Competition Winner & Shakespeare Blue Peter

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou...?

Linds, I'm Radzi, not Romeo.

Radz, I know, but I'm just practising

and getting into character,

because we're celebrating 400 years of William Shakespeare!

We don't have Romeo, but we do have the winner of The Voice

holding an armadillo.

Well, that's cool.

APPLAUSE

Hello!

Welcome to a live Blue Peter, and do not go anywhere, my friends,

because we have a bumper show coming your way right now.

You have already met the man himself,

the man, the myth, the legend, the winner of The Voice, Kevin Simm,

performing his brand-new single later on,

-All You Good Friends. Are you up for it, Kev?

-I can't wait!

-Straight up top!

-We love it. It's going to be a good show.

Head this way, because maybe you remember when we launched

our Team GB Blue Peter sport badge competition.

We're so excited about it,

because all the athletes going to Rio this year are going to get

their very own Blue Peter sport badge.

And today, we are announcing the winner of that competition.

Yes, we are. I'll be performing for the very first time

in a Shakespeare play, taking to the stage to celebrate 400 years

of the world's most famous playwright.

-I'm going to leave you there. See you later.

-Bye-bye, Linds.

We're going a little tour of the studio,

because I'm pretty excited to meet

three pretty amazing little creatures.

They've come in for a visit and they are joined by

our animal expert, Scott, everybody!

CHEERING

Scott, I'm going to very carefully... Is it OK if I climb in?

Of course, come on in. It's good to be back.

We love getting involved. Who have you brought along with you here?

As you're announcing the winner of your Team GB sports badge winner,

-and it's nearly the Olympics in Brazil...

-It is.

..I thought I'd bring along some of our animal friends

that originate from South America.

This is Dylan and Doris, our armadillos.

Oh, my goodness, we've got armadillos live in the studio!

This is so exciting, I have always wanted to meet an armadillo.

That is true, I was telling you earlier.

-You did.

-So if there's an animal that you've always wanted to meet,

we want to know, what is it and why?

Head online!

Tell us what that animal is, and we'd love to read your comment out

at the end of the show. Look at Doris!

-She jumps up a lot, doesn't she?

-She's very friendly.

We love them. So, tell me a little bit more about them.

Why are they so special?

Well, Dylan and Doris are actually six-banded armadillos,

and they get that name from the six squidgy bands across their back.

-Oh, yeah.

-They give them a bit of flexibility.

Now, did you know that the word armadillo

is Spanish for "little armoured one"?

-I didn't know that!

-That is quite cute.

-That is very cute, yeah.

And that refers to their bony plates that cover their head,

their body and their tail, as well,

so it's awesome protection from predators.

They are actually the only mammal to have a shell like this.

Oh, really? Do you know, while I'm feeling Doris here,

she's really warm. They're quite hot animals, aren't they?

They are quite enjoying the warm studio today,

because their habitat that they come from in the wild

is in South America - rainforests, semi-deserts and grasslands,

so they are...they really like it to be nice and warm.

OK. And they are nice and awake... Oh, hello!

Doris is ready for camera, she's woken up.

They are nice and awake today, aren't they, as well?

Yeah, well, these guys are actually

the only diurnal species of armadillo,

-so they are especially enjoying the heat.

-Diurnal.

That is a good word, everybody, write it down.

-Do you know what it means?

-No, tell me.

It means that they are awake in the day-time instead of the night-time.

It's brilliant. And they move quite quickly,

because when we were rehearsing earlier,

they were really scuttling about in here, weren't they?

They are actually quite speedy,

considering they've got quite short little legs, they're really fast.

That's because it is one of their main ways

of protecting themselves from predators,

so they run really fast, disappear down burrows,

or maybe into thorny bushes so that their armour protects them,

but the predator can't chase them. That works pretty good for them.

They're clever animals, they're so well adapted.

Do you want to know some other things about them?

-Yes, tell me more!

-You might have checked out

-that they've got tiny eyes, haven't they?

-Yeah.

They don't really see that well,

so their super-sense to find their way around

is this big, long, squidgy nose. You can hear her, like...

HE SNIFFS They are doing a lot of sniffing around this hay here!

That's a super sense of smell. If she comes up on her back legs,

you will be able to see she's got gigantic claws

that she uses for digging burrows, so she's an expert digger.

She's got a gigantic, long, sticky tongue, just like an anteater,

that she's related to,

so she can slurp up ants and termites out of burrows.

That's the type of thing she likes to eat, but other things, as well.

-Yeah.

-Do you want to know what else she eats?

-Yeah!

She will eat plants, fruit, and even other animals.

Vertebrate animals like lizards and frogs.

Do you think she's hungry now? I know lots of people at home

might be having their dinner. Is it snack time?

-Would you like to feed them?

-Yes, please!

-You might not like

-what they're going to be eating today.

-Oh, really?

They like to eat things that wiggle,

their most favourite food is definitely insects.

We've got some little wiggly worms here.

I'm going to hold them. This is going to tickle, isn't it? Ugh!

So if you turn that into a burrow for them.

-Turn it into a burrow, like this?

-OK.

-OK.

Let's see if we can get one of them back around.

Doris, do you want a snack?

Here you go!

She's having a little feed there.

You'll be able to see the big, long tongue coming out.

This is amazing! This is so cool!

She's eating all her little worms. I can feel that tongue as well.

Aww, that was... Yeah, did you enjoy that?

-Did she get them all?

-Yeah! Now, you've brought

a little friend of theirs along as well, haven't you?

I've brought along another type

-of armadillo for you to meet as well.

-Yes!

-Quite a cute little armadillo.

-You can never have enough armadillos.

No, we're done, Doris, that's enough!

You've had all your snacks, just wait!

She's lovely.

-So who is this?

-So this is Melon, and Melon is...

a one, two, three-banded armadillo.

-Oh, wow.

-Also from South America.

She's actually quite a special little armadillo,

because out of all the species of armadillo,

she's the only one that can curl up in a proper ball.

-That's incredibly satisfying.

-Her head and tail are perfect shapes,

and they lock into each other to make themselves

into a ball of armour, so that's pretty cool, right?

She looks so cool, can I hold her?

-Yeah, are you ready to hold her?

-Hello, Melon!

I'm holding an armadillo! This is amazing.

This is why being a Blue Peter presenter is the best job.

Actually, she feels like a little teddy bear.

Like I'm holding a little teddy.

-But she's really warm, isn't she?

-She's nice and warm.

She's been in her hay. Oh, we love them.

If you want to see what these armadillos have been up to,

we've had a little armadillo-cam in here,

in the studio, watching them all day,

their secret little life. Make sure you head online to the website

after the show, and check it out.

And from me and Melon and Scott,

thank you so much for bringing these gorgeous creatures in! Radzi.

There's a lot of love for armadillos,

especially from Natalie from Norfolk.

Check out the detail Natalie has in making this 3D armadillo.

We've got chocolate coins,

the wrappers there, going all the way along the shell.

The same for the ears. The detail!

Cardboard for the tail, egg crate for the head,

Natalie, absolutely fantastic job.

And, do you remember a few weeks ago, I performed as Adele?

Do you indeed? That is me giving it the beans there. Well...

-You gave it everything.

-..Amelia from Manchester certainly does.

She's recreated it perfectly here.

Even with my textured coat there. Saying, "Hello, it's me!"

And that's about as good as my singing voice gets, but, Amelia,

that gets you a blue Blue Peter badge.

Now, I'm just going to wipe all this armadillo off my hands here.

You may remember that last week... They really did have a good nibble!

You may remember, last week, we were out in the garden,

planting some rocket seeds. You can see us, the red and the blue ones.

We don't know which have been to space,

but Jacob from Warwick has written in this, he says,

"I wonder which is the space rocket?"

And then you can have a look down here,

he's got the red ones with little shoots of rocket growing out,

and the blue ones with actual mini-rockets growing out of them,

so I think Jacob thinks he knows

that the blue ones are the space rockets.

Well, Jacob, you'll have to wait and find out, my friend.

Tim Peake will be revealing it later.

-We actually don't know.

-We don't know. We don't know, J.

On that same show, we investigated the pond,

and William from Solihull did exactly the same thing.

That's there. I'm going to call that fish Radzi,

it's official, I just said it there on live Blue Peter.

Well, look at this creation from William.

Glitter along the fish here, the detail of all the different fish.

William, that's earned you a blue badge, my friend! Well done, sir!

Now, someone who doesn't need a Blue Peter badge,

because she's got a gold one, is Her Majesty, the Queen.

You can see her here getting her gold badge in 2002.

Well, we've got a little treat that's been sent in to her,

-because it is the big 9-0 today.

-It is the 9-0!

It's her 90th, so, happy birthday to Her Majesty, the Queen.

And this has been sent in by Natalie -

I'll turn it this way - from Worcester.

-Have a look at that.

-Look at that.

She's put so many candles, sprinkles,

there's bits of cream and sweeties on the side.

We've got foam there, making the sponge.

And we've even got some red string making the jam.

Natalie, you are a genius. We're going to eat this later.

Off the chart, absolutely off the chart.

Well done to all of you who've sent something in.

Thank you to all of you, and remember,

if you get your hands on a Blue Peter badge,

you can get into over, Lindsey Russell,

200 attractions across the UK...

-BOTH:

-# ..for free! #

-We're getting better at that!

-We are!

Nearly a harmony there.

And we love it when you write to us and send in all this brilliant post,

because it fills up our Badge Wall. So if you want to do that,

the address that you need is going to be right here!

It is:

2BH, or not 2BH?

I see what you did there, Lindsey!

She allowed me to link in to my challenge,

it's the acting challenge, it's my Shakespeare, check it out!

The Royal Shakespeare Company are on tour with A Midsummer Night's Dream,

one of Shakespeare's most famous plays,

and they've given me the opportunity to perform with them.

That's fine! Because with my acting background,

what could possibly go wrong?

Ahem, yeah, I am a natural on stage. No problem.

Anyway, first, I need to show the director, Erica, what I can do.

Now until the break of day,

through this house, each fairy stray.

Meet me all by break of day.

'Time for Erica's feedback.'

-What did you think?

-I guess there's some things to work on

in terms of standing on a stage.

I'd love to hear your voice come out more strongly.

And in quite a big theatre,

we're going to need to find a bit more power in your voice.

I'll be doing three things in the play.

I'll have to say a line, take part in a dance sequence, and sing.

That's right, I said sing. As in, a song.

HE LAUGHS

Mmm. This could be tricky.

But who better to give me some help than the cast of a play?

ALL: # La-la lullaby

# Never harm, nor spell, nor charm... #

I am so out of my depth. I am like a person learning

to swim for the first time, I am doing it in the Atlantic Ocean.

# Singing our sweet lullaby... #

He's doing very well with the skills, he's singing in tune

and he's learning the moves.

To be able to stay absolutely on the timing

and to know the words really accurately,

he's going to have to do quite a lot of rehearsing it.

# Lullaby... #

Yeah!

APPLAUSE

-Very good!

-I was awful!

A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's best loved comedies.

Born over 400 years ago in Stratford-upon-Avon,

Shakespeare wrote around 37 plays.

Not content with writing them, he also performed in them, too,

playing many of his biggest roles, such as Hamlet and Othello.

He contributed over 3,000 words to the English language, and his plays

contain many popular phrases that we still use today.

My role is part of the fairy train, a group of fairies that serve

the fairy queen, Titania.

But this production is unique,

because they are asking local schoolchildren to take part.

And for one night only,

I'm getting to perform alongside this lot in Bradford.

Although I've been practising at home,

this is our first full rehearsal together.

I am so underprepared,

and these guys know exactly what they're doing.

Help!

We start with a song.

In the first rehearsal, this is what I struggled with.

# Newts and blindworms, do no wrong

# Come not near our fairy queen... #

I just about muddle through,

but now it's the dance that I'm finding hard.

I'm making loads of mistakes.

Wake up, Radzi!

'But something I do get right is my one line.'

Ever shall in safety rest.

APPLAUSE

That was tough.

I've got to learn a song, which I don't know very well.

The dance, I thought I knew,

and it turns out the easy part is actually the hard part.

I've got a lot of revision to do tonight.

The big day is finally here.

It's time for me to get into my costume.

And it's not your usual fairy outfit.

This production is giving Shakespeare a shake-up,

and going for a more modern look.

Costume and make-up done, I get to see the stage for the first time.

Look at this space!

OK, the nerves have genuinely...

They've kicked in now.

While I get ready with the rest of my fairy train...

-ALL:

-Woooo!

THEY CHEER

You'll be amazing!

..the audience take their seats, and the show begins.

It's time for us to head to stage and perform our dance.

Fairies, away!

Thou shalt not from this grove!

I managed to remember all the moves!

I can't believe it!

First time on stage, how are we feeling?

It was awesome!

Excited!

-Did you do it?

-Yeah!

We are off to a flying start and feeling great.

But next up is the song!

# You spotted snakes with double tongue

# Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen

# Newts and blindworms, do no wrong

# Come not near our fairy queen

# Philomel, with melody

# Sing in our sweet lullaby... #

The audience are loving it.

But there's one last thing we have to get right.

Our solo lines.

Ever shall in safety rest.

Trip away. Make no stay.

Meet me all by break of day.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Oh, my goodness gracious, I was so nervous out there.

All of us were.

We were out three times, and I think we got three out of three.

400 years on, and Shakespeare's still bringing the house down.

It's great to see people of all ages loving his work.

Nice one, Bill!

I just want to say an enormous thank you to everyone at the RSC

for being such legends. Shakespeare really is for everyone.

-It's difficult, though, isn't it?

-It's hard.

-And you did a really, really good job.

-Thank you.

Well done, Radz, I was proud of you. Fellow thespian!

Now it's time for the moment that you and I have all been waiting for.

It's time to reveal the winners

of the Blue Peter sport badge competition.

This is, quite possibly, my favourite of all

the Blue Peter competitions I've been involved with,

because not only do you have to design the badge,

but that very badge will get given to every single member

of Team GB who are going to the Olympics.

-Off the charts! Off the charts.

-And you lot at home, our BP crew,

you really rose to the challenge, because, actually, in the end,

we had 4,867 entries.

-APPLAUSE

-Yeah!

-That's pretty amazing, isn't it?

You should be really proud of yourselves

for having a go. Well done.

I was lucky enough to be on the judging panel,

and I can assure you, it was a very, very difficult task.

We deliberated for such a long time,

but we had to come up with a decision about the winner,

and that decision was made.

So, Linds, let's reveal the official runners-up.

Wow. They are looking incredible. They are so colourful!

There are some really, really clever ideas here, as well.

You can see loads of GB flags,

you can see the Blue Peter logo dotted about everywhere.

We've even got some parrots and some climbers and some runners.

It's all there. We're so impressed. And if you can see yours here,

you have officially earned yourself a Blue Peter orange badge,

so you should be really, really proud of yourselves.

-Good job, everyone!

-Linds!

-Yes?

-Should we reveal it?

-OK.

-Now it's time to reveal the top entries

for each age category.

Starting with age six to eight-year-olds.

And, the top entry is...

..Sam from Stafford!

-APPLAUSE

-Well done, Sam!

-Wow.

-The thing I love most of all about this design is the fact that

he's really, really captured the idea of it being a British team

going to a Brazil Olympics, with a gold medal in the middle.

Fantastic job, Sam, well done.

Very clever and bold, we like that. OK, next in the nine to 11 category,

the top entry is...

..Phoebe from West Sussex!

-APPLAUSE

-Well done!

Again, we think this one is so clever,

because you've got your GB flag,

but in the shape of the Blue Peter ship just behind.

And on top you have some really amazing colours, here.

It did really stand out, didn't it, Radzi?

-Really stands out.

-Very, very clever design. Well done, Phoebe.

So the last top entry for age 12 to 15-year-olds.

And it is...

Hettie from Dorset!

-APPLAUSE

-Straight away, it just jumps off the page, doesn't it?

The way she's manipulated the medals, with the British flag,

with the Brazilian flag,

and then having the Blue Peter ship

taking pride of place on the gold medal, fantastic job.

Now, of course, it was so tough whittling it down

from all of these you can see behind us

to all of these top entries, they were all brilliant.

But, of course, you know, it's the orange badge,

there does have to be a winner.

So, drumroll, please.

DRUMROLL

The winner of the 2016 Blue Peter sport badge competition is...

..Sam from Stafford!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

We really did feel this was a stand-out winner, and, actually,

Sam is only in the studio right now.

Will you please give a big welcome to Sam?

APPLAUSE

Sam, Sam, Sam, straight up top, my friend.

Take a seat. Oh, my goodness gracious me!

You are, officially, our Blue Peter sports badge competition winner,

how are you feeling?

Really happy.

You look really happy with that big smile on your face.

So, when you found out you'd won,

what was going through your head? How were you feeling?

I was really shocked,

and really happy.

I'll bet you were. I applied to many competitions when I was younger

and I didn't win a single one, so you are awesome.

Now, let's talk about the design here.

You haven't seen this before. but this is for you,

and this is the official computerised design of your badge,

which is how it will eventually get manufactured.

What inspired the design?

Well, I thought, um, of the medal

as what they might get, and,

the green and yellow for the Brazil colours.

You really have done a fantastic job there, Sam.

I just love the idea that the badge

the Team GB athletes will be wearing is your badge.

Not a manufactured... The one you designed!

What do you think about that?

-It's amazing!

-It is amazing, isn't it?

And you've a favourite athlete that you can't wait to,

hopefully, give him his badge.

Or her badge.

Tom Daley.

-Tom Daley, why Tom Daley?

-Because he smiles all the time

and he's really good at what sport he does.

He absolutely is, I think he might possibly

be getting himself a gold medal as well.

But also, what I love is the idea that all the people at home

will be wearing your badge.

Thousands of Blue Peter viewers will be wearing your badge.

-And I know you love Blue Peter.

-Yeah.

Will any of your friends be wearing it?

A few of them said that they want to get it.

Well, I'm going to look forward to seeing that.

And you're a little bit of a celebrity, aren't you?

Because, as you'll know, if you applied

or actually tried to design the badge yourself,

along with designing it,

you always had to include an inspirational message

to help inspire people to get behind Team GB.

Sam did just that, and because of that,

you got to attend a rather special photoshoot

with an Olympic gold medallist

who is also only the IBF World Heavyweight Champion,

-Anthony Joshua, didn't you?

-Yeah.

Let's take a look. There he is there!

You look like you're best friends! What's he like?

Uh, he's really nice,

-and he's got a really, really loud laugh.

-Does he really?

And a really hard punch, as well.

-Yeah.

-Now, Sam, what would you say if I said to you

that I told you a porkie pie, possibly,

about us not having the badge ready yet,

that, actually, the very first Blue Peter sport badge 2016

is in my hand right now? Would you like to see it?

Well, can we have a second drumroll, please?

DRUMROLL

Sam...

..there it is.

What do you... Can we have a round of applause?

APPLAUSE

What do you think of that?

It's really good!

You made that! That was you!

The craft, the detail.

I think that has just become my favourite

of all the Blue Peter badges.

Now, Sam, it is at this point that I say,

how are you going to earn your one of these?

Even the winner of a Blue Peter sport badge competition

doesn't get to keep the badge, you've got to earn it.

-So what sport are you going to do?

-Cricket.

And who are you going to inspire?

Uh...

A football friend.

Straight up top. If you'd like to earn yours,

all you've got to do is watch next week's show,

it is as simple as that.

And the runners-up designs are all on the Blue Peter website.

So, one more time, baby - can we please give it up

for our competition winner, Sam?

APPLAUSE

So it's from one winner to another.

The artist with the most viewer votes tonight, and therefore

winner of The Voice 2016 is...

SHOUTING AND CHEERING

..it's Kevin!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

And here he is now, it's Kevin Simm, everybody!

APPLAUSE

Wow, Kevin, what a whirlwind. Congratulations,

and I should say welcome to Blue Peter, but, really,

it's welcome back, cos you were on this show, was it ten years ago,

with the pop band Liberty X that you were in.

I think we've got a nice little picture here of you

-in your dashing vest and jeans.

-Yes.

-It's a good look, Kevin.

Thanks, well, I've got a vest on under here.

I'm glad you've come in the shirt today.

Good move. Now, oh, my goodness, you won The Voice.

How are you feeling? Is that a silly question?

-No, well, it's just been a bit of a whirlwind, like you say.

-Yeah.

Yeah, it's just been amazing, the last week's been brilliant,

and, obviously, getting to come on Blue Peter is a massive thing.

Dreams can come true!

-Of course.

-Officially. You've got your own BP badge.

Of course, all the judges turned for you,

which must have felt incredible,

but will.i.am said you had the best voice in the music industry.

Quite a statement, there, isn't it?

Yeah, I'm not sure what to make of that,

but it was amazing to get such comments

of someone like will.i.am. Amazing.

And you've won The Voice, so what's next? An album, hopefully?

Yeah, I'm going to be writing an album,

pretty much straight away, I guess. I'll go home and see my kids

-and my wife and have a bit of time with them.

-Have a bit of chill time.

Before you go home and chill, you're going to be singing your single

a little bit later on, aren't you?

Yeah, I'll be singing my single, All You Good Friends,

so I hope everyone at home enjoys it.

It is very catchy. Warning: It will be in your head all night.

Kevin, we can't wait, thank you. Kevin Simm, everybody!

APPLAUSE

Congratulations.

Earlier in the show, we asked you if you could meet any animal,

what would it be and why?

Lots of you have got in touch. Amber Hyperlima says,

"I'd like to meet a sloth, because its long arms

"look like it would give you a big cuddle."

-That's nice!

-Aww, they're so sleepy, sloths, as well, they're lovely.

Red Violet Quick Kudu says,

"I would meet an orang-utan, because I wrote a story about me

"and an orang-utan presenting Blue Peter."

-Wow!

-That's a dream and a half.

I like that, that would be a good show.

Ivory Musical Seahorse says, "I'd meet a unicorn,"

-mythical creature, but we'll go with it anyway.

-That's fine.

Says, "I love unicorns, and it would fly around America!"

Because why not?

Pearl Flowery Antelope says, "A lettuce leaf sea slug,

"because I want to know what one really looks like."

So do I, what even is that? Sounds great.

Now, if you were online earlier on our fan club,

you will know that we were playing

Presenter Bingo, and I... Thanks for coming closer!

I said the word "teddy bear" when I was holding the armadillo,

and the person that won that was Jet Awful Prince,

a massive well done to you.

Whilst you are online, try the new Shakespeare quiz, it's called

Two Bees Or Not Two Bees?

We've got Shakespeare pictures,

and you've either got two bees or you don't!

That's it for this week, but make sure you are watching next week,

it's all about Team GB, because we will be showing you

how you can earn your very own Blue Peter Team GB sport badge.

I definitely want one.

As well as that, I am going to be playing hockey

with Team GB, right there,

you can see me having a go. Uh, not very good!

I give roller derby a go, and if you think you were bad at that,

I was really bad at roller derby. I fell over a lot!

As well as that, we're joined in the studio by super-scientist Greg Foot.

We're talking about sport and speed, it's going to be cool.

But now, it's time to put your hands together for

the man, the myth, the legend, Kevin Simm.

APPLAUSE

# Here I am under the lights

# In the dream you said couldn't be mine

# You thought I'd never do this, you thought I'd never do that

# You said I wouldn't, that I couldn't, couldn't make it

# Said, "Who are you to aim for the stars?"

# "Who on Earth do you think you are?"

# I bet you never thought it, I bet you never thought it

# I would see the opportunity and take it

# I wanna thank you all

# Thank you

# All you good friends afraid I'll fall

# Hope you're listening, I'll show you all

# So turn up, turn up your radios

# Turn up, turn up your radios

# How does it hit you when you see me now?

# Are you bitter or a little bit proud?

# Did you put fuel on the fire? Throw me up through the wire?

# Gimme hunger, make me strong enough to chase it

# I wanna thank you all

# Thank you

# All you good friends afraid I'll fall

# Hope you're listening, I'll show you all

# So turn up, turn up your radios

# Turn up, turn up your radios

# All you good friends, where are you now?

# Help me get to this higher ground

# So turn up, turn up your radios

# Turn up, turn up your radios

# All your radios

# All you good friends, where are you now?

# Help me get to this higher ground

# So turn up, turn up your radios

# Turn up, turn up your radios. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you.