Episode 3 The Naked Choir with Gareth Malone


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-CHOIR HARMONISES

-Halleluiah!

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I am searching for Britain's most entertaining amateur

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a cappella group.

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Great!

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Hundreds applied from across the UK,

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each with their own unique sound.

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Woo!

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And I hand-picked eight.

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Yes. Yes. Yes.

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After two tense sing-offs,

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Spinnaker Chorus...

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# You're the best! #

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..and Flight Of The Phoenix...

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# Feel something so right

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# Doing the wrong thing... #

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..failed to make the grade.

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I will miss them in the contest, but it wasn't to be.

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Just six groups now remain.

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I am bringing them all together for the first time

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to face intensive training.

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Welcome to a cappella school.

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This week, it is back to basics

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as I focus on each group's sound.

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HE BEATBOXES

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With help from some of the best in the business...

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No, no, no, that is just not working.

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..we'll test them as performers...

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Just strip it back, sing the bloody song.

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This is tough.

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But something has to change.

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'..and push them to their vocal limits...'

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Rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm. Just get the rhythm solid.

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..before they perform live once more

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in front of my a cappella experts.

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ALL: Yeah!

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This jury's vote will decide who stays...

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Thrilling ride. I absolutely loved what they did.

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..and which group goes home.

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It did feel like it was cobbled together a bit.

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Of course it is going to be challenging

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cos it is about getting better, it is about finding the best.

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It is not a walk in the park.

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This week, I am in the West Midlands,

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where I am bringing all six surviving groups together

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at the state-of-the-art Performance Hub.

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It happens to have been opened by somebody very special.

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For the next few days, this place will become home,

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as the groups continue their battle to stay in the contest.

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Everybody is of such a high standard

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that we can only just keep delivering our best performances.

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We'll see what the challenge is, then maybe the nerves will kick in.

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We just want to be the best, so we are going to do it.

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We are going to work twice as hard as we did,

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and we work quite a lot. So...

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With its dance studios, rehearsal rooms and cutting-edge

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facilities, this is the perfect setting to push the remaining groups

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to new heights before they compete again in the Hub's very own theatre.

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APPLAUSE

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Hello, hello!

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Over the coming days, you are going to live, breathe,

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eat a cappella as you prepare for your next big challenge.

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In just three days, you will be singing here

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in front of a live audience to stay in this contest.

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THEY MURMUR

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Three days.

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I am not going to be making life very easy for you.

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You will once again be singing a song of my choosing,

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but this time, it will be a song

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that will tackle your weaknesses.

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OHS

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A couple of you look utterly dismayed.

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LAUGHTER

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I would like you to go off to your individual classrooms,

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where you will find out what songs you are going to be singing.

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Best of luck.

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See you very soon. Off you go.

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What's this? "Read me."

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Each of the groups has an Achilles heel

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in terms of their sound.

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THEY TALK AT ONCE

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The only way they will improve is

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if they tackle these weaknesses head-on.

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-A tape, wow, that is old.

-Old school.

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Popping their tape in the deck first are Stratford East Singers,

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a community choir from London.

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-I think it might be something slow.

-I think it'll be something fast.

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Most choirs recruit to fill set roles like tenor, alto or base.

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But because anyone can join this group,

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they don't have this ideal mix of voices.

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# If you change your mind... #

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-Oh!

-ABBA!

-Excellent.

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# Honey, I'm still free

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# Take a chance on me. #

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ABBA'S Take A Chance On Me cleverly

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balances the male and female vocals.

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It will force Stratford East Singers to think about how

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they balance the roles within their group.

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We've got our work cut out.

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-We're going to make ABBA cool.

-THEY LAUGH

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How do we take an anthem

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and make it completely Stratford East Singers?

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I guess that's the challenge I've got now.

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-Does it go in that way?

-THEY LAUGH

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-No, I want to do it.

-Don't touch.

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Just get it in!

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Here we go!

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Shhh!

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One, two, three, four.

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Glasgow University group Choral Stimulation

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came up with a fun

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but fussy arrangement in their first heat.

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The challenge I have set for them

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is to deliver something that relies on simplicity and sincerity.

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# It's been seven hours and 16 days... #

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Nice!

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We can do this.

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Sinead O'Connor's iconic take on Nothing Compares To You will

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push this group to pare things back and sing with emotion.

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# I go out every night... #

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The beauty of the song is that it is just one stripped back,

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beautiful melody.

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But we are not used to doing that, are we?

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Right.

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-Ready?

-Yeah.

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"Congratulations, Restless Symphony,

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"and welcome to this next stage of the contest."

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I have also given a ballad to the other student group

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in the contest - Restless Symphony.

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But their challenge is different.

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-THEY LAUGH

-Get that in!

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MUSIC: China In Your Hand by T'Pau

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-Ahh!

-Oh, my God!

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This group have struggled with confidence and blending harmonies.

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# Don't push too far

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# Your dreams are china in your hands. #

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T'Pau's rock classic China In Your Hand

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requires real conviction

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and vocal unison.

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# You don't know... #

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We have to practise, and we have to start now!

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We've got three days!

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There is a message here for us, guys.

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"Dear YesterYear..."

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Going up against the youngsters are the grandads of the contest -

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YesterYear.

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"The key thing that I and the jury felt you needed to improve

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"was your ability to master rhythm and tempo.

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"For your next challenge, I have selected an up-tempo, modern song.

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"Lots of love, Gareth."

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# I stay out too late

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# Got nothing in my brain

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# That's what people say. #

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Does anybody know it?

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-Yes.

-No, never heard of it.

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Shake It Off, by Taylor Swift, has a strong pulse

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and tempo that will directly address this group's weak spot.

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-This isn't really our song, is it?

-No.

-It can't possibly be!

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# Shake, shake

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# Yeah! #

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Oh, OK!

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Stop! Stop!

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How long has this been on?

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This isn't just outside the comfort zone,

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it's outside the country!

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THEY LAUGH

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# Blue moon

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# Now I'm no longer alone... #

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81-year-old Len is this East Midland's group oldest member.

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He no longer sings but is ever present as YesterYear's compere.

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I love entertaining.

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And I used to be an instructor at the police training centre.

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I used to tell jokes in the classroom.

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I love to see people with smiles on their face

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and I love the applause that these guys get at the end of an evening.

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-Hello, gentlemen.

-ALL: Hello.

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Hello!

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Don't kill me, Martin.

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So, I take it you love it(!)

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Never heard such crap in all my life!

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LAUGHTER

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Don't pull any punches, tell me what you really think.

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This could really work to your advantage in this contest.

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You've got an opportunity to do something no-one is expecting here.

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You're bloody right!

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There are spoken words in this. There is a rap.

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There may be a role for you.

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And, listen, I'm not saying send it up, but there is an

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opportunity here to do something surprising and wonderful.

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Remember this, Gareth, if it all goes pear-shaped,

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-it is your fault!

-OK, thank you.

-LAUGHTER

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I will.

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Birmingham's six piece The Sons Of Pitches

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have an intricate and quirky pop sound.

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-OK.

-Let's see what it is.

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I want to challenge them to produce something simpler

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and richer that can move an audience.

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# Just you know why... #

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Anyone?

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# Why you and I... #

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THEY LAUGH

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The smooth sounds of Buddy Holly's True Love Ways needs slick

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but simple harmonies

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plus heartfelt delivery.

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# True love ways... #

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'I will like it?'

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No, I won't like it, there is nothing to like.

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To make what I can of it.

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# Sometimes we'll cry... #

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Last up, Gospel Essence,

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a group with a soulful sound that I feel lacks one vital ingredient.

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"Hello, Gospel Essence. You have some fantastic voices in your group.

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"What I feel you need to concentrate on is bringing energy

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"and pace to each and every performance."

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MUSIC: Theme From S-Express by S'Express

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-It's S-Express!

-Stop that!

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Ooooh!

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Dance classic the Theme From S'Express

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is inescapably up-tempo and energetic.

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# The hots for you Bo, bo-bo-bo

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# Ba-ba-bah... #

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THEY LAUGH

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# Bo-bo-bo... #

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-It's just noise!

-It's a club track.

-I know what it is.

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But we have to take it and make it our own, don't we?

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Hello! Hello.

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Oh, dear, I am seeing some pretty gloomy faces.

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You have given up standing!

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There is a way through this

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that gets you to the place you need to be.

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Sparky, energetic, fun.

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-Yeah, I think we are just a bit stunned right now.

-Yeah.

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Square up to it. Best of British.

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Thank you. See you later.

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Woo!

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I hate the song. It is just noise

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and you're going to have to really try and replicate '80s' synth.

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I just... You know.

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I don't know.

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Lessons will start first thing tomorrow.

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-All right.

-The rooms are all right, guys.

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Tonight, as well as settling into their new digs, the groups must

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start work on their arrangements, all set for class in the morning.

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The groups that go through will be groups that square up to this

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challenge. Things that are difficult, we shy away from.

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But it is through doing them that we learn.

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It is going to be tough.

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This is a cappella school, it is not a walk in the park.

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Day one of lessons.

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Tony's breakfast. And a coffee to wake him up.

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And we left him with a four pack of beers...

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THEY LAUGH

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We did a bit of avoidance therapy last night, yeah. Start fresh today.

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While the groups enjoy breakfast, their mentors arrive.

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I have enlisted the help of four specialists,

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including top-class vocal coaches and a world champion beatboxer.

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These four will help me push the groups to improve their sound

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and attain the standard of vocal excellence I am looking for.

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THEY HARMONISE

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Kick starting classes, university group Choral Stimulation.

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Their first task is to appoint a soloist.

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On hand to help, Leontine Hass,

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a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music

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and coach to the UK's leading vocal harmony groups.

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# Nothing compares

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# To you. #

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-Who are the contenders? Which of you...?

-Me and Caitlin and Hannah.

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I can tell you what I think.

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What it is about, it is not just about your voices,

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what I want to see is that you can connect up.

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Come on, have a go.

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Pick one of your best friends.

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Great.

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And don't start singing before you have connected.

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-OK.

-Yeah.

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# It's been seven hours and 15 days

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# Since you took your love away. #

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I want you to try to dare

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to show your feelings rather than hide them.

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We're actually finding that quite hard.

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Who is next?

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# It's been seven hours and 16 days

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# Since you took your love away

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# I go out every night and sleep all day

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# Since you took your love... #

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You're making me cry now.

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Well done.

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Good. Right, OK. I think it would be good if you gave it a shot.

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-Yeah?

-Yeah.

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# I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant. #

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Newly appointed soloist Caitlin is the baby of the group.

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At 19, her university career is just starting,

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unlike some of her friends in the choir, who are about to graduate.

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How are you feeling about it? Because you were quite emotional.

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When I do sing it,

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when I get upset...

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..I am thinking about everyone else in the group.

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This year, there are a lot of people leaving. And the music just...

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creates such a strong bond that you don't really want to break

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that, you know?

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It's because I know that we can't do it forever.

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You are being very generous because you are letting us in.

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Great performance is about being in the moment.

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You are mature enough to handle it and you have the power to

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just rein it back in if you feel yourself losing it.

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Yeah.

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Another group I have challenged to work on bringing emotion

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to their performance is all-male six piece The Sons Of Pitches.

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They have put lives and careers on hold to

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follow their dream of making it big as an a cappella group.

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Got to speed up there.

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Sons Of Pitches means everything to me.

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If we can make it into something where we could live off of it,

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it would just be the best thing.

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We have just become sort of really good mates.

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We just have a good time together.

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-Just good friends.

-Yeah, yeah.

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-Hello.

-ALL: Hey!

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The group have selected 24-year-old Jamie to take the lead

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in Buddy Holly's True Love Ways.

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-Shall we just go straight in?

-Straight in, yeah.

-Fantastic.

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# Just you know why... #

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The solo is a crucial role that carries the song's emotional weight.

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# Know true love ways. #

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I did not feel serenaded by that.

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It is a love song, right? And I need more of the emotion.

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Have you got a...partner?

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Um. This is not the moment or the time.

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It needs to be someone.

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Hello! The Sons Of Pitches, how are you?

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I'm looking forward to hearing it. Is it there? Are you done?

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-Getting there.

-Very close.

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This was all about heart for me.

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This is going to make it more about us boys singing together,

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just them and us.

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-The crew.

-That sort of thing.

-It is man love.

-It's man love.

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But I'll raise you romantic love because it is a caress, this song.

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-It is a...

-HE BREATHES IN DEEPLY

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We have got a sticking point.

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-We have a sticking point?

-We have a sticking point.

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What is the sticking point?

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Various relationship things.

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You are having relationship issues?

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Can we have a quick chat?

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Cool, um...

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What has happened?

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-Just recently come to the end of a relationship.

-OK.

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-Which makes this very painful.

-Yeah.

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It's not...it's not ideal.

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-OK.

-It's all right.

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-You are not a heart on the sleeve type?

-That's probably fair.

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Yeah, OK. You know, if you are going to be a singer,

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you have got to be able to do these sorts of things.

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It is just opening the door to a really sincere performance

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-that comes from a real place.

-Yeah.

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It's really hard. Can we agree that you are going to try?

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I'll give it a go.

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If I was having this conversation with my 23, 24-year-old self...

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..I don't know if I... Could I have done it?

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Maybe.

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But I know that unless Jamie gets his head round this, maybe not

0:17:300:17:34

today, maybe not even in this round, but at some point,

0:17:340:17:36

this is what Sons Of Pitches have to tackle.

0:17:360:17:39

They have got to be more open. They have got to be less clever

0:17:390:17:42

and much more honest in their singing.

0:17:420:17:45

We are quite a tight group but not necessarily,

0:17:450:17:47

like, sharing of emotions tight.

0:17:470:17:50

So, yeah, standing in a room, talking about love, it is

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an interesting step.

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Love and emotion is a massive aspect of life, even if it is a bit corny.

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-We should really ultimately talk about it.

-Yeah, and music.

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-And music.

-We can't be musicians and ignore the fact that probably

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about well over half of songs are about love.

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Mid-morning and a tea break gives the groups a brief

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respite from the classroom.

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-How are you getting on?

-Oh, yeah, well... Getting.

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It's getting better all the time, you know?

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Today, the groups must nail their arrangements

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and allot parts to avoid falling behind

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and jeopardising their place in the contest.

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# I stay out too late. #

0:18:320:18:34

Limbering up ahead of their lesson,

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traditional barbershop group YesterYear.

0:18:370:18:40

It is growing on me, let's put it that way.

0:18:410:18:44

# Go on too many dates

0:18:440:18:46

# I can't make him stay. #

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They are awaiting the arrival of mentor

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and world-renowned beatboxer Ball-Zee.

0:18:510:18:54

# Shake, shake. #

0:18:540:18:55

How are you doing?

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I'm Patrick, AKA Ball-Zee.

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I am the three-time UK beatbox champion.

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Just got crowned world team champion with the UK.

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Thank you, guys, thank you.

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Let's just do a really quick beatbox warm-up.

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# Whoosh

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# Boom, wah-wah-wah

0:19:110:19:13

# Boom-boom, click-click Beep-beep

0:19:130:19:15

# Boom, tic-tic-tic-tic Ba-chi, ba-da-bip

0:19:150:19:18

# Bip-bip-bip-bip, boom

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# Tic-tic-tic-tic, ba-da-ba-dsh Ba-da-ba-dsh, ba-da-boom

0:19:190:19:22

# Ba-da-ba-dsh

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# Ba-dic, ba-dic, ba-dic Boom

0:19:230:19:25

# Honk! #

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THEY LAUGH AND CLAP

0:19:260:19:29

What I'm going to do is hopefully get you guys more

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gelled as a unit with the timing and the rhythm.

0:19:320:19:34

Give you guys that pulse, hopefully. So we're going to start with...

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Pfff...

0:19:380:19:40

ALL: Pfff...

0:19:400:19:43

ALL: Bzzzzz... Pfff...

0:19:430:19:46

Erm... In fact, do you guys want to show me what you've got so far?

0:19:470:19:50

# Bom-chi, bom-bom... #

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Beatboxing is an important part of modern a cappella.

0:19:530:19:57

Providing the solid rhythm and tempo that YesterYear need.

0:19:570:20:01

# Bom-chi-bom That's what people say... #

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It's not a skill the group have tried before,

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but assistant head teacher Sam is rising to the challenge.

0:20:060:20:10

Nice. If you could just take the kick and the snare, so...

0:20:100:20:13

# Bom-chi, bom-chi... #

0:20:130:20:15

And then maybe do some shakers.

0:20:150:20:18

THEY BEATBOX

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# Chi-chi-chi-chi. #

0:20:210:20:24

We've got four different versions here.

0:20:240:20:26

All sorts of different things happening.

0:20:260:20:27

One, two, three and four.

0:20:270:20:30

# Bom, bom-bom, bom-bom. #

0:20:300:20:33

Yeah, that's rushing. One, two, three, four.

0:20:330:20:36

This is the bloody rhythm, OK?

0:20:360:20:38

And it ain't going to change the whole song.

0:20:380:20:41

Rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm. Just get the rhythm solid.

0:20:410:20:44

It's so simple.

0:20:440:20:47

I don't understand.

0:20:470:20:48

I really don't understand how they can be so good at

0:20:480:20:51

so many aspects of music and yet fail to just do something

0:20:510:20:54

so basic as just stay in time.

0:20:540:20:57

# Bom-chi, bom-bom...

0:20:570:21:00

# My ex-girlfriend bought her mum a new... #

0:21:000:21:02

Keeping time is more crucial than ever for this performance

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as it will act as a cue for Len.

0:21:060:21:08

For the first time,

0:21:080:21:10

he's doing more than just comparing by taking on Taylor Swift's rap.

0:21:100:21:14

Len, are you nervous about getting it on time?

0:21:140:21:17

-Yeah.

-Why don't we take a bit of that nerves away?

0:21:170:21:20

Can you just say, "My ex-girlfriend da-da-da-da?"

0:21:200:21:23

Do a Len on it.

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Make it Len. One, two, three, four.

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THEY BEATBOX

0:21:280:21:31

# My ex girl brought her new man home

0:21:310:21:33

# He's like oh, my God but I'm just gonna shake

0:21:330:21:37

# Until the gal over there with the hella good hair

0:21:370:21:40

# Won't you come on over, baby? We can shake, shake, shake. #

0:21:400:21:44

And, of course, now you do perfectly. Yeah. That's great.

0:21:440:21:47

That's perfect.

0:21:470:21:48

It's fun. But can they actually pull it off?

0:21:480:21:50

I mean, I really, really have a big question

0:21:500:21:53

about whether they can do it.

0:21:530:21:55

This has stretched our versatility and stretched, more importantly,

0:21:550:22:01

our imagination.

0:22:010:22:03

And we tend to like it now.

0:22:030:22:06

Still learning to love the track I chose for them, Gospel Essence.

0:22:090:22:13

Musical director Rebecca started this group five years ago

0:22:150:22:18

with siblings Paulina and Louis and has steadily drafted in

0:22:180:22:22

more members, including mum-of-one Michelle.

0:22:220:22:26

This is how I want the rest of my life to be.

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I want music. I want it to be music, whatever way I can make it.

0:22:280:22:31

And I suppose if somebody is only 21 or 22, this is like,

0:22:310:22:34

well, this is a great experience.

0:22:340:22:36

But to me, in a way, this is it.

0:22:360:22:38

THEY DO VOCAL WARM-UPS

0:22:380:22:40

You all right?

0:22:400:22:41

Checking on Gospel Essence's progress is former

0:22:410:22:44

Brit school tutor and award-winning choir director Mark De-Lisser.

0:22:440:22:48

I would love to hear what you guys have done with it so far.

0:22:480:22:51

Have you done it?

0:22:510:22:52

Erm, in terms of actually arranging parts for people to seeing,

0:22:520:22:55

-we haven't got that far just yet.

-OK.

0:22:550:22:58

-How long have you had the song for?

-12 hours.

-12 hours.

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And you've done nothing?

0:23:030:23:05

OK.

0:23:050:23:08

How do we get into this right now? As quickly as we possibly can.

0:23:080:23:11

One, two, three, and...

0:23:140:23:16

# Dun-nu-nu-nu-nu, dun-nu-nu-nu-nu. #

0:23:160:23:19

-It's...

-Dun-nu-nu-nu-nu.

0:23:190:23:21

Dun-nu-nu-nu-nu. Eh.

0:23:210:23:23

-Should we get up and do it?

-Yeah.

-Let's get up and give it...

0:23:230:23:27

-Rebecca, quickly, let me just have a quick word.

-Sure.

0:23:270:23:29

Give me a second, guys.

0:23:290:23:31

# Dugga-dugga-da, dugga-dugga-da. #

0:23:320:23:34

You have to take leadership in this. Like, 100%, yeah?

0:23:340:23:38

And it is now for you to go and listen to that arrangement and say,

0:23:380:23:42

"Right you are singing this. Dubba-dubba-da Dubba-dubba-da.

0:23:420:23:45

"You're seeing this. Dubba-dubba-da."

0:23:450:23:47

This has got to take time.

0:23:470:23:48

All right? And we ain't got time, OK?

0:23:480:23:51

# Dugga-dugga-da, dugga-dugga-da. #

0:23:510:23:52

It's not cleaning up. Try and take it up.

0:23:520:23:54

Going out because you've done your best is one thing, but going out

0:23:540:23:57

because you've kind of let everyone down is not what, you know, I don't

0:23:570:24:00

want that responsibility and it's not what I, you know, we signed up for.

0:24:000:24:04

But there's no time to even process it. We just got to get on with it.

0:24:040:24:07

THEY BEATBOX AND SING

0:24:120:24:16

Mentor Mark's next visit is to community choir

0:24:160:24:19

Stratford East Singers.

0:24:190:24:21

Their open-door policy makes them an inclusive bunch

0:24:210:24:25

but it also affects their precision.

0:24:250:24:27

All right. Just do your uu-ahs for me, all right?

0:24:270:24:29

Here we go, one, two, three and...

0:24:290:24:31

# Uu-ah, uu-ah, uu-ah... #

0:24:310:24:33

I've briefed Mark to help unify their sound.

0:24:330:24:36

OK, cool.

0:24:360:24:38

The harmony isn't sitting and gelling well together

0:24:380:24:40

but we can get it better, all right?

0:24:400:24:42

Hello.

0:24:420:24:44

ALL: Hi!

0:24:440:24:45

-Hi, hi, hi. Are you liking the song? Is it coming?

-Yeah.

0:24:450:24:48

Well, let me just hear it.

0:24:480:24:50

# If you change your mind I'm the first in line

0:24:500:24:54

# Honey, I'm still free Take a chance on me

0:24:540:24:58

# If you need me, let me know Gonna be around

0:24:580:25:02

# If you've got no place to go if you're feeling down. #

0:25:020:25:06

Good, I'm in, I'm in. I really enjoyed that.

0:25:060:25:09

You have, I think, made something very cheesy a little bit cooler.

0:25:090:25:12

THEY CHEER

0:25:120:25:15

Yeah. But now it's tightening these nuts and bolts.

0:25:150:25:17

And make sure it's absolutely in tune.

0:25:170:25:20

I'll leave you in Mark's capable hands

0:25:200:25:22

and you'll just make that happen.

0:25:220:25:23

-OK.

-All right, see you later. Good. Good job. Well done. Thank you.

0:25:230:25:26

I've got a sense of excitement about this.

0:25:260:25:28

They've gone from this big, overblown sort of community

0:25:280:25:32

choir sound, which is lovely, but inexact.

0:25:320:25:35

And they're actually starting to work like an a cappella group.

0:25:350:25:38

# It was a theme she had On a scheme he had

0:25:390:25:43

# Told in a foreign land... #

0:25:430:25:45

'As day one of lessons nears its end,

0:25:480:25:50

'I'm checking in on Southampton students Restless Symphony.'

0:25:500:25:54

THEY SING

0:25:540:25:56

They're talented solo performers who

0:25:560:25:58

I want to push to work better as a unit.

0:25:580:26:02

THEY SING OUT OF TUNE

0:26:020:26:06

Don't hold to high!

0:26:070:26:09

THEY LAUGH

0:26:090:26:11

-Have you not done that bit?

-Nope.

-No, I'm going!

0:26:110:26:14

OK, couple of bits of it were like dental surgery towards the end.

0:26:150:26:20

And also, it's complicated.

0:26:200:26:22

-HE SINGS:

-Ah, ah, ah.

0:26:220:26:24

I can see you going, "What's my note?"

0:26:240:26:27

If at the end of today, you are still going,

0:26:270:26:29

"Ah, ah, ah. How does it go?"

0:26:290:26:31

Think about making the radical decisions today.

0:26:310:26:33

This is just a bit hard, I can't do it.

0:26:330:26:36

What I really want to see from Restless Symphony

0:26:360:26:38

is a unified sound with a fantastic soloist.

0:26:380:26:41

And they're trying,

0:26:410:26:42

but they're trying it on really complicated material.

0:26:420:26:45

We've got kind of a little bit carried away, I think.

0:26:450:26:48

It is early days, but when you've only got three days,

0:26:480:26:51

early days is irrelevant, really.

0:26:510:26:54

School's out as the first day of lessons concludes.

0:26:560:26:59

It's halfway and I feel like some of the groups are on their way

0:26:590:27:03

and some of the groups really aren't.

0:27:030:27:05

All of these songs have turned out to be much more challenging

0:27:060:27:09

than anyone thought.

0:27:090:27:11

There's a lot of work to be done tomorrow.

0:27:110:27:12

# Ba-da-ba-ba... #

0:27:140:27:17

For Gospel Essence, the hard work can't wait until tomorrow.

0:27:170:27:21

They are hunkering down to make up for lost time.

0:27:210:27:23

# ..listen to me, baby, ooh! #

0:27:230:27:25

We just have to be relentless with it.

0:27:250:27:28

I can hear they're not in the right key. It's annoying me, but...

0:27:280:27:31

Erm, it's... Oh, it's annoying me.

0:27:310:27:34

-Can you do a couple?

-If we come in on each third

0:27:340:27:36

-then we'll always be overlapping.

-Each third?

0:27:360:27:38

I do want people to have a sleep but I want the song to be

0:27:380:27:41

finished more than I want people to sleep, so...

0:27:410:27:43

We just have to get...work faster.

0:27:430:27:46

# Ba-da-ba-ba... #

0:27:460:27:48

Gospel Essence, like all my groups, now have little more

0:27:480:27:51

than 24 hours to get on track or risk leaving the contest for good.

0:27:510:27:56

KNOCKING

0:28:000:28:02

Boys, come on. Come on.

0:28:020:28:04

How are you doing?

0:28:070:28:09

-Day two.

-Hi, girls.

0:28:090:28:11

Just one more day of mentoring before the groups face

0:28:110:28:14

a live audience

0:28:140:28:16

and the all-important jury.

0:28:160:28:18

These seven experts have been selected from a range

0:28:200:28:22

of disciplines including beatboxing, performance coaching

0:28:220:28:26

and crucially this week, vocal training.

0:28:260:28:30

Perfect blend is like the Holy Grail of choral singing.

0:28:300:28:33

To get all of your singers singing the right notes with the right

0:28:330:28:37

vowel sounds and the right tone, when it happens, it's fantastic.

0:28:370:28:42

Leading lights from the worlds of gospel, university,

0:28:420:28:46

barbershop and pop a cappella complete the jury.

0:28:460:28:49

Tomorrow, they'll all have their say on who stays

0:28:500:28:53

and which group goes home.

0:28:530:28:54

Keen to show the jury they've improved their sound,

0:29:020:29:05

Southampton students Restless Symphony

0:29:050:29:07

are getting in some practice before class.

0:29:070:29:10

Yesterday, I tasked them with simplifying their arrangements.

0:29:110:29:15

Good morning! How are you?

0:29:160:29:19

-Hopeful.

-Hopeful.

-Yes.

-Good.

-Feeling hopeful.

0:29:190:29:22

Feeling hopeful.

0:29:220:29:24

I think it's my duty, as headmaster of a cappella school, is to make

0:29:240:29:27

sure you've just got something that works from beginning to end.

0:29:270:29:30

# Don't push too far your dreams

0:29:300:29:32

# Are china in your hand

0:29:320:29:36

-# Don't wish too hard... #

-That.

0:29:360:29:38

It's a bit clever.

0:29:380:29:40

Let me stop you. Let me stop you.

0:29:400:29:42

It makes me, rather than going, "Da-da-da-da,"

0:29:420:29:45

sing-along in my head, I go,

0:29:450:29:47

"What? What are you doing?"

0:29:470:29:48

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

0:29:480:29:51

Jurassic Park.

0:29:510:29:53

They've gone away on worked on it

0:29:530:29:55

and they have something that is functional.

0:29:550:29:57

They still need to put a bit of magic in it.

0:29:570:29:59

It needs tinsel, but, you know, the Christmas tree is standing.

0:29:590:30:03

# Baa ba-ba-ba-ba... #

0:30:070:30:09

Slow starters Gospel Essence have barely slept.

0:30:090:30:13

But they finally have something to show mentor Mark.

0:30:130:30:17

Erm...

0:30:170:30:19

Just stopped, but it sounded better.

0:30:190:30:21

I'm just not getting the energy.

0:30:210:30:24

Either you want this or you don't.

0:30:240:30:27

You now have to come out of yourselves and absolutely deliver.

0:30:280:30:32

Let's go from top.

0:30:330:30:35

Dr Mark will make it all right.

0:30:360:30:38

# Ba-da-ba-ba, ba-da-da... #

0:30:390:30:42

Really strong, come on!

0:30:420:30:43

In a bold move, the group have decided to incorporate animal

0:30:430:30:47

sounds into their arrangement.

0:30:470:30:49

THEY MAKE ANIMAL NOISES

0:30:490:30:51

All right, all right, all right, all right.

0:30:510:30:53

This jungle thing... I get it. But commit to it.

0:30:530:30:57

What's your sound?

0:30:570:30:58

# Kun-tuka-tun, kun-tuka-tun. #

0:30:580:31:00

# Kun-tuka-tun, kun-tuka-tun! # Do it.

0:31:000:31:03

# Kun-tuka-tun, kun-tuka-tun! #

0:31:030:31:04

-Oh, God!

-THEY LAUGH

0:31:070:31:09

Let me see, let me see. Oh, my God. I've drawn blood!

0:31:100:31:13

Can we get the medic, please?

0:31:130:31:15

I drew blood.

0:31:160:31:18

Go up to the second floor immediately, please.

0:31:180:31:22

What we need to do is pop you up to the hospital.

0:31:220:31:24

Yeah, that looks like a hospital job.

0:31:240:31:27

SHE WAILS

0:31:270:31:29

Keep both eyes closed.

0:31:290:31:30

SHE CRIES

0:31:320:31:35

What we managed to is get our energy levels up,

0:31:350:31:37

we get them to a place they need to be, and then something happens.

0:31:370:31:40

-Michelle, Michelle!

-I just don't know.

0:31:400:31:42

I just don't know if we're going to have what we need

0:31:420:31:44

to deliver tomorrow.

0:31:440:31:45

And now we've assaulted one of the mentors, so...

0:31:480:31:52

It's not going great.

0:31:520:31:53

SHE LAUGHS

0:31:530:31:55

# If you change your If you change your

0:31:570:31:59

# If you ch-ch-ch-ch... #

0:31:590:32:01

So far unscathed by his mentoring experience,

0:32:010:32:04

Dominic Peckham is fine-tuning the Stratford East Singers.

0:32:040:32:07

He's drawing on his experience as a patron of The Voice Festival,

0:32:090:32:12

the UK's biggest a cappella organisation.

0:32:120:32:15

The execution of the consonants is too slow. I'm hearing,

0:32:170:32:20

"Take a... One second. ..chance."

0:32:200:32:22

I want, "Take a chance. Take a chance. Take a chance."

0:32:220:32:26

-One, two, three, go.

-ALL: Take a chance!

0:32:260:32:29

# Take a chance Take a chika-chance-chance

0:32:290:32:31

# Take a chance Take a chika-chance-chance

0:32:310:32:34

# Take a chance. #

0:32:340:32:36

That is so much better. Ticket prices just went up to £27.50.

0:32:360:32:40

Rival groups Choral Stimulation...

0:32:460:32:49

# And I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant. #

0:32:490:32:55

And The Sons Of Pitches...

0:32:550:32:57

# Sometimes we all... #

0:32:570:32:59

..are both grappling with how to bring emotion to a performance.

0:32:590:33:03

# Sometimes we all cry. #

0:33:030:33:08

# It's been so lonely without you here

0:33:080:33:13

# Like a bird without a song

0:33:160:33:20

# Ahhhh. #

0:33:200:33:24

For me, that was quite a powerful moment cos all of a sudden

0:33:240:33:26

you were like, boom, straight out. And it was like, "Whoa."

0:33:260:33:30

High praise for Choral Stimulation.

0:33:300:33:32

But The Sons Of Pitches haven't had the same breakthrough.

0:33:330:33:37

This is very flat. Jamie looks like he's reading a shopping list.

0:33:370:33:40

This is a love song.

0:33:410:33:43

They have to love it and they have to show they love somebody else.

0:33:430:33:47

It's going to be the difference between them doing well

0:33:480:33:51

in this contest and them really just falling at the first hurdle.

0:33:510:33:54

Across the hall...

0:33:560:33:57

One, two, three, four.

0:33:570:33:59

# Bam, bam-bam, bam, bam, bam-bam

0:33:590:34:01

# I stay out too late. #

0:34:010:34:03

YesterYear have made a daring bid to improve the rhythm and tempo

0:34:030:34:08

in their moves as well as their melodies.

0:34:080:34:10

# I'm just gonna shake shake, shake, shake, shake

0:34:100:34:13

# Shake it off. Shake it off

0:34:130:34:15

-# Never miss a beat

-Bop bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-bop

0:34:150:34:18

-# I'm lightening on my feet

-Bop, bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-bop

0:34:180:34:21

-# And that's what they don't see

-Bop, bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-bop. #

0:34:210:34:25

-Shake it off!

-ALL: Yeah!

0:34:250:34:27

Oh, yes!

0:34:270:34:29

I'm not laughing at you. I'm really not. I'm laughing at you.

0:34:290:34:33

Your commitment to it is wonderful.

0:34:330:34:35

It is not the best technical singing I've ever heard. But it's a show.

0:34:350:34:39

It's what you do so well.

0:34:390:34:41

I want to be an old guy like that, I want to be up there on stage

0:34:410:34:44

when I'm 75.

0:34:440:34:46

I find it moving that they're all mates together, they're all trying.

0:34:460:34:50

It's kind of hopeless but it is really wonderful.

0:34:500:34:54

Decidedly not having as much fun as YesterYear are Gospel Essence.

0:34:550:35:00

The group's slow progress only got slower

0:35:000:35:03

when Michelle injured mentor Mark with an ill-judged high-five.

0:35:030:35:07

-I've got some news about Mark.

-He's OK?

0:35:070:35:10

He's totally fine.

0:35:100:35:11

-Yay!

-Oh, my God.

-In fact, he's out there.

0:35:110:35:15

ALL: Yay!

0:35:150:35:17

-Hello.

-ALL: Hi.

0:35:170:35:20

Come here, come here.

0:35:200:35:21

Absolutely fine. It looks worse than it is.

0:35:220:35:24

-It just looks worse than it is.

-Yeah, yeah, don't worry.

0:35:240:35:27

I'm never high-fiving anybody ever... It's all low-fives.

0:35:270:35:31

It's all low-fives, all low-fives. All right?

0:35:310:35:34

I'm so sorry.

0:35:340:35:35

-Can we call this incident done?

-THEY LAUGH

0:35:350:35:38

And don't let it affect your performance.

0:35:380:35:40

ALL: Yeah.

0:35:400:35:42

Mark might be back but time's up for mentoring.

0:35:420:35:47

Classes are over and everything now hinges on tomorrow's performances.

0:35:470:35:52

Big day tomorrow because somebody's going.

0:35:520:35:56

I wish Restless Symphony's arrangement

0:35:560:35:59

were a little bit better.

0:35:590:36:01

They're just about getting there but it's a bit late.

0:36:010:36:05

Sons Of Pitches.

0:36:050:36:07

If your group has a weakness then this contest will weed it out.

0:36:070:36:11

Gospel Essence are in the most trouble.

0:36:110:36:13

# Sha-bap-ba-ba, ba-ra-ba-ba-ba. #

0:36:130:36:15

They didn't get far enough quickly enough. Now they're way behind.

0:36:150:36:19

But you never know what's going to happen in front of the audience.

0:36:190:36:22

With show day looming, the groups use these final few hours

0:36:220:36:26

to cram in last-minute practice.

0:36:260:36:27

# Take a chance Take a ch-ch-chance

0:36:270:36:29

# Take a chance. #

0:36:290:36:30

All except YesterYear, who've decided to escape for a taste

0:36:300:36:35

of their traditional remedy for pre-performance nerves.

0:36:350:36:38

It don't affect me. I do it while I'm in a trance.

0:36:380:36:41

Which is permanent.

0:36:420:36:43

If we deliver our game and the performance we've done today

0:36:450:36:47

we will do very well.

0:36:470:36:49

And if it's not good enough, we will go home

0:36:490:36:51

and we'll get on with the rest of our lives.

0:36:510:36:54

However short that might be.

0:36:540:36:55

Performance day.

0:37:040:37:05

Time to find out if the groups' hard work these past few days

0:37:070:37:10

will pay off.

0:37:100:37:12

We want this to be perfect.

0:37:120:37:14

And we want to show everybody our magic.

0:37:140:37:16

I'm tingling and I just want to go out and do it.

0:37:160:37:20

A cappella school has been utterly brilliant.

0:37:210:37:23

I can't believe how much all these groups have developed.

0:37:230:37:26

They've taken this challenge on the chin and gone for it.

0:37:260:37:30

And every single group has improved.

0:37:300:37:32

It's just a question now of who's improved enough to stay in.

0:37:320:37:35

Personally, I'm nervous but that's not a bad thing, is it?

0:37:360:37:40

Game faces on.

0:37:400:37:42

The Hub's Theatre will soon be filled with friends,

0:37:500:37:53

family and members of the public.

0:37:530:37:55

And while the groups want to please this audience,

0:37:560:37:59

it's the jury they really need to impress.

0:37:590:38:02

As ever, they want to be entertained

0:38:030:38:06

but this week they'll zero in on how the groups have improved vocally,

0:38:060:38:10

listening for impressive solos, beatboxing and blend.

0:38:100:38:14

The precision of their singing is crucial.

0:38:140:38:17

It's being precise with their word sounds,

0:38:170:38:19

their intonation and the diction

0:38:190:38:21

as well as any kind of chord structures in harmonies

0:38:210:38:23

that they've built-up.

0:38:230:38:24

Vocals might be in the spotlight but the jury will still want to see

0:38:240:38:28

stage presence, audience engagement and strong choreography.

0:38:280:38:32

When I'm judging an a cappella performance,

0:38:320:38:35

the first thing I'm looking for, actually,

0:38:350:38:37

is does the whole thing make sense?

0:38:370:38:39

Does the sound match up with the visual

0:38:390:38:42

and the style that they're going for?

0:38:420:38:43

With the jury in place, the show can begin.

0:38:480:38:51

-Are you excited?

-Yeah.

0:38:510:38:53

-We just want to do it now.

-We just want to do it.

0:38:530:38:55

And relax.

0:38:550:38:57

-This is a trip.

-Enjoy this trip.

0:39:030:39:06

APPLAUSE

0:39:100:39:12

Hello, thank you very much.

0:39:130:39:15

Shall we get the ball rolling then

0:39:170:39:19

with the first of our six a cappella groups?

0:39:190:39:21

Welcome The Sons Of Pitches.

0:39:210:39:24

# Just you know why

0:39:360:39:38

# Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:39:380:39:42

-# Why you and I

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:39:420:39:49

-# Will by and by

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:39:490:39:56

-# Know true love ways

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:39:560:40:03

# Sometimes we'll sigh

0:40:030:40:06

# Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:40:060:40:09

-# Sometimes we'll cry

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:40:090:40:12

# Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:40:120:40:16

-# And we'll know why

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:40:160:40:18

-# Just you and I

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:40:180:40:22

-# Know true love's way

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:40:220:40:27

-# Sta-doo-doo-doo, da-doo-day

-Mmm-mmm-mmm

0:40:270:40:30

# Da-doo-doo-day, doo-doo-doo-doo

0:40:300:40:33

-# Ya-doo-doo-doo-doo-da-day

-Mmm-mmm-mmm

0:40:330:40:36

-# Da-day-ya-ya

-Mmm-mmm-mmm

0:40:360:40:38

# Ah-da, ba-da, ca-da, da-da

0:40:390:40:42

# Ah-da, fa-da, ga-da, ha-da

0:40:420:40:45

# Ooh-ooh-ah-ooh-ooh

0:40:450:40:47

# Throughout the days

0:40:470:40:50

# Throughout the days

0:40:500:40:53

# Our true love ways

0:40:530:40:55

# Ways

0:40:550:40:57

# Will bring us joys to share

0:40:570:41:02

# With those who really care

0:41:020:41:08

# Sometimes we sigh

0:41:080:41:11

# Ahh-ahh-ahh

0:41:110:41:13

-# Sometimes we cry

-Ahh-ahh-ahh

0:41:130:41:18

-# And we'll know why

-Ahh-ahh-ahh

0:41:180:41:20

-# Just you and I

-Ahh-ahh-ahh

0:41:200:41:23

-# Know true love ways

-Ahh-ahh-ahh

0:41:230:41:26

# Know true love ways

0:41:260:41:28

# Know true love ways

0:41:280:41:30

# Know true love ways

0:41:300:41:32

# Know true love

0:41:320:41:34

-# Ways

-Know true love ways

0:41:340:41:39

# Know true love ways. #

0:41:390:41:47

LOUD APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:41:470:41:49

There was a slight lack of energy and fear in that

0:41:490:41:51

that I've not seen in them before, but still good.

0:41:510:41:55

Next up, the Stratford East Singers.

0:41:570:41:59

# Take a chance, take a chance Take a chicca-chan-chance

0:42:030:42:05

# Take a chance, take a chance Take a chicca-chan-chance

0:42:050:42:08

# Take a chance, take a chance

0:42:080:42:09

# Take a chicca-chan-chance Take a chance

0:42:090:42:11

# If you change your mind I'm the first in line

0:42:110:42:14

# Honey, I'm still free

0:42:140:42:16

# Take a chance on me

0:42:160:42:18

# If you need me, let me know Gonna be around

0:42:180:42:22

# If you've got no place to go if you're feeling down

0:42:220:42:25

# Take a chance, take a chance Take a chicca-chan-chance

0:42:250:42:28

# Take a chance on me

0:42:280:42:30

# Whoa-oh

0:42:300:42:31

# We can go dancing, we can go walking, as long as we're together

0:42:310:42:38

# Wah-wah-wah

0:42:380:42:39

# Listen to some music, maybe just talking, get to know you better

0:42:390:42:45

-# Wah-wah-wah

-Better

0:42:450:42:47

# You know I got

0:42:470:42:48

# So much that I wanna do when I dream I'm alone with you

0:42:480:42:52

# It's magic

0:42:520:42:54

# It's magic

0:42:540:42:56

# You say you wanna leave me there afraid of a love affair

0:42:560:43:00

# But I think you know

0:43:000:43:02

# Ooh-ooh

0:43:020:43:03

# That I can't let go

0:43:030:43:05

# Doo!

0:43:050:43:07

# If you change your if you change your

0:43:070:43:09

# If you change your if you change-change-change-change

0:43:090:43:12

# Doo!

0:43:120:43:13

# If you change your mind I'm the first in line

0:43:130:43:17

# Honey, I'm still free Take a chance on me

0:43:170:43:21

# If you need me, let me know Gonna be around

0:43:210:43:25

# If you've got no place to go if you're feeling down

0:43:250:43:28

# Come on! Yeah!

0:43:280:43:30

-# Bam-bam-bam-bam

-Ahh

0:43:300:43:32

-# Bam-bam-bam-bam

-Ahh

0:43:320:43:34

-# Bam-bam-bam-bam

-Ahh

0:43:340:43:36

-# Bam-bam-bam-bam

-# Ahh

0:43:360:43:37

# Ahh. #

0:43:370:43:40

APPLAUSE

0:43:400:43:43

Not perfect, bit of a shaky start there, but they pulled it off.

0:43:430:43:45

Bringing a unique brand of old-school charm

0:43:480:43:51

to a modern pop masterpiece,

0:43:510:43:54

please welcome YesterYear!

0:43:540:43:57

APPLAUSE

0:43:570:43:59

One, two, three, four!

0:44:040:44:05

# Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:050:44:08

-# I stay out too late

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:080:44:11

-# Got nothing in my brain

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:110:44:13

# But that's what people say Ooh-ooh

0:44:130:44:17

-# That's what people say, ooh-ooh

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:170:44:20

-# I go on too many dates

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:200:44:23

-# But I can't make them stay

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:230:44:26

# And that's what people say

0:44:260:44:28

-# Ooh-ooh

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:280:44:30

-# That's what people say, ooh-ooh

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:300:44:33

-# I never miss a beat

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:330:44:36

-# I'm lightning on my feet

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:360:44:40

# But that's just what they see Ooh-ooh

0:44:400:44:43

-# That's just what see, ooh-ooh

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:430:44:46

-# I'm dancing on my own

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:460:44:50

-# Make the moves up as I go

-Ba, ba-ba, ba, ba, ba-ba

0:44:500:44:53

# But that's what they don't know Ooh-ooh

0:44:530:44:55

-WHISPERS:

-They liked it.

0:44:550:44:57

# That's what they don't know Ooh-ooh

0:44:570:44:59

One, two, three, four!

0:44:590:45:01

# My ex-girlfriend brought her home last night

0:45:010:45:04

# Oh, my God!

0:45:040:45:06

# Her up there with the head of blonde hair

0:45:070:45:10

# Come down, pretty girl, and let's

0:45:100:45:12

-# Shake, shake, shake

-Shake, shake, shake

0:45:120:45:14

One, two, three!

0:45:140:45:15

# Cos the players gonna play play, play, play, play

0:45:150:45:18

# And the haters gonna hate hate, hate, hate, hate

0:45:180:45:21

# Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake shake, shake, shake

0:45:210:45:25

# I shake it off, I shake it off. #

0:45:250:45:27

-Shake it off!

-Yeah!

0:45:270:45:31

Oh, there were some really, really dodgy moments in that,

0:45:310:45:33

but I think overall it felt like the audience really liked it.

0:45:330:45:36

There were lots of smiles.

0:45:360:45:38

Not sure if it was the best they've ever done it though.

0:45:380:45:40

I feel that I've let these guys down a little bit.

0:45:430:45:46

-OTHERS:

-Oh, no! No!

-Yeah.

0:45:460:45:48

Because I fumbled over the words.

0:45:480:45:50

No-one has let the side down.

0:45:500:45:52

We came as a team and we're still a team.

0:45:520:45:55

Next to take the stage, Restless Symphony.

0:45:560:45:59

# Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:46:020:46:06

-# It was a theme she had

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:46:060:46:08

-# On a scheme he had

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:46:080:46:10

-# Told in a foreign land

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:46:100:46:14

-# To take life on earth

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:46:140:46:16

-# To the second birth

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:46:160:46:17

-# And the man was in command

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:46:170:46:21

-# It was a flight on the wings

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:46:210:46:23

-# Of a young girl's dreams

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:46:230:46:25

-# That flew too far away

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

0:46:250:46:29

# Don't push too far your dreams are china in your hands

0:46:290:46:34

# Don't dream too hard because they might come true

0:46:340:46:38

# And you can't help them

0:46:380:46:40

# You don't know what you have

0:46:400:46:42

# Set upon yourself

0:46:420:46:49

# China in your hands

0:46:490:46:50

# Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

0:46:500:46:53

# Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

0:46:530:46:55

# Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

0:46:550:46:56

# Come from greed Never born of the seed

0:46:560:46:59

# Took a life of a foreign land

0:46:590:47:01

# Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

0:47:010:47:02

-# Eyes wide

-Like a child in the form of man

0:47:020:47:07

-# A prophecy for a fantasy

-Ah-ah

0:47:070:47:09

-# A curse of a vivid mind

-Ah-ah

0:47:090:47:15

# Oh, china in your hand

0:47:150:47:22

# China in your

0:47:230:47:27

-# Hand

-Ooh-ooh-ooh. #

0:47:270:47:31

There were some wobbles, but, you know,

0:47:340:47:36

that was a real success for them, but, my God, they were nervous.

0:47:360:47:39

Next to perform, Gospel Essence.

0:47:410:47:43

One, two, three, four!

0:47:440:47:46

This is a trip.

0:47:460:47:48

-Enjoy this trip.

-# Ohh

0:47:480:47:50

-Countdown is progressing.

-# Ohh

0:47:500:47:53

Uno, dos, tres, cuatro!

0:47:530:47:54

# Ba-ba-ba-da, ba-ba-ba-da

0:47:540:47:56

# Ba, ba, ba, ba

0:47:560:47:57

-# Ba-ba-ba-da, ba-ba-ba-da

-Doo!

0:47:570:47:59

-# Ba, ba, ba, ba

-Doo-be-doo!

0:47:590:48:01

HE HUMS RHYTHMICAL MELODY

0:48:010:48:09

# Wah-wah, wah-wah-wah Wah-wah, wah-wah

0:48:090:48:11

# Wah-wah, wah-wah-wah Wah-wah, wah-wah

0:48:110:48:13

# Come on and listen to me, baby now, ooh

0:48:130:48:15

# Wah-wah, wah-wah-wah Wah-wah, wah-wah

0:48:150:48:17

I mean... Yes!

0:48:170:48:18

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

0:48:180:48:20

# Come on and listen to me, baby now

0:48:200:48:22

# Ba-ba-ba-da, ba-ba-ba-da

0:48:220:48:24

# Dum-dum-dum-dum

0:48:240:48:25

# Hey-hey-hey, yeah

0:48:250:48:28

# Yeah, hey

0:48:280:48:33

# I got the hots for you

0:48:330:48:35

# Boo-boo-do, boo-boo-boo-boo-bo

0:48:350:48:37

# I got the hots for you

0:48:370:48:39

# Ba-ba-ba-da Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-da

0:48:390:48:41

# Hots for you, you, you, you

0:48:410:48:46

Enjoy this trip.

0:48:460:48:48

THEY ALL SHOUT RHYTHMICALLY

0:48:480:48:56

# Ba-ba-ba-da

0:48:560:48:57

# Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-da

0:48:570:48:59

# Ba-ba-ba-da

0:48:590:49:01

# Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-da

0:49:010:49:03

# Ba-ba-da-ba-ba, ba-ba-da-ba-ba

0:49:030:49:07

-# I've got the hots for you

-S'Express, S'Express

0:49:070:49:13

-# I've got the hots for you

-S'Express, S'Express

0:49:130:49:20

-# Ba-ba-da-ba

-Hey!

0:49:200:49:22

# Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-da

0:49:220:49:25

# Ba-ba-da-ba

0:49:250:49:28

# Whoo!

0:49:280:49:29

# Ba-ba-da-ba-ba-da

0:49:290:49:32

# Ba-ba-da-ba-ba, ba-ba-da-ba-ba

0:49:320:49:35

# Ba-ba-da-ba-ba, ba-ba-da-ba-ba

0:49:350:49:38

# Ba-ba-da-ba-ba, ba-ba-da-ba-ba

0:49:380:49:39

Drop that ghetto blaster!

0:49:390:49:41

# Ba-ba-da-ba-ba, ba-ba-da-ba-ba. #

0:49:410:49:43

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:49:430:49:45

I don't think anybody knew quite what to make of it,

0:49:450:49:48

but, actually, the jury are smiling.

0:49:480:49:50

It was absolutely ridiculous and wonderful at the same time.

0:49:500:49:54

It was like going to the moon and back.

0:49:590:50:01

It was interstellar.

0:50:010:50:02

We did animal noises on national TV!

0:50:020:50:04

THEY LAUGH

0:50:040:50:06

Sad times now because this is our final group.

0:50:060:50:09

Ladies and gentlemen, Choral Stimulation.

0:50:090:50:12

AUDIENCE CHEERS

0:50:120:50:16

# It's been seven hours and 15 days

0:50:190:50:27

-SINGER MAKES HEARTBEAT SOUND

-# Since you took your love away

0:50:270:50:33

-# Ooh

-Go out every night

0:50:330:50:37

# And sleep all day

0:50:370:50:41

-# Ooh

-Since you took your love away

0:50:410:50:47

-# Ooh

-Ooh

0:50:470:50:51

# And I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant

0:50:510:50:57

-# But nothing

-Doo-doo-doo

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# Can take away these blues

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# Cos nothing compares

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# Nothing compares to you

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-# Ooh-ah

-Swoosh

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HE MAKES HEARTBEAT SOUND HE SIGHS LOUDLY

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# All the flowers that you planted, mama

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# In the back yard

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# All died when you went away

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# Mmm...oh

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# Aah

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# And I know that living with you, baby

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-# Was sometime hard

-Ooh

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# Ooh-ooh-ooh

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# But I'm willing to give it another try

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# Ay-ay-ay cos...

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-# Aah

-Nothing compares

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-# Aah

-Nothing compares

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# And nothing compares

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-IN ASCENDING SCALE:

-# To you

-To you

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-# To you

-To you

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# To you, ooh-ooh

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# Ooh. #

0:52:200:52:27

APPLAUSE

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Unstoppable. I mean, what... That...

0:52:330:52:35

Compared with their first round,

0:52:350:52:37

that was just... That was like a different group.

0:52:370:52:39

That was amazing!

0:52:390:52:41

Choral Stimulation!

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Unbelievable. I am so proud of them. Unbelievably well.

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-Can't.

-LAUGHTER

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# Bum-bum-bum-bum. #

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The power to decide who will stay in the contest now rests

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squarely with the jury.

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Choral Stimulation, I was blown away by them.

0:53:070:53:10

The soloist, I thought she was sublime. I loved her tone.

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I loved what she brought.

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The Sons Of Pitches, absolutely marvellous.

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A huge mention to their soloist,

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who I thought was absolutely stunning on tone.

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For me, it was a little bit staid. I was a little bit...

0:53:220:53:25

bored with it.

0:53:250:53:26

Stratford East Singers, they had an awesome, awesome sound

0:53:260:53:30

and everyone was having a really, really fun time.

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But there are tuning issues there

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and there are tuning issues throughout.

0:53:340:53:35

YesterYear, some lovely elements of comic effects

0:53:350:53:39

and the bum wiggle was fantastic.

0:53:390:53:41

The thing that I was left with was just all the execution errors.

0:53:410:53:45

I would have liked to have done much better.

0:53:450:53:48

Gospel Essence, thrilling ride with excellent rhythmic style.

0:53:480:53:51

I absolutely loved what they did.

0:53:510:53:53

But it did feel like it was cobbled together a bit.

0:53:530:53:56

It'd mean everything for us to go to the next stage.

0:53:560:53:58

We've worked so hard. I didn't anticipate how much

0:53:580:54:01

it was actually going to improve what we can do.

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Restless Symphony, great distributions of roles in this.

0:54:040:54:07

The beatbox, I thought it was absolutely fantastic.

0:54:070:54:09

I think they had a lot of pitching issues.

0:54:090:54:11

They needed to do a bit more to stay more in unison.

0:54:110:54:13

It's time to vote.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I have the results

0:54:260:54:28

and I can now tell you who is going through to the next round.

0:54:280:54:33

These results are in no particular order.

0:54:340:54:37

It's a huge well-done to...

0:54:400:54:42

-..Choral Stimulation.

-APPLAUSE

0:54:470:54:50

The next group staying is...

0:54:570:55:00

-..Gospel Essence.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:55:050:55:07

Well done.

0:55:070:55:08

SCREAMS

0:55:110:55:15

The next group staying in the contest...

0:55:180:55:20

..is...

0:55:210:55:24

-..The Sons Of Pitches.

-APPLAUSE

0:55:280:55:35

THEY CHEER

0:55:350:55:39

Three groups left now

0:55:400:55:42

and only two will be staying on at a cappella school.

0:55:420:55:45

Staying in the contest this evening is...

0:55:470:55:50

-..The Stratford East Singers.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:55:540:56:00

Very well done, Stratford East.

0:56:010:56:03

So, that leaves Restless Symphony and YesterYear.

0:56:050:56:08

The jury thought this was an incredibly difficult decision

0:56:100:56:13

in this round.

0:56:130:56:15

But the group that they felt should stay in the contest is...

0:56:160:56:21

-..Restless Symphony.

-WILD CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

0:56:260:56:28

Very well done.

0:56:280:56:29

That means that YesterYear, very sadly,

0:56:310:56:34

you will be leaving us at this stage.

0:56:340:56:37

YesterYear, you know how much I've enjoyed working with you.

0:56:370:56:41

It's been an utter blast. You've given me hope for my retirement.

0:56:410:56:44

-Sign me up for YesterYear.

-LAUGHTER

0:56:440:56:46

But not for a couple of years yet.

0:56:460:56:48

Thank you so much. Really, really enjoyed it

0:56:480:56:50

and we will greatly miss your presence in this contest.

0:56:500:56:52

Can we have one last round of applause?

0:56:520:56:54

APPLAUSE

0:56:540:56:58

I feel so proud of these guys. I'm so, so proud.

0:56:580:57:01

We are a completely different choir than what we started

0:57:010:57:03

the competition with. CHEERING

0:57:030:57:06

-I'm absolutely buzzing cos we've just achieved something...

-Yeah!

0:57:060:57:09

..that we never, ever thought we would do.

0:57:090:57:11

It's a bit like, I suppose, going on a really, really great holiday.

0:57:110:57:14

You know eventually you're going to have

0:57:140:57:16

to jump on the plane and come home.

0:57:160:57:17

It's been really, really good, but we are tired.

0:57:170:57:20

We would like to go home and rest in our own bed tonight.

0:57:200:57:25

-Hello! Oh.

-ALL:

-Hello.

0:57:250:57:27

Oh. I'm really sorry and I'm really sorry to see you go.

0:57:270:57:31

Some of the performances that you did in here for ME were stellar.

0:57:310:57:36

And I shall always be grateful for your dancing.

0:57:360:57:39

LAUGHTER

0:57:390:57:40

I feel actually that on balance it was fair tonight

0:57:420:57:45

that YesterYear went.

0:57:450:57:46

All aboard the Skylark.

0:57:460:57:48

The other groups were better tonight

0:57:480:57:50

and the whole basis of this contest is about what happens

0:57:500:57:53

over there and they didn't bring it.

0:57:530:57:57

This was incredibly difficult,

0:57:580:57:59

but now we have to do it all over again,

0:57:590:58:01

but the stakes are higher because the performance is bigger

0:58:010:58:04

and the groups now know what the level is.

0:58:040:58:07

There is a lot of hard work ahead.

0:58:070:58:10

Next time, the focus shifts to performance technique.

0:58:100:58:14

-Ladies and gentlemen.

-Stand up, use your chest and use your voice.

0:58:140:58:18

The no-nonsense coaching continues...

0:58:180:58:20

Don't make it look like you pooed your pants.

0:58:200:58:22

..and the pressure and the stakes get higher...

0:58:220:58:24

This is tough, but something has to change.

0:58:240:58:27

..as the groups compete for a place in my semifinals.

0:58:270:58:30

Staying in the contest is...

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