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What time do you get there for to get almost guarenteed access ? Also do they give you some sort of band where you can go off and get a drink and go back at a later time?
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So I guess the moral of that story is - go early
U kidding me? why did they let so few in
It was the night Duran Duran performed so they brought some of their families and friends, then a lot of contestants families and friends also went. This was quite far into the show too, when there were only about 5 contestants left.
Anyone else having any experiences?
Another tip, dress up, take banners anything to make you stand out
these tickets, did you have to pay for them?
No not if she was a member of applause at the time, I had 4 tickets to the very first X from them as we had to be there early but not as early as you do now. We queued for hours though, but we did get in as we had VIP applause tickets.
As someone said, make up, dress up and take banners, you stand out you should get good seats.
At around 3/4 they stamped our hands and said that this didn;t mean we were deffo going to be going in but we thought it was pretty likely. I think it was about 5 or 6ish they started to let the priorty people in, there were LOADS of them, we didn't realise just how many... my friend asked the person incharge whether we were likely to get in and he said "As cheryl is performing she has tonnes of production guests coming to see her so less none prioty people will get in tonight than normal." They then eventually started to let in a few people from the none priority queue, we DID get in JUST but we were split up (we werent actually sat too far appart
Good luck getting in, just turn up early! We were about 15th in the queue and were one of the last people let in for the entire show!
Ooh and to answer you other question.. for the majority of the queuing process (as long as you are with another person) you can just get them to stay in the line whilst you go to the loo or get a drink, and they did let you leave the queue until about 5ish i think! They do warn you when your last oppertunity is to leave it
The majority of the audience are contestants families and friends. One Direction certainly had more then six members each there. There are production staff tickets and VIP guests who fill up most of the remaining seats, It is actually a very small studio, nowhere near as big as it looks on the television.
The studio actually holds between 500-600 depending on the staging, No way does it hold what you are saying. Don't tell me I am wrong on how many tickets the contestants get, I walked into an empty studio yesterday and their names are on the chairs, the single contestants had two rows each, which is more then ten. The group took up a large section. Whether they are personal ticket allocations I don't know, but I do know how the seats were marked up.
Is that the other contestant's family & friends?
Coming from this thread there is a small number of public audience there, the rest being family/friends/VIPs/Production staff (esp on a Sunday night as I understand it?)
If you get the free tickets and want guaranteed entry.. then 8, 9 am.
Anywhen after 12PM and no chance. Sliding scale inbetween.
The studio this year is seating 800 odd. There are varying "levels" of tickets such as VIPs, friends and family, competition winners, production, priority plus (not sure if they still do that mind) then priority. Only once all of them are seated do the free audience members fill up the slots.
The allocation varies week to week, sometimes it can be a few hundred, other times 10 or 20. Obviously you can generally predict (e.g. if Cheryl is performing, it's gonna be less)
Cher got booed as well last night
The booing for Cher last night came from the family and friends.
I think more Applause Store ticket holders get in on a Saturday then a Sunday. You could see there weren't many places for the GP yesterday, as nearly all the seats had names or contestants names on them, Talk Talk being the main sponsors also get a chunk of seating.
thanks..struck me this year as far more booing, which does lend more dramatics on side of the television viewers, but not a fan of it! It strikes me as rude & offputting really..observation
If you are female, a loud screamer, under 20 and get there at anytime you will get front 6 row seats too by the look of the audience behind the judges