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I went to a couple of tapings a couple of weeks ago and wanted to share how the contestant process is working for Season 55.

You still park at the Haven Church and then walk to a fence where the signs point the way. Once you get to the fence, you wait for them to check your tickets and give you a contestant number. Even if your ticket says priority, get there early. I saw multiple people turned away. It might have been a summer thing, but if you’re flying in from out of town, you don’t want to chance it.
Once you get your number, they let you in. There’s a wanding process through security, you can grab a water, and then you do the short walk to the first of two holding rooms.

In the first holding room you line up, get your name tag, show your ID, and then get seated in numerical order. They call groups of about 12 people over to computers to fill out the contestant paperwork for the show.
After that, they line you up again in order and bring you to the second holding room. There’s a whiteboard with the air date of the episode you’re attending, and you sit in numerical order again.

In that room you meet with Hannah (in groups of about 12 again) inside a space with fake walls. This is where you show your enthusiasm. If you want to get selected, go over the top. The people who got picked were genuinely excited and over-the-top about being there. If you’re just going to be average, don’t expect to get called. That energy really matters.

After meeting with Hannah, you take a picture with the fake wheel (it’s a green screen setup), then sit back down in numerical order. They play an episode of The Price is Right and Hannah gives a pep talk on how to come on down and be excited.

Once that’s done, they bring you to the studio. Before you enter, you hand in your phone if you have one. Someone seats you by the number you’re still wearing, so by that point they already know who’s going to get called and they spread those people throughout the audience. The studio only holds about 128 people now so your chances of getting called are significantly better.

Once you’re seated they play music, George comes out to pump up the crowd, and then taping starts.
Good luck to everyone, and I hope you all get picked if that’s what you’re going for.

I see way too often people asking for their game show episode. Either they recorded it a long time ago and misplaced the tape or they never recorded it. I also have friends that have been on game shows recently and they’re like I don’t need to record it because it’s on the streaming service.

1. Shows will not be available on streaming services forever. Do not rely on the fact that it’s currently streaming on a particular service and you don’t need to record it. Eventually, it will not be airing anywhere. That is just a fact of life with this medium.

2. You do not need a DVR to record a show. You just need a tricked out chrome browser, and screen recording from QuickTime.

3. Invest in an account with Google Drive or the like save your show there and in multiple other places.

4. Whatever you do don’t point your phone at your TV and record that way. It looks and sounds horrible.

If you are technically challenged, find someone who isn’t. Don’t get to the point where you’re asking strangers for your show in the future. You don’t have to rely on other people. That’s the end of my TED talk.