Thanks to stricter requirements from the Democratic Party , the next presidential primary debates will be much smaller than the three-hour, two-night, 20-candidate circus that took place in late July.

Democratic candidates are preparing for the third set of debates, to be hosted by ABC News and Univision on Sept. 12 and 13 at Texas Southern University in Houston.

The presidential hopefuls were looking ahead even before the second set of debates finished. Several of the 20 participants mentioned their websites onstage and urged viewers to support them so they can make it to the next round.

Despite their efforts, some wont make the cut due to the Democratic National Committees restrictions on who can qualify.

Ten candidates have qualified for the September debate so far.

Seven former Vice President Joe Biden , Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Rep. Beto ORourke (D-Texas) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) qualified by the end of July.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announced that her campaign had met the donor requirements on Aug. 2. Entrepreneur Andrew Yang qualified after he passed the polling threshold on Aug. 8. And former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julin Castro qualified Aug. 20 based on polling after previously meeting the donor requirement.

To be on the next debate stage, candidates must have more than 2% support in at least four national polls or in polls of early-voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada or South Carolina. The candidates must also raise funds from at least 130,000 individual donors and show that they have 400 unique donors from at least 20 different states. All qualifying donations must be made before Aug. 28 and must be endorsed by DNC-approved donation tools such as ActBlue.