Psy and secrets at Big Brother auditions
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Big Brother 2013 Perth auditions
93.7 breakfast host Nathan Morris, who participated in the 2002 Big Brother series.
Almost 1,000 reality TV aspirants showed up to impress Big Brother producers at the first Australian auditions, but less than 20 from around the country will make their way onto the series.
Applicants tried everything from dancing Gangnam Style to divulging intimate details of their sex life to stand out from the crowd, but the one piece of advice former housemates had, was not to try to be somebody they weren't.
"My main advice, and it sounds really cliché, is just be yourself; don't try and be a version of what you've seen on TV before because what you bring to the table might be something that they haven't seen before," said 93.7 breakfast host Nathan Morris, who participated in the 2002 series.
"They're just looking for characters that they haven't seen in the house before, someone they haven't represented in Australia before, because now we're so wide and different that you could be a person who plays Dungeons and Dragons and not have many friends and that could be the person that a lot of people relate to."
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BB alumni George Baramily, who placed third in the 2012 series, echoed Morris' sentiments.
"Don't be outrageous or the loudest one; you never know what they're looking for," Baramily said.
Both young and old packed into Crown Casino's grand ballroom with hopes of following the same path to stardom as Blair McDonough, Chrissie Swan and Ryan Fitzgerald.
During group auditions they were asked to tell stories, arrange themselves in order of best to worst-dressed and also smartest to stupidest.
Morris, who still didn't know why he'd been chosen for the second series, said it was hard to pick who would make the final group of around 16 housemates.
"There's been a heap of interesting people today, everyone from FIFO workers, to models, to mothers, I think I might have spotted a grandmother," he said.
"All I can say is these guys are in for a crazy ride, I spoke to Big Brother himself, Alex [Mavriodakis, the executive producer] and he said 2013 is going to be prominent this year, 13 being the unlucky number.
"I think that these housemates might actually be getting tortured this year."
With housemates required to vote each other off, Baramily said the best tactic to employ in the house was to try to make the most friends.
"The worst thing you could do is backstab someone," he said.
"You know how it is when you're at school and you all find out, you've just got to be friends with everyone."
After spending the last year "partying on the Gold Coast, meeting famous people and living the dream", Baramily said he'd return to the house "in a heartbeat".
But the millionaire property developer just had one reservation.
"The showering bit, you're like 'Should I shower naked or put my undies on?" he said.
"That's probably the weirdest thing you do in the house.
"But when you come out and everyone wants photos and says 'Man, you were so cool', it's pretty good."
Auditions continue around Australia until April 21.
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