts and signed contracts with agencies like YG Entertainment, A Cube Entertainment, Star Empire, Jellyfish. They're in the process of�kick-starting�their careers as singers. It seems that the number of applicants have increased with this kind of news." They concluded,�"The UCC entries not only increase the application numbers but also increase the level of talent, so our hopes our high." The first round of "Superstar K3" applications are open till June 28th. Those who pass the first round will go onto further auditions, starting from Pusan on April 24th to Seoul on July 3rd. Auditions will take place in eight areas throughout the country. Source: Nate