Another common question I get is “What do I put in my audition tape for The Amazing Race?”

If you’re looking for inspiration or a guide to what producers are looking for you can check out the Season 3 website at CBS which features the audition tapes of all the teams.

Mirna Hindoyan from Season 5 in an interview with the Maryland Bar Bulletin said “First, we presented ourselves very seriously. We were sitting in an office. I had my legal books opened. I was on page 500, reading away, and Charla’s banging on my book with my gavel and she says to me, ‘Mirna, you’ve got to concentrate here – I’m talking to you. We have to apply for The Amazing Race. Let’s go do it!’ So we showed a serious side. We explained that we speak four languages, [that] we’d already been to 30 countries around the world. We explained why we were good for the show, and why we felt we could win. Then we fast-forward to Charla driving a Mercedes convertible, because we wanted to show that even though she’s short she’s able to do anything that any average-sized person can do. She pulls up and we introduce ourselves…and she says, ‘Even though I’m little, you’d better not mess with me or I’ll call my lawyer!’ And I show up with my cell phone and briefcase, ready to defend her. Then we thought, this isn’t enough – we’ve got to do something to really capture their attention. So Charla hoists me on her shoulders, just to prove how strong she is, and we start laughing, [then] we yell, ‘We’ll see you on The Amazing Race!’”

Leslie Kellner who raced in Season 1 talks about her audition tape:

“Our audition tape was very simple. We sat in front of a video camera and shared some of our more outrageous stories. The stories include tales most people could never image experiencing: running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain; skydiving over the Swiss Alps; surviving a carjacking in Barcelona, Spain; skiing in the Alps; and being forced to write their last will and testament on a night train to Budapest.”

Another video you can check out is that of Jonathan and Victoria from Season 6

Sources:
MSBA.org
Alpha Xi Delta.org

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