Scott Mills winner Claire

After a very expensive flight to Bristol, then hiring a car to get to / from London, searching and then finding an extortionate car park and getting the longest taxi ride of my life to Radio 1 (and chatting to a really canny bloke on the desk who said he had met all the acts - its a hard life) and then to Hyde Park, we finally managed to join the queue fairly near the front thanks to a very kind member of the London Met police force.

Everyone was completely hyper in the que and although we were already shattered from our travels at this point, once we got in to Hyde park we realised it had all been worth it. The stage and the screens were huge, there were millions (well, nearly) of food vans of every description and people everywhere who were as excited as us for what was to come.

There was even one man on a huge crane thing getting ready to film but I couldn't help wondering how he was going to go to the loo - needless to say we didn't stand anywhere next to him.

We searched for a decent place to park our bums while we waited for the fun to start and before we knew it there was Paul M, there right there, on the stage - WOW then Bono - oh my lord i'd gone to heaven! And that was it, from then on it was just fantastic star after fantastic star!

The whole thing was absolutely fantastic and every act ensured the Make Poverty History message was sent loud and clear. I just could not believe who I was seeing next, personal favourites included Brad Pitt - need I go on! Stereophonics, Madonna, Elton John, Boom Town Rats, Ricky G, Peter K, Little Britain lads, Robbie williams, Sting, Kofi Anan, Bill Gates, Bob Geldof, George Michael, David Beckham, Keane, Travis, The Who, Pink Floyd, Joss stone, Ms Dynamite, Scissor Sisters, Snoop, etc, etc I just loved everyone - I saw just about every single band i have ever wanted to see in one weekend.

Everyone was trying to ring family and friends on their mobiles but singles kept going due to mass use, everyone was cheering and dancing around like mad things and to commemorate the situation I waited for ages at 2 stalls for a t-shirt as they kept selling out! I also bought 2 programmes, wrist bands and copious amounts of tasty food. It was totally cool how they kept showing different Live 8 acts from the other gigs too.

The most heart warming part was when a young African girl came on the stage who was in a video from live aid and she was now healthy and happy and thanking the UK for their support - made it all seem very real.

Some parts were rather cheesy but generally the gig was totally cool and surpassed all expectations. We stayed right till the end (after 12am) and were singing Hey Jude with the rest of the crowd as we began our journey across hyde park, back to the car park, back to Bristol and then back to Newcastle with memories which will stay with us forever.

It was the best!

Claire Harrison