I was at the X Factor Bootcamp filming today!

[MarkWaldorf]

It was such an amazing day! It was first off, SO surreal seeing all the judges and presenters in person. Cheryl is so beautiful in real life and Dermot is soooo tiny! haha. I got in que at 8am and we weren't let in until 2pm, because Dermot had to do filming and we had to wait for the judges to arrive before we could get in. As you can imagine it was a huge uproar when the cars arrived and everyone was rushing to the front of the gates. Cheryl came like 45 minutes late and she still had the biggest applause when she got out. Below are pictures of Dermot filming his bit of introducing Bootcamp, where they made us all scream, bad pic of Cheryl arriving and a picture of Holly filming for ITV2:

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So later at about 2:30pm, my side got ushered into the theatre and we got seated and I got great seats just a few rows behind the judges table. It's so shiny and futuristic! There was this warmup guy before hand and then Dermot came on and started taking the piss out of people. Then they made everyone film this scene where it's pitch back whilst he spoke, and when the lights came on we all had to jump up and scream. They kept effing it up though so we had to keep doing it! lol The Bootcamp stage:

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Afterwards the judges came out and each of them got a really good applause, more-so Cheryl though. She had lots of support banners. They got seated and Simon spoke to us all and explained they had chosen the final 50 and 30 of them would be eliminated at this stage, but that was to be in private and no audience. Photos:

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Top 50:
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There is A LOT of talent this year. I feel bad for them all because there's truly so many that deserve to be in the live shows and won't be. Look out for a girl group named Frank. They were only put together 24 hours ago but are absolutely amazing. They're like a new and improved Mis-Teeq and they're completely different to ANY band ever on X Factor.

LOTS OF HOT GUYS TOO :thumbs2: Thanks for reading!:hugesmile: They made us turn off cameras and mobiles whilst filming so there's none of the acts performing, sorry!

[Firewire]

Yay.

I'm looking forward to it starting in 3 weeks.

[Hugo]

Sounds amazing! I'm so jealous you got to see Cheryl! Ugh.
Glad you had a great time though!

[Firewire]

Dannii's hair = :yuk:

Cheryl = :lovedup:

[MarkWaldorf]

Dannii's hair is so short :(

and ty guys!

[BigSister]

wow thats so cool mark
Cant wait for it to start ^_^

[Alf]

mmmm
holly willabooby

[Princess]

Sounds brill Mark! Glad you had a great time :cheer:

[Arneldo]

I'm not looking forward to having to go through about 104 weeks of tedious auditions before we get to see any decent singers.

But yeh - great recap, and great pics! Thanks!

[Jack_]

Thanks for posting this, I'm really looking forward to it now. :thumbs:

How come only 20 are going through though? Only 5 acts each at the Judge's Houses this year?

[M X]

Wow. That's so cool Mark! I'm so excited now for the show! xD. Frank, eh!? :p

[bettiepage]

Did you hear anything about Rachel Adediji?

[Patrick]

Should be good just pissed off Holly is still at Xtra factor then

[Tom4784]

I'm glad you had a good time but I must say the idea of there being an audience still hasn't won me over.

[Jack_]

Originally posted by Dezzy
I'm glad you had a good time but I must say the idea of there being an audience still hasn't won me over.

It's crap isn't it?

The atmosphere with just 4 judges was so much better when someone rubbish came on, made it much funnier.

[MarkWaldorf]

Thanks guys!

Rice_square, I think I saw that Rachel perform. I can't remember who she was though, we saw too many acts.

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Dezzy
I'm glad you had a good time but I must say the idea of there being an audience still hasn't won me over.

I don't blame you! Sometimes the audience wouldn't shut up and Simon had to tell everyone off LOL but it added a great atmosphere to the performers, because you could tell they were so nervous. It probably gave them a bit of much needed confidence.

I think about 3/4 acts got a huge standing ovation.

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Jack_
Thanks for posting this, I'm really looking forward to it now. :thumbs:

How come only 20 are going through though? Only 5 acts each at the Judge's Houses this year?

I think the host said 6, so unless they meant around 30 would be eliminated?

[Matt]

Originally posted by Dezzy
I'm glad you had a good time but I must say the idea of there being an audience still hasn't won me over.

Agreed. It's going to ruin the first half of the show for me.

Glad you had a good time :spin:

[LemonJam]

I can't wait =D

I've never been so excited for X factor haha

[bronaaaa]

-Is jealous- :tongue:
Glad you had a good time

[andybigbro]

Originally posted by Matt
Originally posted by Dezzy
I'm glad you had a good time but I must say the idea of there being an audience still hasn't won me over.

Agreed. It's going to ruin the first half of the show for me.

Glad you had a good time :spin:

I agree. They should have kept it as it was.

Looks like you had fun Mark.

Maybe you saw the winner... :P

[Blowout]

I went on Saturday too! Had a great time despite the absolute mess they made of the ques! Have to agree with MarkWaldorf and say Frank were my favourite of the day. I didn't see anyone absolutely outstanding that stood out as a possible winner.

I got there at about 10:45 and I got really lucky with how they split the queue as I ended up right at the front when the judges arrived so managed to get autographs and photos with Louis and Cheryl. Didn't manage to get Dannii's and Simon more or less ran straight in!


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[Marc]

Yay! Cannot wait =D

[xDramatick]

Great to see you had a great time.
My friend went :] She has bright blue/green/blonde hair, so she'll probably stand out in the crowd mwaha.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Can someone who was at the boot camp tell me, if there was a Scottish guy there, called Ollie & he sang "Your Song", how did he get on is through.

[MarkWaldorf]

What does he look like?

[Tom]

Holly :lovedup:

Really looking forward to this years, series 5 is a tough one to follow

[Indierock&roll]

bootcamp already!?
im so so excited

[Lewis.]

Markwaldorf :shocked:
I cannot believe you did not invite me
You know how much I Love the X Factor
:bawling:

Haha. Naah. Glad you had a great time! Looks like a good bunch! Did you see those twins that looked a bit like Leona, and sounded like her too? Apparently there are two of them. If there are then.. :love::love::love:

:spin2:

[Tom]

Originally posted by Indierock&roll
bootcamp already!?
im so so excited

The final 12 are usually picked before the auditions have even finished going out. In fact with Holly now on This Morning at the start of September (when its usually done) it probably wouldn't be a daft thought if it was all done and dusted before the first episode even goes out.

[MarkWaldorf]

Yeah I did Lewis. They were really good! Simon had a go at them though, which I was shocked about.

[Lewis.]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
Yeah I did Lewis. They were really good! Simon had a go at them though, which I was shocked about.
Why did he have a go at them? And did they look much like Leona? :love:

[MarkWaldorf]

He criticised one of them for singing more than the other, and when she tried to defend herself by saying her twin was ill he was like 'it's a little too late for that now'

and yeah they did! :p

[Dom:D]

:shocked:
You are so lucky I love x factor it's my fave tv show i'm getting all excited now:spin:

[Lewis.]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
He criticised one of them for singing more than the other, and when she tried to defend herself by saying her twin was ill he was like 'it's a little too late for that now'

and yeah they did! :p

Simon is a twat. Haha =]

And Were they these two?
http://twitpic.com/cfakl

:hugesmile:

[Tom]

Mark were the audience being morons booing the rubbish ones? (The token rubbish ones that get through at auditions .... Bootcamp audience might not have 'got' them in the way the audition audience did)

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Tom
Mark were the audience being morons booing the rubbish ones? (The token rubbish ones that get through at auditions .... Bootcamp audience might not have 'got' them in the way the audition audience did)

Nah they were cheering practically everyone. From the 25 I saw there wasn't really any bad ones. One woman completely messed it all up and she got a lot of cheers when the judges were denying her a second chance.

[Tom]

Did she get it in the end then?

[MarkWaldorf]

Nope she left after begging for like 2 minutes. :hugesmile:

[Tom]

lmao @ how you love it

was she any good though or would she have probably gone home anyway?

[MarkWaldorf]

She was alright. I think she was an over 25, and they never stand a chance anyway. She was either too nervous or just didn't know the lyrics (Christina - Hurt)