Britain's Got Talent will be sending its scouts to Melton on Sunday as they search for acts for the next series.
Instead of making wannabes travel to far-off audition days, the show's producers are contacting well-connected people around the UK to set up local sessions.
Among them is Suzanne Forrester, owner of the Performing Stars Academy in Melton, who has been asked to pull together a diverse collection of acts from around the East Midlands for the talent scouts to watch on Sunday.
She said: "It's been pretty manic but I've got word out pretty quickly and have over 35 acts in mind.
"I want it to be as big a variety as possible so I've not confirmed most of the acts.
"We've got pole dancers, bands, singers and all sorts."
The auditions will be held at Sandy Lane Methodist Church hall in Melton and two talent scouts and a cameraman from the show will be going along to watch and film all the performers.
Suzanne said: "We've got about three hours and they want to see a quick performance and then have a chat with all the acts on camera.
"They've said they're happy to stay a bit longer than three hours if we've got lots of acts to show them.
"Hopefully they'll like the acts and pick some for the programme and also come back next year.
"It works well this way. Although they're getting people like me to do a lot of the hard work it's great for local acts to be able to audition here instead of travelling to Manchester or somewhere and then waiting for hours and hours."
Among those Suzanne has already confirmed for the auditions is Melton band Maslow.
Frontman George Simpson, 32, said: "We're very excited about it.
"I've been to TV auditions like this in the past and it's sometimes involved queuing for about 10 hours and then not getting a chance to perform.
"It's great that they're doing it like this now."
George, who also performs as a solo singer/songwriter is hoping his run of luck will continue. Last month he won the award for the best solo act at the East Midlands Wedding Industry Awards.
He said: "I'm hopeful about getting on the show - we've got quite a unique sound, doing cover versions of popular modern songs.
"We do them with bongos and flamenco guitar and we've been doing wedding and other events for about five years and we'd love to do well."
To find out more about taking part in the auditions, email Suzanne before Friday at suzanne@performingstars.co.uk and put "BGT Audition Melton" in the subject box.
