Wannabe stars audition

A crowd of roughly 80 wannabe music stars gathered outside The Ardilaun Hotel last Sunday singing Aslan’s 'Crazy World’ with great verve in what looked at first sight to be an impromptu sing-a-long.A television production director halted the singing mid-verse however and it became clear that, far from an off-the-cuff vocal outburst from enthusiastic You’re a Star hopefuls, it was a cleverly choreographed entrance for the cameras by the show’s presenter Brian Ormond.Ormond was filmed arriving at the entrance of the hotel in a 4x4 BMW and was greeted by the 'cheering crowd’ with some chanting “We love you Brian!” He hopped out of the jeep and ran alongside the gathering giving high fives to the lucky few before disappearing through the hotel door.He reappeared a minute later and did the same again. And again. And again, until the camera crew and production team was happy they had the right camera angle shots. The buzz and excitement as…..