(idiomatic) Able to witness everything.
(idiomatic) Prominent, demanding attention.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, front row.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgWhy did you pay twenty dollars to sit in the front row and tell me I suck? And you're a girl. That's stupid. Courtney Love
My first 'SNL' episode was with Michael Phelps and Lil Wayne. And if you go back and watch the monologue - it was supposed to feature Barack Obama, but we couldn't get him - it was with William Shatner. But if you watch it, Guy Fieri is sitting in the front row. Bobby Moynihan
I had been in touch with a lot of people I thought would stand by me in the front row of the scrum, (I) didn't know it was going to collapse. Kamisese Mara
I've broken my nose, I've broken ribs. You name it. In fact, we just got back from South America, and I fell over a monitor speaker on the stage and almost ended up in the front row of the audience. I managed to sprain my wrist on that one but luckily nothing was broken. Keith Emerson
I never represented glam. That's the thing, you'll never see me in the front row of a fashion show. I'm uninterested in it. I find it trivial and banal and boring. Jamie Lee Curtis
I tell you, if you're in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you're back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you've got to keep moving. Phil McGraw