I wonder what was the selection criteria for ABC3?

Hmm, this question has been on my mind and the minds of my fellow applicants for the past two weeks… Basically the entire process reads like a regular job application and so I can’t help but wonder what went through the mind of the selectors as they culled our numbers down to their chosen few.

I personally would be very interested in finding out: is it all about the physical aspect, did selectors look beyond the photos (because after all they did have over 5000 to get through in a short amount of time), did people who sent in quirky art get a heads up over others who only did as the application said (this is a bit unfair if you ask me), did they consider age or race, what were the keywords they were looking for when reading the answers, what were they looking for?

I’m sure these are the same questions that have been going round and round in everyone’s brains and it sure would be cool if someone from the ABC could answer it. Let me see if I can something about it (utilise some of that journalist skills I supposedly learnt) and I’ll get back to you.

Update: I’ve emailed the moderator for the ABC3 website and Kim Dalton, ABC’s Director of Television. Hopefully they will answer some of my questions. Fingers crossed!