It’s back, the BBC’s quest for the best musical talent in the world. The Next Big Thing 2007 – a major global music talent search launched by the BBC  is looking for the future of music. Anyone can enter the competition and it is completely free. The Next Big Thing is looking for musical pioneers who really deserve attention.

The contest is out on the road, with local events to meet contestants in Mumbai (India), Jamaica, Tanzania and Turkey. The roadshows kicked off with the first event held in Mumbai. The Next Big Thing 2007 competition will be scouring the world looking for exciting new music, bands and performers who will shape the future.There are just two rules: artists must be unsigned and must perform their own original material. 

Entries can be submitted online at www.bbcworldservice.com/nextbigthing 2007 and the closing date for receiving entries is 18 November 2007. Five finalists will be selected to perform for an all-star jury in London in December.

One act will be crowned The Next Big Thing 2007 and will perform to a live audience of 3,000 people at London's O2 stadium, alongside some of the most exciting names in music, to celebrate BBC World Service’s 75th anniversary in December.