It’s wildly known that casting for mainstream reality shows is a long and tedious process, however, according to a source who applied for The Bachelors this year, it’s apparently “fucking insane” too.
A source told So Dramatic! that when she applied for The Bachelors she had to make up a dance with a laminated photo of a male celebrity stuck on a rule.
The insider said when she “got through to meet the producers, the contract they make you sign is f*cking insane”.
They added, “The casting ladies said they’re completely revamping it this year because the last few years have been a drag.”
Speaking of the auditions, the source said she believes producers were actively trying to find the most dramatic contestants.
“There were some big personalities in there,” they said. “I can see [they] will be bringing up lots of drama if they’re on the show.”
“I, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) didn’t make it any further,” she added. “It was a really weird audition. They put us in groups and got us to create a mini dance routine.”
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The casting team reportedly had “laminated photos of male celebrities stuck on rulers” and they made the women choose between celeb options of Zayn Malik, Idris Elba, Machine Gun Kelly, Pharrell, Ryan Reynolds and Channing Tatum.
“They then gave us a song that we had to make our routines to and [told us we] had to incorporate our ‘man’ in the routine,” the insider added.
“One group did the WAP dance. Was wild!” they said.
The Bachelors is currently airing on Channel 10 from Sunday Monday at 7:30pm. However, despite its revamp, the reality show is still struggling to attract viewers. It launched on Monday, January 9th to just 309,000 metro viewers, which is 18,000 fewer than the low-rating new-look The Project which was on before the reality show.
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