Lynne Spillman has done the casting for Survivor since it started in the us in 2000, and can recall the days when audition tapes arrived in a dismal trickle. 'In the beginning, I think we got 1,500 tapes. For Survivor 2, the show's success launched into over 70,000 tapes.' Spillman went from four people working for her to, on certain days, 40: 'We couldn't believe the truckloads of tapes FedEx brought to our offices. It looked like a commercial, where you opened the back and they all came pouring out.'
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