Heat 3 Alesha's Street Dance Stars

This is Alesha's Street Dance Stars,

the UK's most ambitious talent search,

dedicated to uncovering the finest young street dance crews.

You guys look so cute but...rarr...even more.

I'm a person who says it how it is.

You are feeling it. You're, like, "Yeah! Aah!"

Last time, Nu Flow, Lil Diamonds

and KLIC all celebrated success and checked into the semis.

The five crews hoping to taste victory today are the Ninjas,

Masters Of Motion, Ffres, G25

and D*Fy. With only three places left in the semifinals,

the pressure is on.

CHEERING

Hello and welcome to Alesha's Street Dance Stars.

The pressure is on as this is the last of our heats which means

there is only three places up for grabs in the semifinals.

As in previous heats, we will say goodbye to two of our crews,

so they'll need to make sure every move counts

if they're going to become Alesha's Street Dance Stars 2011.

Our panel of expert judges have the power to decide

who will go through to the next round.

This is what they said about the crews last time.

You guys have so much attitude

and you kept it all through.

Your shape at the beginning... Like, your body logo.

You were physical, fierce, strong...

CHEERING

Welcome back, Kenrick.

SCREAMING

And Lizzie.

And Turbo.

As a chorographer yourself, what do you look for in a routine?

Creativity, dynamics and I look for the dance.

I like that. Lizzie, we've only three places left in the semis.

-You must feel the pressure to make a decision.

-I'm excited.

I think the teams will do amazing. They've done amazing to get this far.

-As long as they do their best, that's all we want.

-Cool.

Turbo, how important is the crews' character in their performance?

It's very important cos it connects with the audience

and we get to see their personalities on stage.

This is important, our judges score crews after each performance.

They're looking for technique, choreography and showmanship.

Only the three crews with the highest combined scores

will go to the semifinals.

As before, in the unlikely event of a tie,

head judge Kenrick will judge who goes through.

So, after weeks of rehearsals,

this is it. First up, they're full of energy and raring to go.

It's the Ninjas.

CHEERING

ALL: We're the Ninjas and we're from Basildon.

When we qualified for the heats, we were so happy.

ALL: Yeah!

For your age group, with that kind of maturity on stage,

is amazing.

When they hit the hammer, it went right up,

my confidence boosted like that, ding!

All Turbo could say was it was sick.

It was sick. It actually was sick.

Right now, you're good. You're really good.

I want you to be amazing.

In the heats, we're going to up our game and make it harder

and make our mums and dads proud.

Good luck out there, but watch out cos the Ninjas are in town.

NINJAS: Yeah!

CHEERING

It's Ninjas.

HIGH ENERGY DANCE MUSIC

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done, guys.

Turbo, start us off with the Ninjas.

All I have to say is...haya-a-a!

You guys are just a ball of Ninja energy.

I tried to look at the whole stage but you're doing so much,

I don't want to miss nothing.

You really brought some fire. I'm very impressed. Well done.

Mr Kenrick?

Oh, my gosh...

Waa-a-a-a...

That was a really good performance. The fact that

you don't care... The way you coin dropped there

and windmilled there and throw yourself over there

and going crazy... I love it.

One thing, get the routines tighter.

Other than that, that was a really good performance.

Good comments there from Kenrick. All right, Lizzie, finish us off.

You guys mean business. You're here for the competition and I love that.

CHEERING Like Turbo said,

there's so much going on, you don't want to miss anything.

Let's hear it for the Ninjas. Whoo!

Next, it's one of the largest crews to get through the heats.

They call themselves Masters Of Motion.

MASTERS OF MOTION: We're in the heat!

Before we got through to the qualifiers,

we'd been practising five nights a week to make sure it was bang on.

The judge we'd like to impress most is Lizzie

cos she specialises in locking and that's the majority of our routine.

You had such a range of styles in that routine which is great.

You had locking, tutting, house. A bit of everything.

We're upping our game for the heats but only on the stage.

We're not throwing away our moves

and we'll make sure all our grooves are the same.

ALL: Good luck to all the other teams, but, remember...

..we're the Masters!

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

'Searching...

'Access denied.'

Doing it for Sian, it's Masters Of Motion.

You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge.

Back on to the dance floor.

-Mann.

-50.

B'day boy.

# Man I feel like... #

(RAP) I'm a magnet to money The paper where it's at

-They attracted to me They treat me like

-... What?

I'm a ... your chick just chose me

I got so much swag Is that why you mad?

# You wanna be starting something?

# You got to be starting something

# I said you wanna be starting something?

# You got to be starting something

-# It's too high to get over

-Yeah, yeah

-# It's too low to get under

-Yeah, yeah

-# Cos you're stuck in the middle

-Yeah, yeah

-# And the pain is thunder

-Yeah, yeah

# Mama-say, mama-sah, mama-coo-sah

# Mama-say, mama-sah, mama-coosah

# Mama-say, mama-sah, mama-coo-sah

# Mama-say, mama-sah, mama-coosah

# Say you just wanna be startin' something

# I said you wanna be starting something?

# You got to be starting something

# I said you wanna be starting something?

# You got to be starting something... #

Masters Of Motion.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Very good. OK.

Mr Kenrick, start us off, please.

Yous lot came to win, didn't yous lot? Wow!

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

So, I know I asked from yous lot last time about your grooves

and your combo.

And you successfully did that - you came back with cleaner combos,

you came back with even better grooves than last time.

And, just from me, that was a really, really good performance. Well done.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Good comments.

Lizzie.

I really enjoyed that and I can tell you guys enjoyed that.

It came across so well.

One of the things I said was to stick with your moves and you did.

That's what I wanted to see and I'm happy with that.

-Thank you.

-Good comments there from Lizzie.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Turbo.

Wow!

Like we said before, we wanted you guys to clean up certain sections.

You guys cleaned it up...

really well, like washing-up powder. It was clean.

It looked...

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

It looked sick!

Even the assisted flip, as well, you went HIGH.

You nearly kicked a couple of clouds and a few pigeons!

And your grooves, as well. You had me up - I was getting down.

My jacket might look a bit tight

but I can still move in it, cos you guys made me want to move.

You guys were really, really, really sick!

-Lovely. Thank you, Turbo.

-CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Put your hands together for Masters Of Motion!

Well done, guys.

Now, next up is our only Welsh crew, something they're very proud of.

We went to Port Talbot to meet up with Ffres.

ALL: We're Ffres and we're from Port Talbot.

The thing that sets us apart

is the fact that we're the only Welsh crew in the competition.

I think the performance for the qualifier went pretty well.

We all did our best and that's pretty much all you can do.

We focused on our routine and didn't look at the competition -

we ARE our biggest competition.

Being part of Ffres is really good because we all know different styles.

We learn those styles off each other to make us better dancers.

What I like about your performance is, as Kenrick said,

your shape at the beginning - like your body logo.

If we got through to the semifinal,

we've got bigger and better tricks up our sleeve.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Doing it for the boys, it's Ffres.

Action!

Your little boyfriends...

# I see you driving round town

# With the girl I love

# And I'm like

-# Forget you

-Ooh-ooh-ooh

# I guess the change in my pocket

# Wasn't enough, I'm like

# Forget you and forget her too

# Said if I was richer

# I'd still be with ya

# Oh, ain't that some ssh?

# Ain't that some ssh?

# Although there's pain in my chest

# I still wish you the best with a

-# Forget you

-Ooh-ooh-ooh... #

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

# You know how we do it-it-it-it

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Ffres! Well done, guys. That was brilliant!

-Lizzie.

-Um...

Wow! That's all I can say.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Your transitions were on point - it was just one, big, whole routine.

I didn't notice that the tracks changed. Brilliant, guys.

Thank you, Lizzie.

That's good.

See what Turbo has to say.

The only thing that's missing from you guys is me.

-LAUGHTER

-OK?

In a polka-dot tie and polka-dot pants, OK?

You know what? Clap for them again, please, cos that was brilliant.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

What I like about you guys is even if someone's doing a freestyle...

there's still a routine,

you guys don't stop, let that person freestyle.

There's always something happening. That. Was. A. Per. Formance.

Wicked! Very good comments from Turbo.

Right, Kenrick. Sum us up.

Fresh. Slick. On the ball.

On the ball. CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Thank you.

You made sure that your routines were tight,

you finished your routines well, transitions were good.

I mean, guys, yous lot came to win. And you made a statement today.

Well done.

Thank you, judges. Very good comments there.

Make some noise for Ffres! Well done, boys.

Next up, it's a crew from Manchester.

At the qualifiers, the judges said this crew had timing,

charisma and swagger.

They've certainly got attitude. It's G25.

ALL: We're G25 and we're from Manchester.

Woo!

We've known each other for quite a while,

but we've only been together in G25 for about a month.

We've really gelled together and we're more like a family now.

We really like showing our passion for dance.

We love entertaining people.

And we love getting good feedback from the judges and the audience.

We all thought that we had a really good chance of getting through,

because of Turbo's comments.

That was SICK!

I'm sorry, it was too much for me right now.

In our next performance, we'd love to impress Kenrick a bit more.

We'd like to leave him speechless.

ALL: Good luck but watch out, cos G25 are about!

# Oh-whoa oh-oh... #

Doing it for the next generation, it's G25.

# Just shout whenever

# And I'll be there

# You want my love

# You want my heart

# And we will never ever ever

# Be apart

# Are we an item?

# Girl, quit playing

# We're just friends

# What are you saying?

# Said there's another

# And looked right in my eyes

# My first love broke my heart

# For the first time and... #

Major Lazer.

# What it is, what it is, what it is

# Cos, what it is, vogue, vogue

# I've been watching you from over here

# On the inside of the club looking at you all through that

# Hi, how do you feel, feel?

# Butterflies runnin' all up and down my chest

# But he's so hot to death and I'm Sophia Fresh and that's...

# What am I supposed to do?

# Get up and walk to thizzug and act like I'm innocent and cute?

# Nah, I gonna step like...#

What it is.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Turbo.

Gaaaargh!

That is what I'm feeling right now when I'm watching you guys.

You guys just make me grit my teeth.

Oh, man. You guys are SSSSSSSSSSSERIOUS!

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Yep.

You took on board what we said when we said to you, "Add another style."

I can see you guys added the breaking in the corner

at the beginning of your set.

Ooh, some of yous lot have got some serious fire in you!

That's amazing, right?

Brilliant!

I hear him.

-Kenrick.

-Um...

Once again, I'm just totally impressed with the level of swagger,

the level of tightness with regards to you young ladies.

It's amazing, the capacity of what yous lot are bringing right now.

Yes. Heavy, heavy, heavy.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Kenrick says heavy.

-What?

-"Heavy"?

-Heavy.

Lizzie.

You're so mature for your age and your swagger is so relaxed,

which is so hard to find.

I agree with what these two say - you guys are fantastic. Just...

-Yeah. There you go.

-LAUGHTER

I think you left the judges speechless, girls!

-Give it up for G25!

-APPLAUSE

All right.

The last crew to take to the stage are an all-girl group

who, according to Lizzie, look very sweet

but mean business.

Here to wow once again, it's D*Fy.

We're D*Fy and we're from Telford.

When we arrived at the qualifiers, we saw Lil Diamonds

and we knew Shockarellas were going to be there,

so we knew it was going to be tough.

Just before we performed we were really nervous, but excited.

When we got there, we just gave it our all.

You look like nice girls

-but you mean business. I enjoyed that. GIRLS:

-Thank you.

Every time I come to rehearsal, I'm really happy

because these are my girls and they're like sisters to me.

Fingers crossed we get through to the semis.

If we do, we'll have to work really hard.

Good luck to all the crews, but D*Fy are going to smash it!

# Is Brooklyn in here tonight?!

# Brooklyn, Brooklyn Brooklyn, Brooklyn...

'Doing it for girl power, it's D*Fy.'

# ..Brooklyn, yeah Brooklyn Brooklyn

# Yeah Brooklyn

# Brooklyn, yeah Brooklyn Brooklyn, yeah Brooklyn

# Brooklyn, Brooklyn Brooklyn, Brooklyn

# Brook, Brook, Brooklyn...

# Yeah, YMCMB call me Tunechi Li

# All them girls they think they fly

# And all them girls flew to me

# Hi-hit the lights so you can see

# My drink is strong, my hooka sweet

# Understand the time is now

# The time is up, the future's bleak

# Th-this beat is stupid cupid

# Love me, leave me in the morning If you like

# Your friend can join in Wildest flower in the garden

# Coolest coolest in the party Shades on

# Dreads long Blood gang, red zone

# And I'm with Jay Sean

# Put your lighters in the air

# Let 'em burn into the sky

# And let everybody know

# That you're willing and you're ready to go

# So hit the lights, hit the lights

# Hit the lights

# Tonight, tonight So hit the lights

# Hit the lights oh oh oh

# Hit the lights Hit the lights, hit the lights

# Come out of the dark and let the DJ lead the way way way

# Cos it's hot in the club now so don't let it stop now

# So hit the lights Hit the lights, hit the lights

# Everybody say uh-oh-oh

# So hit the lights

# Everybody say

# So hit the lights. #

APPLAUSE

Love it, the hair whipping, it's wicked! Wicked! Kenrick?

I'm actually quite scared.

LAUGHTER

On the level of fierceness and physicality that you ladies have.

It is amazing.

APPLAUSE

I said it the last time, I'll say it again,

you girls seriously defy gravity sometimes.

They throw themselves on the floor and get back up.

Girls, it was really, really good. I have nothing else to say.

It's a good start. Lizzie?

CHEERING

You guys, you girls, should I say, are so feminine -

it's brilliant to see. You're a really strong unit.

You've got the head whips down.

-the performance was brilliant. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

-Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Right, Mr Turbo, finish us off.

I'm going to start with a bit of critique. Just with your house.

I want you guys to relax a bit more in your house.

Other than that, you guys defy gravity at the same height.

You actually all jump up at the exact same height.

Which is like 6.2 metres, boom, you're all there. Bang, all down.

-Ba-da!

-Yes!

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Well done, girls. That's it. The final crew has danced.

Nothing more can be done. The judges have awarded points

for technique, choreography and showmanship.

While we add up the scores and find out who's going through,

here's a reminder of all today's performances.

CHEERING

'Ninjas.

'Masters Of Motion.

'Ffres.

'G25.

'And D*Fy.'

Lizzie, we've seen some amazing performances in the heats,

how can the crews up their game in the semis?

They've all been fantastic. Whatever they did this time,

they need to do it again as everyone stepped their game up.

The scores have been checked and I have the results.

There are just three places up for grabs in the third semifinal,

which means we have to say goodbye to two of our crews today.

The first crew going through to the semifinal is...

..G25!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

The second crew going through to the semi-final is...

..Ffres!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The third and final place in the semi-final is going to...

..D*Fy!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

D*FY: D-F-Y what?!

Our crews have all given a performance to be proud of,

but we have to say goodbye to two,

so put your hands together for Masters Of Motion and Ninjas.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Not only do you have to come back and perform a new street dance,

we've also got a challenge for you. 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?'

CHEERING

Are you ready?

The dance style you need to work on for the semifinals is...

ballet!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Good luck with that one, boys. So, 15 have now become 9.

Tune in next time and we'll be joined by some special guests

and to see who will make the final of Alesha's Street Dance Star 2011!

See you later!

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