I believe Noel said some weeks ago that the londest time someone has waited to get on the show is 4yrs 8mths. Maybe that is from application.
I wonder who holds the longest and shortest time from:-
Audition, Phone-call then to Newbie.
I see pjtips appears to have waited 9days from audition to phone-call the a few weeks to Newbie.
Can anyone beat that.

hi i had my audition on aug 15 '06...and i'm still optimistic about getting on
the show.i feel sure that most folk would have given up by now but i have
a spooky story about being twice contacted by endemol at halloween on
consecutive yrs.u may have read my thread in the 'introduce yourself'
section-if not please read to get the full in depth story...a medium born
on oct 31 foretold great coincidence-and she said i would have to wait
a long time but would really make a name for myself.so in answer to your
question who has waited the longest-i would bet i probably have from
first application and 4 yrs plus since my audition!.....garry aka 'hevelius'.

Thanks for the input.
Perhaps I should have stated in the question:-
From completion of the 5 mins interview(i.e. 2nd interview)

back in '06 there were no bronze/silver/gold tkts.the 5 min
interview was part of the main actual audition.i originally
applied back in nov '05 just after the show had begun.
i applied again in the summer of '06,had my telephone
interview,then actual audtion on aug 15 that yr.so i do
believe looking back to my first application-i have waited
a very long time-lol.if patience is a virtue i must be a saint!

Hello Jef
Just had a call from an fellow constestant from 2009.
I know I am only 5ft tall but maybe I also qualify for time as well.
My audition was on the 7 Jan 2009. I think I was the last to finish the 5min interview at around 6pm.
The following morning just after 10am, I received a telephone telling me I had been successfull.
I went to Bristol on the 9th Feb 2009 and became a newbie on the first recording the next day.
So from completing my audition to newbie was 33 days

Wow Spike thats a fast time.
Come on all you 1400+ contestants. Can you beat this or even be 2nd & 3rd.
Dont forget there is still the longest to find