Ellen DeGeneres Reveals the Weird Rules That Can Get You Kicked Off the Show

Narrowing the Field

The website will ask you to fill out a submission form describing who you are and why you’d like to attend the Ellen DeGeneres show. It is rumored that this information will then pass over a panel of internal judges, but due to the sheer number of regular applicants, it’s more likely that your application will be filtered by a quality assurance software program before it’s viewed by a person. If you can manage to make it through this phase, you’re already ⅔ farther ahead than everyone else.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.