The 32 hopeful contestants arrived in a Pasadena hotel to start a runway challenge.

The Apprentice series one: Sir Alan Sugar, aids Margaret Mountford and Nick Hewer and the hopeful contestants.

Initial rounds consist of a large number of hopeful contestants from across India individually "auditioning" by presenting a food dish before the judges in order to gain one of top 16 places.

Last night we met David Stewart and Fiona Thornton-Norris, two hopeful contestants from Wiltshire.

This season's cast consisted of twenty-one hopeful contestants, the most for a fall season.

Twenty-one hopeful contestants competed in seven different cities across the country to enter the competition.

Across the nation, casting tours are held in different regions, wherein hopeful contestants are screened by preliminary panels to be selected for star quality, acting talent, or humorous potential and human interest.

Thousands of hopeful contestants gathered at a theater to find out which fifteen contestants will participate in the new season.

A season begins with open auditions, held throughout the Ukraine, where hopeful contestants perform before a judge's panel of dance experts.

In the early auditions, hopeful contestants are screened by preliminary panels to be selected for singing talent.