Casting for Reality TV

Earlier last year, a friend of mine went on a casting call for a popular reality television show. He had tried out for it once before and was turned down, and this year, he had a great story about why he wanted and deserved to be on the show. Unfortunately, he was not selected and was kind of upset about it. He did say that one of the former contestants was at the casting call and told him that he had tried out seven times before he was accepted, and it got me to thinking that reality TV casting seems so arbitrary.

I watch the show that my friend was trying to get on, and there are times when I wonder what they were thinking when they selected a particular cast member. Maybe it is just the fact that I really wanted my friend to get on this particular show. He is a big fan, and has wanted to get on it for years. He finally got up the courage to go and try out last year and was turned down, and then was turned down a second time this year. I do wish that I could go to the people who are doing the reality TV casting and speak on behalf of my friend, telling them all of the reasons that she would be a good contestant. That would just embarrass him, though, and they would probably think that I was a nutcase. I asked him why it was so important to her that he actually be a contestant on the show rather than just watch it from home, and he told me that he really believes in what it stands for and feels like he would be a good fit.

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