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You don't need to crash a White House party to make it onto a reality TV show. Wired asked Lynne Spillman, casting director for “Amazing Race" and “Survivor", what she looks for in wannabe fameballs.

Here are three tips for making sure you aren't voted off her island.

This article is a wiki. Got extra advice? Log in and add it. Accent Your Positives.

Let casting know what you've got to offer the ratings gods -- be it mad rodent-cooking skills, six-pack abs with their own ironic name, or a crazy reveal (Surprise! I'm a billionaire!) -- that make you must-see TV. Reveal Your Flaws

Casting agents aren't looking for perfect qualifications, they're looking for jackasses to spice things up. (It is television, after all.) So instead of touting your backpacking expertise, tell a story about the time you ate someone's stash of energy bars at the youth hostel -- and pinned it on a girl who barely spoke English. B.Y.O. Drama

Viewers tune into Amazing Race to watch relationships, not relay races. Casting directors look for impending drama. Choose a teammate with whom you have an unsettled and complex history. If you can pull it off, fake-fight during the audition. Who knows? After a few days of navigating roadblocks, you might be doing it for real.

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