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This Biggest Loser 10 episode 1 info was just posted on Holland “Master Caster” Striplin’s Face Book Page: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=168398720984&topic=11925 The info is re-posted below with permission.

Here is the information from Holland “Master Caster” Striplin:

Over a third of Americans are not just overweight, they are obese. The question is, are you ready to change your life? If so, then here is the first courageous step you need to take. Season 10 of NBC’s hit television show “The Biggest Loser” will be visiting cities all across America and we want to see you, your friends and family all there to make this healthy change. One of our world famous trainers, either Bob Harper or Jillian Michaels, will be in each city to reveal some of the contestants who will be on season 10 of “The Biggest Loser.”

That’s not all: the selected cities will be given a fitness challenge led by either Bob or Jillian and we want as many people there as possible! It is not just about our contestants anymore, it is also about you and the millions of Americans who deserve to change their lives. Although this is not a casting call, our casting team will be there and want to hear your stories. Who knows, you just may be on a future season of the show.

Are you up for it? If so, then we’ll see you at one of the cities listed below. Make sure to wear proper work-out attire with no visible logos. You must be at least 18-years-old in order to participate in the fitness challenge. The first 300 people to show up at each city will get a Biggest Loser t-shirt! There will be a maximum occupancy so make sure to arrive on time!

*If you chose to attend this event, you need to plan on being there for at least 8 hours (eat before you come; bring healthy snacks and water).
*Leave your bags in your car or have someone watch them while you are participating. We are not responsible for your personal items.

For updates, locations, check-in times and more information, please visit the NBC website before the event: http://www.nbc.com/casting/#bl10

May 16, 2010
Detroit, MI
Location TBD

May 17, 2010
Oklahoma City, OK
City Hall (Front Lawn)
200 North Walker Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK, 73102

May 18, 2010
Atlanta, GA
Location TBD

May 20, 2010
Portland Oregon
Location TBD

May 21, 2010
Boston, MA
Location TBD

May 22, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
Location TBD

May 23, 2010
Los Angeles, CA
Location TBD

The above information was re-posted with permission.

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Weigh In

WOOOOO HOOOOO!!! I only gained 1 pound from this past weekend’s road trip. It could have been worse!!! I didn’t go as crazy on this trip as the last one.  Here’s what I ate out at the road trip: Thurs Supper – Salmon Roll Up (It was really good) with chips and salsa plus a few brews. Friday Lunch – Salmon on salad at Broadway Brewhouse + few brews. Friday Supper – few brews. Sat. Breakfast – Sausage, Egg, and cheese biscuit, hashbrown, and coffee from McDonalds. Sat. Lunch – Big Daddy Burrito from Broadway Brewhouse with salad + diet coke + 1 beer. Sat. Supper – Rice, Beans, and 2 chicken enchiladas plus chips and salsa, and two of the best margaritas in town (the restaurant claims they are) + few beers and shot of tequilla at concert. Finally, Sunday Lunch – Triple prime cheeseburger, fries, and diet coke from Ruby Tuesday. (I ordered a hamburger and they brought me a cheeseburger, go figure?)

Enjoying a brew at the Broadway Brewhouse

German Beer sampler from the Flying Saucer in Nashville

I drank a little more than anticipated, but hey, it was a road trip. I still can’t believe I only gained one pound. Trust me, this past Monday and Tuesday I have been eating very little and flushing my system out with water.

Country Music Marathon Pt. 2

One interesting thing happened at the marathon. I witnessed a shirtless man run out onto the course with his hands held high screaming about something. I thought it was pretty funny. After just a brief moment the police tackled him and took him away in an ambulance. Strange thing was this guy looked like an elite runner, he was pretty buff and had on running shorts and running shoes.

It rained a good bit after the race and we had a little lightening and thunder. It’s no fun being out in the rain without an umbrella!! Also, I’ve read a lot of complaints about how the race was handled from the Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon people, and me personally, I thought they handled it pretty well, but of course I didn’t train my butt off for a full marathon and have the race cut short. The headliner concert was also canceled that night. It didn’t look like it that night on Broadway St., there were lots of people out. Way more than the SEC basketball tournament from last trip.

There were a lot of nervous people out there at the finish line. I loaned my phone to three different people that didn’t have their phones, and they couldn’t find their party. One lady was shaking so much, she couldn’t type on the phone, I had to type the message for her. To me, the coolest part was when I loaned the phone to a gentleman from up North, he told me about how nice everyone in the South is, and that made me feel good. He said everybody from his hometown is mean!!!

Let’s see, ah, the after party. I hung out with Danny and a few of the runners at Broadway Brewhouse after the race. I was pretty tired, and thought my legs were going to fall off, but it was a good time. One of the ladies had a very funny Gu story (In case you’re not familiar with GU, it is an energy gel used by athletes). She was running her half marathon and before the first mile, her friend in front of her heard a loud pop, when she turned around her friend was covered in Gu. Someone had stepped on an unopened pack, and it covered her (I believe) pretty much from head to toe in Gu.

The Biggest Loser

As you know, I tried out for the The Biggest Loser for the first time a couple of months ago in Nashville, TN. I didn’t make it on the show, but I got to meet a lot of cool people that auditioned.

It was funny that on my second trip to Nashville, Biggest Loser played a big role in the people that I hung out with. First, there was Ted. I had supper with him on Thurday night at the Flying Saucer. Ted is an art teacher at one of the Nashville elementary schools, and he has a lovely wife and little girl. Today is actually Ted’s birthday, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY TED!!!!

Then on Saturday at the race I got to meet Jackie Evans from Biggest Loser season 5. I got pictures of Dan and Jackie running their very first half marathon. I spoke with Jackie briefly, and then later that afternoon we briefly chatted on Face Book.

Dan Evans from Season 5 of The Biggest Loser running his first Half Marathon

Jackie Evans from Season 5 of The Biggest Loser running her first Half Marathon

After the race I was hiding out under a tree debating whether or not I was going to hike to my car, which I didn’t exactly remember where I parked, or I was going to walk across a very steep pedestrian bridge to Broadway St. (Remember, it was raining!) Then I spotted Emily and a few of her friends. Emily also auditioned for the Biggest Loser and I believe this year’s audition was her second time through. She made it pretty far in the process, but got the dreaded bad news about not being on the show the night before the marathon. They told her that she was too normal. WTF???

Anyways, I decided to walk the dreaded bridge with them, and we were closer to her car than the Broadway Brewhouse where I was meeting Danny. She gave me a ride over to the Brewhouse. If was funny that I was so tired that I didn’t want to walk the block to the Brewhouse, but hey, I had been standing for four to five hours and I had walked four to five miles!!!!! Plus I just walked the pedestrian bridge from hell!!! (to me it was anyway)

Later that afternoon, Emily and I grabbed a bite to eat at a local Mexican restaurant, and we wanted to go to the Dan Evans concert (yep, the biggest loser guy is also a country music singer) but we had like 2 hours to spare before the concert, so we hung out at a cool little bar (which there are a lot of cool little bars in Nashville). Then we headed over to the concert.

The concert was on the rooftop/patio at a bar/bbq restaurant on Broadway. It was really, really crowded and we were able to eventually sit at the bar. A while after the concert started, I looked to my left at the bar and it was Jackie Evans. I almost didn’t recognize her without her BL swag on. I introduced her to Emily and took their picture:

left to right, Emily and Jackie Evans

Emily is about to start up her own blog. Also, her and a friend are going to try to make it to the Mercedes Marathon Relay in Feb 2011, where they’ll run a portion of it. That relay is my big, big goal. My goal is to actually RUN a portion of it, and this time I am actually training for my goal!!!

Oh I almost forgot to mention what my dumb a&* did. When we went to the bar after the Mexican Restaurant, I dropped my cell phone in a stream of water as I got out of the car. My phone sunk to the bottom and water was flowing over, under, and through my phone. This was the most expensive moment of the trip for me. I didn’t leave for home the next day until I had acquired another phone. BLAH!!!!!

To wrap things up, I learned a lot about taking pictures with a lot of gear. It’s tough!!! I found out that although I was in better shape now that when I weighed 632 lbs, I was still out of shape for photographing a marathon. Also, I found out that the people I meet because of the Biggest Loser Auditions are the greatest benefit of going to them. There’s more than just getting on the show!! Also, to the other Biggest Loser hopefuls out there, please don’t view BL as the only way you’ll get the weight off. Every one of us holds the key to our own potential!!!!

Photos

Here are some of the photos from the 2010 Country Music Marathon:

I will be auditioning for The Biggest Loser in Nashville, TN on Saturday, March 13. Honestly, I wasn’t going to audition, but then Holland Striplin with 3 Ball Productions sent me a V.I.P. pass for the audition. The only benefit of having the pass is not waiting in line. Usually at these casting calls there are a lot of people that form a really long line to get in for an interview. I will be able to bypass the line.

Past Experience with Auditions

Back in December I auditioned for a new unnamed ABC weight loss show. The page is still up for the show: http://www.3ballproductions.com/weightlossproject.html I had to create an audition video for the show. Here’s my edited version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC0j8fpbdYw I edited out some personal information, footage with my shirt off, and added the two interviews at the end. I posted this video on my blog back in January and forgot to mention that the little girl that I pick up and talk with is blind. That’s why she feels my face and comments on “no whiskers”. Her name is Emma, and she is the most precious child in the world. Back to the audition video, I didn’t make it past the first round of the auditions for the ABC show, but I learned so much from that experience.

I didn’t have any time to really prepare for that video. My buddy Hal told me that he saw mention of this ABC weight loss show on his friend’s Facebook page, and he wanted me to try out for it. So he helped me create the video for the audition and I forwarded the video over to Ms. Striplin. After sending the video I was both excited and impatient. I wanted to know if I was going to be on the show. After a couple of weeks, Holland called me and said that I wasn’t chosen to advance to the next round. Honestly, I was heartbroken for a little while. I remember being disappointed over the phone with Holland when she broke the news to me. I get silent when I’m upset, and I remember her telling me the news, and I just remained quiet. Of course I thanked her for calling, but besides that, I wanted to get off that phone. I cried for a brief moment (after the phone call), but after about 10 minutes I got over it. I was thankful for the opportunity, and I didn’t regret trying out

Winning the Lottery

The ABC show had approximately 2500 people audition (my best guess, I don’t know the actual numbers).  However, The Biggest Loser has approximately 250,000 people audition. Because of the large numbers, I have to think of getting on the show as trying to win the lottery. There are basic common-sense things that can be done to have a good audition, but overall the choice ends up being what the producers are looking for. It’s kind of like HR going through a gigantic pile of applications and filtering out what they are looking for.

A Good Audition

I’m researching online how to have a great audition. So far I’ve watched the faq videos provided by the casting directors, and they suggest that applicants be themselves, dress for success, and don’t be nervous. They are really looking for personality.

The Process

From what I’ve seen online, it appears that the first audition interview is a brief, less than five minute Q and A. The goal of the first interview at the casting call is to be called back for a second interview known as a “call back”. (All this stuff is new to me.) In the callback, they sit you in front of a camera and conduct an interview. I believe this interview will be a little longer than the first. My guess is the footage is for the producers to look at. I don’t know what the process is after the second interview, but I hope to find out.

Getting Ready for the Interview

I’m trying to find the questions that’ll be asked at the interview so I can prepare for them. I know one of the primary questions is, “Why do you want to be on The Biggest Loser?” I am going to search for blogs of past contestants and find out what the whole casting process was like, and also see if they blog about some of the questions that will be asked. There have been some folks from Alabama on the show, and I’m going to try to get in touch with them to find out what their whole casting experience was like. I may end up creating another video because we can go to a casting call and also submit a video.

Emotional Preparation

I learned that the casting process is a major emotional drain and is very stressful. The casting people mentioned that in one of the videos. So, this time around I have some time to emotionally prepare.

First, I have Danny training me, which is going very well, by the way. My plan is to follow Danny’s lead on my training, and no matter what happens, continue my training. If I don’t make it on Biggest Loser, I’ll keep plugging away with Danny. If I do make it, I’ll keep training with Danny up until the filming in May, go do the show, and when I get back, I’ll keep plugging away with Danny. No matter what happens, I’ll still be training with Danny and, of course, blogging.

Links

Here are links to all the information on casting for The Biggest Loser:

http://www.thebiggestlosercasting.com/

http://www.youtube.com/blcastingteam <<< If you watch the videos, they tell you about all of their (the casting people) facebook pages and twitter accounts.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/Holland-Master-Caster-Striplin/168398720984?ref=ts <<< If this link doesn’t work, search for “Holland Master Caster Striplin” on Facebook.

Meet Up

If you are going to the Nashville casting on March 13th, please let me know. I would like to meet you!!!!! Send me a message through the contact section of my blog.

More To Come

I will be blogging all about what info I find about auditions. Also, I’ll have pictures and videos from the audition. – Finally, I will be tweeting from the auditions, so be sure to follow me on twitter.

Good Luck

If you are auditioning, I wish you the best of luck. Be yourself and do your best!!!!