:00:21. > :00:26.Guess what, Blue Peter viewers? I'm back. So don't change the channel.
:00:26. > :00:36.If you do, you will make me mad. You don't want to make me mad. Keep
:00:36. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:53.watching CBBC because I'm on Hello! Hello. We know that loads of
:00:53. > :00:58.you have been tuned into the various talent shows on TV at the
:00:58. > :01:03.minute. More than 12 million of you watched last Sunday's eviction show
:01:03. > :01:07.on the X Factor. We thought with the X Factor final being around the
:01:07. > :01:12.corner, we'd get one guest in who knows all about the pressures of
:01:12. > :01:16.being in the final. He won it last year. Here he is in action. Matt
:01:16. > :01:20.Cardle's dream of becoming a successful musician became a
:01:20. > :01:24.reality when he shot to fame on last year's X Factor. Over 19
:01:24. > :01:28.million viewers watched him being crowned as the 2010 winner. Since
:01:28. > :01:32.then, he's been writing and recording his debut album, had over
:01:32. > :01:35.one million single sales and worked with some of the best names in the
:01:35. > :01:39.business like Gary Barlow. His new single Starlight is released in
:01:39. > :01:47.December and he's planning his first headline UK tour early next
:01:47. > :01:56.year. Let's go crazy for Matt Cardle!
:01:56. > :02:01.Come on in, Matt. Are you well, babe? Yes, very good. How you doing,
:02:01. > :02:06.mate? As this is your first time on Blue Peter, we'd like to give you a
:02:06. > :02:11.Blue Peter badge. Yay. Pop that on now. Left for the boys, right for
:02:11. > :02:17.the girls. It's almost a year since you won The X Factor. How different
:02:17. > :02:21.is your life? Well, I've got a Blue Peter badge for a start. Pretty
:02:21. > :02:24.damn different. Amazing, great to be taken seriously vocally and
:02:24. > :02:26.writing-wise, you know. Can you explain what you have been doing
:02:26. > :02:29.because obviously you are on our screens all the time but you have
:02:29. > :02:34.the backstage bit as well where you are in the studio writing and
:02:34. > :02:38.producing and that kind of stuff? Yes, I've been doing it since I was
:02:38. > :02:44.in my early teens so that's not very alien to me, but the whole TV
:02:45. > :02:53.side of it and everything else is a bit freaky at times. How cool is it
:02:53. > :03:03.to record a video for your latest video Starlight? Brilliant fun.
:03:03. > :03:15.
:03:15. > :03:18.APPLAUSE It's a classic, isn't it, the smoke,
:03:18. > :03:22.the camera that pans away, all pretty magical. The rock star
:03:22. > :03:26.moment. You must have had fun doing that? Wicked fun. It rolled on to
:03:26. > :03:30.the early hours, we were surrounded by models making me look bad, but
:03:30. > :03:35.it was good. Do you get a copy of that? I don't have one, I have to
:03:35. > :03:40.ask for one. I'd want one and watch it all the time. You are an X
:03:40. > :03:43.Factor pro. We wanted to make the most of your knowledge. Please
:03:43. > :03:47.follow me. Do you watch The X Factor? Of course I do. It must be
:03:47. > :03:51.weird once you are in it, I bet you would be thinking, I wouldn't have
:03:51. > :03:59.done it like that? No, I have to watch it. These are the remaining
:03:59. > :04:04.acts. You can give them a thumbs up, thumbs down or undecided OK.
:04:04. > :04:08.sideways thumb. Tulisa's remaining act, the band Little Mix. Thumbs up.
:04:08. > :04:13.They're really, really sweet girls, all of them, met them a couple of
:04:13. > :04:19.times. They do well every week. went back a couple of weeks ago.
:04:19. > :04:24.Was it weird? Like going back to school after you've done your GCSEs.
:04:24. > :04:34.What about her? A couple of thumbs up, please, I've had my money on
:04:34. > :04:37.her for a long time. We do like her. She's a sweetheart. Mica B?
:04:37. > :04:40.going to be nice to everyone obviously. She smashes it every
:04:40. > :04:49.week. You are among friends, you don't have to be nice to all of
:04:49. > :04:54.them, be honest. OK. Janet? She's great but I'll go a jaunty ALL:
:04:54. > :05:02.Boo... Not that keen. Great but not your favourite. Marcus? Wicked.
:05:02. > :05:08.Look at him. So Smiley. Yay. What about Craig? I have to do one, I'm
:05:08. > :05:13.not 100% on Craig. Not because he's a guy or anything. Undecided?
:05:13. > :05:18.can't all be thumbs up. Stkpwh your favourite is Amelia? Yes. You think
:05:18. > :05:22.she's going to do it? I hope that she will. I had my money on her
:05:22. > :05:27.from the start. You heard it straight from the horse's mouth.
:05:27. > :05:30.Matt Cardle, they were your X Factor stats. Thank you very much.
:05:30. > :05:33.Thank you! Stick around because we are going to make the most of your
:05:33. > :05:38.creative talents, you are going to be making a Christmas card with
:05:38. > :05:42.Barney. Amazing. First, at school, you read a book, but they don't
:05:42. > :05:48.always stay as books, sometimes they're films or musicals, like the
:05:48. > :05:58.Wizard of Oz or the Lion King. Matilda is a magical story and I
:05:58. > :05:58.
:05:59. > :06:02.went to meet the guy behind it and set him a little BP challenge.
:06:02. > :06:06.The story of Matilda, the girl that can move things with her mind, is
:06:06. > :06:10.one of Roald Dahl's best-loved books. It was made into a film and
:06:10. > :06:17.has been turned into a brand-new musical that's now on in the West
:06:17. > :06:22.End. When the Royal Shakespeare Company needed somebody to write
:06:22. > :06:32.the lyrics and the music, they needed a composer. They needed a
:06:32. > :06:34.
:06:34. > :06:43.song writer. And they need add comedian. Only one man for that job.
:06:43. > :06:47.Tim Minchin. # When I grow up, # When I grow up... # He's been
:06:47. > :06:50.writing songs since his teens. I'm a massive fan. Today, we are going
:06:50. > :06:56.to join forces to write a song together. But before that, up to
:06:56. > :07:02.know just how you turn a story into a musical. Well, the first thing
:07:02. > :07:05.was that someone had to take the book and turn it into a script. I
:07:05. > :07:10.didn't have that responsibility, but the script had, you know,
:07:10. > :07:20.dialogue, dialogue, dialogue, she says this, he says that, song
:07:20. > :07:21.
:07:21. > :07:25.question mark, then dialogue dialogue, question mark, song. You
:07:26. > :07:32.try and find a line that becomes the root of the song. Sometimes
:07:32. > :07:37.when you hear a phrase, it comes into your head, if not with the
:07:37. > :07:47.finished tune, you get a rhythm or a pitch and it sits there and sits
:07:47. > :07:48.
:07:48. > :07:53.there, then you build outwards from We wondered if you might be able to
:07:53. > :07:58.help us write a song for CBBC? hard can that be?! Tim is famous
:07:58. > :08:05.for ber postmorteming barefoot on stage, so we slip our shoes and
:08:05. > :08:10.socks off and head to the piano -- for performing without shows and
:08:10. > :08:14.socks on. I gave him the CBBC story. It's a one-stop entertainment place,
:08:14. > :08:21.you can get loads of different types of shows, presented by
:08:21. > :08:26.different characters. That's Helen. That's me. Dick and Dom,
:08:26. > :08:33.they'reical cool characters. If it was Dick and Dom, I'd just go like
:08:33. > :08:43.this, because they're obviously idiots. This is Hacker, a TV legend.
:08:43. > :08:44.
:08:44. > :08:53.Sam and Mark. TV pop stars. They were, yes. Tracy Beaker. Hotel
:08:53. > :08:57.Trubble. Steve Backshall. He was bitten by a Cayman. Too much stuff.
:08:57. > :09:05.We can write a song about the programmes on CBBC and just list
:09:05. > :09:10.them, but we need to find an idea and I think these hounds are pretty
:09:10. > :09:14.funny. We can talk about the other people bitterly. There's comedy in
:09:14. > :09:20.that. So go away cameras, we can't work under this pressure. We have
:09:20. > :09:25.got the idea for the lyrics and bitter Hack -- a bit of Hacker who
:09:25. > :09:30.wants to take over CBBC. We'll have a verse and a chorus, a second
:09:30. > :09:33.verse and a chorus, a middle eight, you have that in pop and jazz songs
:09:33. > :09:37.where you establish the idea of the song and then it goes somewhere
:09:37. > :09:47.else for a while and then the best thing about that in pop music is
:09:47. > :09:49.
:09:49. > :09:57.when it comes back and you go, yeah, We could take turns on the two
:09:57. > :10:03.lines... OK. Guess what is going to happen between the second last and
:10:03. > :10:08.last chorus. There's going to be... A key change. If we were westlife,
:10:08. > :10:12.we'd stand up on the stools. We can to the cabaret lounge. Tim's
:10:12. > :10:16.written the song, I put a word in. You did a lot. It was a genuine
:10:16. > :10:23.collaboration. I came up with the title. It was good working with you.
:10:23. > :10:31.The title is, it's hard to be Hacker. It's show time. # I love
:10:31. > :10:37.being top dog on CBBC # Now there are really super things
:10:37. > :10:41.about being me # It's great being a celebrity
:10:41. > :10:48.canine # But the trouble is, my choices
:10:48. > :10:54.ain't mine # # I know to you I shine like a
:10:54. > :10:58.star # Cameras follow me wherever I are
:10:59. > :11:02.You are?! # But inside I feel I'm serving a
:11:02. > :11:07.sentence # I'm in the slammer
:11:07. > :11:14.# I have no independence, yeah, yeah
:11:14. > :11:19.# It's hard being Hacker. # Just once I wanna be the one to
:11:19. > :11:26.take the lead # But the only shot I got
:11:26. > :11:30.# Was a flea shot in the butt # A little self-control is all I
:11:30. > :11:33.need # I swear I could do better pranks
:11:33. > :11:39.than Barney # I didn't write that!
:11:39. > :11:43.# And fight bigger snakes than Steve and the army
:11:43. > :11:48.# Tracy Beaker is a brat but I would be bratter
:11:48. > :11:53.# The real star is Hacker # What's the matter with you
:11:53. > :11:58.idiots? # Yeah, it's hard being Hacker
:11:58. > :12:04.# I wanna write the scripts and call the shots
:12:04. > :12:09.# But the only shot I got # Was a flea shot in the butt
:12:09. > :12:15.# A little self-control is all I need
:12:15. > :12:22.# But I was just a puppy # I thought when I was older
:12:22. > :12:28.# I'd shed my baby fur and I'd shed this horrid collar
:12:28. > :12:36.# But every time I tried to have my day I'd have a dollar
:12:36. > :12:42.# I'd have 27 dollars and 5p # It really isn't easy being me
:12:42. > :12:46.# It's so hard, hard, hard, hard, being Hacker
:12:46. > :12:52.# The only shot I got was a flea shot in the butt
:12:52. > :13:00.# Don't even talk to me about ratings
:13:00. > :13:03.# It's hard being Hacker # I just need a break and baby I
:13:03. > :13:08.will shine # Shine, shine
:13:08. > :13:16.# Just one dog gone day of freedom would be fine
:13:16. > :13:26.# One day of I'll make this channel mine
:13:26. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:33.APPLAUSE What a legend Tim is, I love that
:13:33. > :13:37.man! That was brilliant. Good fun. You
:13:37. > :13:41.can see that on the website if you want to watch it again, I certainly
:13:41. > :13:46.will be. Watch this space, the new Blue Peter Christmas single. How
:13:46. > :13:52.many days until Christmas? 41. need to know how to make your own
:13:52. > :13:57.cards in a very clever feature we've called...
:13:57. > :14:04.Matt Cardle's Christmas Cardle. touch of genius that, don't you
:14:04. > :14:07.think, Christmas Card-le. Take a look at these designs, here. The
:14:07. > :14:11.back-to-front Blue Peter Christmas cards. You can make them yourself
:14:11. > :14:14.with things lying around the house and also in good craft shops near
:14:14. > :14:18.you. A piece of A4 card, very you. A piece of A4 card, very
:14:18. > :14:21.simple, just like that. Fold it in half, horizontally so it's this way
:14:21. > :14:26.up. There are some marks on there already. These have been put on
:14:26. > :14:30.here by our top team who've worked out the optimum dottage for the
:14:30. > :14:36.perfect triangle for a Christmas tree. The measurements are as
:14:36. > :14:41.follows, from the top to this bit here is 4 centimetres and you go
:14:42. > :14:48.from the bottom up. Seven centimetres. Then you find the six
:14:48. > :14:51.on the ruler. Find a straight line and go from 0-12, six centimetres
:14:51. > :14:57.either side. Join the dot to the line from top to the side and what
:14:57. > :15:04.you are doing here is making a bigotry angle and this is the
:15:04. > :15:08.Christmas tree. How you getting on? -- by triangle. You have done this
:15:08. > :15:12.for years? I started yesterday! This is an important part of the
:15:12. > :15:16.card-making process because this folds later. You can use the blunt
:15:16. > :15:19.end of a paperclip, scissors or a craft knife, but it's safer with
:15:19. > :15:23.this. Score it down the line from the top of the point to the bottom
:15:23. > :15:27.of the point like that. Matt, you have got a good scoring action
:15:27. > :15:32.there? Not sure if I'm doing it hard enough. Stkpwh quite hard so
:15:32. > :15:38.we can fold it later, we don't want the card to rip. Fold the card in
:15:38. > :15:42.half again so you can still see half the triangle on the outside
:15:42. > :15:49.like that. Now we need to make the branches using a roll of tape.
:15:49. > :15:54.Quite a few rolls actually, a small one to start off with, draw round
:15:54. > :15:58.like that and do the same again. Once you get further down, take a
:15:58. > :16:03.big Errol of tape or a mug or saucer, anything that's got that
:16:03. > :16:10.round bottom. Just like that. How are you getting
:16:10. > :16:16.on? Done it. There we go. So you were recording an album, now you
:16:16. > :16:23.are making in Blue Peter, things don't get much better. Now cut your
:16:23. > :16:28.branches. Cut two separate lines then pull out the bit you have cut
:16:28. > :16:34.so it leaves a gap. That is us culting out our branches. All the
:16:34. > :16:39.way down the tree and you will end up - here is one someone else made
:16:39. > :16:45.earlier - you will end up with that. You have got the pot at the bottom,
:16:45. > :16:49.the star at the top. Then you put your fingers underneath and push
:16:49. > :16:55.the Christmas tree through like that. So that when you open your
:16:55. > :17:04.card,, and you've folded it over, there you go, a back-to-front
:17:04. > :17:10.Christmas 3D kartd. Just design and decorate now. -- card. Any ideas?
:17:10. > :17:16.Some stars. You don't have to draw, you can put stickers on, or you can
:17:16. > :17:22.draw presents at the bottom. I ripped my bow off on that within.
:17:22. > :17:26.That's the pony and that's my games console. You can use a green felt
:17:26. > :17:30.pen as well because trees are green. It depends who you are sending it
:17:30. > :17:34.to. You can personalise it and put some baking on there like my
:17:34. > :17:40.grandma does, or to your brother, a big pile of something that smells.
:17:40. > :17:47.All the details are on the website. Find out everything you noo Ed to
:17:47. > :17:52.know there to design your own card -- everything you need to know. Did
:17:52. > :17:56.you send a card to Simon Cowell? Not yet. He'll love it. Send that.
:17:56. > :18:02.From creative chaps to an entirely different breed of men. When the
:18:02. > :18:04.WWE men came to Manchester, I went the see our wrestling superstar.
:18:05. > :18:12.the see our wrestling superstar. He's awesome, he's the Miz. This is
:18:12. > :18:15.the definition of an electric atmosphere. It's intense. This's a
:18:16. > :18:22.12,000 strong crowd here want to see the sporting entertainment
:18:22. > :18:26.phenomenon which is on tour here in the UK. It's WWE and it's watched
:18:26. > :18:31.in over 145 countries. Incredibly in over half a billion homes too.
:18:31. > :18:36.To keep that many people watching, it has to be fast, fun and furious.
:18:36. > :18:46.I'm here at the Manchester MEN Arena to support one superstar in
:18:46. > :18:46.
:18:46. > :18:50.The Miz is no stranger to Blue Peter. He's been on to Trash talk.
:18:50. > :18:56.The reason people are watching Blue Peter right now... He's helped me
:18:56. > :19:01.with a make. Get on with it... Don't you boss me around, I'm a WWE
:19:01. > :19:05.superstar, I boss people around. Here, missy. He's boasted about his
:19:05. > :19:10.badge on international TV. I got a Blue Peter badge, that's like
:19:10. > :19:16.having a key to the city. And he's told us how awesome he is. Awesome!
:19:16. > :19:21.Three hours before the show, I go backstage to find out what the Miz
:19:21. > :19:25.does to prepare for his performance in front of thousands. Well, look
:19:25. > :19:29.who it is. You missed me that much, did you? My Assistant didn't make
:19:29. > :19:35.us today. I need someone to fill in. I have a contract and it says I get
:19:35. > :19:38.certain things before a show. on, so like a pop star, like your
:19:38. > :19:42.Lady Gaga and reHannah, you have a list of things that you insist
:19:42. > :19:45.being at the venue? Yes and if it's not there, I won't do it. If my
:19:45. > :19:52.Assistant isn't there, I haven't got one, you are the next best
:19:52. > :19:56.thing. What do I need to provide? First thing's first. I need my
:19:56. > :20:01.action figure of myself. I want to picture of myself too. I need a
:20:01. > :20:05.mirror. To check myself out. You look this good, you want to see it
:20:05. > :20:09.every day. I want my fan mail and yes, I have a lot of it. One more
:20:10. > :20:15.thing, I'm missing something, right, here. I've given you a badge before.
:20:15. > :20:20.What happened to the one last time? It's in America. Aisle go get the
:20:20. > :20:25.stuff. You have got 15 minutes, tick tock, Helen, 15 minutes!
:20:25. > :20:34.turned me into his personal Assistant already.
:20:34. > :20:39.I'm here. You just made it, it's 1.59. Let's see what you got I got
:20:39. > :20:46.the mirror. This is the biggest one. No blue or black?! Let's put that
:20:47. > :20:50.up right there. There's your badge? Nour got going to put it on for me.
:20:50. > :20:54.One viewer says I think you are awesome I know, that's why I say it
:20:55. > :20:59.every day. How does it feel to go out and entertain millions? There
:20:59. > :21:04.is no feeling like it. Before I go out, I am a nervous wreck, I am
:21:04. > :21:11.shaking, I'm talking to myself, I've no idea what to do, but once I
:21:11. > :21:14.enter the arena and hear the crowd either boo or cheer me, there's no
:21:14. > :21:18.sensation like it and all the nerves go. The Miz's body has to
:21:18. > :21:23.look impressive on stage so a pre- performance Miz workout is
:21:24. > :21:29.essential. Can I see what you do in a session? I think I'm going to
:21:29. > :21:33.live to regret this. You will. works out anywhere he can on tour,
:21:33. > :21:41.often backstage. We are out there to get big, to get huge, to
:21:41. > :21:46.entertain the fans. Go down slow and then up again. OK. We'll do
:21:46. > :21:50.some hinder squats. Go down, go up. Go down, go up. I can imagine my
:21:50. > :21:55.mum doing that as part of her workout. Your mom could do this,
:21:55. > :22:03.you couldn't do 100 of those. Sounds like a challenge, I'll show
:22:03. > :22:07.him. I'll give you 104. You are so good. I don't know why I said 104.
:22:07. > :22:11.I don't know why four more means better. It's the secret for
:22:11. > :22:20.increasing strength and improving balance.
:22:21. > :22:26.I'm on 65. My legs are starting to hurt but I will keep going. 108,
:22:26. > :22:30.109, 110. Good job. This gets me into the mode of what am I going to
:22:30. > :22:33.do in my match, how do I want to present it, how do I want to be,
:22:33. > :22:38.you know. What are you thinking about? The
:22:38. > :22:41.audience, your opponent or yourself? Say for instance if the
:22:41. > :22:45.crowd is absolutely just silent when I walk out, that's the biggest
:22:45. > :22:49.fear for a WWE superstar. If they are silent, I have to figure out a
:22:49. > :22:53.way to get them into my match because I want them to come to see
:22:54. > :22:57.me and nobody else. OK, it's only an hour until show
:22:57. > :23:01.time and I know you need to get in the zone, I respect that. Thank you
:23:01. > :23:06.very much. You are going to have an amazing time and I want you to have
:23:06. > :23:16.an amazing time in the front row with one of these. Yes! I'm awesome
:23:16. > :23:22.now too. Exactly. You can be as awesome as The Miz. He's getting
:23:22. > :23:32.into his skimpy pants, I have my T- shirt, my baern. I want to see
:23:32. > :23:33.
:23:33. > :23:40.who's supporting the Miz as he takes on his opponent. -- my banner.
:23:40. > :23:46.Why are you not supporting the Miz? He's rubbish. What is good about
:23:46. > :23:51.the opponent? He never gives up. The Miz is all right? Yeah.
:23:51. > :23:57.supporting the Miz, is that all right? Boo. With that kind of
:23:57. > :24:02.support, he cannot fail. Awesome! It's show time! Love him
:24:02. > :24:12.or hate him, the Miz's job is to entertain and he certainly does
:24:12. > :24:14.
:24:14. > :24:18.In the past, I've always written off the Miz and thought he was a
:24:18. > :24:24.bit giddy and daft but today I've learned he's an athlete, a
:24:24. > :24:28.performer, and do you know, I think I do love the Miz.
:24:28. > :24:33.Come on, boys, this is the chance to prove you are men, not boys. How
:24:33. > :24:37.many? Four. Three. 109. Yes, right, whatever. You keep working. Matt
:24:37. > :24:41.thank you for coming in and making a card with us. That's it for us
:24:41. > :24:45.today. Join us next week. We are having a pet-tastic animal show.
:24:45. > :24:51.know you have missed them, but don't worry because Socks and cook
:24:51. > :24:54.yi are back next week. Make surer here to say hello to them.
:24:54. > :24:58.goodbye to you for a while, he's heading off to dust off his tights