If possible, it is best to do your act in pantomime. They will dub in music during your act in a separate control booth. You cannot hear this music which also makes it more difficult. My act on this program lasted about 10 minutes and was a vaudeville type of presentation. Due to the use of two cameras you are not too limited as to the feats that will televise well.
Most standard props show up well providing the decoration and background have good contrast.
As far as make up is concerned, all that is necessary is a good cinema face powder and a few dabs of eyebrow pencil. Rouge and lipstick appear gray on the screen and should be used sparingly if at all. There is about four times as much light on you as compared to regular stage lights and this does add to the difficulty of executing certain feats. This amount of light also creates considerable heat. Not every station will handle their programs the same and the above observations are based on my experience with television.