I'm Baaaaackkkk!!!! :)

Hey guys!!!

Hey! I haven't been posting lately, but I've been super busy! (I know... excuses, excuses.) Just wanted to let you guys know that my episodes will be airing again soon on the Hub!!! I'll let you know the times and days as soon as I find out!!

I still hang out with most of my 5th grader friends... we've continued to talk and reconnect every once in a while! I've gone to producers for a bunch of projects lately... about 5 or 6!! I thought I'd share something I just learned with you to give you and idea of just how hard it is to even get an audition!

A popular show will release something called a Breakdown. A Breakdown states the age, name, height, and personality of the character. If you fit the role, your agent will submit you. I was recently told by a casting director of a VERY popular show that they usually receive about 1,000-2,000 submissions for a role. In a submission, an agent will sent your headshot, resume, and often times they will send a short paragraph stating why you are right for the role.... that's called "pitching." So 1,000 to 2,000 kids have to be sorted through in order to find who to bring in for a pre-read. Now, a pre-read is an on-camera pre-audition with a casting director before being brought in for an actual audition. For a pre-read, they bring in about 50-80 kids! So the odds of even getting an audition could be 50/2,000!!!! Pretty crazy, right? Then, you'll go to the actual audition, where they'll see about 30 to 50 kids. This will be put on tape as well. Then, the tapes that the casting director will pick 8 to 12 kids to come in for a read with the producers. Then, one person will book the job! It's pretty difficult to even get and audition, let alone go to producers... let alone book anything!!!! I've been working really hard and doing the best that I can in all of my auditions.... I've just got to keep trying!! :) Hope I gave you guys a little bit of insight!!


I'll be posting again soon!!

-Dani :)

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader Picked Up By the Hub Network!

Hey guys!

The Hub Network just announced that they are picking up my season of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"! That means my season will be playing for about another year, and you can see all of the episodes again! Here is the link to the article where they announced the big news :



http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/the-hub-orders-9-new-series-renews-10-shows-acquires-5th-grader/

I can't wait for my episodes to start airing again! I have been auditioning like crazy, and have had some good meetings, and I hope to be in a new project soon. But I'm excited that my "5th Grader" episodes will live on! I had so much fun doing them, and I'm happy that people can still watch my shows.

Xoxo,

Danielle

Welcome Back!

Hey everyone!


Sorry for not posting in a while! I've been super busy auditioning and taking acting classes! You might have seen me in a back to school Walmart commercial. It was running in English and in Spanish. I had such a great time filming it! There were tons of kids there, and they were all super nice!! I had such a great time! For those of you who have been commenting, thanks so much for continuing to follow my blog!

I'd like to give you some insight to the audition process, something very few people know about. It's such an interesting process, so I'd like to let you know a few things about it.

Here's how it works. For certain TV shows, you will get called in for a "pre-read," which is where you work with the casting director and read the script. They usually don't record these, as these are just a preliminary audition. Sometimes, you don't go to a pre-read, you just go straight to the audition. The audition is when you go into a room with usually two casting directors, or a casting director and someone who's filming, or sometimes just someone who's filming. Then, there's the casting directors and someone filming. If it's commercial, this is usually the last audition. If it's a television show or a movie, you will go for a session with producers, where you read with them a few times. During this session, if it's a movie, you might do a "mix n' match," where you are placed next to other possible choices for a movie, or someone who has already been cast, to see how you get along and how you look next to each other. You can go in for producers more than once. For example, people who were in the running for the part of Hannah Montana went in 3 or 4 times! Then, you will get a call from your agent or manager telling you that you got the part!!

I recently auditioned for a feature film, so wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to hear from all of you soon!!!

Bye!
Danielle

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader-- The Next Syndicated Season!

Hey Everyone!!

First off - Sorry... I've been so busy with finishing up school I haven't had time to post in a while. Well, anyways, the new syndicated season of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader with the new cast started filming!! Me and some of my 5th grader friends are going to go down and watch!! So excited!! I can't wait to see everyone. I can't believe it's already been a year... how time flies!! I'm pretty sure our shows will be showing through the summer.... but then the new season moves in. I'm excited for the new season, and hope they have as much fun as we did... but I'm still sad. It was such an amazing experience-- my first television show, I made so many friends, I met celebrities, I worked with a comedian, I got to show off my knowledge- you get the idea. I want to congratulate the new cast, and I wish them luck on their journey!! See ya soon!

Your 5th Grader,

Danielle C.

Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey!!!!!!!!

I'm so excited!! Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader got nominated for a Kids Choice Award!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been voting every single day since I found out! If you want Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader to win, go to www.nick.com and vote! You'll see a lot of buttons that say "Vote for Kids Choice Awards!" and you can just click on them. If you want Are You Smarter Than a 5th grader to win, vote for us!! It's under "Best Reality Show"! I really hope we win! I also hope that I get to go!!! That would be so incredible.

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!!!

NICKELODEON KIDS CHOICE AWARDS!!!!!

(We're up against American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, and Wipeout.)

See ya!

Danielle

Wells Fargo Commercial and an "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" Marathon

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year everyone! It's been a while since I last posted on my blog! I just wanted to let you know... I booked a Wells Fargo commercial!! I had a great time filming it! I played a really bad-- AWFUL violin player. It's a really funny commercial. I also wanted to let you know that there is an "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" marathon that started yesterday on CMT (Country Music Television). My group is on today with the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders! I know this has been on before, but I love to watch them dance. I've been thinking that I wouldn't mind being a DCC (Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader) when I grow up.

Fun Fact: At the end of most episodes, during the credits, you can see a "blooper" from the episode that got cut out during editing. These episodes took up to an hour to film, but they are cut to about 22 minutes for TV (plus commercials to make a 30 minute show). A lot of funny stuff happened that they just didn't have time to show, so when the outtakes are on, I love it! They also include some outtakes on the show's website: www.5thgradertvshow.com.

Bye!
Danielle

Hi again,

A lot of my friends who have seen me on “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” ask me the same question...”Why do you wear the same outfit every show?” Well, if you've noticed, we all do! In fact I had four or five of the same outfit, just in case something happened to one of them! Just look back at my earlier pics, and you'll see me in the same outfit each time, purple shirt, skirt, gray leggings and very sparkly shoes with pink laces. The producers did this to make taping the shows easier. There were times where we had to shoot things over - things that didn't affect the score of the game. Sometimes, we had to re-shoot something that happened in a different show. Also, they did a lot of shots of us doing things like thinking at our desks, and writing things down. Since we wear the same clothes all the time, the extra shots can be edited into different shows!

Gotta go - see ya' soon!

Danielle