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6000 Fans At Oprah House

6000 Fans At Oprah House - Oprah arrived at the iconic Sydney site this morning via motorcade at around 8am, and was welcomed by screaming fans.

Sydney show ticket holders like Mary Abrahams couldn’t contain their excitement and posted on The Daily Telegraph’s official Oprah coming to Australia Facebook page “Oprah is in the house.... Just saw her!”

Briony Rheuben added: "Yay Mary so did I!!! I'm at the barricades . And I was Soooo close!!"

Oprah, who met media for an early press conference said she has promised to deliver "a four-hour love festival about your [our] country" before starting her Sydney shows.

Oprah House

Sharing her favourite moment of Australia, the talk show host revealed she had been surprised most by Australians "open faces".

"There's a sense of openness and warmth, I haven't seen in any other country," she said.

She vowed to take Australia's "open faces" to her global audience.

"I have the biggest mouth on earth and the biggest platform, aren't you glad I like it."

Fans have already seen Bon Jovi do their sound check before the first show, and the band are expected to perform for Oprah on her first taping, as they have a gig in Brisbane tonight for their Australian tour.

Bono was also spotted doing a sound check and U2 is tipped to appear after Oprah took her 300 US audience members to their Sydney show last night.

6000 Fans At Oprah House

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