I first heard about John Barrowman’s new TV show, Tonight’s the Night, when he appeared on The One Show back in March. He was promoting the show and asking for people to write in with their nominations for members of the public who deserved to have their performance dreams come true.
As March rolled on, I didn’t hear much more about the show and began to look forward to Planet of the Dead. It wasn’t until the end of March that I became aware of the Alien Talent Search for the first time. I realised I only had two days to design an idea and fill out the application form. That sounds easy, but trust me it wasn’t! It was a case of what can you do that looks good in that short space of time. Knowing that many people had probably been working on their entries for the last two weeks since the competition had been announced.
After submitting my application it wasn’t until the following week when I got my first phone call. I can’t really remember what I said; it was all a bit of a blur. I had a chat with one of the research team, we talked about my alien, about Doctor Who, the competition oh and John. After it was over I was really excited and was sure that I’d done enough to get the second call back, but there was always a little bit of doubt. That doubt was washed away when a week later I got the call I’d been waiting for. I think that was an even better feeling, coming off that call knowing I was going to London, going to the BBC, going to be on TV and hang on a minute, I was going to meet John Barrowman!