How do I sign up for The Amazing Race?
There are only two ways you can apply to become a contestant on the Emmy award-winning CBS reality TV show: • Apply online. Applications are available at CBS.com. However, it’s important to note that applications are not always available. While the website remains accessible year-round, there are times when the application page will include a note from producers saying that they are not currently looking for new applicants and asking that you to check back later. • Open Casting. Each year open casting calls for Amazing Race contestants are held in various cities throughout the United States. Fortunately for people living in smaller cities, these open casting calls do not take place exclusively in major metropolitan areas. In years past, these events have been held in smaller cities such Green Bay, Wisconsin and Altoona, Iowa. You can get information about upcoming open casting calls by contacting your local CBS affiliate.
(source: hasbrouck.org) Applications have supposedly closed for The Amazing Race 7 , to be filmed starting in late 2004. Keep your eyes peeled for race flags, and watch for pairs of people running through airports along with camera crews (if you get pictures of the racers or the race, please send them to me; I can publish them with or without identifying you, as you choose), if you are travelling during October-December 2004. If you missed the official application deadline for the next season, but want to participate (and if you are a citizen of the USA — the producers still haven’t changed their rule that, “No Canadians or other ‘foreigners’ need apply”, and I don’t make the rules), I’d send in an application anyway: many of the cast members in previous seasons of the race have been selected outside the publicly-announced applications and auditions, and some applications have been held over from one season to another. Yes, the only application now available says it is for “The Amazing
