Contestants are constantly fucked over at the last minute by this one and other game shows. I’ve actually qualified for the show, was told I’d be on, interviewed multiple times, and it just… stopped. I wasn’t “the right look.”
By the time you actually get on the show, with a taping date and blow through the per diem and and pay for a lot of it yourself, with your five changes of clothes, you’ve already been screwed over and rescheduled a couple of times.
EDIT:
Just to be clear, when I say “per diem”, the thing I was told was you’re gauranteed $1000 from the show. It’s intended to pay for travel/etc. So if you figure a 3-4 day trip, you got about $150 per day. (That $1000 is taxed)
