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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Lia Beck

How Do Problematic Contestants Keep Getting Cast on Reality TV? A Casting Director Explains

A photo of Nikki Ogunnaike with an inset photo of Jazzy Collins and text reading Money. Power. Style. Nice Talk with Nikki Ogunnaike.

Reality TV fans, Jazzy Collins has your dream job. Collins is a reality TV casting director and producer who has worked for some of the most buzzy and beloved shows around, including Love Island, the Bachelor franchise, and The Circle. For her work on The Traitors, she became the first Black person to win the Emmy for Outstanding Reality Casting.

Collins knows what it takes to build a great reality TV cast, and she tells all on the latest episode of the "Nice Talk" podcast, including everything from how the application process works for reality TV hopefuls to the types of questions she asks during auditions. Collins also opens up about something many fans have wondered as reality shows increasingly make headlines for the wrong reasons: How do problematic contestants even make it on to the show?

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