ABC3 writes back!

Contact made! Remember the previous post about me emailing some questions over to ABC3, well someone there has written back. This is a fantastic response and fingers crossed that I will get everyone’s questions answered. Below is the list of questions that I’ve sent over:

1. One of the most popular question flying around the message board concerns the selection criteria for ABC3. Can you elaborate a bit more about this?

2. As this is a television medium, how important was physical attractiveness in choosing a host or was it more of a balance with other things? Gender? Race? Age?

3. This is a question straight from the message board: Was ‘techness’ of video a factor? In other words, were applicants who provided a better quality video instead of a pixelated one have more of an advantage than others? In that same vein, did gimmicks such as the cereal box/life-size cardboard picture/etc, help elevate those applicants?

4. How many people were involved in the selection process and who are they?

5. Lastly, please tell us how was the experience of watching over 5000 videos?! How long did this process take? I think this was another question that fascinated a lot of us especially since we never really thought that that many people would apply. What did you do to keep the focus on all those videos/applications/pictures? Tons of coffee? Popcorn?

Watch here and I’ll keep you guys updated!