Sindy: Do you have any tips for kids wanting to apply for the show? What makes a good contestant?
JD Roth: Well, they should definitely going to audition, be ionate, make the best tape you can possibly make. Don't just set up a camera and say, 'I really wanna be on your show cuz I think it's neat.'
Sindy: If you were to have an All-Stars Endurance, who would you ask to come back for sure?
JD Roth: Sabrina for sure. Monroe. Wow. I'd have to sit down and look at some pictures. I would love to do an All-Star Endurance. The problem is, the kids grow up. I mean, the kids from the first year, a couple of them are in college now. That's the only difficulty with doing something like that because it would be great to do.
Sindy: How did you get involved with the game show industry?
JD Roth: The way I got in was when I was 19 years old, I kids' show in America.
Sindy: Did you ever think you would pursue acting?
JD Roth: Well I started out as own destiny.
Sindy: You had the opportunity to work with Ashton Kutcher on Beauty and the Geek, what's he like?
JD Roth: Oh, great guy. He's smart and he's funny and he really understands that it's not just show, it's show business. People forget that side of it, everyone thinks it's just show. And he, like myself, understands the business side of it. Everybody wants a future and rewarding relationship.
Sindy: What do you think are the pros and cons of reality television?
JD Roth: The cons are that I feel there are people out there who aren't interested in keeping the integrity of doing something that's real. Another con is that the image of reality television is that we're sort of bottom-feeders of the television business and that scripted is where the real integrity is. And I don't agree with that. I think in the future, scripted departments are going to turn to guys like me who can tell a story in a unique way, for a new kind of storytelling technique.
The pros of reality TV is you can create an idea, and very quickly you can see it come to life. You can cast the show and you can really make something that's special, like a Biggest Loser, which is such a reality show.
Sindy: Alright, so do you ever see yourself working on a sitcom or movie?
JD Roth: Definitely. I think that's the natural progression of what we are doing. But I am so enjoying what I am doing now. It's not as if I stay up at night going, 'I wish I could do...' It's not like that at all. Everyday I can't wait to get to the office and I love the shows that we do.
Sindy: What other shows are you currently working on?
JD Roth: We're doing Beauty and the Geek 2 right now. We're in the middle of delivering episodes of Breaking Bonaduce, which is on VH1. We're in the middle of editing Endurance 4. And we're in the middle of editing Biggest Loser 2. Beauty and the Geek 2 will be on the air in great cast and we have some interesting twists and turns that'll make it different to watch.
Sindy: What reality show would you go on if you had the opportunity?
JD Roth: That's a good question. I would probably go on The Apprentice. Not because I want to work for Donald Trump, cuz I don't. But, I feel that the business side of it is interesting to me and I think that would be mentally and physically.
Sindy: Have you ever been mistaken for Seth Green?
JD Roth: All the time. Except here's the difference - New York for auditions. I just saw him recently and we always laugh about it cuz he's like, 'If one more person tells me I look like you...' and 'I'm like, If one more person tells me I look like you...' So we've joked about that for years.
Sindy: Do you have any celebrity crushes?
JD Roth: I would say that my real crush is on my wife, but obviously I'm not dead, so there is something about that girl from Lost. I think she is probably the best looking girl on television. I don't even know her name. The one with freckles, there's just something about that girl that definitely does it.
Sindy: Well, JD, thanks so much for taking the time to talk to us today.
JD Roth: Of course. It was great talking to you!
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