I was lucky enough to hit for the Countdown this year, whoo! Since not a lot of people get to go in person, and they do cut parts out of broadcast, I thought I'd share my experience here. Warning that I do have a bias for Arashi, Kis-my-ft2, Hey!Say!JUMP, SixTONES and NEWS, so they'll be the focus, but I do mention a bit from most groups that attended~
Please check it out
here on my journal or on the picture