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One person turns up for Colchester X Factor auditions

40-year-old Cher Townrow was the only person to show up in the first hour at the Colchester auditions for 'The X Factor'.

Mobile auditions are taking place across the UK this week in an attempt to discover talent that might not turn up in the normal preliminary rounds, but unfortunately the Colchester run wasn't very fruitful.

Townrow told The Sun newspaper that only around 20 people tried out for the show all day at The Red Lion Hotel in the area: "I was walking home and saw it on the sign for the auditions. At home I can sing brilliantly, but it didn't happen here. I'm surprised no-one else was here. It could have been the cold weather."

The lack of interest shown by the general public might be a worry, but a spokesperson for 'The X Factor' was quick to reassure the media that it simply isn't a problem: "The X Factor mobile auditions are taking place across the UK this week, allowing budding artists to try out in towns and cities where the auditions tour doesn't reach."

"The numbers attending vary from location to location and are on a par with last year when we found our winner James Arthur. Overall applications are strong for this series and are in line with last year. We've had strong turnouts at other locations for the mobile auditions with more than 250 people turning up at Hull and over 100 in Great Yarmouth."

 

 

 

 

Watch one of the most popular auditions from the last season of 'The X Factor' here: