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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Do you know what's starting very soon something that I
am particularly excited about. What try to guess come at
me with something.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Oh god, I don't know your period.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
No, it's Maths, guys, Married at first Sight, And I
know out of you lot you guys don't watch it,
but I'm obsessed and I've watched every season and I
just am sick for the drama because there's something fundamentally
wrong with me. But what I wanted to tell you
guys about is that recently there was this woman on TikTok.
Her name is Julia. She created a TikTok which was
all around the interview process for Maths. So she was
(00:32):
one of the contenders that were in the running for
this year's Maths. She was like shortlisted for twenty twenty four,
but she decided last minute that she didn't want to
do it. Now, she kind of had this bait and
switch because she made it all the way through the process.
She got to do all of the interviews, she did
all of the paperwork, and it's such a long journey
like towards like so when you're doing these interview processes,
(00:54):
there's so much time and there's so much information that
kind of you get you get exposed to, and she
decided that she was going to share it, so she
created this TikTok. It went viral, and then we were
going to get her on to talk about it today,
and now she has changed her mind because of legal ramifications.
The TikTok has gone down and no longer is she
going to speak about it. But some of the some
(01:15):
of the things and the hoops that they have to
jump through the participants is pretty hairy, and I would
love to unpack, like what is it that's required of
these mass contestants?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
I love that she was like almost so at first sight.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Like, well, that's what it was, right, I personally don't
think she gave us that much information. Like I know
everyone's frothing this video that this tell all TikTok, But
from what I can see, all she said was it
was an interview where they made sure I was a citizen.
They did an STI check, which you know that's not
rocket science to do that everywhere, and then there was
(01:46):
just one line that she said where I was like,
are you just trying to tell us that you speak
five languages? Because one of the things she said was
the producer said to me, Julia, you have three university
degrees and you speak five languages. Are you sure you're
going to find your intellectual eco on this show? Like
that's got nothing to do with anything, that's not a.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Crazy audition process.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
No, I disagree. I think that this is her showing
how from the very get go they try and manipulate
you into trying to figure out, Okay, are you a
girl's girl? Are you going to fight?
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Anyway?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
We have Brent on the line now. Brent was from
twenty twenty two when he was on the show Mass
he was partnered with Tamara. If anyone, if you remember
and cast your minds back to this, Brent, Hello.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Okay, oh okay, I want the four one one on this.
Do you like, what was your experience like when you
were going through the application process and now with the
beauty of Hindsight? Do you think that there were some
things in the application process that were a little bit dubious?
Speaker 4 (02:42):
No, I actually don't think it was dubious for me.
I was giving out it because I was like, Okay,
she's quite smart. Without divulging too much, they really play
it well. I mean, first of all, they want to
make sure that you're not, you know, a bit of
a nightcase, and then secondly that you're I guess if
they're they're doing it the right way. They want to
ensure that you're going to bring entertainment to TV, I mean,
(03:04):
which is probably the smartest thing. I guess. They really
are good in trying to pair up your personality and
what you would be like, I guess under pressure and
that's kind of how they mix and match, which I
think is brilliant considering we do get good TV out
of the show.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
But Brent, I'm thinking back to when I was on
the Bachelor. Of my audition, I had to do some
crazy things. They made us line up in front of
each other, like all the girls and put ourselves where
we thought the best looking in the best dress.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Was like, really choose ourselves and.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Put ourselves in the line, and then look at each
other and tell each other what we didn't like about
each other. It was brutal. Is that kind of stuff
happening in the maths?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Auditions give us the juice?
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Well not really, I mean that sounds quite brutal in itself.
I think more it was they're trying to see what
you're willing to do interesting in terms of, you know,
how you have to choose the faces of certain people.
I mean, we had to do it in the show.
You have to put the people in lining, You've got.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
To rank your yeah, the partner, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
So they do stuff like that. But I mean, I
guess you know what I think. I think they just
want to see how far you're willing to to to
poor yeah, and you will push back, and I guess
to see how brittle you can be with your honest answers.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Brent. I've had friends that have been on different reality
shows and they've told me that, I mean, legally, part
of the process is you have to be provided a
therapist or someone you can talk to back end at
these shows to I mean, if you're struggling, which we've
learned in the press that these contestants do struggle, you
can go to and canfide in backs behind the scenes.
But a friend who's been on the show has told
me that the therapists then go to the producers and
(04:43):
fill them in on all the issues that you're having,
which then just get cycled back into the show, which
I think is psychopathic. Is that something that you experienced?
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Is that really I mean, it sounds likes something that
would probably happen, but well, they definitely need someone to
speak to at times. I guess you could have vent
and get your chest and whatnot. So I don't know
when then they report back. I definitely have no idea,
but I definitely had to vent a few times.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Well yeah, Britainlaurae, you've been on the Bachelor, did is
that something that happened?
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, well, I mean my experience was seven years ago,
and when we were on the Bachelor, that's exactly what happened.
You had a therapist, a psychologist who you could go
and you had unlimited access to, but no one told
you that when you were speaking to them, the things
that you talk to them about it's not private that
that stuff can filter back through to producers.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
And so you have this.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Moment where you think, Okay, I have this tiny little
I have this piece of time, and I had this
person that I can you know, talk to about how
I'm feeling, and really nobody and nothing is safe in
that environment.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
Yeah, I think. I think at the same point, I
don't think i'd been the vault in too much, Tom regardless,
because they want enterity. I'm like yeah, I don't know
if I'm going to tell you just how far my
thoughts are going right now.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
But Brent, you even said earlier you said, you know,
without divulging too much, now, you would have had to
have signed a non disclosure agreement saying like we did
back in the day. But do you actually think that
the producers and the production company would ever sue someone
or hold someone financially liable for the things they talk about?
Speaker 4 (06:10):
That's a tough one. Will we will had these conversations
before anyone in reality TV to see, you know, whether
they really would. And I think, I guess if you
really really are the person that throws off an entire
season out that causes them that much about house, why
is probably? I mean, look, if I was in the
business aspective, I probably would too, because there's a lot
of people out there just talking and then give me
(06:32):
out all the information and can't help themselves. I reckon they.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Would, you know what I find interesting? And for you
and for you Laura and you Britt Laura, you you won,
you got Maddie j Like, good for you. It's beautiful.
We're all jealous. Brit hate to bring it up. You
lost in a really big way. The honey Badger didn't
pick you. Did they run up to you, Britt and go, Laura,
they gave you a ring of flowers? But Britt, did
they run up to you and go sign this? Sign this,
(06:56):
sign this? Because I imagine the experiences you both have
were very different. Nah.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
They grabbed me by the ponytail, dragged me out of there,
threw me the limo. They're like, bb, you sign your
life away. They went extra hard on us because we
had an unprecedented ending, like it had never happened before,
and they thought it was got to be God's gift
to reality TV, So they went hard on, like really
making sure that we didn't tell us.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Do you know what I think? I think they just
drive the fear into you so much that it's you know,
no one wants to say the wrong thing, No one
wants to step out of line for fear of the
legal ramifications. But I don't think in Australian history has
anyone ever actually been sued yet.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
No.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I agree
Do you know what's starting very soon something that I
am particularly excited about. What try to guess come at
me with something.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Oh god, I don't know your period.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
No, it's Maths, guys, Married at first Sight, And I
know out of you lot you guys don't watch it,
but I'm obsessed and I've watched every season and I
just am sick for the drama because there's something fundamentally
wrong with me. But what I wanted to tell you
guys about is that recently there was this woman on TikTok.
Her name is Julia. She created a TikTok which was
all around the interview process for Maths. So she was
(00:32):
one of the contenders that were in the running for
this year's Maths. She was like shortlisted for twenty twenty four,
but she decided last minute that she didn't want to
do it. Now, she kind of had this bait and
switch because she made it all the way through the process.
She got to do all of the interviews, she did
all of the paperwork, and it's such a long journey
like towards like so when you're doing these interview processes,
(00:54):
there's so much time and there's so much information that
kind of you get you get exposed to, and she
decided that she was going to share it, so she
created this TikTok. It went viral, and then we were
going to get her on to talk about it today,
and now she has changed her mind because of legal ramifications.
The TikTok has gone down and no longer is she
going to speak about it. But some of the some
(01:15):
of the things and the hoops that they have to
jump through the participants is pretty hairy, and I would
love to unpack, like what is it that's required of
these mass contestants?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
I love that she was like almost so at first sight.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Like, well, that's what it was, right, I personally don't
think she gave us that much information. Like I know
everyone's frothing this video that this tell all TikTok, But
from what I can see, all she said was it
was an interview where they made sure I was a citizen.
They did an STI check, which you know that's not
rocket science to do that everywhere, and then there was
(01:46):
just one line that she said where I was like,
are you just trying to tell us that you speak
five languages? Because one of the things she said was
the producer said to me, Julia, you have three university
degrees and you speak five languages. Are you sure you're
going to find your intellectual eco on this show? Like
that's got nothing to do with anything, that's not a.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Crazy audition process.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
No, I disagree. I think that this is her showing
how from the very get go they try and manipulate
you into trying to figure out, Okay, are you a
girl's girl? Are you going to fight?
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Anyway?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
We have Brent on the line now. Brent was from
twenty twenty two when he was on the show Mass
he was partnered with Tamara. If anyone, if you remember
and cast your minds back to this, Brent, Hello.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Okay, oh okay, I want the four one one on this.
Do you like, what was your experience like when you
were going through the application process and now with the
beauty of Hindsight? Do you think that there were some
things in the application process that were a little bit dubious?
Speaker 4 (02:42):
No, I actually don't think it was dubious for me.
I was giving out it because I was like, Okay,
she's quite smart. Without divulging too much, they really play
it well. I mean, first of all, they want to
make sure that you're not, you know, a bit of
a nightcase, and then secondly that you're I guess if
they're they're doing it the right way. They want to
ensure that you're going to bring entertainment to TV, I mean,
(03:04):
which is probably the smartest thing. I guess. They really
are good in trying to pair up your personality and
what you would be like, I guess under pressure and
that's kind of how they mix and match, which I
think is brilliant considering we do get good TV out
of the show.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
But Brent, I'm thinking back to when I was on
the Bachelor. Of my audition, I had to do some
crazy things. They made us line up in front of
each other, like all the girls and put ourselves where
we thought the best looking in the best dress.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Was like, really choose ourselves and.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Put ourselves in the line, and then look at each
other and tell each other what we didn't like about
each other. It was brutal. Is that kind of stuff
happening in the maths?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Auditions give us the juice?
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Well not really, I mean that sounds quite brutal in itself.
I think more it was they're trying to see what
you're willing to do interesting in terms of, you know,
how you have to choose the faces of certain people.
I mean, we had to do it in the show.
You have to put the people in lining, You've got.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
To rank your yeah, the partner, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
So they do stuff like that. But I mean, I
guess you know what I think. I think they just
want to see how far you're willing to to to
poor yeah, and you will push back, and I guess
to see how brittle you can be with your honest answers.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Brent. I've had friends that have been on different reality
shows and they've told me that, I mean, legally, part
of the process is you have to be provided a
therapist or someone you can talk to back end at
these shows to I mean, if you're struggling, which we've
learned in the press that these contestants do struggle, you
can go to and canfide in backs behind the scenes.
But a friend who's been on the show has told
me that the therapists then go to the producers and
(04:43):
fill them in on all the issues that you're having,
which then just get cycled back into the show, which
I think is psychopathic. Is that something that you experienced?
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Is that really I mean, it sounds likes something that
would probably happen, but well, they definitely need someone to
speak to at times. I guess you could have vent
and get your chest and whatnot. So I don't know
when then they report back. I definitely have no idea,
but I definitely had to vent a few times.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Well yeah, Britainlaurae, you've been on the Bachelor, did is
that something that happened?
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, well, I mean my experience was seven years ago,
and when we were on the Bachelor, that's exactly what happened.
You had a therapist, a psychologist who you could go
and you had unlimited access to, but no one told
you that when you were speaking to them, the things
that you talk to them about it's not private that
that stuff can filter back through to producers.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
And so you have this.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Moment where you think, Okay, I have this tiny little
I have this piece of time, and I had this
person that I can you know, talk to about how
I'm feeling, and really nobody and nothing is safe in
that environment.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
Yeah, I think. I think at the same point, I
don't think i'd been the vault in too much, Tom regardless,
because they want enterity. I'm like yeah, I don't know
if I'm going to tell you just how far my
thoughts are going right now.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
But Brent, you even said earlier you said, you know,
without divulging too much, now, you would have had to
have signed a non disclosure agreement saying like we did
back in the day. But do you actually think that
the producers and the production company would ever sue someone
or hold someone financially liable for the things they talk about?
Speaker 4 (06:10):
That's a tough one. Will we will had these conversations
before anyone in reality TV to see, you know, whether
they really would. And I think, I guess if you
really really are the person that throws off an entire
season out that causes them that much about house, why
is probably? I mean, look, if I was in the
business aspective, I probably would too, because there's a lot
of people out there just talking and then give me
(06:32):
out all the information and can't help themselves. I reckon they.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Would, you know what I find interesting? And for you
and for you Laura and you Britt Laura, you you won,
you got Maddie j Like, good for you. It's beautiful.
We're all jealous. Brit hate to bring it up. You
lost in a really big way. The honey Badger didn't
pick you. Did they run up to you, Britt and go, Laura,
they gave you a ring of flowers? But Britt, did
they run up to you and go sign this? Sign this,
(06:56):
sign this? Because I imagine the experiences you both have
were very different. Nah.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
They grabbed me by the ponytail, dragged me out of there,
threw me the limo. They're like, bb, you sign your
life away. They went extra hard on us because we
had an unprecedented ending, like it had never happened before,
and they thought it was got to be God's gift
to reality TV, So they went hard on, like really
making sure that we didn't tell us.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Do you know what I think? I think they just
drive the fear into you so much that it's you know,
no one wants to say the wrong thing, No one
wants to step out of line for fear of the
legal ramifications. But I don't think in Australian history has
anyone ever actually been sued yet.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
No.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
I agree
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