Attention, Shoppers: The ‘Supermarket Sweep’ Casting Call Is Open

Oct. 14 2020, Updated 8:34 p.m. ET

Want a shot at the new Supermarket Sweep’s $100,000 prize? With a new version of the grocery-themed game show airing on ABC, manufacturers are on the lookout for savvy consumers with screen presence! Here’s how to reply to the Supermarket Sweep the casting name, how to watch the ABC series, or even how to watch the Nineties model.

Here's how to get in on the ‘Supermarket Sweep’ casting call.

ABC says it’s “on the hunt for terrific teams of two with big personalities and a pastime for all things grocery,” and a hyperlink on the network’s website leads to a casting application. According to the software, contestants will have to be no less than 18 years previous and a legal resident of the United States, will have to now not be a candidate for public office, must now not were convicted of a felony or had a restraining order entered against them, and should voluntarily post to a background test.

The application has elementary biographical questions, in fact, but it additionally asks would-be contestants to describe their personalities, their easiest and worst qualities, the maximum defining second of their lives, and what makes them unique. The questions get quirkier from there: “Why do you like going to the grocery retailer? What are your favourite groceries and why? What’s your favorite aisle in the grocery retailer and why? What’s the thing that annoys you the maximum at the grocery store and why?”

Then the utility asks potential contestants if they have a personal connection to Supermarket Sweep, whom they might deliver on the show as a teammate, what food-related team title they would choose, and what they'd do if they received $25,000 or even $100,000.

When does ‘Supermarket Sweep’ air on ABC?

The rebooted Supermarket Sweep, hosted by means of Saturday Night Live alum Leslie Jones, premieres on ABC on Sunday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. ET. “Taking Supermarket Sweep to primetime has made the entirety larger and higher whilst preserving true to what made the original show so sensational,” ABC raves in a press liberate. “A fanciful grocery store was constructed from the ground up; big-ticket items were stocked on shelves for contestants to place in carts, and the final money grand prize amount was amplified.”

The premiere of the show is a full-circle moment for Leslie, who instructed People lately that she and a former roommate auditioned for Supermarket Sweep years ago. “All I thought used to be, ‘Hey, I ain’t were given no money. Maybe I may get on this show, win 5 thousand, and turn out to be well-known,’” she recalled.

The duo were given an audition for the show and wowed the producers, however that they had to bail halfway via the tryout because the roommate had to report to work.

“We left, and I talked about her so dangerous,” Leslie added. “‘We won't ever be pals again.’ I wouldn’t even journey with her. I wouldn’t even get in the automotive along with her. ‘I’ll catch the bus.’ Then I noticed that I didn’t have bus fare, so I had to sit at the bus forestall for a short time and determine how I was going to get on the bus.”

Here's how to watch ‘Supermarket Sweep’ from the 1990s.

Fifteen episodes of the Nineties Supermarket Sweep revival began streaming on Netflix in July 2020, making former host David Ruprecht a celebrity far and wide once more.

“People are just calling me,” he told Entertainment Weekly that month. “And they’re discovering my house number which is a little disconcerting. But fortunately any one who has been interested in me, my fans and stuff, have all been very nice. I haven’t had any stalkers. I can say, I’ve spotted in the final 3 weeks, my Facebook pal requests. I imply, holy s—t. Pardon me, however I used to get possibly two or 3 a week and now I’m getting 20 or 30 a day.”

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