Interviews

The night before the start of each Hunger Games, Caesar Flickerman hosts an interview with each of the tributes. He asks them about their life back home, time in the Capitol so far, training scores, and the Reaping. He is noted to try to help all the tributes through their interview. The interviews are in order of districts with the female preceding the male tribute. Each interview is alloted three minutes per tribute. The main purpose of the interviews is to show the rest of the Capitol a little about each tribute to help them choose their favorite. There is always an interview with the tributes before each Hunger Games, and another with the victor after the Games are over.

74th Hunger Games
Each of the 24 contestants in the 74th Hunger Games were given an interview. Some of the noted ones were:


 * The girl from District 1, Glimmer, was very beautiful and 'sexy'. Katniss also notes that her mentor probably didn't have much trouble thinking of an angle of approach to make herself seem a good bet. She wore a translucent silk dress.


 * The boy from District 1, Marvel showed confidence and made jokes during his interview. He was said to not be the smartest tool in the box from the Tribute Guide.


 * The boy from District 2, Cato, was noted as a monstrous, ruthless killing-machine. He said he was determined to win for his district.


 * The girl from District 2, Clove, was just like Cato, as well as arrogant. She was sarcastic but also sweet.


 * The girl from District 5, nicknamed Foxface, was sly and elusive. She spoke very little but when she did Katniss noted that she was quiet. In the film, it was shown that she talked fast and used many intelligent words, such as "evaluate" and "conclude".


 * The crippled male from District 10 was very quiet and shy.


 * The girl from District 11, Rue, was not very shy, saying her best strategy is her elusiveness in the arena. She was dressed in a gossamer gown complete with wings making the audience in awe of her.


 * The boy from District 11, Thresh, was very huge and attempted to answer the questions with single word yes or no answers. Katniss thinks that if she had any money, she would bet on him.




 * Katniss Everdeen, the female tribute from District 12, was very nervous and couldn't think straight during her interview. She won the Capitol over by showing off her outfit and twirling around, making her look beautiful. She had a dress in which the bottom was fabricated made her look like she was on fire.


 * Peeta Mellark, the male tribute from District 12, won the Capitol over with his looks and sense of humor. He joked and asked Caesar Flickerman if he smelled like roses. He also revealed that he has had a crush on Katniss, his female counterpart, for a long time.

In the film, the following tributes were not seen having an interview: the District 3 female, the District 8 tributes, the District 9 tributes and the District 10 female.

After the 74th Hunger Games


Peeta and Katniss both appear for the post-Games interview. Katniss is told by Haymitch Abernathy that they must act as though they are in love and that she would rather have died than lose Peeta. Due to their heroic "berry scene," President Snow is not very happy with them for showing them up. Their stylists (Cinna for Katniss and Portia for Peeta), prep teams (for Katniss: Venia, Octavia, and Flavius), escort (EffieTrinket) and mentor (Haymitch) are all introduced. Katniss is dressed as an innocent young girl in a yellow dress that resembles candlelight to draw attention away from her rebellious actions. They show highlights of the whole Hunger Games and it is especially hard for Katniss to re-live. When President Snow gives the crown to Katniss, he gives her a venomous look and she knows that he will be out to get her.

Victory Tour
To wrap up the victory tour, there is an interview with Caesar. During these he asks how the victor is doing. During the interview in Catching Fire, Peeta proposes to Katniss. This was Katniss's idea and was the signal for a planned uprising in District 8.

75th Hunger Games
Each victor reaped for the 75th Hunger Games participated in an interview with Caesar, a process not new to any of them. Most complained of the fact that they would have to participate in yet another games, while some, mainly the careers, boasted of their fame or showed the same bloodlust as before. Some notable interviews include:
 * Gloss thanked the Capitol for their kindness to him and his sister.
 * Cashmere makes a speech about she can not stop crying when she thinks about how the residents of the Capitol must be suffering with the thought of the loss of 23 victors.
 * Beetee questioned the legality of the Third Quarter Quell.
 * Finnick Odair read a love note to "his one true lover in the Capitol". Almost all of the Capitol females believed it was directed at them.
 * Johanna Mason asks if it really is impossible to do something about the situation of the Quell, seeing as when the twist was first written, it was not taken into account the bond that would inevitably form between the victors and the Capitol.
 * Chaff helps spark the rebellion by stating that President Snow could change the Quell at any moment if he wanted.
 * Seeder quietly ponders about how the people of District 11 all think President Snow is all-powerful and asks, if he is so powerful why doesn't he just change the Quell?
 * Katniss Everdeen unexpectedly puts on a show to spark a rebellion. Her interview dress surprisingly turned into a mockingjay at the beginning of the interview as designed by Cinna.
 * Peeta Mellark has the same enjoyable back-and-forth with Caesar as the year before. He talked of his secret marriage with Katniss back in District 12 and revealed her pregnancy, both faked, but the latter being in order to get the audience's sympathy and keep their faith in the couple.

At the close of the interviews, Peeta and Katniss led the victors in a spontaneous show of unity by holding hands. Some are reluctant at first, but eventually all the tributes joined in to form an unbroken line, sending the crowd into a chaotic uproar. The chain of hands, though seen to some as a symbol of the victors' friendship, was meant as a symbol of rebellion, saying that even the dreadfulness of the games couldn't sever the bond the victors had formed nor destroy the united strength they held. Nonetheless this did not stop the tributes from battling to the death once the Games began the following day.

The 50th Hunger Games
Not much is known about this interview, but that Caesar asked Haymitch, "So, Haymitch, what do you think about the Hunger Games having 100% more competitors than usual?" Haymitch responded, "Well, they'll still be 100% stupid as usual, so I figured that my odds will be roughly the same," giving the audience a laugh.