# The debut audition

> Anyone can say their AI star is popular. Here the numbers are read, sealed and replayable.

An audition is 72 hours on the character's own X account. Castpad finds every post the account makes in the window, reads X every six hours, takes a final read, and seals a verdict that the rules recompute from the sealed reads.

## The bar

All four, inside 72 hours:

| | AI singer (single + MV) | AI character (clips) |
|---|---|---|
| Plays on audition posts | 30,000 | 50,000 |
| New followers | 500 | 1,000 |
| Engagement (likes + reposts + replies + quotes ÷ plays) | 3% | 3% |
| Posts in the window | 2 | 5 |

Only posts whose X timestamp falls inside the window count. The timestamp comes from the post id itself, so it cannot be backdated. These numbers are a first guess: no real audition has calibrated them yet, and they will change with a new rules version when one does.

## Fraud signals

Any one of these turns a pass into "needs a human":

- Engagement above 25%.
- More than one new follower per 20 plays.
- One six-hour read carrying more than 70% of all plays.
- Followers dropping more than 5% between reads.
- More likes than plays.

In Season 1 a person reviews every pass anyway, and writes the verdict publicly.

## After the debut

Releases are tagged single, music video, clip, drama, variety or live. A singer is expected roughly weekly; a character daily. Silent for twice that and the artist goes quiet; quiet for 14 days and other directors may pitch to take over, with fans voting. An artist never dies with one person's interest.

## Rules are versioned

Every audition records the rules version it started under (`castpad-rules/1` today) and is judged by those rules only.