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28th
September 2000
Head of sixth form at my school announces that application forms
for 'Blockbusters' are available. Most of sixth form sniggers. I
get a crazy idea in my head, pick up a form and write off.
12th
November 2000
I've
got an audition! Take a look at this letter!
Wow.
21st
November 2000
Audition
went well, I think... I hope...
Some interesting points - I was definitely the youngest there (sixteen
in five days, so I'll be just old enough then). Some from King's
College, Grantham... some from Nottingham High School for Girls.
They all seemed to know each other, which was unnerving. Never mind.
Kathy
and Charlotte, the contestant researchers, seemed pleasant enough.
Think Mel and Sue. But not looking much like them.
Arrived
early at the hotel (posh place, right in the centre of Birmingham).
We were ushered into a conference room at three o'clock, got a short
introduction and went round the table and introduced ourselves.
After
that (this was about 3:50, so we were running late), we had a sheet
with twenty-six Blockbusters questions on it to fill in. I got 22
and a half marks, not bad... there were a few nasty questions on
it, though.
And
that was it. We'd be contacted in the next fortnight if we were
shortlisted.
30th
November 2000
I've been shortlisted! This letter
arrived in the post this morning...
4th
December 2000
Sent
my shortlist questionnaire form back... if I'm selected, this is
what Liza Tarbuck will choose to chat to me about. So, nothing too
embarrassing on there.
20th
December 2000
I am in a state of shock.
Got home from the last day of school at lunchtime to find a message
taped to the wall - "Charlotte, Blockbusters" and a phone
number. Rang back - she's not in. On tenterhooks until 3pm when
she rings and tells me that I'm on the show. Tentative filming
date is 23rd January (this can change as it's a knockout tournament
game)...
Received
basic clothing instructions over phone - no white, no blue (it merges
with the background), no logos, no checks or stripes, bring three
different tops because you might be here for three days. Oh, and
they'll pay for all my travel.
More
information to arrive by post, but being close to Christmas, they
can't guarantee it'll arrive before Yuletide. Wish each other Merry
Christmas, thank profusely, laugh, hang up, whoop with joy.
Phone
round all friends. Receive offer of supporters' club, called "Scotty's
Babes".
With
a name like that, how can I turn them down?
27th
December 2000
My
infopack arriveth!
A
few comments on this - firstly, the clothing guidelines pretty much
rule out my entire wardrobe, such as it is, which is made up of
mostly black, grey or blue. Agh.
Apart
from that, everything seems fair enough. I've started watching the
show, trying to beat the contestants. It's only when you try and
buzz in before them that you realise how quick they are. Less than
a month to my recording date now...
21st
January 2000
Well,
the release form is signed, the train tickets are booked... in two
days, I'm off to Leeds to play Blockbusters!
I
managed to get ten tickets for the "club", but I've had
to let quite a few people down, which is a pity. Ah well... less
pressure, I guess...
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