Stars rate Michael Jackson film

Thousands of Michael Jackson fans across the world gathered to watch the premiere of This Is It, the documentary pieced together from rehearsal footage ahead of his comeback tour. From London to LA celebrities couldn't wait to review the film and pay tribute to the man himself. Newsbeat caught up with some of his biggest fans at London's Leicester Square.

JLS wore their support for Michael Jackson on their chests and said they'd been excited about the premiere ever since getting the invite.

Aston told Newsbeat: "Marvin's the only one out of all of us that's actually seen Michael Jackson live and this is as close as it gets."

Marvin added: "I thought it was incredible, absolutely amazing. Loved it.

"I think what's most important is that this is being supported by his family in Los Angeles, they're attending the Los Angeles premiere. So if his family are supporting it, why not the rest of the world?"

Mobo Award winner Chipmunk admitted that he's thinking off adding a few Michael Jackson touches to his own show.

He said: "It was inspirational - and don't be surprised if you see some fire on my tour.

"He was the biggest superstar. No-one's done it like him and no-one's going to do it like him, so to be here in his in his memory, in his presence, I'm so happy.

"With great power comes great responsibility. Michael Jackson has passed away, a lot of people are still not to grips with it but I'm sure he'd be happy to know his music's going to live on for infinity."

Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson thinks people will now start to see a different side to the King of Pop.

"It was great, very touching. I think now people will start actually understanding that he's a really funny, really great guy. He deserves what he gets. I love it." he said.

Former Sugababe Keisha Buchanan agreed that the film showed a more comedic side to Michael.

She said: "I thought it was really good. It was quite sad actually but it was nice to see that he was so professional and hands on. He was really funny as well which was really interesting.

"Normally it's just seeing him as the idol but he was actually so many different personalities, so it's nice to see that."

Street dance troupe Diversity performed a special Michael Jackson tribute dance for the crowd and couldn't believe the reaction.

Ashley Banjo said: "The scene is absolutely crazy. There's so much love for Michael Jackson in this audience, it's unbelievable, I'm seeing sparkly gloves, trilby hats everywhere.

"We were so close to being on his tour and we were so close to supporting him in concert - it was a matter of days. It was a massive blow for us, number one that we didn't do the tour and it was a massive blow for us that he died."

It's no secret that Peter Andre is a huge Michael Jackson fan and he admits he's definitely planning a small tribute during his tour.

He said: "Michael inspired everyone. Any R'n'B artist, any soul artist all took from him. Any pop artists definitely took from him.

"On tour I'm going to do a little tribute to him for sure, because I love singing Jackson. Probably Human Nature and PYT (Pretty Young Thing), they're my two favourite songs… and they're not obvious choices but I want to do something that I love."

Brit Award winner Taio Cruz revealed how much of an inspiration Michael Jackson is to him.

He said: "He means the world to me. He's the biggest artist in the world in my opinion - and probably many others. He changed the game, he changed popular music.

"I always say that I'm a big pop artist, I aspire to be like Michael Jackson in terms of hopefully having my music reach that many people. He's just an amazing, amazing person."