MTV's Geordie Shore holds auditions for new cast members at Bijoux in Newcastle

MTV's Geordie Shore holds auditions for new cast members at Bijoux in Newcastle

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Wannabe cast members of the hit TV show Geordie Shore have auditioned with their best ‘why-ayes’ for their chance at screen stardom.

Around 20 youngsters from across the region arrived at Bijoux bar in Newcastle to meet producers who put them through their paces in their club’s VIP area.

Dressed to impressed, for many of the girls and boys it was their second chance at fame after auditioning for the MTV show last year.

The programme has launched the careers of reality TV stars Vicky Pattison, 27, Charlotte Crosby, 25, and Gary Beadle, 27, and is particularly popular in Australia.

Hopeful Robin Armstrong, 25, a comedian and former presenter on Made in Tyne and Wear TV, said: “I lost out last year to Nathan and Chloe who joined the show. I got down to the final three.

“I’m 10 times funnier than anyone in there. I’m going to show the city in a better light.”

The show has enjoyed notoriety in the past for the drunken antics of its cast members.

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Tony Crudden, 18, from Stanhope Street in Newcastle, said: “Some of the cast members aren’t even from here. I’m a Geordie, I’m 18 and I love life. I told my mum and she was like ‘are you mad?”

Model and actress Jacqueline Davis, 27, from Prudhoe, said she was used to the limelight and being filmed wouldn’t worry her.

She said: “I’m confident enough now to do something like this without being pushed around.

“I also work as a part time groom at a stables so I’d like a break from the horses and just have some fun for a few weeks.”

Filming has just finished on the eleventh series of Geordie Shore with a few changes of personnel over the years with the likes of Rebecca Walker, Daniel Thomas, Ricci Guarnaccio and James Tindale entering and exiting the door to the famous party pad.

AJ, 26, a model, said: “I would like to add a bit more colour to the show. For it to be a bit more outrageous...but in a sensible way. This is my second audition.

“I think the show has shown Newcastle in a completely different light to what it’s like. It’s a fun environment and a fun place to be.”

Chantele Rodenby, 19, from Fenham, said: “I sit and watch Geordie Shore and I saw the advert on Facebook and thought I’m just going to sign up and see what will happen and try and bring something new to the Geordie Shore house. They need a young figure.”