Netflix Reality (General Open Casting)

Netflix operates a general casting portal that funnels submissions across all of its unscripted programming — dating shows (Love Is Blind, The Ultimatum, Love on the Spectrum), competition shows (Squid Game: The Challenge, The Mole), social experiments, lifestyle docs, and emerging formats not yet announced.

This is the single most efficient entry point for anyone trying to be considered for anything in the Netflix Reality ecosystem.

Requirements

• At least 18 years old
• Legal resident of the US, Canada, UK, or Ireland
• Comfortable with extensive on-camera filming, often for multi-week stretches
• No competing reality TV contracts or non-competes
• For dating/relationship shows, single status as defined by the specific show

What Netflix is looking for

The casting team at Netflix Reality has a stated preference for personalities that are “vivid in three minutes” — people whose audition video reveals a specific worldview, a specific way of speaking, or a specific personal narrative within the first 30-60 seconds. The portal’s review process is fast; producers watch hundreds of submissions per week.

Netflix has historically cast for narrative legibility more than for physical archetype. Producers route promising submissions to specific shows based on perceived fit. A single submission can get you considered for multiple formats.

How to apply

Submit a single video (max 3 minutes) at netflixreality.com/submit-your-video along with basic biographical information. There’s no separate per-show application; the portal handles routing internally.

Tips

The video should not be a sizzle reel. The Netflix Reality casting team explicitly says they don’t want produced, edited audition tapes — they want a single take, well-lit, in a quiet environment, where you talk directly to the camera about who you are, what you’d bring to a show, and why now.

The producers are looking for the moment when you forget you’re auditioning. Sit down, hit record, and have an actual conversation with the lens for three minutes. The best submissions feel like a stranger telling you the most interesting story of their week. That’s what the producers want.