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Oprah's Search For The Next TV Star auditions begin

By April MacIntyre May 24, 2010, 20:20 GMT

05/03/2010 - Oscar De La Renta and Oprah Winfrey - "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Arrivals - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City, NY, USA © Janet Mayer / PR Photos

Imagine you have your own show on Oprah's new network.  It is a dream that will become reality for one lucky person.

Oprah's opened up the opportunity for her fans to submit tape in hopes to become a star on her new Discovery network, OWN.

Auditions can be uploaded at Oprah.com beginning May 14 and in person in four major U.S. cities at select Kohl's Department Stores in June.

Winfrey award one lucky contestant his or her own studio talk show for OWN.  There are two ways to audition for OWN's new competition series, either online or in person.

From May 14 to June 26, contestants (who must be 21 to participate) can make a three-minute audition video and upload it to Oprah.com. A user-friendly editing toolkit, as well as tips and techniques from celebrities will.i.am, Lisa Ling and Peter Walsh, will help contestants enhance their audition video.

Online submissions will be voted on by the public, and the five individuals who get the most online votes will be flown to Los Angeles to audition for Mark Burnett Productions. Audience voting takes place at Oprah.com, where the public can watch contestants' videos and vote for their favorite.

To audition in person, open casting calls (not part of the online voting process) will be held at a select Kohl's Department Store in each of the following cities:

    * June 5: New York, NY
    * June 12: Dallas, TX
    * June 19: Los Angeles, CA
    * June 26: Atlanta, GA

There are five audition categories:

    * Traditional Talk Show Host, for those who want to showcase their interview skills.
    * Cooking, for those whose culinary skills impress their friends and family.
    * Design (interior or fashion), for creative visionaries who design homes, furniture, clothing and accessories.
    * Health and Well Being, for doctors, therapists, spiritual gurus and fitness experts.
    * Wild Card, which gives contestants a chance to showcase a skill or talent that may not be included in the four major categories.

Once the field of candidates is narrowed to 10, Your OWN Show goes into production. The person selected to be the winner will receive a commitment for his or her own show, executive produced by Mark Burnett, and scheduled to premiere on OWN in 2011.

For all details about auditioning for "Your OWN Show," please visit here.

Some of the tapes submitted have been outstanding so far, here is one particular tape we thought was top notch: