@saucelion - You may be on to something there! Yuuri-Kun changed, and we know that he dressed up in Yurina's clothes. Aki changed, and she/he wished to be a boy all along. Seems like those who change were hiding their true feelings and gender identity. Yurina hasn't changed, (that we know...
@Misticsan
For the purposes of the role they are auditioning for, sincerity DID matter! That's WHY Minori kept winning.
Minroi will probably get points for sacrificing his audition to help Okabe go see her mother.
@Omegaplib - "It's not recommended that employees of the same company date each other"
Not necessarily the same company, but at least not when one of them is the other's supervisor, as is the case here.
@monkey123 - “I’ll paraphrase what Rumiko Takahashi said when asked a similar question about Ranma. She said, “I don’t think about such things, and neither should you.”
@Wordsmith - Relax dude! I think it's meant to convey Akemi's easygoing and NON-TRADITIONAL personality, not to be a literal translation of an honorific.
@Rasparr - Well, 180cm is about 5'11". That would be considered tall for a girl, anywhere. In Japan, that would be HUGE for a girl. Jun is probably well over 6' tall. By comparison, Misuzu is shorter than average, and I think Carol is too, so that makes Tomo look even taller.