production of season 10 started on 24 august 2012. there was a trip to curaçao. participants had to be between 16 and 30 years. they had the opportunity to stop by without an appointment to audition. rtl promised "many new features and a few surprises." auditions were held in 30 cities in germany, austria and switzerland. the 30 cities are bern, zurich, freiburg, friedrichshafen, stuttgart, mannheim, saarbrücken, munich, vienna, vösendorf, salzburg, regensburg, erlangen, freiberg, hamburg, hanover, bremen, bremerhaven, fehmarn, rostock, cologne, dortmund, koblenz, göttingen, paderborn, berlin, frankfurt, jena, magdeburg and mönchengladbach.