Let The Races Begin!

The casting just opened up today. I almost fell out of my chair when the email came in notifying me that it has begun!

I logged in to see what is required and much to my horror, I discovered the following rules:

1. The submission must be a maximum of 5 minutes in length. (Okay, this is not what horrified me.)
2. The first minute of the submission is an introduction stating name, city, and why you want to be on Glee. (Not too bad, but kinda dumb.)
3. The remaining four minutes is the song which must be from their set list. (This is what horrified me!)

They have 10 songs on the set list:

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
Dreamgirls

Gold Digger (Radio Version)
Kayne West

Rehab
Amy Winehouse

You Can't Always Get What You Want
The Rolling Stones

Can't Fight This Feeling
REO Speedwagon

Don't Rain On My Parade
Barbra Streisand

Hate On Me
Jill Scott

Keep Holding On
Avril Lavigne

Lean On Me
Bill Wither

True Colors
Phil Collins

The biggest question I have is, why on earth do they want to hear songs that have already been recorded and for lack of a better word, immortalized, by the current cast?! I'm sure the producers are going to get really bored, really fast, listening to the same 10 songs over and over again. I'm shocked actually they didn't leave the song choice up to the performer and just put the 4 minute time limit on it.

I'm sure it had something to do with getting clearances for the songs for when they will air the submissions as promos and put them into their behind-the-scenes documentary. But they have enough clout now (Hello? They are Golden Globe winners!) to be able to get the clearances they would need. And seriously, anyone who denies them would be a fool given the worldwide popularity of Glee.

I LOVE the song I chose for them. I carefully considered many songs and settled on the one I chose after a lot of debate, strategizing and straight up hair-pulling.

I haven't decided what I'm going to do yet. The deadline is April 26th, but I don't want to wait too long that they decide to close off submissions once they realize everyone and their cat will be submitting a video, or once they get sick of the 102,438th version of "Lean On Me".

Oh I would bet my life on the fact it will be the #1 song choice. It's already a cliche audition song, and an even more cliche audition song for American Idol. And now for Glee?! This is going to put it over the top for the most hated audition song on the planet.

In the meantime, I'm going to finish filming my scene. I'm schedule to shoot this Thursday. April Fool's Day. Ha! You know I ain't foolin' when it comes to making this dream a reality.