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Brabus G800 – Tagline
October 1, 2025 -
December 31, 2025
Contest
Voice Direction:
This simulated audition is to cast a voice actor who can offer creative ideas. So please give us 3 takes of this tagline—each with a different pacing, emotion, and style. No slate! The tagline will be used for Internet, radio, and TV ads.
Script:
Brabus G800. Say less. Mean more.
Analysis: Why the Winners Won ... and Why Others Didn't.
Fun contest! Like all contests, we had a range of entries — from not-so-good audio quality to really good audio quality! From no creativity to super creative! And from natural to dramatic!
Some general takeaways: many women provided sensual reads, while many men leaned toward overly dramatic deliveries. This became boring to listen to when reviewing the entries. Unless the client specifically says to stay in one very narrow lane, offer variety!
Plus, this client gave you the wonderful opportunity to provide three takes — wow! Take advantage of that and show you’re more than a one-trick pony. Unfortunately, few people did. Many tried to show variety by only changing their volume, but that doesn’t cut it. Real variety comes from changes in emotion, voice type, character, and prosody.
A common issue — lots of people skipped the “T” at the end of “8,” which made it sound like “A.” Once music is mixed in, the commercial could end up sounding like “GA-hundred.” Not good.
Another frequent problem was that many peopled rushed the word “Brabus.” When you rush the client’s name, the only thing that happens is the client rushes you out the door. Not good.
Take a moment to go online and watch videos from this brand. Listen to the music they use. Pay attention to the visual style. Then think about the demographic that buys these cars. Ask yourself: “What energy level, drama level, emotion, and volume would I use if I worked at Brabus and was speaking with a potential customer?”
That voice you imagine using — that’s probably a great starting point for this audition.
Watch the Contest Video Review for the full comments from David, and check out our winners!
Winners
1st place winner: Carrie Drovdlic
Judge's Comments
1st place = Carrie Drovdlic: good audio quality. She offers some creativity (not a huge range, yet certainly some interesting choices). The “8” is too fast; with music in the background, it’ll sound like GA-hundred”.
Recording submitted by Carrie Drovdlic
on 28 Oct 2025 - 14:26
2nd place winner: Dave Sadlowsky
Judge's Comments
2nd = Dave Sadlowsky: good audio quality. He offers creativity mostly in intensity and pitch, not much in emotion. Nice clarity on the client name and model.
Recording submitted by Dave Sadlowsky
on 2 Dec 2025 - 16:54
3rd place winner: JeJe Gentry
Judge's Comments
3rd = JeJe Gentry: good audio quality, except the volume swells are too large…to fix this, she should use an audio-compressor. She offers vast creativity! That’s what the client requested!
Recording submitted by JeJe Gentry
on 27 Dec 2025 - 21:46
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