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I know I have already completed this item, but I attended another showing which was LIVE this time.
For the semi-finals of the X Factor’s shows I was lucky enough (and the envy of all my friends!) to have tickets to see it live in the audience. And what an experience it was!Living in the south I had a 2 hour journey to London, which is usually fine on the train but this week the whole of the UK has been under snow. This mean't my journey took double the time but was definitely worth it!
We got our seats not long before the show started. The first thing I noticed was the size of the studio and stage. The live shows are filmed in a different studio to the auditions and this time around the studio was half the size. It is a lot smaller in real life than it looks on TV, we were sat six rows from the front but it still felt within touching distance.
On the tickets it stated that the doors would open at 18:45 so everyone had enough time to get allocated seats before the show started at 20:00. Luckly for us the doors opened early as they were doing a pre-recording for the results show on Sunday. We were all really excited as we had heard that the Black Eyed Peas were performing on the results show so we assumed we were going to see them.
As we started the pre-recording it turned out to be the cast of Glee all the way from the USA. It was there first ever performance on British TV and they were promoting Season 2 of the show. I believe that it is a big show over in the USA but I have never seen it. I may have to check it out as I really enjoyed the performance.
Watch the performance here!
After the pre-recording we had twenty minutes before the live show. There was a warm up guy who told us what to do and got us all hyped up!Watch the performance here!
The judges walked on and Dannii and Cheryl looked stunning, Simon and Louis looked just like they do on the TV! It was fantastic to see them all in real life. All the judges were friendly and made the effort to interact with the crowd whilst not live on TV, some people were even lucky enough to have a hug and a kiss with Simon and Cheryl. Dermot O’Leary was funny and charming often walking through the audience and shaking peoples hands. I even managed to get Dermot's autograph! It was just a shame we weren’t allowed to take any photos.
Watching the contestants live reminded me that they were real normal people, whilst everyone at home was watching the contestants VT before they sang their song, we got to see them getting ready on stage – most of the time just standing there full of nerves.
The atmosphere in the studio was electric, everyone screaming and cheering for their favourite acts, the noise of the crowd in the studio is much louder than you hear at home. Everyone quickly got into the spirit of the pantomime of the show, booing at the judges when they weren’t so nice to the contestants, we all easily got carried away with the whole thing!
The show seemed to be over so quickly, being live meant it only lasted a tiny bit longer than you see on TV, but we got to stay in the audience whilst the Xtra Factor was filmed. Konnie spoke to the contestants on stage, then the judges moved to the studio and we got to see them on the big screens answering questions from callers at home.
Unfortunately the evening couldn’t last forever, and it was soon time to take the long journey back home – but what an experience being live at X Factor was, and imagine my surprise when I watched it back to see myself in the audience! I just hope I get to go back next year…
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