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Audition stats and facts

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• Bruno's luggage got separated from him en route to the Glasgow auditions. He had to do a last-minute dash to the shops which saw him buying new underwear and socks from a well-known, no-frills fashion outlet

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• The London auditions saw traffic at a standstill outside ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Television Centre as 1,000 Lycra-clad people queued down the street

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• The auditions featured a huge variety of dance styles. They included the highland fling, male cheerleaders, a bollywood troupe, tap, jazz, breaks, ballet, hip hop, street, capoeira, rave, burlesque, go-go, Latin, ballroom and body-popping

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• Arlene's home town of Manchester saw the auditions turn into a washout with torrential rain throughout the day. The crew had to move the entire stage to a nearby nightclub and back out again four times!

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• The auditions produced some characters that stood out from the crowd for all the wrong reasons. They included:

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• Frank the raver (71), from Brighton. Frank goes clubbing every weekend and did the "big fish, little fish" dance to Relight My Fire, by Take That

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• A man in a full robot outfit caused a backlog in the queue when he had to take it off for the metal detectors in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Television Centre

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• Nick Wade, a raver in his mid-40s, gave his all as he danced to the Prodigy in his audition

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• A dancing lollipop lady made Bruno blush with some pole dancing moves around her lollipop that definitely weren't suitable for school children

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