Youth Arts Coordinator, Ms Sharon Aldrick said it was a huge turnout of talented Coasties all nervously excited for their opportunity to audition for the show.
“Hopefuls gathered in the Warehouse’s main room before being called into a separate room for the initial judging panel,” Ms Aldrick said. “If contestants got a yes from the first audition, they moved onto a second one, and if they also passed this audition, they would then move on to one on one interviews with X Factor Staff. “It was a day filled with highs and lows for talent on the Coast,” she said.
One of the warehouses own song writing and recording students, sight impaired artist Lyndal Daniels, was the first person to audition on the day. According to Ms Aldrick, who witnessed Daniels’ audition, Daniels performed a spectacular rendition of Katy Perry’s ‘Roar’, but did not get through to the next level. Daniels said despite not getting through it was a good opportunity and experience and that she would be training harder for next year’s auditions.
Interview, May 3, 2016 Sharon Aldrick, Youth Arts Warehouse Coordinator Journalist, Dilon Luke