Colin and Edith winners Amy, Nat, Lucille and Katy

Epic, emotional, exhausting and extraordinary... yes, this was Live 8.

Right, first things first. Got up bright and early... well early at least, and headed off to the cleverly concealed (meaning we got lost), Radio 1 studios to pick up our tickets. After directions from a very nice security guard on the front desk we made our way to Hyde Park.

Two hours later we found it. And the enormous queue that had been gathering since the night before. Like all good British people we joined at the back, then proceeded to subtly manoeuvre our way to the front. After handing over our tickets we made our way/sprinted to the best available space, to begin the 2 hour wait for the biggest musical event and political protest of our lifetime. Or as what the tube train driver referred to as "millionaires lecturing us on world poverty." Guess someone didn't get a ticket...

Unfortunately our time together as a group ran out half an hour into Hyde Park as Amy decided (in the name of investigative journalism) to depart our company and merge into the crowd. We do of course mean she wandered off on the way back from merchandise and didn't find us again until 1am Sunday morning. Good job Amy.

U2 and Paul McCartney kicked of events with a fantastic rendition of 'Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' followed by a characteristically energetic set from U2. Fellow rock nobility Coldplay and Elton John followed in quick succession with equally brilliant sets. Despite their daylight slots they still managed to wow us but it became apparent, as the artists whizzed by, that their early appearance lacked the eminence they deserved. The duets with Richard Ashcroft and Pete Doherty were however moments of pure musical genius. It really did give us Goosebumps to here Richard Ashcroft and Coldplay deliver 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' with such passion.

Throughout the rest of the day there were simply too many acts to mention individually, even though everyone performed up to a exceptional standard. The crowd favourites were always going to be Robbie Williams and the reformation of Pink Floyd and neither disappointed. The whole crowd got behind them and 150,000 people singing 'Angels' at the top of their voices is something none of us will ever forget. Madonna was another favourite pulling off a set with all the vigour and originality of an artist half her age, although her constant repetition of the line 'music makes the people come together' lost all meaning as people began collapsing through lack of oxygen and she was left to sing on alone.

Our personal favourites differed even though we're all united on the aforementioned Mr Williams who was in a class of his own in crowd involvement.

Amy: Razorlight were superb, despite Johnny Borrell's furry hat, which thankfully he removed... along with his shirt! Stereophonics were also amazing, and really got the crowd rocking, after all, what's better to do in a 22,000 people strong crowd than have a good dance?

Lucille: My favourite by far was The Who. I just can't get over how fresh they still sound after so many years and Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend are just amazing. Annie Lennox and REM were awe inspiring as well.

Natalie: Annie Lennox and Travis were my personal favourites because they really reflected the meaning behind the concert. Particularly 'Why' with the backdrop of Annie Lennox's time in Africa. I don't think there was a dry eye among us. That's what it was all about after all.

Katy: I thought Dido was great. I was pleasantly surprised at how powerful her voice sounded in the huge open space and her duet was with Yusson*** was really amazing. 'Seven seconds' in particular was really moving.

We were also proud to see the bands of our generation such as Razorlight, Keane, and Snow Patrol performing to a standard parallel to that of many of the bigger names such as Sting and UB40. One of the most poignant moments of the day for us was Bob Geldof's classic 'Tell me why (I don't like Mondays)' delivered by the man of the moment himself. It was brilliant and remained as powerful as it did twenty years ago.

Between acts big names came out to champion the cause including Brad Pitt, David Beckham, Lenny Henry, Peter Kaye, Ricky Gervais and most surprisingly Bill Gates and Kofi Annan. It was fantastic to see such influential people raising their voice for those who have none. It was also fantastic to see Ricky Gervais doing that dance under the taunting of thousands of people.

Some musical acts, however, failed to capture the charitable ideals, no names mentioned [Snoop Dog] and it was disappointing that Scissor Sisters took it among themselves to debut a new song. It was neither the time nor the place. But asides for these few distractions every artist really pulled their weight and put their heart and soul into their performances. Including Mariah Carey, even though the crowd took an instant dislike to her seeming insincerity and diva like demands for a microphone stand and water.

As a finale there were really no other artists then Pink Floyd and Paul McCartney to follow such a momentous line up. They did it with tremendous style and it had all of us (including Amy somewhere in the crowd) singing our hearts out, hopefully joined by the 3billion television viewers across the world on 'The Long and Winding Road'. Awesome.

With such an immense line up and so many celebrities adding their voices its difficult to really portray just what Live8 was like in this small space. The music was fantastic, the people of all ages were behind it 100% and it implored over 23million people to add their names to the petition against debt, unfair trade and lack of Aid. There's always going to be different opinions over the effectiveness of the event, but as a group we thoroughly enjoyed every minute - from the music to the more disturbing images that reminded us exactly why we there; to make poverty history.

Lucille, Natalie, Amy and Katy.