Backstage Blog - what happened on Sunday's show

22:03 - Kirsty texted in to say 'Hi Capital! Just left the Jingle Bell Ball it was amazing! I loved JLS, Ne-Yo and Dizzee!' What did you think? Leave a comment below and let us know.

21:56 - What a great night; Ne Yo was amazing! As were the Backstreet Boys and Flo Rida. And what can we say about the legend that is Janet Jackson?
We can't believe it's over for another year! Merry Christmas! x

21:55 - "I love you!"We love you too Janet !

21:52 TOGETHER AGAIN! One of our top 5 Janet moments ever!

21:48 - We love the dance to this!Now the new single 'Make Me'

21:46 - All For You samples a song by the band Change featuring the late Luther Vandross on vocals (her Best Things In Life Are Free partner)

21:45 - Looking sexy with her purple eye shadow! Look at the sparkles on her jacket! Check out Janet's jacket in our photo gallery .
What's next?
All For You! Woop!

21:43 - That's The Way Love Goes"How you going? How you doing?" Amazing Janet! Because you're here!

Her dancers are grooving in a brilliant line-up formation. We're jiggling back and forth. SHE JUST TOUCHED OUR HAND!OMG!

21:41 - She hasn't performed live in London for 10 years! It's the factual LEGEND Janet Jackson!  Her dancers are stalking the stage, she's come up through the floor. Her first track is 'Control'. She's dressed in an amazing black coat with peaked shoulders and some spangly boots. Next 'What Have You Done For Me Lately'! And now 'Miss U Much'. It's like her 'best of' in handy, mini form! The classic 'If' next with lightening and fire!

21:38 - It's Janet Jackson!

21:36 -  OMG what was Marvin from JLS wearing?! Check out all JLS' outfits here in our live JLS gallery.

21:35 - BACKFLIP!BACKFLIP!BACKFLIP!

21:33 - We never get tired of this dance rountine. Look! We're doing it now!

BACKFLIP!

21:25 - "You know JLS are going to this time next year?" We can't wait for 2010! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JB! We're all singing 'HB' to him!

He's gone into the crowd and he's given his tag to someone. We're totes jealous!

Next up is 'Beat Again'!

21:24 - It's a version of Tony Rich's 'Nobody Knows'!

21:23 - We're loving JLS on this rotating stage!

21:22 - "Wow London O2 how are you feeling tonight? This is such a special place for us, because we're from London. It's so great to see so many people here tonight, thanks!" Aw no worries Marvin!

21:20 - BACKFLIP!

21:17 - "You know JLS are looking for girlfriends, right?" Oh really Aston?! OMactualG. Next up is Umbrella !

21: 15 -  Ooh love heart ticker tape!

21:14 - We're confused by Marvin's backwards hoodie though

21:12 - Lil Aston's wearing a cream jumper, aw bless. They're opening with Everybody In Love

21:11 - OMG, JLS are making their second appearance at the Jingle Ball! We don't think we're ready for their jelly!

21:10 -  It's JLS

21:09 - We just overheard Swedish songstress Agnes say that she wanted meatballs for Christmas!

21:00 - Backstage gossip!  Backstreet Boys ave just pulled their first Christmas Cracker.  See their backstage interview here!

20:59 - This makes us want to make a werewolf noise and look up at the full moon...All while busting out a hot move on the dance floor, obvs.

20:58 - "I think you MIGHT know this one.." A-woooo! It's She Wolf time! See the Colombian She-wolf's set in pictures.

20:55 - She's busting out some hip swivelling moves!  Next it's Whenever, Wherever - the track that put Shak on the map in the UK.It's been a while since we've heard this, we've totally been missing the pan pipe action!

20:51 - No matter, that dude was FUN! "Well it's great to be back," she says. Well we're glad you're back too, Shak! "This next song is part of my new album She Wolf and it's about doing it again and again and again and again it's called  Did It Again." Ha ha!

20:47 - Wait! That's NOT Wyclef! :(

20:42   Phew that was twin-tastic! Next up it's the hip swivelling antics of Shakira- Shakira! She's opening with the immense Hips Don't Lie! And she's dressed in a sparkly black dress.  

20:41 It's Shakira Shakira!

20:41 Guess what we just heard backstage? Guess who's meeting the Queen tomorrow...It's only our very own Alexandra Burke!

20:40 - But we don't think the pace is gonna calm down, next it's Jon And Edward! What a surprise! They're wearing tartan suit tops and red jeans. And yes they match before you ask! Big quiffs too! It's their version of 'Under Pressure' and they've done the Vanilla Ice rap too! Hurrah Christmas HAS come early!

20: 31  - Man, after all that jumping we feel like we've just been giving it large in a club!

Truly BONKERS! Can we have a quick lie down now?

20:28 - They're checking their watches. It can only mean one thing: it's time to get BBBBBBBBBBBBB-Bonkers

20:26 - OMG the audience has gone MENTAL! Don't miss Dizzee's cheeky backstage interview with Kevin Hughes.  Find out what he thinks of Janet Jackson right here.

20:24 - "This is for all the sexeeee ladieeees!" he says at the end of 'Dance Wiv Me'

"It's so nice to be here in my home town of London city," he continue before 'Holiday'. Well it's nice to have you back! Appropriately enough for this song, the arena's been invaded by a HUGE beach ball!

Calvin Harris wrote the music on this, with the intention of giving it to The Saturdays. Imagine that!

20:20 - "WHAT'S HAPPENING?" he asks "I need to see all those beautiful ladies. Turn the lights up!"

Well, hellloooo Diz!

Next up is the party-tastic Dance Wiv Me. Love this chorus. It's a hands in the air moment!

20:17 His MC bezzie's wearing a Dizzee t shirt too! Check out the rest of Dizzee's chaotic crazy set in our gallery.

20:16 - See all the pictures from Flo-Rida's set here.

20:15 - Don't you think it's been Dizzee Rascal 's year? It feels like he's had more Number Ones than anyone else!

First up is new single Dirtee Cash. This track samples Dirty Cash (Money Talks) by The Adventures Of Stevie V

He's wearing  his own 'Bonkers' red t shirt! Now that's 'Bonkers'!

20:13 - Fix Up Look Sharp it's Dizzee Rascal!

20:12 - We love the Bad Boys dance routine!It's another one of our bedroom favourites!

20:08 - It's Flo Rida! And don't worry, he's got his bling back!

20:07 - "I'm so out of breath!" we're not surprised after that storming performance, Alex!
"Who saw Flo Rida? I think he absolutely amazing. Do you guys want to see him with me?" Hell ya!
 Next up is Bad Boys!  Appropriately she's been joined by 5 bad boy looking dancers.

20:04 - Next up is her ace new single Broken Heels. See pictures of Alex's performance tonight.

"This is the first time I've performed it," she tells us. For the track she's been flanked by five dancers in go go dresses- they could be Girls Aloud! Weird! Did you know that this is one of Alexandra's favourite songs from her debut album?

19:59 - Ooh this makes us think of Christmas last year and the X Factor final...Don't miss our special video interview with Alex check it our right here .

19:58 - Now it's our fav X Factor winner Alexandra Burke with her spanking version of Beyonce's Listen.

She looks amazing in a sparkling gold dress and her hair in a bob.

19:55 - Alexandra Burke up next

19:47 - We like their matching black outfits, certainly more daring than Westlife's similar efforts last night. Find out what happened when we gave them a bunch of Christmas Crakcers in our exclusive Backstreet Boys video interview.

I Want It That Way  now *spontaneously bursts into tears*  Do you know it's been covered by everyone from Ryan Adams to Selena Gomez?

19:45 - Wow a breakdown dance. Are they voguing? Is it an MJ tribute? No matter IT'S GREAT.

"In case you haven't noticed, we've the Backstreet Boys and we're...back!" *SCREAM*

Now it's new single 'If I Knew Then'. Gosh, it's a bit reggae isn't it?

19:41 - We love this! It's sparked a mass sing along in the auditorium

19: 39 - Woo it can only be Brian, Nick, AJ and Howie...aka The Backstreet Boys. See the pictures of their performance here.

Quite simply they're pop legends! Brilliantly they're opening with their trademark tune 'Backstreets Back'.

They've appeared in a flash of fire and it's AMAZING.

Apparently their record company thought it would be "weird" to have a song called that on their debut album. But luckily for us, they relented!

19:38 - BACKSTREET'S! BACK! It's the Backstreet Boys.

19:35 - Next up is Untouched, with the twins divine harmonies. See their awesome glam punk outfits in our gallery.

19:32 - We heart Jes and Lisa! They remind of us of our indie older sisters who hang out in Camden! "We're very excited to be here! You all look very sexy tonight." Thanks Lisa, you don't look so bad yourself. Nice smoke machine action too. Check out what else they had to tell Capital in their backstage interview.

19:31 - It's The Veronicas now. Lisa is wearing black sparkling top and Jessica is sporting a leopard skin jacket, hot pants and stripey tights. They're playing our fav, the rocktacular 4ever. And look, they've got a girl drummer. Girl power!

Listen to their backstage interview here.

19: 26 Next up is The Veronicas

19:25 - He's on a friends shoulders and gone into the crowd. Perhaps he's looking for his shoes? See Flo Rida's epic performance in picture.

19:24 - He's really getting the party going here! We're doing the round, round dance with our hands. What happened Flo Rida pulled a cracker with our very own Kevin Hughes...find out in the video interview.
He's stopped the music for an impromptu call for us to put our arms in the air. Or "ayyyyre!" as he says it!  And now he's autographing some shoes! Is he gonna throw them out into the crowd? YES! Ouch! That hit my head.....

19:23 - Now it's Right Around which samples Dead Or Alive's 'You Spin Me Right Round'. Do you think Pete Burns will come out on stage for a live duet?

19:21 Spotted backstage at the Jingle Bell Ball, La Roux taking pictures of John&Edward's quiffs.

19:20 - He's taken off his bling! Is he gonna flog 'em down the market? His mates only gone into the audience with his necklace, who's gonna get it?

19:19 -  He's poured water all over himself! Watch out for that electric mic, Mr Rida!

19: 16 - Someone's just texted in I can rap faster than Florida low ! Call me up to the stage and i will prove it to you.. .

19: 15 - "Single ladies make some noise!" *SCREAMS*

Is he going to give us some of his bling? No but he's taking off his top and his sunnies!

Next up is Sugar which samples Eiffel 65's 'Blue ( Da Ba Dee)'

Does he have more tattoo's than Metro Station's Trace?

And off comes his t shirt so we can count 'em and find out...

19: 13 - Wow that was one hell of an acapella rap!

19:12 - "Make some nooooiiiiiiise O2!" Woop he's off with Low.

We're shaking our hands like we're in the hood. (we're not).

His bling is waaay bigger than La Roux's! Do you think they compared sizes?

His real name is Tramar Dillard -  we think that beats Ne Yo for 'real name' LOLs! Do you think he's going to turn up when Alexandra does 'Bad Boys'? Yea we think he might do...

19:07 - Next up is Flo Rida.

6:57 - "I want you to put your balls up and light the O2 up!" Ok Esmee! She's going into a version of Justin Timberlake's What Goes Around. Find out more about Esmee in her backstage video interview.

She's dressed in a great sliver and black dress.Esmee got a record contract by filming herself singing Beyonce songs and posting them on YouTube. We might try that. Watch out cyberspace! See Esmee's dress in our gallery.

6:51 - Next up is Esmee Denters with her tune Outta Here.

6:47  - Gosh, how many tattoos does Trace have? LOTS!  See our Metro Station gallery.

6:44 - Next up Shake It. Well we're shaking it like a Polaroid picture!

See the Metro Station back stage interview.

6:43 - Do you remember when JLS covered Last Christmas?

Guitarist / Singer Trace is the older half brother of Miley Cyrus . Tru fax! And they're playing an emo-tastic cover of 'Last Christmas'! Very festive!

6:42 - Next up is Metro Station. 

 

6:40 -  Charlotte, Maddie, Kate, Gabriele and Antonia have texted in to tell us that they 'are loving capital Jingle Bell Ball' What do you think so far? Let us know what you think and leave a comment below.

6:37 -See Agnes' performance in photos in our gallery

Agnes kicks off with her single, the brilliant Release Me. We love what she's wearing too; a gold sparkly dress and plenty o'bling. Her dancers are wearing glittery masks to cap off the look. In fact we think she's golder than La Roux was!

Don't miss Agnes' backstage video interview!   Find out what the Swedish songstress wants for Christmas.

6:36 - Here's the Swedish Pop Idol winner Agnes

6:32  Listen to Janet Jackson's exclusive backstage interview now

6:30 - What a star! She's coming down the cat walk and touching fans hands. She's like the UK's Beyonce isn't she?

See Alesha's backstage video interview here.

6:28 - We love her in that poofy blue dress too. She looks stunning. See her outfit in our gallery.
"OIOIOI!" indeed.
Next up is The Boy Does Nothing . We've got our mambo shoes on...

6:25 - Look at her go, she like the Duracell Bunny isn't she? We bet she's happy to get out from behind that judging desk and do some dancing of her own. First up is Let's Get Excited with the lyric: "Do it the Madonna way" Well we've got our conical bras at the ready and we're not afraid to use 'em!

6:24 - Woo! It's Alesha Dixon now. 

6:19 -  Don't miss La Roux's backstage video interview.

6:18 -  Bulletproof now and Elly looks bullet proof in that gold getup! We also like her 80's looking-at-the-floor dancing. Now that's one dance we CAN do! The crazy maths-paper type backdrop is making us think of our algebra homework :(

6:15   See La Roux's outfit including matching coat and shoes in our gallery

6:13 - "Hello!" Hello Elly! "Merry Christmas!" Merry Christmas Elly!
Next up is our personal fav Quicksand. Nice smokey gold and black eye shadow, too.

6:12 - Do you think her quiff is bigger than Jedward's 8 inchers?

6:10 - Here comes La Roux

How to follow THAT? Well with some slinky, 80s electro that's how! And who's the best person for that job? It's La Roux of course!

Now here's a fact for you; 'La Roux' means 'The red haired one' in French.

First up is  In For The Kill. This was the first song since Take That's Rule The World that was Number One for a whole month.

Where's the other member of La Roux Ben Langmaid? Hiding in Elly's quiff we bet!  We also like her gold jacket and her bling.

6:06 -

6:01 - What an amazing opener! We're feeling big Ne-Yo love right now!

6:00   Check out Ne-Yo's show stopping performance in our live gallery.

5:58 - Doesn't he get sweaty under that trilby?

5:57 - Wow great dance routine. Will we look silly in our bedrooms when we try to re-create this tomorrow? Hang on...don't answer that!

5:55 - It's our personal favourite now - Closer. Did you know that this track is Cheryl Cole's song of last year? We can totally see why.The dancers are back!

5:54 - We LOVE how he's kicking it, old skool 80s soul style. He just did a 360 twirl! We tried to do the same thing just now and fell on our backsides :(

5:52 Don't miss our Ne-Yo backstage interview.  Find out what Ne-Yo really wants for Christmas here

5:51 And now one of his own- Mad. In the video for this tune, he flips things 'Sixth Sense' style...The twist is...HE'S DEAD!! Eek!

5:50 -What's next? We can't wait! What's this one? I Don't Wanna Know by Mario! (We just had to google it...). And now Knock You Down by Keri Hilson and Kanye! Amazing. Gosh, this dapper dude's pretty talented isn't he?

5:48 - Take A Bow! Rihanna! We didn't know he'd written this one!

5:45 - "Who here truly know their Ne-Yo songs? I'm going to play some songs I've written for people..."
It's Irreplaceable! You'll know Beyonce's version!

5:42 - Everyone's camera phones are up in the air! Loving the Slash-like guitar solo. Also did you know that the remix of this track features Jay-Z?

5:41 - What a corking opener!  "Make some noise!

Did we come here tonight to have a good time?," he asks. We all scream. Obvs. Next up is So Sick.
He's taken some lucky lady's hand in the crown. "I'm so sick of love songs," Yup so are we but not this one, Ne Yo ! Ooh, his band have gone a bit reggae. He's touching the hands of the crowd- they're lucky to get sweated on by this gent!

5:36 - His band is amazing and include two trumpeters and a saxophonist.  While his stage show is brill with the background is of the NYC skyline at night.  Loving his dancing too! Pretty slick!

5:34 - Beginning proceedings in US R'n'B royalty it's Ne Yo.

The formerly named Shaffer Chimere Smith (yes really) opens with Miss Independent. He's dressed in his trademark trilby (it's black) and a gent-like grey suit. What a dandy!"Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the Jingle Bell Ball!" he says before busting some robo moves. WOO!

5:22 - HRNK! It's day two of the Jingle Ball! So many acts to look forward to! Alesha, JLS, Backstreet Boys, Dizzee Rascal and Janet's first performance in London for a decade! Woop!

5:08 - See who's stopped by for a chat backstage and check out all the latest backstage antics here .

4.30 - Kevin gets Ne-Yo to pull a Capital cracker. At first, he isn't keen, but Kevin bribes him with the promise of a paper hat!

4.24 - Ne-Yo is here - ready to be interviewed by Kevin Hughes, but hang on, Kevin is missing, anyone seen him.

3.24 - Everyone's trying to 'quiff' their hairdos in a John & Edward style here - we think we need a bit more growth.

3.15 - John & Edward mania hits the O2 - the boys are back!

2.47 - Wow - just saw Janet Jackson backstage. Never seen so many people so excited.

2.30 - Ok, a late start today, but we're still on a high from last night. Everyone excited about tonight?