Brendon Blincoe

From a young age Brendon Blincoe was determined to make his mark in Hollywood.  He grew up acting in front of the camera, but found a successful career behind the lens as Producer and Casting Director for some of television’s best reality shows. 

He got his unexpected career start when he appeared as a contestant on a dating show.  While on the set he noticed a posting looking for Casting Recruiters.  Although he wasn’t paid a dime, it was the perfect opportunity to go out, meet new people and learn about finding the standout personalities in a crowd.  After two weeks of recruiting for free, Brendon was offered a full time job.  From there he went on to work on MTV’s hit dating show SINGLED OUT and over the next 6 years he continued to cast numerous shows for the network. In 1999 Brendon moved to New York City and became Head of Real People Casting at Liz Lewis Casting Partners. Brendon cast commercials, print, television and film. Although Brendon brought in actors for these roles, he always recruited "real people" with no acting experience to audition next to the professionals. This often resulted in the newly discovered "real person" booking the job over those who had been acting for years.  In 2002 Brendon returned to Los Angeles with an edge in reality casting and found success working on major network shows such as SURVIVOR, BIG BROTHER, FEAR FACTOR and THE APPRENTICE. As a Producer, Brendon also spent 4 seasons on the dating show elimiDATE.

This past year Brendon has been working with 51 Minds/VH1 casting numerous shows such as I LOVE NEW YORK and ROCK OF LOVE WITH BRET MICHAELS. He is currently casting the second season of I LOVE NEW YORK. Some have called the top-rated first season of I LOVE NEW YORK “the best reality cast ever.” Much of this comes as a result of Brendon's keen sense of character and their ability to relate to the audience. Brendon is always looking for the personalities that are going to stand out with their humor, honesty and outspokenness.