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Casting for Season 18?
georgiapeach:
Have fun, anyone going to Tewkesbury tomorrow!! :jumpy:
kadilahopper:
I just corresponded with someone who went to the casting call today and the people doing the casting call did not take their application that they had filled out and brought with them. All that was required was their phone number and e-mail address. Also, the videos that were being made were only for 1 minute. IMO this was just a publicity stunt on behalf of the restaurant to drum up business, (duh uh, of course this is part of it), TAR is not even bothering to look past the physical attractiveness of the teams on camera , or TAR is just using this 1 casting call to placate the base and drum up interest in the upcoming race. Personally, I think I hit three out of three. One more and I'll have a GRAND SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
georgiapeach:
Here is some info from two eyewitness accounts!! Thanks to you both! ( I have removed any identifying or personal info.)
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* They started right at 7am, and we only had one minute to give our pitch.
* There were teams from everywhere! Hawaii, Georgia, lots of NY/NJ...shocking to me that people would travel from so far away!
* The lines were outside of the restaurant, and the check in desk was at a side door. The cameras were set up right inside the door.
* We got there at 6:15 and had our audition right before **. At that point, I'd say we were about the 125th pair to audition.
* Based on the line that was still there when we left, it looked like there may have been another 125 pairs or so waiting to go. There didn't seem to be many additional people trickling in, so my guess is that everyone who showed up was going to be able to audition.
* They absolutely would not take full application packets at the check-in desk. The local CBS affiliate ...had said beforehand that whatever we brought would be turned over to casting. So that was disappointing.
* There did not appear to be anyone official from World Race Productions or from CBS national. If they were there, they were stealth.
* From what one of the organizers said to a group, he was part of a marketing company that the local CBS affiliate uses for promotion. All he said was that this was the first of more open calls to come for next year's races. (He even sited NY, Florida, etc, as future casting call sites.) My guess is he was making it all up. It was impossible to tell which of the organizers were from that marketing company or which were from the local CBS affiliate (if any).
* There was a camera guy from CBS-4, but we didn't see any aggressive interviewing of hopefuls for the local news. I don't even think they brought a reporter with them.
* Everyone we talked to was really nice, and there were very few costumes, etc. Just a few teams in matching T-shirts or full matching outfits.
And from our second team:
* We got there at 6, already a huge line, people in chairs, etc.
* I would estimate close to 500 teams, at least 400, so 800-1000 people.
* We talked to people in line from texas, california, Connecticut and New Jersey.
* We had filled out applications, got the pictures, made a video, etc. but didn't need any of that stuff. it seemed to be just the local station doing it .
* No one knew if it was for TAR 18, they truly seemed to have no clue about it.
* We also heard of another call in Atlantic City in September .
*They took our license infomation along with email and cell phone numbers.
*We did a 60 second video.
docol:
YAYYYYYYY.........so, another season is confirmed.....?????? that will be AWESOME, finally some fresh news to rock my crappy world..!!!!! :tup:
Competitor:
Someone posted elsewhere that the Boston casting call folks said that there will be other casting calls. The only one that sounded specific was that there is one scheduled in Atlantic City on September 29 and that there would be "more casting calls in LA and Detroit." The person also said that there would be more information available on the website once season 17 begins. At that time, the application would be changed to season 18.
This all sounds questionable to me. It sounds specific, but how do you not release an application or have more casting calls until mid to late September if you want to have a season ready for the Spring? The only possible explanation that I can think of is that maybe they're not going to film until right after Christmas? Maybe film from late December until mid-late January? Would that even work? Maybe they want to wait as long as possible to begin filming before the season starts to air so as to not give you spoilers as much time to do your thing?
I don't know. I am of the persuasion that something fishy is going on for season 18. A casting call is better than no casting call, but I sure hope that they begin "officially" casting season 18 soon. I hate it for the folks who showed up early and waited to do their thing this past weekend if they aren't even being given a shot. I mean, if this was just a promo for the restaurant and these one-minute videos are going to get put in a back room somewhere, that's pretty lame. I know all applicants face a major uphill climb to get on, but at least be casting with these things. Don't just throw your name out there to promote a restaurant in order to lead on and deceive a bunch of fans that keep this show going. Not accepting applications and only doing a one-minute video is not encouraging.
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