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BB6 Auditions
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Stasiak
01-03-2005
I got through the first round of bb3 but this was back when you sent in a video of yourself! But the new way of auditioning is slightly harsher it seems the same as when they did the hollyoaks audition I was sure I wouls get through at least a couple of rounds but I got there having travelled 2 hours and qued up for a little while eventially getting into the building stood at a desk where I stood in front of two people who asked my name and age and pointed where i should go and some little helper person said you havnt got it! so dont feel down as they know exactly who there looking for!
Love Dokktor
01-03-2005
i hope we get blond shell lookalike or liverpool girl in big brother house next year. scouse acent is sexy on women.

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msknight
01-03-2005
rachelrising, you can just turn up on the day. No forms to fill in.

I'm not sure where the London auditions are, but I believe there are separate ones on Saturday and Sunday.

Hang on ... no, I haven't got the paper, must be in a rubbish bin in Birmingham!

Good luck if you decide to go!

Michelle.
dawson
01-03-2005
Originally Posted by rachelrising:
“Question, do you have to have an application form to do this audition or can you just turn up on the day? If so when is the London audition and where is it located and what time are the auditions running from and to?
If you do need an application form is it to late to request one?”

http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds7515.html
risingstar
01-03-2005
Thank you for your help msknight and thank you for the link Dawson.

Sounds all a bit daunting to me.

Will definetly try and convince a few people that i know to do it now.

take care
msknight
01-03-2005
rachelrising, just be cool and remember that it's a game show. Just remember to keep a realistic head on you. Give it your best, but don't take it personally. The queue was the funniest time for me. Set your sights, but don't get hurt. It's definately an experience.

I would like to see the other things that people have done in those cubicles, though. I can just imagine the BB crew unwinding with a favourites edit and a glass of wine, having a damn good laugh!

Just make sure you have picture ID.

Michelle.
angela24
03-03-2005
msKnight what did you say that got you through to the diary room stage? How did it work? Do they get you in a group of ten or something when you get to the front of the queue and just pick people out without them saying anything or what?
smalltree
04-03-2005
re: what are 'they' looking for in applicants..

one of many maybe: "photo-genics"..
not neccessarily pristine beauty..rather the ability for face-posture to absorb camera...visual producers consider 'stuff' like that.
msknight
04-03-2005
angela24, there were a number of parts of my personality that I felt could be used as a sensation. I'm a believer that you don't have to resort to tasteless flaunting or fisticuffs in order to entertain.

They pull out eight at a time from the head of the queue and talk with you all individually, but invite everyone as a group, to interact; so while they are asking someone else some questions, I can butt in with questions or oppinions of my own. There doesn't seem to be a time limit as such; or it didn't feel like that.

Firstly, I'm transsexual. The housemates this year, thanks to last year, are going to be playing "hunt the TS" the moment they walk through the door, and would probably respond to the person in a hostile manner and/or ask tons of questions.

Now, I transitioned when I was in my late teens/early twenties (I'm 35 now) and used to support TS people when society was very much different. Talking people down from suicide, etc. on a dedicated phone line, or answering questions of partners/parents/etc. who wre faced with the situation and needed comfort, information, hope and a friendly voice to give them a bearing.

I also transitioned at a tough time and despite having a good heart, I had to develop a thick hide.

So ... to begin with, I could easily handle the questions (the public are always a curious bunch and the way I tell things, would probably listen intently) and I could handle any antagonism.

However ... the ace up the sleeve was that I'm a submissive and I serve a Master in a BDSM relationship. The dynamics of that relationship would have provided endless discussion in the house (it provoked a lot of discussion and bent a few brains during stage 1)... but I wouldn't have had it revealed for the first four or five weeks-ish so that they get to know me, rather than jump to conclusions.

The press, however, would have picked it up from the get go, as I've got web sites that explain the whole thing, and the public would probably have been on the edge of their seats, initially, thinking, "there's a pervert in the house and the other housemates don't know it!" ... well, until they get to know me, however. But my skeletons are always out of the closet, hence I have little to fear. So long as I could have get through the first two nominations (about four weeks) then the public would have had time to see me and debate the issue and would be able to see me as an honest and worthwhile person ... so I wouldn't be scared about negative reaction when I came out.

If you want to know more about me, then check out the two sites ... www.msknight.com and www.realbondage.co.uk for a considerable amount of detail about my life and what makes me tick.

... plus I'm a minor published author and photographer... I've also been a truck driver, and a baker, I've walked through Munich's financial district topless, I've been run over by a car while I was driving it, I caused a shortage of doughnuts in Yorkshire (I blew up the ring donut machine in the bakery)

... I'm quite inventive and would use kitchen things to create games; they've got all the material in there to write with; they can create playing cards, dice, spinners, they could even have a game of Twister in there if they knew what to use. Imagine that; naked mud twister!

... plus I'm a humourist. I "spark" off other people and am always looking for the honest laugh, even some of the corny ones are good. Just ask my work colleagues; when I go to fix their computers, even if they haven't seen me for a few months, I'm always greeted with a smile and a warm welcome.

... add to that I'm actually a likable person, (which is probably what screwed my applicaiton up!) and I'm also used to working under CCTV (when you're in I.T. there does tend to be a lot of it around now; all our buildings are heaviliy monitored) and you have a personality which I believe could have given the public a lot to watch.

... also given the BDSM side of my life, I'm also in to bondage; I'm comfortable with my body and have few hang ups left. That's not to say that I'd run round naked at the drop of a scarf (ahem) but I have a little taste about what I bare and when! There was also the possibility of having a Japanese bondage demonstration in the house ... past the watershed, of course ... if I managed to stay in the house long enough and the other house mates had warmed to me and were curious about bondage to the extent that they wanted to try it ... given the usual manner of housemates, I judged that they would be up for trying it, as there is no nudity involved and it is a very slow and emotional process. Bondage (rope art) of live humans has already been displayed, in public, in London galleries, during the day!

But I couldn't compress that down to sixty seconds. Despite having been filmed by TV crews from France, French Canada and U.K. (If you ever watched the late night TV show Taboo at the start of 2004, I was on that. It nearly cost me my job at the time) I just couldn't perform. It wasn't the cameras; I'm used to those, it was the sixty seconds; I just couldn't compress it. Plus I was exhausted from just moving house.

So, angela, that's what got me past the first stage, plus I was able to support my own position and arguments, and also question, query and even interogate the others on their own lives. ... Well, I THINK that's what did it. I don't actually know their brief. I was also asked to high kick in the Cardiff audition (don't ask - I was wearing leather jeans and an ankle length leather jacket at the time - they probably wanted to see if my face would go red if I managed to split my trousers!)

You won't be seeing me in the house, but I wish any and all of you the best of luck if you decide to go for the auditions.

My advice is still as before. Have something interesting to say about yourself; show your third dimension. Humour alone won't get you past it; You need to have depth. You have to be alive, curious; a person worth watching.

I also used an old technique of interpersonal relations; I made sure I shook the interviewers hand! (thanks to early events in my life, I'm highly attuned to visual and audio and can read Non Verbal Communication like reading a book. I'm a difficult person to lie to. Plus I love interpersonal communication and would get a real buzz out of being in such a psychological game like Big Brother.)

Michelle.
Last edited by msknight : 04-03-2005 at 07:51
smalltree
05-03-2005
...msknight...

with having many valid reasons for why? yourself would have been a good choice...have you an evaluation on what? possible reasons as to why? you were not chosen..

btw: i admire your relaxed attitude towards light-meters
which in turn, produces a varying style..cool
msknight
05-03-2005
Hi smalltree,

I think the 60 seconds was the killer for the following...
1) I had too many reasons to give, and they are complex ones that can't be compressed down.
2) I'd been moving house over 200 miles distance and was knackered.
3) I take a few moments to settle to a situation, and the boothes were very much an in and out thing. They felt artificial. Big Bro have a lot of people to get through.
4) I'm a complex personality, unable to be readily pidgeon holed. From what I've seen, I think BB know what they are looking for, and in 60 seconds, they didn't see what they wanted in me. I didn't fit the pidgeon holes.

Because of 1 and 2, I fumbled the whole thing, as I was deciding what to present to them even as my sixty seconds was happening.

If it had been ten minutes in front of a camera, and possibly talking with someone, then I would have presented very differently, but BB don't have the time for that. I think that the stage 1 process should carry some weight forward in to stage 2.

Ultimately, I should have been well rested and have rehersed what I was going to say, but for the reasons above, I blew it.

I am thinking of all the people in the queues this weekend, and I wish everyone the best of luck.

The light meter thing I developed as I like photographing real life; reality; how it happens - possibly one more reason why I love what Big Brother does - capture life (although the more I see of the engineering behind the scenes, the less I like the show) - and few of my subjects would want to stand still while I get out a light meter!

Perhaps one of the biggest feedbacks I get from people is that I'm quick. People that know me don't mind posing for me as I seem to make the thing effortless for them. The biggest resistance I've found is that people have had their picture taken by someone who has turned the whole thing in to a drama, and that makes them reluctant to cooperate.

Michelle.
Last edited by msknight : 05-03-2005 at 05:49
smalltree
06-03-2005
Originally Posted by msknight:
“Hi smalltree,

I think the 60 seconds was the killer for the following...
1) I had too many reasons to give, and they are complex ones that can't be compressed down.
2) I'd been moving house over 200 miles distance and was knackered.
3) I take a few moments to settle to a situation, and the boothes were very much an in and out thing. They felt artificial. Big Bro have a lot of people to get through.
4) I'm a complex personality, unable to be readily pidgeon holed. From what I've seen, I think BB know what they are looking for, and in 60 seconds, they didn't see what they wanted in me. I didn't fit the pidgeon holes.

Because of 1 and 2, I fumbled the whole thing, as I was deciding what to present to them even as my sixty seconds was happening.

If it had been ten minutes in front of a camera, and possibly talking with someone, then I would have presented very differently, but BB don't have the time for that. I think that the stage 1 process should carry some weight forward in to stage 2.

Ultimately, I should have been well rested and have rehersed what I was going to say, but for the reasons above, I blew it.

I am thinking of all the people in the queues this weekend, and I wish everyone the best of luck.

The light meter thing I developed as I like photographing real life; reality; how it happens - possibly one more reason why I love what Big Brother does - capture life (although the more I see of the engineering behind the scenes, the less I like the show) - and few of my subjects would want to stand still while I get out a light meter!

Perhaps one of the biggest feedbacks I get from people is that I'm quick. People that know me don't mind posing for me as I seem to make the thing effortless for them. The biggest resistance I've found is that people have had their picture taken by someone who has turned the whole thing in to a drama, and that makes them reluctant to cooperate.

Michelle.”

continuing work/domestic-committments while moving house is bigtime manic labour..well done! for putting yourself forward to the BB-audition..

one would humanely presume that the 'producers' are looking for depths of character,..and no-one, in such a short time as 60secs(without rehearsal) can convey all shades of personality..

don't be disheartened and don't think YOU blew it....i reckon that the 'content' of personality-projection is irrelevant to 'them' at stage 1 and possibly stage 2..

'their' desires may revolve round miniscule points of criteria, of which each 'one' has a pigeon-hole to be filled with x?-number of applicants..

ie: in 'cattle market style', criteria-boxes may have a quota of 200 per box required to be filled with samples of brunettes..blondes..genders...ages...accents...heights...origins...weights..shoe-size(only joking)

and then, un-be-known to those who get thru and those who don't, the next phase of whittling down the contenders, continues..

(of course, i'm only theorising..what? do you reckon tho')

btw: looks like you've cracked the code of hospitality when photographing people posing...i know that when i'm in front of a camera, i like it quick...any longer and then 'it' becomes rigor-mortis
and ooh!..you surely must stick out like a diamond amongst the light-meter facists...gwaaan girl, keep it real
msknight
06-03-2005
Originally Posted by smalltree:
“btw: looks like you've cracked the code of hospitality when photographing people posing...i know that when i'm in front of a camera, i like it quick...any longer and then 'it' becomes rigor-mortis
and ooh!..you surely must stick out like a diamond amongst the light-meter facists...gwaaan girl, keep it real ”

**blush** awwww, smalltree, you've gone got me all shy now.

A fair number of my close friends thought I'd be ace on Big B. One of them actually watches this forum and chastised me for not being totally honest with the group.

I pray she'll forgive me for quoting her ...

"I think you're being very dishonest with the good people of DigiSpy
BB Forum, Ms Knight. You omitted to tell them the most obvious thing
about yourself: you're a complete tunalic!"

I know what you're saying, smalltree, about the process. However there is a drive within me which I found best explained by Dean in his book. It was a "physical need" to be part of the show. Yes, money would be handy but the chances of that are slim; afterwards the brief fame can open all sorts of doors (when I changed, all those years ago, my new name was taken after my favourite TV character, except for the obvious twist ... I was jealous as hell when Nadia went to dinner with Mr. H) I'm not devoid of brains and humor, and I'm not a total oagre on camera. There is enough in my life to cause endless public uproar without having to throw a plate or constantly profane. So why did I fail?

I don't do drugs, but when I came out of the Cardiff audtion I was very dissorientated and my heart was through the floor, a very good friend gave me a small joint; and it gave me some much needed sleep; Rejection in there is quick, and fast, and you never get to know why.

The pain of that is easing now, but it will forever be one of those great unanswered questions of my life; as I won't be trying next year. I'll have too much to lose.

My heart is very much with all those who are standing in those queues this weekend. I feel for them. I really do. Ask those that walked past the venues to describe the faces of the ninety percent-ish that came out without getting chosen; the feelings of those that had gone to serious lengths to dress up the outside; the faces told of the pain on the inside.

It is one reason why I would never make a career out of a photographer; that look of dejection; of disheartenment; I would never point a shutter at; it deserves to find its own peace... as despite all our speculation, it will never know why.

Michelle.
Last edited by msknight : 06-03-2005 at 08:38
risingstar
06-03-2005
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Last edited by rachelrising : 06-03-2005 at 09:22
msknight
06-03-2005
rachelrising; I think you missed the plot; I tried; I failed; I'm not trying again!
risingstar
06-03-2005
sorry about that, i read a part saying that you got through at least to a certain stage and i took that to mean that you made it through.


Originally Posted by msknight:
“rachelrising; I think you missed the plot; I tried; I failed; I'm not trying again!”

msknight
06-03-2005
Originally Posted by rachelrising:
“ sorry about that, i read a part saying that you got through at least to a certain stage and i took that to mean that you made it through.”

No prob; I have to admit that the part that says I didn't make it was quote long and boring reading, so anyone with a life could be forgiven for speed reading it

However, if anyone had actually made it, they would be risking it all by posting on here that they'd got through.

Michelle.
angela24
06-03-2005
Well i made stage 1 but not 2. I got all my words of what i wanted to say muddled up and i must have sounded like a gibbering idot. I could kick myself now. I should of just chilled out and said whatever so i blew it. Just as msknight said had if been talking to a presenter interviewing me or interacting in a group it would have been so different. To sit you on a chair with a camera and light on you and told to speak for a minute is almost terrifying. I froze. How stupid and i told myself i wouldnt! Apaarently if you get through to the next stage there is only one more after that. Is this true? I wonder how many get through to stage 1?
Scots rool
06-03-2005
Originally Posted by angela24:
“Well i made stage 1 but not 2. I got all my words of what i wanted to say muddled up and i must have sounded like a gibbering idot. I could kick myself now. I should of just chilled out and said whatever so i blew it. Just as msknight said had if been talking to a presenter interviewing me or interacting in a group it would have been so different. To sit you on a chair with a camera and light on you and told to speak for a minute is almost terrifying. I froze. How stupid and i told myself i wouldnt! Apaarently if you get through to the next stage there is only one more after that. Is this true? I wonder how many get through to stage 1?”

Awwwwww what a shame. Never mind, you can always try again.
I'm sure i'd freeze, if I was stuck in front of a camera instead of people.
At least you've tried.
msknight
06-03-2005
angela24,

How was the queue? Meet any fun people? Did you have a laugh while waiting? Making it past stage 1 is an experience in itself.

Michelle.
FinalBroadcast
06-03-2005
I decided not to go in the end - hangover + being cold just wasn't the right frame of mind to go in with I'll be content just watching and posting
angela24
06-03-2005
I got there at 8am and there was about 100 people in front so it didnt take long. There was lots of fun people but i also noticd a lot of bitching. A lot of rivary. In my group a couple of people said they would vote me off. One girl said it was because she thought i posed a threat to her. She didnt go through. Four people out of the 6 that were in the next stafe with me got through to the next round. One of the girls hardly spoke a word to the rest of us but she got through. I wish i could do the diary room bit again and just be myself. Im gutted. How many people do you reckon get to the diary room stage? I cant believe there is only one more round to go after the 2nd stage. What do you reckon they do in the 2nd stage. I heard they just have to fill out a long form and them come back the following week or do you think they have to play games as a group etc?
Also does anyone know if you can watch the BB5 auditions on the net. I did have it videod from the opening night but i cant find it anywhere.
kevmay80
06-03-2005
i was going to go but bottled it
Scots rool
07-03-2005
Originally Posted by FinalBroadcast:
“I decided not to go in the end - hangover + being cold just wasn't the right frame of mind to go in with I'll be content just watching and posting ”

*Tuts* disaprovingly
Just think of all the things we could have said about you, if you'd got in
On the otherhand........................
msknight
09-03-2005
Am I the only one who has attended the auditions that is now destined to be completely, totaly and utterly paranoid until BB starts? I had two phone calls on my mobile yesterday, in close succession, both "number withheld". I couldn't answer it 'cause I was on another telephone, and the caller didn't leave a message. Was it Endemol?!?!? **gargh!!** (very unlikely; but please hurry up and get the show on the road Big Brother, so I can stop acting like a nervous wreck!)

(mind you, the day that Big brother would want to call me, a Mr. Lucifer of Acacia Avenue would be complaining about an extremely bitter draught at the windows.)

(also, anyone who knows my answerphone message would either be totally shocked that someone could be so stuck in time, or call those nice men in white coats to come and take me away, ha ha, he he ...)
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