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Ryn

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 02:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just an FYI - we posted audition sites here before BB - and a lot were at Bars and Malls - so keep your eye on this site next year, I imagine you stand a bit better show meeting people in-person than just sending in a tape.

Ellenkats

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 03:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Um, doesn't Josh have a son? One of the guys does, or was that one of their internet pranks?

Duncan

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 03:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree, Sonia....I felt I would have filled that role well. I am 36 ( 34 when I applied ), have been a single dad for 12 years, and am somewhat intellient....and there is some other interesting baggage in there that would have made for some interesting viewing IMHO. LOL

However - I have no criminal record, am mentally stable ( just ask us...we'll tell you ), and am able to be in a room full of people and not put knives to their throats....so I guess I am not part of a normal cross-section of Americans.

Jello

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 03:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Where ARE those "hot old guys"? A Sean Connery type would certainly add to my interest.
And that was a really good point about the lack of younger fathers - in fact, we don't see a lot of younger married guys at all.
Survivor manages to give us a fairly well-rounded roster and sometimes we learn to set aside stereotypes because of it. Unfortunately, this season was clearly aimed at bedroom casting.
I want diversity. I want an angry chinese grandma. I want a militant lesbian. I want a Harrison Ford lookalike. I want Marge Simpson. I want Maya Angelou. Perhaps someone hispanic? Physically challenged? Not an exbartender?
It would be great if we brought people from different countries in...

Ellenkats

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 03:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
A Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Redford type would be nice too :-)

Draheid

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's an excerpt from an article from a paper that I NEVER read:

Quote:

Ever wonder why 'Big Brother' contestants turn out to be lawbreakers even though producers supposedly 'screen' them? ... one producer on the show got ripped by his boss for rejecting too many applicants. The guy told his boss: "Their applications showed they're emotionally unstable personalitites!" Roared his boss: "But those are the ones we WANT!"




FWIW :)

Costacat

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Draheid! I knew they were looking for specific types. I just didn't realize they really really REALLY (to quote Bunny) wanted the unstabilized ones!

Well, methinks the producers got more 'n they bargained for with this crew.

And I would LOVE to see a young father, a hunka-hunka-burnin' love "old fart," and a middle-aged mom. Oh, with that mom making it past week one, thank yew verra much!

Bmh

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 03:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My mom tried out for BB2 and actually flew to Los Angeles to do an interview I dont really remember too much of it..but I remember being so excited..and thats why I got into BB so much..I was so disappointed when she didn't get into the final cast..:(

Peachie

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 04:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
so far what chiara and lisa is saying, chiara, lisa, eric and josh didnt have to do tapes, they went looking for their types I guess, a guy named Brendan. Chiara said a friend of Roddys told him to go to the casting call and he got to skip everyone in line. The things that make you go hmmmmmm! All those people that wasted their time trying out and making tapes. Ridiculous

Hoon4vr

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 04:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I also applied and got rejected, which totally sucks! But what sucks even worse, is that without people like me who actually applied, and actually have personalities, they have an essentially boring show. When Kent said that last year about everyone having agents, people were angry. So what does cbs do - they go out and hire another bunch of wannabes who are putting on a show for us - looking pretty - which is interesting for about two seconds - but not giving us any of the psychological rats in a cage type experience that makes reality tv so addictive in the first place. Why can't they figure out that there are enough models and actors in scripted tv - we want REAL people!!!! Why are they so dense?? I know supposedly "sex sells" but that is not the only thing that sells -and certainly not to an intelligent audience with real consumer spending $$$.

Blinky

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 04:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I heard they held "corn shucking" contests

Costacat

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 04:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Blinky! I about lost my sip of water on that one!

Sia

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 10:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Arnold Shapiro should get Steve Hartman who does the "Everybody has a Story" segment on the CBS news to select next season's houseguests! He'd pick some truly interesting and very REAL people. I always enjoy those segments on the weekend newscasts.
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/hartman/main500155.shtml

Earthmother

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 10:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There was an ad at the pound.."All strays apply"

Ryn

Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 10:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Why are there no 'young fathers' on the show....

hmmmmmm maybe because most 'young fathers' are too busy working to take off the time to be on the show. Just a guess.

Thats not a slam on women, then again, how many 'young mothers" have been on the show?

Danielle seems like the youngest mom to me that has been on.

Sonia

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 04:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ellenkats, I think when Josh talked about his "baby", he talk about his girlfriend, not about a child. Ryn, I undertand your guess about the lack of young parent, either man or woman. It's probably not easy for a young parent with young kids to organise their life to don't see them during possibly 3 mounths for a reality show but we know it's also the responsability of applicants, parent or not, man or women, young or older, to decide themself if they have the possibility to apply or not. The BB producers seem to like to stereotype the cast, and the young father reality doesn't look to be include in the "images" they want to have. I disagree it. I understand the disapointement of people here, as you Duncan, who took the regular procedures of applications that CBS provide themself, and someone even don't receive an answer. I'm disapointed but not surprise to learn than many people who were casted were called by the producers, have agents and even didn't need to apply. Sadly, many companies "work" this way. Maybe CBS will consider the critics they receive about all that and they will correct it in the future versions.

Brenda1966

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 04:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wasn't Autumn the youngest mom so far (with a fairly young child). And Krista was also a young mom. As a mom myself I'm not sure I feel so great about women leaving their young children for 3 months to go find fame and fortune on a tv show. I can barely stand to be away from my baby for a weekend at grandmas. :)

It is very discouraging that the producers don't pick the cast from 'real' people who try out for the show. I don't have a problem with the casting calls they have in major cities, but I do have a problem with them recruiting peoplein bars when they have thousands of applicants to choose from.

Surini

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 04:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Another idea for people who want to be on BB would be to audition for all of the reality tv shows, especially Survivor (even if you don't want to be on that one) because I think they keep those that do audition in mind for the other real shows. Maybe they even switch lists amongst them, who knows. But if you think about the fact that a lot of these people auditioned for Survivor and didn't make it, but all of a sudden they're on BB without some of them even trying, then it makes you wonder. Just my thought. Maybe they need a panel of BB fans to be in on the auditions to help them pick who we really want to watch.

Gritss

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 04:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sonia, I don't think CBS (actually, Arnold Shapiro Productions) will take your advice. Reason being they are only interested in producing a TV show that gets ratings and pulls in advertisers.

They couldn't care less about the fans who obsess about the show and get the live feeds and frequent the fan sites (like TVCH). Their target is the advertisers for the TV show. The show is getting like 10 million viewers. A relative handful care how the HGs were selected.

Sex sells, or haven't you noticed how many of the cams folow the two couples. Gerry gets seen on the LFs when he is the only one up. And the LFs are just a sop to the theoretical basis of the show being from Orwell. ASP has never made any attempt to make the LFs accurately reflect the BB thesis. The cams are for the TV show to get video footage.

Sonia

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 03:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You're probably very right Gritss. It was also what I was continue to think after I wrote my post. As you say so well, ASP probably don't care at all about the criticises we talk about if they can make more money with how they edit BB actually.

Sia

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 03:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
People are harshly critical of a mother or father who would leave young children in the care of others for a three-month stretch in order to TRY and win $500,000 on a reality show like BB. Why don't we apply this same standard to Hollywood actresses who think nothing of jetting thousands of miles away to exotic locations to shoot movies for which they're paid big bucks? Nicole Kidman, Meg Ryan, etc. don't get slammed in the media for pursuing their "dreams" at the expense of leaving their children behind to be cared for and raised by nannies. It's equally distasteful whether the children are the actresses' biological children or adopted. Child-rearing is the most important role a person can have. Talk about confused family values!

Maris

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 03:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yes but I doubt these people leave their children for three month stretches without any contact. I do know that Nicole Kidman moved her children to London when she was filming there. At any rate they could fly home on weekends, call on the phone every day and they receive a guaranteed payment which in Nicole Kidmans case is in the millions.. That is a little different than walking out the door and see you in three months.

Sia

Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 07:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Maris, I see your point; the money makes all the difference in the world. Ms. Kidman IS guaranteed her big payday, so I'm sure she could hand one of the kids a wad of bills, saying, "Here's a couple thousand. Go buy yourself some stuff and quit whining. I'll be home in a few weeks." That's entirely different than Danielle returning home nearly empty-handed to her traumatized children, saying, "Well, I wanted the money BAD; Momma ALMOST got the big cash."

You seemed not to understand that I picked Ms. Kidman's name at random. I could have typed any celebrity's name where I typed 'Kidman.' I'm not criticizing Kidman. At least she and her husband were legally married before adopting their children. So sad that they're not together any more. I could have named any number of celebrities who live with other stars, having children without the benefit of marriage, and then break up and begin new relationships as easily and as quickly as most people trade in a used vehicle.

Don't you see the double-standard that we apply in our society? If you're rich and famous, it's okay to have other people raise your babies and to not spend much time with your kids. If a reality-TV contestant leaves her kids behind for a stretch of time, she's a terrible person.

Mystari

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 03:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My husband and I talked about me applying for Big Brother and the effect it would have on the family

We came to these conclusions:
1. Our children are old enough to understand a separation (especially if they see mom on tv every week)
2. The stipend that BB pays is larger than my usual part time salary
3. Grandma is available to stay with the family to help out (BIG selling point to the kids)


So, I'm going to apply this next go-round, but I'm not holding my breath. After all, I do not have a model's body; I have not done any acting (well except for the Christmas pagent at church when I was 10), and I do not have a criminal background

Sia

Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 05:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good luck, Mystari! I hope you do get on BB4. I'd love to see "real people" cast on the show. It's such a shame that ASP has felt the need to choose participants for their glamorous-pusses, hot bodies and their controversial backgrounds rather than their intellect, strength of character, and ethical standards. Go for it!


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