Casting Special

The Casting Special is a Love Desert concept first introduced on Season 5. It is now used every season to decide the cast.
A casting special is an episode in which a large amount of sims enter the villa and are introduced to the judges, before a limited amount of them are nominated for the official cast by the end of the episode.
This system has allowed for greater judge input when it comes to casting, which has made for a much harder competition each season, since each and every sim in the premiere has been hand-picked.
== The Process ==
Firstly, every sim makes their entrance as a group with similar sims to them (e.g 4 Hannah-made sims could enter as a group because they are all made by Hannah). The sims' backstories are touched upon, before autonomy is switched on, leading to a few interactions in the villa while the judges get to know the potential cast and their potential compatibility. After some villa vibing happens, the judges then make their decision. At the first casting special, the host had major control over the choices as compared to the other judges, but the control has greatly shifted to a collaborative choice in more recent seasons:
* On Season 5 (where 16 sims were to be cast), the host let the judges pick 1 sim each (totalling to 3), followed by the host nominating the next 13. After 11 were chosen, the host decided that the other judges deserve to choose the final 2 cast members. This last-minute decision led to the casting of two future winners, El'Shreink and Freddy.
* On Season 6 (12 to be cast), the 3 judges present (host included) took turns nominating a sim until they had all chosen 3 each. For the final 3 choices, the judges worked together to decide the rest of the cast. The final choice this season was later the judge-favourite of the season, Amina.
* On Season 7 (16 to be cast), the host chose 6 contestants first, but took into account the vibes of every other judge and chose obvious judge-favourites such as Margattoni and Angel. After that 6, the other 3 judges got 3 choices each, this led to a total of 15 sims. For the final sim, the judges all deliberated and, of course, landed on Colette Whipple.
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