Video: My Oprah Audition
July 13, 2010 by Cassandra Rae · View Comments
About a month ago I received a message from a Facebook friend telling me about Oprah’s search for the next TV star. She said…
“I just love all your videos that you put out on facebook and I feel you have what it takes to have you own TV Series!”
Wow! Really? I was flattered and instantly inspired to audition. But, what would my tellie show be about? I didn’t know at first so I asked people for their thoughts, ideas, and insights. I really enjoyed the creative process of opening up to receive ideas both from my network and from my Soul. My favorite experience was when my daughter helped me clarify my ideas while shooting test videos. I was so touched by how much potential she saw in me and how much she believed in me. It was one of those Proud Mama Moments. Know what I mean?
So one afternoon I shot my audition video, uploaded it, and submitted my application. The application was GINORMOUS and it literally took hours to fill it out. They asked so many questions like “How competitive are you?” and “What would you friends say about you?” It was not one of those apps that you can skim through with half-ass answers especially since I wanted to submit an entertaining, thoughtful, and original application. So I sat at my desk and typed away until I was finished and ready to submit. Boy was I wiped out, but also proud of myself for pouring my heart into it…
And then a couple of hours later I received an email telling me that “there was a problem with my video” and they wouldn’t accept it. What?! But, I poured my heart and soul into it. How could they reject it? I was so deflated. I totally took it personally and made up this story in my head that they didn’t like me and my idea wasn’t good enough. It threw me into a genuine funk.
Yuck.
But, a few days later when I was still trying to lift myself out of the self-pity, I was inspired to read every word of the submission guidelines to see if I could figure out why I was “rejected.” At the very bottom of the huge page of guidelines I saw that you are not allowed to mention Facebook or Twitter. Doh! I had done both and all of a sudden it clicked that they hadn’t rejected me and my idea. I had simply not followed the guidelines. Okay, this made much more sense because quite frankly I thought my video was better than a lot of the top viewed ones.
There was time to redo the video & resubmit. I even shot a few more trying to recapture my initial enthusiasm and energy. Yeah, it simply wasn’t there. It didn’t feel right. I was trying really hard to recreate it and it felt contrived. In fact, I wasn’t even enjoying the process and the first time through was so much fun.
I was also right in the middle of planning and preparing for my fist mini-retreat, which by the way was phenomenal! When it came down to the deadline, my schedule and my heart simply didn’t have the room to resubmit. So I let it go trusting that I had received what I needed from it.
I’m still not 100% sure if I sabotaged myself by not resubmitting, but I can say that I do feel good about where I’m at on other fronts. I also know that tellie is definitely a part of my future. I don’t know how or when. But, I will be on tellie someday and probably a lot sooner than I realize!
*Coaching Opportunity*
Is there a story you’re making up about yourself or your endeavors?
- Is it true?
- Is it serving you?
- And is there another way you can see it?
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