Heat 1 Alesha's Street Dance Stars

This is Alesha's Street Dance Stars,

a monumental mission to find the UK's inspiring young street dancers.

Previously, we saw our crews wow the judges.

I really liked that one.

I was entertained all the way through.

You guys were sick, that's it.

The bar has been raised and now the final 15 must give it everything

if they're to secure a spot in the semifinals.

Who's got what it takes to survive in the world of street dance?

The five crews desperate to make their mark today are Wiked,

Beat Breakers, 5XS,

The Minions, and Shockerellas.

Yo!

Yo!

Yo, yo!

SCREAMING AND APPLAUSE

Welcome to Alesha's Street Dance Stars and the first of our heats.

15 crews remain and today, 5 of them will face the judges once more.

There are three places up for grabs in the semifinals and no-one wants

to go home. The pressure is on.

They're all competing to be crowned Alesha's Street Dance Star 2011.

SCREAMING

It's down to our expert judges

to decide who goes on to the semifinals.

Here's what they thought last time.

You have good skills and foundations.

Work on finishing your moves. There was a bit where you went...

Make sure you're all on the same page with that.

Your landings were on point,

even your threading was great on the floor.

It was sick, very sick and is there space for another member, OK?

I'm not that old, all right?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Welcome back, Kenrick!

Lizzie!

And Turbo!

Kenrick, are you excited to see the crews?

I'm very excited.

I want to see whether they've taken on what we said last time.

Lizzie, how will the crews will cope in front of a live audience?

I hope it gives them more of a buzz,

cos with you guys watching, I hope you give them energy.

If you see something, cheer them on and give them more energy.

Turbo, what do they need to do to impress you today.

-They just need to bring the fire.

-Bring the fire!

-Set that stage alight.

-Thank you, judges.

This is important, the judges will be

scoring on technique, choreography and showmanship.

The three crews with the highest scores will go on to the semifinals.

In the event of a tie, Kenrick will decide who goes through.

Our crews are waiting backstage, let's get on with the show.

First up, it's a crew from Kent who even without acrobatic tricks

managed to wow our judges. It's Wiked.

-We're through to the heats!

-Woo!

We're Wiked and we're from Dartford!

The qualifiers were intense and different,

we've never done it before, but it was good.

Our judges' comments were positive which made us feel better about our performance.

You sort of took the stage over, you claimed it to be yours and that is really, really good.

Our crew feel that we're unique

because we haven't got any tricks in our routine.

There's a lot of different personalities in the crew

but we all get on really well and we're like a family.

Double-double-back-back, double-back, double-double-back-back.

The pressure's on cos getting to this stage was hard.

So we have to work harder. To get to the next stage will be amazing.

Watch out, we're Wiked.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Doing to for the sugars, it's Wiked.

# I got 21 seconds to flow

# I got 21 seconds to go

# Cos if you like me, let me know Let me in the studio

# I got 21 seconds before I gotta go

-# Did you see me in the video?

-Oh, no!

-# Did you see me in the video?

-Oh, no!

# So if you like me, let me know Let me in the studio

# I got 21 seconds before I gotta go

-# 21 seconds

-To to to

-# 21 seconds

-To to to

-# 21 seconds

-To to to

-#

-21 seconds

-To to to...

-#

# It's tearing up my heart When I'm with you

# But when we are apart I feel it too

# And no matter what I do I feel the pain

# With or without you

# Hey

# Baby, I don't understand

# Just why we can't be lovers

# Things are getting out of hand

# I've tried too much but, baby We can't win... #

# Keep on, keep on Keep on, keep on

# Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on

# Keep on jumpin' Let your body fly

# Everybody jumpin' Till you see the sun in the sky

# Keep on jumpin' Let your body fly

# Everybody jumpin' Till you see the sun in the sky

# Keep on jumpin' Let your body fly

# Everybody jumpin' Till you see the sun in the sky

# Keep on jumpin' Let your body fly

# Everybody jumpin' Till you see the sun in the sky

# Keep on... #

# Ha-ha-ha, what you laughin' at?! #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Wooo! Well done, guys.

-Thank you.

Kenrick, You start us off.

Well, performance of that was really, really good - facials -

has stepped up immensely and the vibe and the groove

and I do feel...

APPLAUSE

..that from the feedback that we gave you,

you have really listened and went home with it.

That was really good!

That was really... Actually, I'm speechless. That was really good.

All I'm going to say is that was really good.

CHEERING

I loved the little tap on the chin at the very beginning.

It was just cute and softened the whole thing up. And you've got your funk on.

And with the house, again, you went through your feet a bit more and it just flowed a bit better.

It was much tighter, you were all dancing together.

There wasn't one person that kind of stood out, it was a unit.

-It was fantastic. Well done.

-Thank you!

Like I said, I wanted to see fire, and you guys brought some volcanoes.

OK, that was hot and I have to say, you guys have raised the bar,

-I must say.

-Thank you!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you, judges. Everyone, give it up for Wiked!

Next up, it's the crew who've travelled the furthest for today's heat.

All the way from Plymouth, it's Beat Breakers.

We're Beat Breakers and we're from Plymouth!

We're through to the heats!

Woooo-ooo!

That was a really good performance. I really liked that.

-It was fresh, and for me, that was some good hip-hop.

-Thank you.

The judges told us to bring more confidence to our performance

and that's what we're going to aim to do next time.

When we was in the holding room, we got really nervous cos we'd seen all the other crews practising,

but then Alesha put us at ease and made us feel more confident.

If we were lucky enough to get through to the semis or even win,

we'd be really proud of each other and our teachers and everyone else in our crew for helping us.

Good luck to all the other crews, but we're going to bring it harder this time so watch out!

CHEERING

In honour of Perry's dad, Mark,

it's Beat Breakers.

# I'm fly, so fly-y-y

# Tell me now I'm so fly-y-y

# I'm fly, so fly-y-y

# Tell me now I'm so fly-y-y

# I am up in the sky Like an eagle in flight

# I'm fly, so fly-y-y

# Tell me now I'm so fly-y-y

# Na-na-na-na-na-nee-nee-nee-nee

# Na-na-na-na-na-nee-nee-nee

# Come again, to the nee-nee-nee

# To the ne-ne-ne-nee-nee-nee

# To the ne-ne-ne-nee-nee-nee

# To the ne-ne-ne-nee-nee-nee

# Come again, to the nee-nee-nee

# To the ne-ne-ne-nee-nee-nee. #

# Spirit is movin', spirit is movin' Spirit is movin'

# Can't stop movin' Can't stop movin'

# Can't stop movin' I can't keep still

# Can't stop movin' Can't stop movin'

# You don't know just how I feel

# Can't stop movin' Can't stop movin'

# Can't stop movin' I can't keep still

# Told me not to change it If a change could ever be... #

DANCE MUSIC

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Well done, guys. Lizzie, what do you think?

I really enjoyed that, guys.

Your footwork's so light on your feet at the beginning.

I love it like you can't hear anything.

It looked like you were really enjoying yourselves and I just want to bop along.

APPLAUSE

I'll get through the criticism first - just look up.

There are times when you guys are looking down. That's that. So we'll get rid of that.

LAUGHTER

Now I'm going to say, I want to dance with you guys.

I want to come on stage and I want to dance with you guys cos

you're doing your thing and I'm bopping away.

My neck's hurting me now cos I've been bopping so hard.

It was a really good performance. I enjoyed your energy. You've stepped it up, well done.

Thank you.

CHEERING

Erm, the feeling of the routines was much better,

much more stronger, much more grounded into the floor.

There was one point where, my guy in the middle, he did something down

and he looked and he gave us a little bit of a smile,

so I see that little bit of charm, that, "Look at me!"

But as a collective try and push the performance more together

and be more confident together, but you have stepped up from the last time so well done for that.

Beat Breakers! Well done, guys. Amazing.

Next up, they may be small in name but they're big on street dance,

it's 5XS. Woo!

Before we even performed at the qualifiers, we've just been working 24/7

adding new tricks and working really, really hard on it.

This is the first television programme that we've done together

and we were really nervous but once we heard the feedback from the judges,

we were just really relieved and happy with ourselves.

You guys are just fresh, and you just seem really clean-cut

and I like that.

Working from Liz's feedback, we've added some new styles, some house and some flips and tricks.

-We're feeling really prepared and confident for the heats, aren't we?

-Yep.

We're really looking forward to showing the judges what we've got and what we've added.

Watch out, cos 5XS are in the building!

CHEERING

Doing it for the little guys, it's 5XS.

# Lights All of the lights

# All of the lights

# Turn up the lights in here, baby

# Extra bright

# I want y'all to see this

# Turn up the lights in here, baby

# You know what I need

# Want you to see everything

# Want you to see all of the lights

# Fast cars, shooting stars

# All of the lights All of the lights

# Until it's Vegas everywhere we are

# All of the lights... #

# I could stick around

# Get along with you, hello

# Oh-oh-oh

# It doesn't really mean that

# I'm into you, hello

# Oh-oh-oh

# You're all right but

# I'm here darling to enjoy The party

# Don't get too excited

# Cos that's all you get from me Hey

# Yeah, I think you're cute

# But really you should know

# I just came to say hello. #

DRUM BEAT

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Turbo, start us off.

Brilliant, guys, I can see you've definitely stepped up.

I like that piece there when you did a flip off of someone's stomach.

Like we said to you before, it'd be nice to see a little trick.

I liked the way you fused it together it wasn't just random.

You didn't just do the routine and say, "OK, I'm going to flip off his stomach now, yep."

You made it fit together.

Loved the contemporary piece, as well, at the beginning.

Love it. Guys, very good performance.

CHEERING

I'm really happy with you guys, I'm really, really happy.

And I'm happy because...

CHEERING

I'm happy because you've stepped up

and you've gone let's try something,

like what Turbo's saying, you put a little trick, a set-piece in.

Still one of the things for me is to still try and grow more in the sense of the unification

in the routines, just so you need it, just that little bit more tidy.

But other than that, I'm very happy with that, well done.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

I loved the whole routine.

My favourite bit is the beginning, hands down that is my favourite part of the routine.

The whole lot is absolutely great,

but well done to your choreographer cos they've worked on your strengths

and it shows. And with the trick in the middle, it all blended so well together.

Just build on it more. We just wan to see more and more and more from you.

Really great, guys.

Give it up for 5...X...S!

Woo! Well done, guys

SCREAMING AND CHEERING

Now, next up is a crew who are here to smash the stage -

their words not mine.

It's The Minions. Woo!

THEY SHOUT: What's up, we're The Minions and we're from Coventry.

When we got through to the heats it felt amazing,

it was like a dream come true to our crew.

After we performed, the judges said we needed to do more

street dancing, instead of break dancing.

I love your vibe.

Just like with Turbo, I was just smiling watching you guys.

For me, I'm about evolution and innovating and pushing, so I'd like

to see you push those boundaries definitely in choreography.

We're fully committed to this competition,

it's 24/7 non-stop training.

At the heats, we're going to smash the stage so hard,

we're going to break the stage.

CHEERING

Doing it for combat breakers, it's The Minions.

# This joint right here

# It makes me wanna...whoo!

# No time for moping around

# Are you kidding?

# And no time for negative vibes

# Cos I'm winning

# It's been a long week

# I put in my hardest

# Gonna live my life

# Feels so good to get it right

# So I like what I see When I'm looking at me

# When I'm walking past the mirror

# No stress through the night

# At a time in my life

# Ain't worried about if you feel it

# Got my head on straight

# Got my vibe right

# I ain't gonna let you kill it

# See, I wouldn't change my life

# My life's just fine, fine, fine

# Fine, fine, fine, ooh

# Fine, fine, fine, fine

# Fine, fine, ooh

# Just fine, fine, fine, fine

# Fine, fine, ooh

# You see I wouldn't change my life

# My life's just fine

# I ain't gonna let

# Nothing get in my way

# I ain't gonna let nobody

# Bring me down, no, no, no

# No matter what nobody has to say

# No way, no way, no way

# I...

# I ain't gonna let nothing

# Get in my way

# No matter what nobody has to say

# Hey, hey. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Woo-woo-woo!

That was wicked! Come'ere, you stars!

You guys were in!

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh.

You listened to everything I said the last time which was...

I wanted to see a stand-up dance routine in synch.

And I know you're going, "Yeah, we made sure."

It was tight, it was strong, it was grounded.

The major thing is what I asked from you guys. You listened and you brought it.

Well done.

CHEERING

I couldn't stop smiling through that.

We saw a massive, massive chunk of choreography,

which we didn't know if you'd be able to do and you did, so that was fantastic.

Want to see more.

CHEERING

This is how you know we were paying attention to you guys when you was dancing.

When that piece of choreography came out of nowhere,

we all sat forward like this, we was like, "Huh?!"

Like, put the tricks and the flips aside, they're clean,

they're super-clean, like soap-clean.

But, the fact you guys brought the routine, as well...

I want to see you again! I want to see you again. That's it.

SCREAMING AND CHEERING

Give it up for The Minions!

Well done, guys.

Finally today it's a group of feisty girls

from the heart of Manchester, it's Shockarellas.

Hi, we're Shockarellas and we're from Manchester.

When we were preparing for the qualifiers we worked so, so hard.

We put 110% into it to get through.

When we're on stage we like to express our feelings through dance

and we just love being together on the stage.

Give me more, give me more, give me more.

Put it in a basket, put it in a bag, put it in the back of a car, send it to my house.

It is ridonculous. That's what it is.

When we got the call and we got told we got through to the heats it felt amazing.

To the competition, good luck, but we're raising our game for the heats.

Doing it for everyone supporting them, it's Shockarellas.

RAP MUSIC

MUSIC: "Whip My Hair" by Willow Smith

CHEERING AND SCREAMING

Well done, girls!

We'll start off with the lovely lady that is Lizzie.

Amazing, guys. You know, your name Shockarella, you are just a big shock.

Just from watching you guys, you have so much attack

and I would not want to mess with you. You guys mean business.

It's absolutely amazing, and I love the fact you do tricks -

you ran into it, flipped and landed on the floor like nothing happened.

I think each and every one of you are so strong. Really great, guys.

ALL: Thank you!

CHEERING

At the beginning, you're actually making my spine move.

I just want to get down with you, you're making me grit my teeth...

Daa-da-da-da-da. You guys have a shocking groove.

I have to commend you on your flips as well, and your tricks.

The fact you're not just flipping and wait there,

but flipping and coming into the routine,

flipping to land down at the same time as everybody else.

You guys are just incredible, I really enjoyed it. Mad energy.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You lot are really, really, really, really good.

Without a doubt.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I think my only criticism is strengthen up the lock-in.

Everything else is...just...up here.

Somewhere...I don't even want to look at it, it's up here.

But just get that lock-in tight and as an all-girl hip-hop

street dance, female crew, you're going to be just ridiculous.

Yeah? But well done.

Give it up for Shockarellas, everyone!

Well done, girls.

Well, that's it. Our judges have seen all five crews and have awarded

points for technique, choreography and showmanship.

So while we add up the scores to see who'll go through to the semifinals,

here's a quick reminder of all the brilliant performances.

Wiked.

Beat Breakers.

5XS.

The Minions.

And Shockarellas.

Kenrick, do you think the crews have raised their game since last time?

I believe all the crews have raised it up, and good luck to all of them.

OK, the scores have been checked and verified, and we now have the results.

There are just three places in the semifinals which means,

sadly, we have to say goodbye to two of our crews.

The crews with the most points

and going through to the semifinals are...

..Wiked!

The next crew is...

..The Minions!

The next crew to go through is...

..Shockarellas!

Congratulations, and all of the crews have been amazing,

so instead of goodbye,

let's say a huge well done to our runners-up, Beat Breakers and 5XS.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done for getting this far, but now we're upping the stakes.

In the next round we're going to ask you to perform a second

street dance routine, but this time with a twist.

Take a look at this...

Until now, it's been street dance,

but you're going to have to change your style.

Three different dance disciplines.

One chosen at random.

Master the techniques and perform them in your next routine.

Are you ready?

So you're going to have to perfect some moves from a different style of dance,

and that dance style is going to be...

rock 'n' roll.

From hundreds of crews we now have our first three semifinalists.

Thanks, judges, and please join us next time

when five more crews take to the stage hoping to book

a place in the next round of Alesha's Street Dance Stars.

Until then, see you later!

Well done, guys!

Well done!

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