Britain's Got Talent

Today I went for my Britain's Got Talent audition and I had a fantastic day! I sung 'Out Here On My Own' from the musical 'Fame'. I chose this song because it's a song I feel confident performing after singing it in a singing exam and passing with distinction. I always sang it at our annual Rock Challenge Showcase. After this performance I was given a lot of compliments and made my Mum cry;) As it's Britain's Got Talent I wanted to be different. Doing this song meant it was Musical Theatre and it's a song that I could put a lot of emotion into. I wasn't just singing the song I was telling a story. Fingers crossed I did enough to be able to at least get through to see the judges. I would be more than happy just to get to that point.

I brought along my Mum and my two friends, Charlotte and Georgina. We arrived to a MASSIVE queue but I wasn't complaining. I knew what I was letting myself in for. The most disappointing part of my day was when I didn't get a Britain's Got Talent printed sticker. I changed days which meant they hadn't printed me one with my number. I got a plain sticker with my number written on. I know it might sound pathetic but I wanted to keep that as a sort of memory. The waiting room was packed and the atmosphere wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. Everyone was very nervous and some wanted to be noticed by the cameras more than others.

I was given the 1pm slot and didn't go into my audition until about six o'clock. It was a very long wait which made me more and more nervous. When I was finally called to go through to the next room my nerves turned to excitement. my voice went so high pitched and        I just wanted to jump up and down. We were all lined up outside and Charlotte was more nervous than me pacing up and down. The little girl next to me was lovely and we were just chatting away. The others just sat in silence but she was really talkative. It was better to be chatting to someone because this kept my mind off the fact I was seconds away from my audition. I had countless amount of compliments on my orange and pink wedges. I wanted to stand out and these shoes definitely made me stand out!

My name was called and all of use were like ahhhhhhhh!!! Charlotte checked me over and made sure I had my music. Mum stayed well away just in case she said the wrong thing and got all 'emotional' which would of thrown me and Georgina pulled the bottom of my jeans down because I had wrinkly knees. I had Good Luck shouted at me about a million times but I was too busy worrying I was going to fall over in my massive heels when walking into the room. I was sent in and the first thing the researcher said to me was "OMG I love your shoes!!". It wouldn't actually surprise me if I just got through purely on the shoes. I handed over the music and confidently chatted away as I do. You were allowed to have people in the room with you but I decided to not have my Mum in with me because I wanted to show I was confident. Your Mum can't be with you to hold your hand all your life.

My song went really really well and the letter said you would only be required to sing a verse and a chorus. She listened to 3 verses and 2 chorus'. I'm hoping this is a good thing? I was a little bit shakey at first but by the end my confidence came and my voice just came out of nowhere! I added in a lot of emotion just to make me that little bit different from people just standing there and singing. I am happy I chose the song I did because I know there were a lot of people going in and belting out 'Adele' and 'Whitney Houston'.

I went on Britain's Got Talent for the experience. At first I wasn't too bothered about getting through but after being there for the day I would love to get through. Being there makes it real and I never thought I would say I enjoyed an audition. I loved it! I wanted to go back in and sing some more. Still if I don't get through it is an experience that I will remember my whole life. At the end of the day thousands and thousands of people audition and the acts that are good for TV go through. You might not be TV material but what about musical theatre? or smaller forms of entertainment not as big as TV? Just because you don't get through doesn't mean you don't have 'talent'. The word talent can be used and seen in many different ways according to who you are.