MTV's Process for Creating Reality Shows
Alissa Scott
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: Entertainment
Have you ever sent a racy picture of yourself via cell phone and are now worried that your privacy is at risk? Do you have more than one significant other because you're having trouble choosing between the two? Are you 16 and pregnant? If you can answer yes to any of these, you may qualify for a role in one of MTV's newest reality shows.
Frankly, as long as you "appear to be between the ages of 18 and 24" you qualify for a role in one of MTV's newest reality shows, according to the MTV audition requirements.
The majority of auditions begin with an optimistic plea that MTV is holding casting calls in your area. Unfortunately for the potential stars in lightly populated towns, MTV tends to hold auditions in larger cities.
However, there's still hope for those who don't live in big cities. MTV requires an official electronic entry for those who can't make casting calls. So, if you and your girlfriends are the coolest friends in NYC or if you have an embarrassing Valentine's Day story that you'd like to share with the world, shoot a video or write a couple paragraphs detailing why you believe you deserve your own 30 minutes of fame and send it to MTV. You'll be on your way to appear on the same channel that is home to fist pumps and the nation's best dance crews.
Freshman Emily Menapace has always wanted to be on an MTV reality show.
"I know that you have to make a home video and my guess is they just take the most opposite, different, exciting or weird people," Menapace said. "I guess my life is pretty normal, but they do pick people like that still."
Back in 1992 when MTV aired its first episode of The Real World, the show was actually thought to be a documentary with an experimental motive. It featured seven unique personalities and though critics claimed it was a staged performance, they discussed real topics such as racism and homosexuality.
Most people accuse these shows of being staged or at least slightly scripted. However, that doesn't stop millions of viewers from tuning in. Freshman Jesse Skinner is one of those people.
Frankly, as long as you "appear to be between the ages of 18 and 24" you qualify for a role in one of MTV's newest reality shows, according to the MTV audition requirements.
The majority of auditions begin with an optimistic plea that MTV is holding casting calls in your area. Unfortunately for the potential stars in lightly populated towns, MTV tends to hold auditions in larger cities.
However, there's still hope for those who don't live in big cities. MTV requires an official electronic entry for those who can't make casting calls. So, if you and your girlfriends are the coolest friends in NYC or if you have an embarrassing Valentine's Day story that you'd like to share with the world, shoot a video or write a couple paragraphs detailing why you believe you deserve your own 30 minutes of fame and send it to MTV. You'll be on your way to appear on the same channel that is home to fist pumps and the nation's best dance crews.
Freshman Emily Menapace has always wanted to be on an MTV reality show.
"I know that you have to make a home video and my guess is they just take the most opposite, different, exciting or weird people," Menapace said. "I guess my life is pretty normal, but they do pick people like that still."
Back in 1992 when MTV aired its first episode of The Real World, the show was actually thought to be a documentary with an experimental motive. It featured seven unique personalities and though critics claimed it was a staged performance, they discussed real topics such as racism and homosexuality.
Most people accuse these shows of being staged or at least slightly scripted. However, that doesn't stop millions of viewers from tuning in. Freshman Jesse Skinner is one of those people.
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