Leslie Ali’s The One Show Diary – Day One

Leslie Ali, executive creative director at Jamboree Sydney, is Australia’s representative on the exclusive The One Show jury which has just arrived in the Dominican Republic. Ali will be writing a daily diary over the next few days exclusively for Campaign Brief.

Day 1 is all about the judges and the jetlag. There are a lot of smart people here. From all over. One judge from Thailand travelled for 36 hours, then drove three to get here. So I don’t know what I’m complaining about. My 24 hours and three layovers don’t even stack up. Not that I’m getting competitive or anything.

We gather for dinner, drink through the jet lag, swap a few war stories and call it a day. I flop into bed exhausted, only to find myself completely awake an hour later. My body is clearly not convinced we’re in the Dominican Republic.