The NEW T-Mobile Welcome Back Ad, T-Mobile Heathrow Terminal 5 Advert, T-Mobile Flash Mob Adverts

The NEW T-Mobile Welcome Back Ad. Just happen to watch the filming of the brand new flashmob T-Mobile Heathrow Terminal 5 commercial called 'The T-Mobile Welcome Back' (Heathrow airport, London UK - 27 October 2010, 10am) This should be a standard welcome tune for arrivals at the Terminal 5 - or maybe not. Making of T-Mobile flash mob adverts at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, 27 October 2010 10am

Tunes for this flash mob advert including Iggy Pop's The Passenger and I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) by George Michael & Aretha Franklin.

The flash mob participants were made aware of the flash mob having been texted by T-Mobile.  A human orchestra of 20 singers used their voices to mimic instruments (including beat boxes, violins, cello and drums). No instruments were used. There were 500 people involved.

Songs that were used on the official T-Mobile Welcome Back Heathrow Terminal 5 advert (in sequence):
1. Etta James - At Last
2. Mel Tormé - Comin' Home Baby
3. Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
4. Iggy Pop - The Passenger
5. Thin Lizzy - Boys are Back In Town
6. Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
7. George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
8. Peters And Lee - Welcome Home

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[OptimisticTV]

No, really, some of arriving ones are actors, ain't they?

[photoreaderuk]

@OptimisticTV Yes, most, if not all are actors

[OptimisticTV]

@photoreaderuk Then it's not so touching :D

[photoreaderuk]

@OptimisticTV not completely, I agree but it's like smiling. A real smile will boost your endorphines (happy hormones) greatly but a fake smile will do too. So I guess it's the case of fake it until you make it. Representations of things are still valid and can be enjoyable.

[immo121]

how many takes did they do?

[photoreaderuk]

@immo121 probably over 80 takes in 15 hour shooting day

[nathan12291]

Well done someone needs to find a way this can be done for a plane full of solders coming home . talk about a great thing

[Tim733733]

I have mixed emotions. 1) It's well done. 2) Epic lack of security. 3) Some of the women are very fit. 4) They are probably liberals. 5) The ones arriving are bound to be actors too. 6) Ah bollocks, I like it :D

[dubyamoney]

@nathan12291 a S400 usually helps!! :)

[viper1318]

@photoreaderuk actually they just rehearsed alot and did it all at once there it was all hidden cameras and they had the one time to get it right

[bwoodsfinest]

@OptimisticTV

Only the ones who are singing upon arrivals are actors, everyone else coming in are everyday people...

[MsPwain]

@dianecaudle Well, I agree. If they were all in on it, then this is no fun. But I cannot believe Improveverywhere to do that. They tend to like to see how unaware people react to their performances. With everybody in on it, it wouldn't be fun to see any reactions, and sort of wasted time. This is Improveverywhere, right?

[fordmodelt2001au]

Of course it was planned and scripted. ALL flash mobs are planned, whether it's part of a commercial or not. Part of the enjoyment is watching the reactions of the people who aren't in on the whole thing.

[stopiglia]

@bigvelvet12 well, not everyone likes the idea of welcoming people that were killing other people for ''oil''... so set up their families, that should do.

[locadelbosque]

Bellissimo!!!

[bigvelvet12]

Someone should to do this for the military! Right when they come home!

[bjb123ch]

@dianecaudle ...the singing was scripted....but the passengers reactions weren't!....which is the whole point.

[dianecaudle]

So basically what we are watching is a commercial that was totally planned and scripted all the way through and nothing about it is unplanned. So there is nothing that is different about this commercial then your average run of the mill commercial on TV. I had hoped that this one was genuinely real but I guess not, so it loses a lot of it's appeal to me, call me an optimist but I really wanted to think that people could be nice to each other and strangers on a whim, what a shame!