i small talked a few of the low level endemol runners and even the psyches (for the record, never try and play mind games on a psychiatrist.) did a bit of maths and managed to get a rough figure of about 40 people left so that sort of tallies!
when being collected from my secret location, the runner who picked me up told me she recognized me from my first audition. i said "oh yeah you were operating the camera werent you" and she siad "yeah".
i then asked the job of the fellow who was interviewing me during the first audition, who also happened to be the man behind the mirror who also gave us the talk of doom at the final group stage. She said he's the #2 guy of the whole creative process, only one guy above him.
its sufficiently encouraging to hear that the #2 guy of the whole process was the one in all your auditions giving you a yes. especially considering how fast i was called back the last time!
i also had a call the day before my psyche asking me to clarify some details so they can request my medical records.
i read somewhere thats a tell tale sign your going in?
can you tell im reading way too deep into this and that i should just relax
