September 29th 2023.
It's hard to believe, but does anyone remember Alison Hammond auditioning for The X Factor? Our minds are definitely blown!
Alison wasn't actually auditioning for real, but judges Sharon Osbourne, Simon Cowell, and Louis Walsh definitely thought it was.
On Friday's This Morning, Alison and co-host Dermot O'Leary reminisced on their first meetings with Mrs O. Dermot hosted The X Factor for eight years, starting in 2007, when Sharon was a judge.
But Alison was actually on the other side of the table and did a fake audition. She recalled to Sharon: “They said, 'Right, Alison, you’re gonna do an audition,' and I said, 'Well, let the judges know that it’s just a joke and that I’m not really auditioning.' They went, 'No, we’re not gonna tell them.'”
The hilarious moment was then presented to the viewers, with Alison confessing she had never been so nervous in her life. The clip showed her singing her worst possible singing voice for the judges. Simon Cowell was already unimpressed, muttering, "Oh God, I've got better things to do with my time".
Sharon exclaimed: “This is just a wind-up”, and Simon repeatedly begged Alison to stop, waving his hand in the air. Louis Walsh voted no, and Alison retorted: “Are you being serious, Louis?”. To which he responded, “100%”.
Alison then said to the judges: “God, you wouldn’t know talent if it slapped you in the face”, to which Sharon replied: “But excuse me, who is this lady?”.
Cutting back to 2023 on This Morning, Alison, Sharon, and Dermot were all in stitches after watching the clip back. Alison remembered how nervous she was because it had suddenly become real and the judges were actually debating her talent.
Dermot then praised Sharon for being like a second mother to him on his first day, to which Sharon replied: “Oh please, you were such a joy to work with.”
It's hard to forget Alison Hammond's fake audition for The X Factor. It was a moment of pure entertainment, and we can't help but laugh at it every time we watch it back.
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