Requests to be in the audience for the 62nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen reached a record 1 264 923 requests, it was revealed on November 18. The new record is an increase of 500 000 or 1.7 times from the previous record of 759 722 requests held in 2004. Requests were accepted by postcard from October 7-27. 1234 winning requests were chosen (Two people per request were allowed), making odds 1 in 1025 of being chosen.
The timing of the announcement of the MCs was likely behind the phenomenal record. In previous years, the announcement was made in early November - after the deadline for audience requests. This year, however, the announcement of Inoue Mao and Arashi as hosts was made on October 19, during the recruitment period. Popular group Arashi's concert tickets are hard to come by. Inoue focuses on her acting and is rarely seen on stage. As such, it seems that they were flooded with submissions from fans trying to catch this rare opportunity to see their idols in the flesh.
Source: Nikkan Sports
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kat_desu 19th-Nov-2011 02:26 am (UTC)nansuki 19th-Nov-2011 02:33 am (UTC)tennyo29 19th-Nov-2011 02:45 am (UTC)eliteseal 19th-Nov-2011 02:46 am (UTC)P.S. OP, you forgot to tag "mao inoue".
tennyo29 19th-Nov-2011 03:00 am (UTC)I looked and couldn't find it. Just realized from reading your message that I only looked for "inoue mao" and hence couldn't find it :P
arashic5 19th-Nov-2011 02:52 am (UTC)Its old already but I still wanna see Maotsujun interaction live
annacamillex3 19th-Nov-2011 03:10 am (UTC)
april_0410 19th-Nov-2011 03:35 am (UTC)botanbutton 19th-Nov-2011 03:48 am (UTC)(I think Aiba has thing for her.)
aprillis 19th-Nov-2011 03:56 am (UTC)
dawnite 19th-Nov-2011 04:48 am (UTC)fulllove 19th-Nov-2011 04:53 am (UTC)hazel_darlene 19th-Nov-2011 05:02 am (UTC)
yoshi09 19th-Nov-2011 09:44 am (UTC)
and this.
but mostly this.
TOO EXCITED.
frothies 19th-Nov-2011 11:01 am (UTC)ifuckingluvya 19th-Nov-2011 01:28 pm (UTC)I don't like arashi as a music group but the members are charming and Mao kwsflrejlkmfklmsklmfkmkmdk <333333 my forever-girl-crush tbh
arashi_sugoi 19th-Nov-2011 05:37 pm (UTC)edneichon 19th-Nov-2011 09:47 pm (UTC)one of the many reasons to look forward to that day~ *o*
megamisama_ann 20th-Nov-2011 12:10 pm (UTC)diana_80 22nd-Nov-2011 01:39 am (UTC)