Abc's new game show "Duel" looking for contestants

[Mikefromcasting]

I am working on ABC's new gameshow "Duel". We are looking for contestants. If you want to know more about the show, send an email to castingduel@gmail.com. You can find out more about this competitive trivia game by going to abc.com and clicking on casting.

[Matt Ottinger]

For faster results, you could go here: http://www.duelcasting.com/

Be warned, the application form is...extensive.

[vtown7]

Hi Mike from casting - while I know you don't make the decisions, it would be really nice if your game could get rid of the "must be a US citizen" rule...

Just my two cents though!

Cheers,

Ryan
(a Canuck)

[tvmitch]

Wow. I have applied for more than a few game shows, and that application is the most ridiculous one I've ever seen, bar none. I would love to apply for the show but I can't commit for two weeks...and I think it would take about that long for me to fill out the app in the first place!

Are the coordinators really in need of that many questions to select good contestants? Maybe I'm in the wrong here...but the contestant adjective "Endemolriffic" pops into mind.

[clemon79]

Jesus, and I thought the DoND application was ridiculous. This makes it look like a flat-tax postcard.

/they ask for nicknames. Should I tell them the "Giganto" story?

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'167667\' date=\'Oct 23 2007, 12:38 PM\']
Hi Mike from casting - while I know you don't make the decisions, it would be really nice if your game could get rid of the "must be a US citizen" rule...

Just my two cents though!

Cheers,

Ryan
(a Canuck)
[/quote]

And what's the big problem with felonies anyway?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'167678\' date=\'Oct 23 2007, 11:16 AM\']
And what's the big problem with felonies anyway?
[/quote]
"Have you ever been convicted of a felony?"

"Never convicted, no."

[tvmitch]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'167678\' date=\'Oct 23 2007, 02:16 PM\']
And what's the big problem with felonies anyway?
[/quote]
You'd think the felonies would be a plus for them! With every felony comes a great story.

[MikeK]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'167674\' date=\'Oct 23 2007, 02:00 PM\']Jesus, and I thought the DoND application was ridiculous. This makes it look like a flat-tax postcard.[/quote]
Surely someone who attended GSC5 in '06 mentioned how ridiculous the 1 vs. 100 application was.  It was 9 pages in length and required a potential contestant to draw a picture of themself.

[BrandonFG]

Maybe it's just my intense dislike for extensive questionaires, but I don't see any reason why anyone needs to know that much about ANYBODY. I'm not a private person, but seriously, unless you're writing my biography or if I'm running for office, half of that information is plain and simple irrelevant just to be on a game show. I know they want personality, but that exam makes me think they're not looking for game-playing or strategy skills, or at least not placing a heavy emphasis on it.

And honestly, can you really judge someone based on a 51-question interrogation, without even talking to them?

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'167683\' date=\'Oct 23 2007, 02:47 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'167674\' date=\'Oct 23 2007, 02:00 PM\']Jesus, and I thought the DoND application was ridiculous. This makes it look like a flat-tax postcard.[/quote]
Surely someone who attended GSC5 in '06 mentioned how ridiculous the 1 vs. 100 application was.  It was 9 pages in length and required a potential contestant to draw a picture of themself.
[/quote]


[Doing my best Old Man Perriwinkle impression] I remember when I was a young'un all you had to do to be a contestant on a game show (like Three On A Match) was to send in your name, address and phone number on a post card.

[mcsittel]

My favorite is "Tell us something about yourself you don't want us to know."

[GameShowFan]

"Have you ever been convicted of a felony?"

"Never convicted, no."

They're not convictions... just very firm beliefs!

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'GameShowFan\' post=\'167714\' date=\'Oct 23 2007, 04:10 PM\']
They're not convictions... just very firm beliefs!
[/quote]
Well played, sir!

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'mcsittel\' post=\'167709\' date=\'Oct 23 2007, 02:48 PM\']My favorite is "Tell us something about yourself you don't want us to know."[/quote]And I'm not going to tell you, because, (say it with me, class!) I don't want you to know.

Relating to that insane questionnaire/autobiography, has anyone here ever entertained thoughts of making up a fictional backstory to use in the application process? After all, "I go to work every day, come home, and occasionally avail myself of rather boring hobbies on the weekends" isn't going to get anyone very far through the rat race. Which isn't to say that I couldn't come up with five interesting things about myself to put on the card, but compared to many of the contestants you see these days, I sound downright dull.

I would be shocked, shocked I tell you! to find out that this wasn't an Endemol production.