X Factor fever hits London!

Thousands of people poured into the capital yesterday, all hoping to be the UK's next singing sensation.



Excited hopefulls queing outside the 02

 It was the open auditions for this year's X Factor and the venue was the impressive 02 Arena. Some contestants qued for up to 12 hours for their chance to shine, most of which was outside in the cold.

This year marked a change to the filming process. In previous years most of the crowd shots were done inside the 02. However contestants along with their friends and family were made to wait outside for film crews to get all they needed.

Not even giant inflatable balls, dance music, chants and making the shape of 'X's made people forget how cold it was. Applicants were told to start queing by 8am and were finally let in at around 1.30pm.