Sean “Diddy” Combs and MTV announced open call auditions
for the mogul’s fourth season of Making the Band yesterday (Jan. 16), which
will search for the newest superstar boy band.

Starting today (Jan 17.), music industry hopefuls will be able to audition
in Los Angeles for the first round of cuts. Open call auditions will also be
held in Atlanta, Orlando, Chicago, Detroit, Houston and New York. For the first-time
since the show’s creation, fans who are not able to attend one of the
open calls in select cities will be able to upload performance videos on makingtheband.mtv.com
until January 27th.

Viewers will be given the opportunity to vote for their favorite online candidates,
and the top three will be selected to perform live in front of Diddy on February
6. The last season of Making The Band 3 ranked #1 in its time period among P12-34
versus cable competition and reached over 63 million total viewers in premieres
and repeats. During season 3, Diddy created the successful girl group Danity
Kane, whose album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts.

Danity Kane is scheduled to go on tour with Christina Aguilera.