"SHARK TANK" CASTING CALL

Local entrepreneurs get chance to pitch their product at Philly 'Shark Tank' casting call in April

Entrepreneurs can apply now for a chance to pitch their product, business, or idea for one minute to a producer.

Managing Editor

Thursday, February 27, 2025

(Credit: Austin Distel/Unsplash)

Local entrepreneurs have a chance to apply and register to be on the hit ABC Emmy-winning TV show “Shark Tank” during an open casting call in Philadelphia on Friday, April 11.

The casting call is at The Event Center at Rivers Philadelphia, in partnership with WPVI-TV, beginning at 9 a.m. Numbered wristbands will be handed out until 11 a.m. Contestants may start lining up as early as 8 a.m. Pitches begin at 10 a.m.

While Sharks themselves will not be at the casting call, contests will pitch their business, product, or idea for one minute to a casting team member/producer.

If selected, you and your idea move n to the next phase. Callbacks will begin in summer.

Apply for the show at ABC's website or register in person on the day of the event. Download an application here.

Rivers will offer free parking and a complimentary shuttle between the main entrance and the Riversuites at The Battery hotel.

Season 16 of "Shark Tank" airs Friday at 8 p.m. on ABC.

More like this story:

author

Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at tony@northpennnow.com. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, with a degree in English/Professional Writing and Electronic Media. He went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.