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Feel like you all need a good laugh. Found this in my Year 11 year book. That’s me on keyboard on @BGT 12 years ago 
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No, I didn’t want to do it. I was in a band for a few years at school with my best friend (now my maid of honour!) and 2 other friends. Two of them really wanted to be famous (and one has since been on various reality TV shows). They convinced us to apply. 2/13
I remember guilt tripping my mum into signing this HORRENDOUS contract which basically signs your life away to Simon Cowell (I remember one specific part saying if he wants you to dye/cut your hair, you do it. Random). We missed school to go to the auditions. 3/13
Before this, we had to send a video of ourselves to producers who had clearly deemed us good/sh*te enough to audition on stage. For some reason beyond me, we decided to wear black shirts with our name and instrument in neon pink writing in the back. TRES COOL https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with sunglasses"> 4/13
The audition was horrendous. They wouldn’t allow us to have a drum kit on stage so the drummer had to use BONGOS. We were so nervous that the start of our song was shaky and Amanda pressed the buzzer. It is TERRIFYINGLY LOUD. 5/13
The audience booed her and then got behind us, swaying arms etc. Anyway, got to the end and Amanda said she was wrong and she judged us prematurely. Piers liked us too. Then it got to Simon... 6/13
He said our shirts were like those of sandwich-shop workers - fair point. But then he said he wasn’t interested in me and the drummer, only the other 2. I feel now it’s important to point out that the drummer and I are short and brunette, and the other 2 are noticeably 7/13
taller, skinner and blonde. The difference was quite drastic when the 4 of us stood together. The audience predictably booed his comment (cue “I’m sorry, I’m just being honest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏻♀️" title="Woman shrugging (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman shrugging (light skin tone)">” from Cowell) but we still got 4 ‘yes’s and we walked off stage... and I burst into tears LOL 8/13
It was @StephenMulhern who spoke to us after but the drummer and I couldn’t talk because we were so humiliated. Bless him though, he was so lovely. Anyway... we returned a few weeks later to that bit you see on TV where they say either yes or no to a whole room at a time. 9/13
You’re told to wear the exact same outfit/hair/makeup you did on the day (I guess so audiences at home recognise the act). I THANK MY LUCKY STARS to say we were told no. I despise being centre of attention and I don’t know why I ever agreed to do it. 10/13
Certainly a life experience though! We were on YouTube once but the gods have taken sympathy upon me and removed it. The interview process was weird... they filmed us walking into the building about 8 times holding our instruments “come on girls, look lively” 11/13
and made us re-record answering their questions if we didn’t do it in full sentences, eg “Why did you apply to the show?” “We applied to the show because...” (so they could cut out their own question). They also made us re-answer the question if our answer was too “boring”. 12/13
Our band was called Envy, and we were told if we made it to lives we’d have to change our name because that band name already existed.
So there we go - a tragic month or so in my life that I’ve now shared with the worldhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy"> 13/13 ( @Tweacher_Jams - a thread you might enjoy)
So there we go - a tragic month or so in my life that I’ve now shared with the world
OH MY GOODNESS I FOUND A MILLISECOND SNIPPET FROM 2008 YOUTUBE
