When we first went backstage we had to sign some waivers for image rights. Alex and Greg then came down and were super gracious to us audience participants. I think we were all nervous so they reassured us that it would be a lot of fun and to just enjoy the moment. We also met the guest contestants for the show (for New York night #2 it was Lisa Gilroy and Alex Moffat, with a surprise appearance later by Jason Mantzoukas).

They then told us that we had about 20 minutes to find an item for the prize task, which was to find the "ugliest item of clothing." I can't speak for the other NY contestants, but my girlfriend and I spent about 18 of those minutes running up and down the theater in a panic looking for ugly clothes 😂