Biggest Loser Audition

So after a long nap tonight I have to say I am quite proud of myself for going to the audition today. My dreams and tossing and turning last night did its best to talk me out of it, but it was a great experience. Below is the details!

The audition was from 10-6pm today, Saturday March 13th in Albuquerque. My plans were to get there nice and early, but due to lack of sleep I arrived around 11:30am and was given a application and was number 536. At noon they were at numbers 150 so I knew I had a long day ahead of me. The audition was at Sandia Casino, and it was nice as it was in the ballroom and you could leave and such. Lots of chairs to sit in, or wall space to spread out, and lots of cold water. I met a nice gal named Amy, and we formed a instant friendship.

I had a hard time staying in the ballroom as there was the normal people trying to attract attention to themselves, singing, walking the ballroom trying to recruit people to walk with them, even telling jokes and poems. The staff had a microphone in which they invited people to come forward to try to motivate the crowd. I found it a little annoying and wondering if it got them anywhere or extras but good for them! Amy and I walked around the casino, gambled a bit ( she was quite lucky ) and had lunch.

At 4pm our groups of numbers were finally called. I found it strange, and was a little jealous as there were people coming late to get a number, around 4pm and pretty much got right in for a audition after ours. Biggest Loser assured the first 500 people would give auditions, but from what I read they usually see everyone. I was jealous these people that were showing up late were able to sleep in, and come in and only probably be there around 90 minutes, versus my five hours..

So my group, around 30 of us went and waited in the conference hallway at Sandia. They divided us into groups of 10, and each group went in, sat at a round table and met with one of the casting directors. Our casting director was Barb, you can see her on youtube, which I highly recommending researching the audition ahead of time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co6iqWXqKFM&feature=related.

The the interview took 10 minutes, and the questions she asked the table was name, age and employment. She also asked the group to answer why we have a hard time eating healthy, and how much weight we wanted to loose and why we wanted to loose weight. Also how we heard about the casting. It was very open, and friendly and a little hard as everyone at the table wanted to talk at once. I felt like I did great, Barb got a lot of eye contact with me, and was interested in my "part time horse trainer job" and liked my snarky comment about wanting to loose weight to love the mirror again, and not feeling bad for my horses when I ride them. At the end of the ten minutes she asked us to leave our application, and pictures and told us if we don't get a call back to please still send a video in. They told us we would get a call back by 7pm if we were chosen. A nice gal though got a call back literally 20 minutes after her casting call though, so they probably will call you right after. They said look for the 310 area code!

So I didn't get a call back but had a great time. If I was doing this again I would probably not wear as much makeup, as one of the casting directors for BL said they want you to look natural as in the show you can't wear makeup. I didn't look like a raccoon, but wish I just would have worn mascara. I also might have dressed a little less flattering. A few people we were talking with told me I don't look 100 lbs overweight and said my pictures made me look trim, which I guess they did and thats a good thing looking at real life. If they were to see me in a sports bra like they do on TV they would see a whole new side of me, that is for sure :)

I am unsure if I will send a video, I might as I got that cute little Vado Cam from Amazon, if I do I will make it fun, creative and probably ride in them, and show more of myself. I will talk to my lovely roomy about helping that with me next week, or my mom since she will be visiting. My suggestions for anyone auditioning, google auditions and watch youtube casting videos- There are so many videos from the casting directors, it would have been nice to get more background.

So that is it, very easy and fun day- But tiring! Back to reality I go, and time to get serious about loosing this weight on my own, using all the resources available. The future is bright, and bring the next adventure on!