Little Stalky: Audience Member

You may have gathered from yesterday's tale that Little Stalky and co have recently been to Sydney to participate as audience members for the Australian X Factor.  Alas Mystical Roo was absent for he was playing football for his new team and, mystical as he is, could not be in two places at once.  Though how cool would that be!  So, X Factor.  This was the audition stage so I was excited about the prospect of seeing the weird dude who thinks he can sing but actually can't sing.  It's cruel, I know, but I just can't help myself.  We arrived to a very long queue and had our wrists stamped with something illegible.  Then we had to lurk impatiently whilst various television folk got us to act all excited over and over and over.  Honestly, there's only so much excitement one can generate whilst lurking in a queue.  Apparently we were waiting for the judges.  We had to cheer them along the red carpet before anyone was allowed in.  So eventually the judges arrived and we were admitted into the entertainment centre.  Our judges were Ronan Keating, Mel B, Guy Sebastian and Natalie Basthingwaite.  Once they settled down behind their table the acts started coming on and things went really smoothly.  It was nothing like Top Gear with loads of standing around and retaking of stuff.  Once we were in and things kicked off then that was it.  Act came on, act did their thing and the judges judged.  We as audience members cheered, booed, laughed and on one occasion gave a standing ovation.  We're good like that.  It was a fun thing to be a part of and after the initial lurking there was rarely a dull moment.  I loved listening to people sing and I loved being part of the audience, offering my support or occasionally a suspicious look.  There were all the usual suspects.  The dude in the crazy shirt who thought he could sing, could sing a bit but not that well and refused to accept any criticism.  The crying girl.  The girl who has to hold her stomach to be able to hit the high notes.  The person who can sing but has no stage presence and the person who has plenty of stage presence but can't sing.  There was a man who did an amazing and totally unexpected Shaggy impression.  There was a possible German with a possible wig who was very aggressive but gave a beautiful rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone".  It was just a shame his attitude got him sent off stage.  There was a girl who ruined Michael Jackson's "Rock With You" who had family members sat right in front of us who got very upset when the girl didn't get through.  Actually they walked out.  Which gave us a better view.  It was a mixed bag and entertaining throughout.  If I had the opportunity to go again then I definitely would.  I think I make a rather excellent audience member.