While the selection process for Robot Wars is an audition/application process, the actual competition itself is genuine. No rigging of fights by producers, no shifty editing. In fact, Mentorn were really keen to avoid any of that and let us all slug it out fairly and competitively, even if it didn't make the most interesting TV (Foxic v Mr Speed Squared, second half of PP3D v Eruption).

They don't need to be transparent with their selection process for what makes it on, you don't see that with X Factor or other such shows. They want what's different, interesting or good-looking for TV; that's the main priority as it's an entertainment programme. If you've got a wedge flipper like almost every other ready-to-run heavyweight out there on the live circuit, don't expect your chances of success to be high.