"Atrocious" Audition Videos

If you've ever had an audition, you know that they are often nerve-wracking, soul-crushing experiences.  Your hands are sweaty, you can hardly swallow over that lump in your throat, and often times your performance is affected by this.

Fortunately for me, as an instrumentalist, auditions are usually behind a screen, meaning you could be playing your excerpts and scales in your pajamas and no one would care.  As long as you play perfectly.

But for TV and film stars, you have to look the part too.

While I really enjoyed the behind-the-scenes look at Lea Michele and Cory Monteith's auditons on the Glee DVD, I felt like something was missing. The rest of the cast perhaps?

Recently, I discovered some videos courtesy of People that give us a peek at the audition processes of Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, and Jenna Ushkowitz.  They say their hair was "atrocious". But their singing was spot-on. Probably why they got the jobs. I only wish I could audition as well as they can!