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I really wanted to be Casey Jones ... driver of the engine

Then I really wanted to marry Virgil Tracy

If you believe hard enough your dreams will come true.
Make love as if no-one was watching.
Dance like you've never danced before.
Sing like you've been hurt.

G'Luck, do you have an Agent, an USP, able to sit on the fence through out the series & able to follow a script ?

Oh a little warning, if you're on Twitter delete ALL of your tweets

same. but i would never audition as i don't have an agent or want to be a zelebrity.

Why not- you can't be any worse than the last lot 😀

If your not a eejit, you can't apply

I would love to do the show but I think it'd 'ruin' Big Brother for me, seeing it from the inside. Hmmm.

Hurry up as I don't think it has long to go.

We all dream a lot
Some are lucky, some are not
But of you dream it, want it, then it's real
You are what you feel

I'm applying for next year.

I applied last year and got called to audition but was then dropped, probably because I don't have an agent or know anyone from TOWIE

I have a new tactic for next year and I'm confident I'll be selected as a HM

Oh, I'm applying too!

What's your tictacs for the next round then? :P

I wouldn't go on BB if I was guaranteed to win....I can't think of many people who came out of it looking good in one way or another

Good luck

I'm going to present myself as a regular everyday intelligent guy who is nonetheless smart and not afraid to speak my mind. I don't suffer fools gladly.

most of all, I intend to shake up BB - I'm sick of what the show has become and if I get on it I'll make sure I expose all of the manipulation. the producers won't be able to silence me

I'm also thinking about hiring an agent which will hopefully help

Avoid this forum

I think you'd have a better chance of smacking Kim Jong-un round the chops in the middle of Pyongyang. But good luck regardless.

So we will speak to you on the forum as normal then.

nobody knows my real name here so it doesn't matter. I can say what I want and the producers won't know I'm the person they have selected to be a HM next year

I applied for Luke A's series and I came very close to getting on. I don't know quite how close, but they were paying my travel expenses to come to auditions so I think it was really far. Unfortunately I lost my confidence during the later stages of auditions, so I didn't quite make the final cut.

If you want to go on it, good luck to you. Contrary to popular belief, you don't need an agent, though it quite possibly helps. They do still choose 'normal' people - Harriet works in a cafe, for example, Sarah is a law student and Joel is a Conservative councillor. If you have a personality that they find interesting, they will have time for you.

However, there are some very serious things that you need to consider before you go for it. Be aware that you would be putting yourself on television and people may not like you - you would get a lot of comments which may not be very nice from people you don't know, that can take some getting used to. You have no control over the editing. Remember that friendships may not be what they seem - what people say on television may not be what they still feel after the show. In recent years Big Brother has been known to manipulate people to achieve a desired outcome - if you're heterosexual and you get on very well with someone of the opposite sex, for example, they may try to matchmake you and create a showmance, even if you're not interested in them in that way - this happened with Danny and Sarah, and also with Jade and Nick. Think hard about the effect that it could have on your job - if you want, or already have, any sort of professional career, doing a show like Big Brother could really jeopardise your name. Don't try to use it to get a job in the media or performance industries - in the early years, people such as Brian Dowling and Jade Goody became very successful off the back of Big Brother, but these days that doesn't happen (the last person to do well in that sense was Josie Gibson, but that was five years ago and even she was the first one for about three or four years). Big Brother is no longer popular enough for the Housemates to become famous, you will most likely fade into obscurity afterwards. Even those people who manage to keep their name in the media afterwards tend to become quite annoying, such as the legends this year - people will respect you more if you go back to your life with dignity. And don't expect to become rich from it - the winner gets prize money, and the others are not bombarded with media offers. I don't know if you're male or female, but we were told that girls can occasionally get a bit of money from magazines if they are willing to take their clothes off, and guys can't generally get anything.

Having said all of that, if you have thought about it, and you're sure you want to do it, the very best of luck to you. It could easily be a really fun experience where you learn a lot about yourself and meet some lovely friends. Just bear what I have said in mind, as you don't want to regret something as big as this. I am very proud to have got to the stage of auditions that I did, and I sometimes feel sad that I didn't get into the House, but for various personal reasons I have decided not to try again. At the time it was something I really wanted, and now I am older it is no longer right for me. Much as there is a big part of me that would still like to, there are other things in my life more important than Big Brother, and the negatives now outweigh the positives for me.

thanks for the encouragement George.

I think I'm strong enough to take whatever BB throws at me. I'll be going in there to win the money, not to try and make a career as a zeleb. I will openly admit to everyone in the house that my goal is to win, which will be a refreshing change from the 'I'm only there for the experience' liars

btw what kind of things helped you to get far in the audition process do you think? And did you decide to pull out because you had second thoughts?

in hindsight it's probably best you didn't make the cut that year because that series was possibly the worst ever

Yeah, that's fair enough.

I think the reason that I got far in the audition process was because I was 18 years old, very opinionated, very politically active, and never having been in a romantic relationship. I think they liked me for the same reasons they liked Joel basically, although his politics are completely different to mine and we would fundamentally disagree on things if we met. I didn't pull out, I would have gone in if they'd let me, but I just lost my confidence. It became clear that I was reaching the end stages of auditions and was nearly in the House; I hadn't expected to get as far as that it struck me what a huge deal it was, and nerves got the better of me. I found it a lot harder to talk about myself confidently and eloquently, and given that my confident and calm demeanour was probably what they liked about me, I think that was why I wasn't chosen. The reasons I'm not going to do it again are varied. The most obvious one is that I'm an actor, and I worry about the effect it would have on my career. When I was 18, I thought that if I went in, I could keep my head down when I got out and focus more on my acting career when people had forgotten about me. I am now 21 and trying to get more work, and I worry that going on Big Brother would set me back. Also, I was quite attached to the person I thought of myself as; I really liked the idea of being really young, going in and being the most mature Housemate, and now I'm older I don't quite have that anymore. I wanted to do it as the person I was then, not the person I am now.

I disagree with you about that series, I was absolutely hooked on it, although I realise that I'm completely biased because I was nearly on it. I met Scott and Deana at auditions, so it was good to have two people to support, especially as they both got to the final week. I really liked that series generally though, even outside of my involvement in it; they didn't have many twists, it was more Housemate-driven, which is what I like.

Wow! A really thought provoking and insightful post in to the whole process you went through. I totally understand the nerves as you got closer and closer to the end goal. It must have been incredibly daunting and when the doubt kicks in it's probably better to cut your losses and move on with an alternative plan.

Thanks

Sometimes I think I talk about my Big Brother experience too much, but then people do find it interesting. I think it's because at the time I had to keep it a very closely-guarded secret.

It's the first time I've read your account (if you mean posting here and not with your real life nearest and dearest) and I found it very honest and enlightening. Spill away now you can