Casting Online Submission For World’s Next Big Thing auditions.

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The producers of the reality series World’s Next Big Thing are on a worldwide search to discover the next successful entrepreneurs, inventors, creators and innovators with the best businesses and products the World has to offer.

Please be advised that you must meet the following eligibility requirements, which may be changed at any time by Impact Entertainment LLC in its sole discretion, in order to participate in the Series:

• You must be 18 years of age (or the age of majority in the state in which you reside) or older; or if below 18 years of age (or the age of majority in the state in which you reside) your parent(s) and/or legal guardian(s) must apply on your behalf and must also sign and agree to all documents related to your potential participation in the Series.
• Neither you nor any of your immediate family members (including, without limitation, a spouse (or spousal equivalent or domestic partner), mother (including step-mother), father (including step-father), daughters, sons, sisters, brothers (including "half" or "step" relatives), nor anyone living in your household may currently be, nor have been within the past one (1) year a full-time employee (excluding interns, temporary hires, and short-term independent contractors), officer or  director of any of the following: (i) Impact Entertainment LLC, (ii) American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (ABC), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), National Broadcasting Company (NBC) or any entity owned or controlled by, or affiliated with each of the foregoing, or any direct and/or indirect parents, subsidiaries, affiliated or related entities of each of the foregoing entities; (iii) any television station owned or operated by American Broadcasting Companies Inc, Columbia Broadcasting System, National Broadcasting Company.; (iv) any person or entity directly involved in the development, production, distribution or other exploitation of the Series or any variation thereof; (v) any known major sponsor of the Series; (vi) any person or entity supplying services to the Series; or (vii) any panelists or any entity substantially owned or controlled by any (“World’s Next Big Thing”).
• You may not be a candidate for public office and must agree not to become a candidate for public office from the date of the Audition Release until one (1) year after the initial broadcast of the last episode of the Series in which you appear (if any).
• You may not have been convicted of a felony.
• You must voluntarily submit to a comprehensive background check by both the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
• Your business must be certified as a Minority Business Entity (MBE) 

I acknowledge and agree that Producer has the sole discretion to render ineligible any person who, in Producer’s sole discretion, is sufficiently acquainted with any person or entity connected with the development, production, or exhibition of the Series that their participation in the Series could create the appearance of impropriety.

I understand and agree that Producer has the sole discretion to make determinations of participant eligibility, and that Producer reserves the right to change any of the eligibility requirements at any time.

We wish you luck in the casting process.