It seems lots of of actual singers really feel like their time was wasted rehearsing for a bit on Nathan Fielder‘s “The Rehearsal.” The controversial meta HBO sequence features a Season 2 sequence the place aspiring singers would compete in entrance of actual pilots who have been serving as judges. Titled “Wings of Voice,” the fake present inside a present apparently actually did dupe loads of wannabe stars, together with former 2022 “The Voice” contestant Lana Love.
Love informed Selection that she is tossing her non-disclosure settlement with HBO to the wind in an effort to “voice” her want for justice in opposition to Fielder and the sequence itself. “I’m legally not allowed to have this dialog with you proper now, as a result of I signed an NDA,” she informed the outlet, including of the community, “They don’t actually have floor to face on.”
A consultant for HBO informed IndieWire they didn’t have something so as to add relating to Love’s claims. In keeping with Love, the “Rehearsal” casting director scouted former “America’s Obtained Expertise” would-be contestants who had beforehand auditioned for the ABC actuality sequence. These individuals have been then focused to audition for “Wings of Voice” (A Reddit thread within the “America’s Obtained Expertise” discussion board appeared to substantiate this.) Love cited that she estimates there have been greater than 1,000 individuals auditioning for “Wings of Voice,” all of whom didn’t notice it was a fake present. Contestants have been informed that the winner of “Wings of Voice” would carry out with a Grammy-winning singer. The auditions befell in summer season 2024.
Love mentioned that the “solely irregular factor is that we auditioned for an airline pilot” and there have been “no cameras seen within the room.” Love added that she must wait for 3 to 4 hours and solely have the ability to sing public area songs equivalent to “Previous MacDonald Had a Farm” and “Yankee Doodle.” She personally paid to journey from New York to Los Angeles 3 times below the guise of auditioning for the present; Love informed informed Selection that she “spent $5,500 on journey, lodging and hair and make-up throughout her three journeys to L.A.” and misplaced out on her wage taking time for work as a vocal trainer.
“I signed as much as be a singer, not a lab rat,” Love mentioned. Nevertheless, she has “no resentment” towards sequence creator Fielder. “I’m unsure if he’s a psychopath or a genius. He is likely to be exhibiting us our flaws by means of him.”
For the third taping, Love was despatched a SAG-AFTRA contract, which she refused to signal because it said that possession for the songs could be retained by the present’s producers versus the artists. “I went to the producers and mentioned, ‘This must be modified, or I stroll. I can’t do that except you give me an addendum, not only for me however for each songwriter on this room,’” she mentioned. “They usually did inside the hour.”
She was paid $1,250 for the third taping, which allegedly included greater than 10 hours of rehearsal and sooner or later of filming. Love claimed that different contestants who have been fitted for costumes and stood on stage for hours lip-syncing have been paid background actor charges of $180. Regardless, the “Rehearsal” of all of it was wasted.