>>1201006Underwhelming and untalented is what you said, not inexperienced. Not really synonymous. They're running a successful vtuber agency brimming with all kinds of talent over in Japan, there's a chance they'll know what traits to look for in a vtuber.
>>1201011Holostars EN doesn't exist, so there's an entire pool of talent that pretty much goes to Nijisanji uncontested. For the rest, we don't know. The Hololive brand in the west at this point means automatic easy money, so gen 2 auditions could just turn into a shitshow of high profile hacks. Every Twitter TBA vtuber and their mother is going to apply. NijiEN managing to grab a couple of good newbies before that happens, ones with more realistic goals and some good talent to show, isn't an impossibility.