Things went well. I will say that this thing was well organized and managed. I arrived at the location around 10:45am to pick-up my “take a number” slip to find out when my audition would be. I was number 238 and my taping would be at 4:14pm. I returned to work and would come back later.
You’re instructed to be available at the location 30 minutes before/after your appointed time. I arrived about 3:40pm, and they were calling #218. I sat down to wait and to think through what I was say in my 2-minutes of taping.
There were a number of people there, all sitting around waiting, but it wasn’t the madhouse I was expecting. Various people were rehearsing their script on index cards. That’s totally not my style, just ask my high school English teacher if I ever took a rough draft seriously. I’ll wing it!
As I was sitting there though, there was a gentleman dressed in a postal workers uniform. At one point, he asked one of the store employees if there was a snack machine anywhere he could use. He’d “been here for a few hours” and was getting pretty hungry. I thought to myself, “WHAT! You’re applying to go on a show where you may not have food for days and you’re hungry for snack food after a couple of hours sitting on a nice, comfortable chair in a furniture store? You’ve got to be kidding me!”
There were two cameras taping people interviewing. The first thing I noticed is there wasn’t too much wack stuff going on. Everyone was…boring! They stood almost motionless in front of a microphone stand and just rambled their story. No excitement!
They called my number and I then went to stand in line and wait my turn. There was a lady two spots in front of me that was dressed “differently”. When she got in front of the camera she said, “Where’s Simon? Paula? Randy?… you mean this isn’t American Idol try-outs!” Now, let me say that the thought of doing something like this did cross my mind, I then decided though to “promote” a rival network’s reality show and act like you really weren’t interested in being on Survivor probably wasn’t the way to go. I’m sure glad I nixed that idea before I got there.
Shortly after that it was my turn, I looked at my watch and it was 4:14pm. AMAZING! I held my number up in front of me and introduced myself, my 120 seconds then started. I first told them how excited I was about the opportunity and about myself. Husband, father of two great kids. Son of a preacher in a long line of preachers and blah-blah-blah. Told them about almost dying 3x in my life. I told them about why I thought I’d be a great Survivor. I alluded to the fact that I think they’re looking for some wild, crazy, tattooed and pierced contestants, and that wasn’t me, except for the tattoos. I have tattoo’s all over my body but they’re all in invisible ink so they don’t show up well on camera. I told them I was just your All-American everyday family guy, but I thought they needed that to balance out the cast from the other types of people they normally choose. I told them I’d be a great Survivor because I combined the friendly, hard-working nature of Rupert, with the charm and charisma of Colby (but nowhere near as good looking), and although I hated him at first, the mental cunning and planning of Boston Rob.
If things go well, it will be a whirlwind of activity. The next step would be an in-person interview with producers in Louisvilly, KY. Then around 48 contestants would be chosen to go to Los Angeles for further tests, interviews and doctor’s examinations. If I make it on the show, taping would begin the end of June ’06 in an obviously undisclosed location.
Wish me luck!
P.S. Has anyone out there also tried out for Survivor? What was your experience? How far did you get?
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sounds good…I sure hope you make it on!
sounds good…I sure hope you make it on!