26 Catwalk and grades (1/2)

Finally after a long hour of waiting the models were called one by one to pass on the stage, a guy dressed in a simplistic suit went first, he walked slowly on the long carpet, took a natural position at the end of it and went back.

Slowly the people inside the waiting room started going, one after the other and finally came the three bullies's turns, they all went one after the other. The guy who did the bet with Sam was probably the best of this batch as the applauses sounded stronger than the rest of the people that went before him.

When he came back in the room he looked confident and even winked at Sam with a smug smile, he felt like the judges were subjugated by his performance, it wasn't for nothing that the applauses sounded stronger for him.

On his part Sam didn't care at all about what the judges thought about his performance,

Sam had already been waiting in that room for an hour before the show and still waited another half an hour for his turn, while waiting and browsing through his phone he received an email

The content was as follow

« Dear Mr.Sam,

We are very happy to announce you that the preliminary auditions of « La France a un incroyable talent » are over and the date of the live round is : 3rd May...

...

Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely.»

The next round would be happening in one week, he was focused on the show so he close the email and put it somewhere in the back of his mind.

The person holding the list of the candidates was a middle aged woman, she was also holding a timer. Each model had one minute and a half on stage, after that she sent the next one even if the last one didn't end, she was doing her job just as asked.

She called

« Sam Petit it's your turn. »

Sam stood up, nodded to her and went toward the stage's entrance. He went through the door and analyzed the stage for a second, the stage was around 20 meters long. On each side were around fifty people sitting, je would have felt pressured by this audience a few weeks ago but he had sang in front of at least a thousand people's during the talent show.

In front of the stage were 4 people sitting and watching him, each holding a notebook. Sam took the first few steps with a small smile, very neutral just as if he was taking a stroll inside a park, usually models wouldn't smile during these kind of shows but he felt like he had to be unique, anyway such a neutral smile wouldn't make him lose points in the judges eyes.

He slowly walked until he arrived in front of the judges, he took off his jacket and flicked itover his shoulder and went back. Everything happened very smoothly, he did nothing too flashy, he just displayed his basics and it worked.

« He was the greatest tonight, we don't need a show off. What we need is someone that can showcase the greatness of the clothes, that boy before him obviously tried to shine but it casted a shadow on the clothes he wore, this boy was in the shadow and the clothes were totally in the light, his basics were also perfected.»

Said one of the judges to the other three, this was the effect of the level two skill book, it gave him an advanced level so of course he was better than those aspiring models.

« He also didn't stick to the norms, he was the only one that had a different facial expression, he gave me a refreshing feeling. I also think he was the best today. »

Said the only male judge.

« The clothes he wore were also very good, It wasn't unique enough but it definitely impacted me more than the rest we've seen today. »

« I think we are all thinking the same thing, both the designer and the model were better than the rest of this batch. Let's watch the remaining few and make it the end. »

After another quarter of an hour everybody was done and the designers joined their models in the room while waiting for the judges to deliberate on the grades.