0:00:03 > 0:00:05Previously on Ice Stars...
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Since we last saw our ice stars, loads has been going on.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Adriano went home to Italy for the summer.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Izzy started training with Team GB.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Yeah, it's really tough.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Has everybody got everything?
0:00:21 > 0:00:23- Who's got...? - You haven't forgotten your brain?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Alexia has left Nottingham to train at a new rink.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Rais' younger brother Aren has made it into the England hockey team.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35That's better. That's much better.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Josh and Kloe have carried on competing around the world.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40That's the harder one done.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42They clapped like crazy, so...
0:00:42 > 0:00:44And remember captain Emily?
0:00:44 > 0:00:48She led the Icicles to win gold at the British Championships.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51And said...
0:00:51 > 0:00:54This could be my last time skating with the girls.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Well, she was right.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57She's now left the team.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Welcome to a new season
0:01:02 > 0:01:05and a whole lot of new drama with our ice stars.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32We meet the newest member of the Ice Stars gang
0:01:32 > 0:01:36when Freddie joins Charlie for an important late-night trial.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Fingers crossed that I'll make it through.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- ALL:- One, two, three, Icicles!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Let's go.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Coach Esther brings in a choreographer to the stars.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Mix it.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56And will Jellie be able to get over their shaky start
0:01:56 > 0:01:58at the opening of a pop-up rink?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08After last year's success,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12synchro coach Esther is hoping for big things from her girls.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Hi, girls!
0:02:13 > 0:02:14- ALL:- Hi.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17So, today is the start of our new season.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19We've got a new team. We've got lots to do.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Work as hard as you can and I'll be really proud of you.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25OK, girls. Let's go.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- ALL:- One, two, three, Icicles!
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Aimie and Sam are now
0:02:31 > 0:02:34some of the more experienced Icicles in the team.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35It's a new season.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- Let's go!- Let go.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40We don't know what's going to happen.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41We're choreographing a new routine.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- Thank you.- Welcome.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Can't wait to start the routine. - I know, so excited.- Me too.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Now that Emily's gone, the girls are going to have to work super-hard.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57So excited to see you.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I really want the girls to do well, this season,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03even better than last year, but they have to up their game.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06So Esther has invited a very special guest along
0:03:06 > 0:03:11to give the girls the best chance of beating this year's competition.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12He's Mark Naylor,
0:03:12 > 0:03:15and he choreographs some of the world's top ice shows.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18We have Mark Naylor coming.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21He's a worldwide... fantastic choreographer.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24If I can just get an overview of where we're at.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- Yeah.- So, maybe a walk-through from the beginning.- Yeah, yeah.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31OK, girls. Go on, then. Jackets off for me, please.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44It's interesting when I'm being brought
0:03:44 > 0:03:48into this environment, because the number itself has been set,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51so it's a great skeletal structure of the routine,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53but what I'm adding is the beginning,
0:03:53 > 0:03:57some flavour flave in the middle, and then wrap it up at the end.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00So it's all about the elbows staying together.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Duu...cah.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Mix it.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08OK, bounce when you're doing this. Bounce.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Mark is a really unique person
0:04:10 > 0:04:13and he can just think of something on the spot - it's amazing.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18He's really crazy.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21There's, like, a million arms and heads and legs everywhere.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27The girls do well, but the team's still not complete.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Since the end of last season, we had girls leave for different reasons.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35There are five reserves, called alternates,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37all desperate to become full-on Icicles.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Trouble is, there's only one spot.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44The Icicles is probably one of the biggest junior teams in the country,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46and it's really hard to get into the team.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49You just have to train really, really hard and you have to work,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53like, all the time just to try and get into the routine.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57It will be up to Esther to figure out which of the five alternates
0:04:57 > 0:05:00will blend into the team most smoothly.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03They're all young and all very new to the team,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06so it's a fight on their shoulders.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I'm really pleased with your efforts today.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- I'm sure Mark will agree with me. - Absolutely.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13You're definitely moving in the right direction.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Keep on trying to improve and challenge yourself.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27It can be a fight to get to the top, and no-one knows that better
0:05:27 > 0:05:30than ten-year-old ice hockey player Charlie.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33It's really full-on.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Last season, he played so well
0:05:35 > 0:05:39that he was moved up to train with players two years older than him.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I just scored. Whoo!
0:05:42 > 0:05:45This season, Charlie's back on the ice...
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Stay where you are. - Everybody mooch to the left.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Everybody mooch to the right.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54..with best mate Freddie.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55We're just like bandits.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58We literally just mess around with each other.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Whee! Whee!
0:06:01 > 0:06:04And the beginning of the season can only mean one thing.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Ice hockey trials.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Charlie and Freddie are aiming high, trying out for the conference team.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Come on, Charlie. Let's go. Quick, quick, quick, quick.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Conference teams are made up of the best players from the area,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23and they get to compete internationally.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Let's go, let's go.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Charlie and Freddie play for Nottingham,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29and they want to play for England.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31The way to get selected
0:06:31 > 0:06:34is to be spotted playing for a conference team.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37So Charlie and Freddie are getting prepared for the try-outs.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42When you're shooting, what do you have to do?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44You have to get your head up nice and early.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Look for the pass and the shot all the time, OK?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50You're doing a great job right now, OK? Keep focused, OK?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Keep working hard, guys. Well done.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57After a tough session on the ice,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00the boys sit down to talk tactics for the try-outs.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- CHARLIE SLURPS - Oh.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07FREDDIE GIGGLES
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- Are you doing Conference this week? - Yeah.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I think we'll make it through.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Yo and me, Artie, Henry and Archie
0:07:15 > 0:07:18will make it through this year.
0:07:18 > 0:07:24You've got your height and your level, and your angle.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26All I need to do is my angle and my slapshot.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- Don't I?- Snapshots?- Yeah.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35And saucer passes is what we need to do.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I know why it's called a saucer pass.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Do you get it? Saucer, flying saucer.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45It goes like that.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47You don't get it?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51It's where the puck goes like that, like a flying saucer.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Flying saucer, got the word saucer in it.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59And a saucer pass, got the word saucer in it.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Do you get it now?- No.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Oooh!
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Hm. Not sure I get it either.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Nothing has let up since the last time we saw the ice dance couple
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Josh and Ellie, better known as Jellie.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Last season, the golden duo came top in their first competition at
0:08:30 > 0:08:33a new level, taking home six trophies.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38They went on to smash it at the gala.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43But will they ever stop bickering?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Josh is really annoying,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48but I think you get used to it.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52She can just be frickin' weird.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56No, funny. I'm funny.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57I am funny.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Josh, no, no!
0:09:01 > 0:09:06It's winter and pop-up rinks are appearing all over the place.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Jellie's Ice Stars fame has spread and they've been asked to headline
0:09:10 > 0:09:13at an opening of a rink in Sunderland.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Right, can you go and do for me two six,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19a nice fast circle around the middle? Off you go.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Josh and Ellie are skating at an exhibition tomorrow in
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Sunderland, so this is our last practice together.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Point your toes, Ellie.
0:09:32 > 0:09:38The ice rink in Sunderland is a lot smaller than our ice pad here.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40It's about a third of the size.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42You're moving too fast at the start.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46You haven't got the space to be pushing full speed.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48We're practising it in between the blue lines.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52We're just trying to modify the pattern to make sure it's
0:09:52 > 0:09:54going to fit on the smaller-sized rink.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00So Jellie have to fit their routine into this tiny space,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03which is only a third of the size they normally use.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04You're going for that blue line.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07You don't really cross that one ever, do you?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09But you do cross that one doing the lift, so...
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Every time Josh and Ellie cross the blue lines,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14they're skating off the rink.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Oh, don't push, don't push.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28OK. You literally were probably...
0:10:29 > 0:10:33..in the audience on the lift just then.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36The lift is concerning me.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Yeah, cos her feet feel like they're going to swing out.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Once she's on your shoulder, you can curve.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45You can't curve while you're lifting her, because then she starts
0:10:45 > 0:10:47to swing off the side of your shoulder.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Turn across there.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53And then cross and lift.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Up. Quick. Up.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59The worst thing that can happen is coming off the ice
0:10:59 > 0:11:01and hitting the barrier.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05I'm a little bit concerned, because I'm not able to travel with them
0:11:05 > 0:11:10to Sunderland tomorrow, so they're going to be doing it by themselves.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13With or without their coach, on a tiny little rink,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16for Josh and Ellie, the show must go on.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It's almost 11 o'clock at night at the ice centre and players
0:11:26 > 0:11:30from all over the area are gathering for the Conference try-outs.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36In a minute, I'm going to be going on for Conference trials,
0:11:36 > 0:11:42which is a set of trials so you can play for your region
0:11:42 > 0:11:44and go abroad.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45I did it last year,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47but I didn't make it,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49which is really, really...
0:11:51 > 0:11:54My plan tonight is just smash it.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57And Charlie is not the only one desperate to get onto the team.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00There is some tough competition.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02The Conference trials are for some of the best people.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06They only take the best players. There's AMAZING people.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10It's going to be hard for the people to pick who to choose to go through,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12cos we're all, like, really good,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14but there's too many people for a team.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16We start at about 56.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19The first cuts are quite easy, cos we are looking at
0:12:19 > 0:12:20just skating ability.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24It becomes very difficult when a lot of them are much of the same.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29Charlie and best mate Freddie kit up, ready to take on their rivals.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- CHARLIE MUMBLES - It's over there.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43The Conference trials start at 11 and end at one in the morning,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47but most of the time, people are, like, really hyped up.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Even though it is really late, we're not really that tired,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54because we're just trying to impress the head coach.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- OK, guys, how are we all doing? - PLAYERS:- Good!- Stand up.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Good. OK, so we're going to play little games.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03What I want you to do is work as hard as you can, yeah?
0:13:03 > 0:13:04And play as a team.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Keep your eye out for Charlie, number 35, and Freddie, who's 24.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Playing up against Freddie is like you against a million people.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27He literally banged into me.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I don't know how, but he's just got such strong feet.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39It's really hard getting into Conference, because there's lots
0:13:39 > 0:13:41of good players.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43The level is very good.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45A lot of these guys play with each other week in, week out,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48and against each other. It's a case of standing out.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51BUZZER
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Very bad, we're losing 2-0 now.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59We're 2-0 down.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Oh, no, no, no...
0:14:01 > 0:14:03This competition is really good.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05It's really important to us.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- Where's where you need to go? - We need to go to the boards.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11You need to go to the boards nice and low, he's going to come
0:14:11 > 0:14:14around and make that pass, so the winger can get out faster.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15OK?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19While the head coach is watching you,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22what you're trying to do is just pay attention to the game and
0:14:22 > 0:14:24try and think that it's a normal game.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Charlie is doing well. He's got the right attitude, we think.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31He seems coachable, which is obviously a good thing.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Not giving anything away.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38BUZZER
0:14:38 > 0:14:39That just went good and bad.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42The bad bit is we lost 2-1.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46The good bit is I played my hardest.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Yeah, I think. Fingers crossed.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Every finger crossed.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Toes crossed.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Fingers and toes crossed that I'll make it through.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Jellie are off to Sunderland.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09They're making the 150-mile journey for the opening of a pop-up rink...
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Hello, chicken nugget!
0:15:11 > 0:15:14..where they are the star guests.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Oh!
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Cows.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- There's a cow. - SHE LAUGHS
0:15:22 > 0:15:25I'm going to do Josh's hair.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I don't pick on him. I just like to do his hair.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32He doesn't like it, though, do you?
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- No, because you pull my hair when you're doing it.- No, I don't!
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Josh, look at the camera.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43'You're like pulling it and, then when it's in,'
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- it still feels like you're pulling it.- Beauty is pain.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50THEY LAUGH
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Don't take it out!
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Wakey-wakey, Josh, you're in Sunderland.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04With such an important performance tonight, Jellie wastes no time
0:16:04 > 0:16:07heading to the rink to see if there is enough space for their lifts.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13That's tiny. Look, they've cut off half the ice.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- It's tiny.- It's...tight. What are we going to do?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Just don't push out with much and, for the lift,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24make sure, like, to come right down here so we can go up that way.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26OK.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28When I first saw the rink,
0:16:28 > 0:16:32it was smaller than I expected and I didn't think it was going to work.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34We were allowed to go in and practice.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38The ice on the rank was really weird. It was all bumpy.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39So skate round as you would.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42When you come out, hold your hands, skate round as you would for
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- competition. Do your cantilever. - Now?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Yeah, now, so you are working out how you're going to come on.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Skate round, cantilever, present, wave. Work all that out.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53With coach Sophie unable to make it,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56looks like Josh's mum is trying to take her place.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01You went right... Go right there and then quickly further down.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Get her into position quicker, and then do it. Go on, then.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10There's not enough room.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Well, you need to do it differently, then.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15What other lift can you do?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Um, not sure if Jellie are liking their stand-in coaches.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22What about your rotational? You don't need as much room for that.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Yeah, we need a lot more speed, though.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Build up your speed and get into it. Come on.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Chop chop.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31I think they're struggling to get a lift in,
0:17:31 > 0:17:32because it's a smaller rink, so
0:17:32 > 0:17:36they're just trying to run through the lifts that they know to see
0:17:36 > 0:17:38which one they can get in that's going to fit.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Can we do it, Ellie? Can we do it?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- Can't do it.- What lift can you do?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45I know, what about your handstand lift?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Oh, yeah.- Yeah. We can do that one.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50It's nice and impressive and it's an easy one to do.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56All these instructions don't seem to be helping.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58If they're going to manage this routine,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01they just need to be left to work it out for themselves
0:18:01 > 0:18:04and remember everything they've been taught.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Josh is worried about how long the lift should have been,
0:18:17 > 0:18:20but I felt like I couldn't hold it any longer,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23otherwise I would have fallen off his shoulder.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30On the lift, don't, like, drop me down, put me down properly.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32You're supposed to help me down.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34And that's why I fell over, because you just dropped me down.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37I know, but cos this time my arm was in your skirt,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- so I couldn't pull it out.- OK.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Anything else?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45No.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47OK. Should we go?
0:18:48 > 0:18:52The size of the rink has really shaken our ice stars.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Let's hope the performance goes better than their rehearsal.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Fresh from learning a new routine, long-standing Icicle team-mates
0:19:05 > 0:19:10Sam, Sophie, Amy and Afton catch up at the centre's hang out.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12So what are you going to have?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19This year, I'm looking to forward to, like, when we first get on to
0:19:19 > 0:19:21the ice and everyone just stops and watches us.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22- That's the best feeling.- It is.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25You're on the ice, waiting for the music to start.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- Yeah.- And it's like the deep breath that you take in.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- Yeah. And you feel... - And everyone is watching.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33So, are you guys excited about the new routines, dresses, make-up?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Yeah, I am really excited, actually. I like learning new stuff.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I love doing all the make-up, you know, like,
0:19:38 > 0:19:39when we get all the new make-up
0:19:39 > 0:19:41and we all put it on for this first time.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44We're trying it out like, "Oh, like this?" Or, "Oh, like that?"
0:19:44 > 0:19:48To make it as an Icicle, you don't just have to get your make-up right,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51you have to be an awesome skater too.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57After the synchro session with Mark,
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Esther calls the five hopefuls to the ballet studio.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05There is only one spot and they are all fighting for that place.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08So, we all know there is one definite place
0:20:08 > 0:20:11for all of you guys, yeah? OK?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13But there's possible other places,
0:20:13 > 0:20:17but there's one place that is empty with one of your guys' names on it.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20OK? So you need to fight for that place
0:20:20 > 0:20:23like it's your dream and passion to be in that team.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Over the past few weeks, our five hopefuls have been desperate
0:20:27 > 0:20:30to try and impress Esther.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33To be, like, an Icicle in Britain is, like, a big thing.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36I'd really like to train quite hard
0:20:36 > 0:20:38to try and make it into the team.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42You all have different strengths and weaknesses, OK?
0:20:42 > 0:20:46But the most important thing for us to decide is who fits in best
0:20:46 > 0:20:50with the girls and who blends in, OK?
0:20:50 > 0:20:53So, you need to make sure you're giving that 150% and you need
0:20:53 > 0:20:56to make sure you're giving it everything on every session,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58cos we're constantly watching you.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59OK, girls?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Good. Let's go.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Every Icicle has been through the same process.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Being selected can be about the right timing as well as talent.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17For Charlie and Freddie, when it comes to the Conference team,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21not being selected just isn't an option.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25The boys recently had a trial for the Midlands Conference Team,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27and it was tougher than they'd hoped.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30It was really tough getting through those trials,
0:21:30 > 0:21:34especially when you had... there were better players than you.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- Howdy doody, Charles. - Howdy doody doo.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40I think about...
0:21:40 > 0:21:4480, 90 kids tried to get into Conference.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55And today, they'll find out if they've made it.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12If either of the boys are selected, it will be a major achievement.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15They'll be launched onto the international circuit.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Everybody in, guys! Go down on one knee.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I got some great news, guys.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36We've got six guys that made Conference.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38OK, if I call your name,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41can you please stand up, OK? Ben.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Ethan.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Henry.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Justin.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Freddie.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Charlie.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53You six players all made the Conference team this year,
0:22:53 > 0:22:54under-11s.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57THEY BANG STICKS
0:22:57 > 0:22:59At first, it was like,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02"Are you talking about someone else or are you talking about me?"
0:23:02 > 0:23:04We didn't really believe it at first,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07but that we realised we both got on the team.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I feel really good that I got on to Conference team.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12The most important thing now,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15the hard work's going to start out now for you guys, so you have to get
0:23:15 > 0:23:18yourself in really good shape, keep on working hard for the coaches.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Well done, guys. Fantastic job.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26So, six players from Nottingham are heading off to the Conference team.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Well done, boys.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41After a disastrous rehearsal on the ice...
0:23:43 > 0:23:47..Jellie have hit the funfair to de-stress before their celebrity
0:23:47 > 0:23:49appearance at the pop-up rink.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55With their bumpy practice behind them, now it's show time.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04There's a massive buzz around the rink and Jellie are being
0:24:04 > 0:24:07treated like the ice stars they are.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08There we go.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11First up, a radio interview.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It's the station that lives and loves.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15We're here with Josh and Ellie. Good afternoon.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16- BOTH:- Good afternoon.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20The first group's going on in a minute and we're going to be
0:24:20 > 0:24:23going on in 10, 15 minutes, so...
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Jellie are going to have to put the disastrous rehearsals behind them
0:24:29 > 0:24:31and give all their fans a night to remember.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Please welcome onto the ice,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41from BBC, Josh and Ellie.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Give it up!
0:24:49 > 0:24:52MUSIC STARTS
0:25:01 > 0:25:03# I walked across
0:25:03 > 0:25:06# An empty land
0:25:06 > 0:25:12# I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
0:25:12 > 0:25:15# I felt the earth
0:25:15 > 0:25:17# Beneath my feet
0:25:17 > 0:25:23# Sat by the river and it made me complete
0:25:23 > 0:25:26# Oh, simple thing
0:25:26 > 0:25:28# Where have you gone?
0:25:28 > 0:25:35# I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
0:25:37 > 0:25:43# I came across a fallen tree
0:25:43 > 0:25:49# I felt the branches of it looking at me
0:25:49 > 0:25:54# Is this the place we used to love?
0:25:54 > 0:26:00# Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?
0:26:00 > 0:26:03# Oh, simple thing
0:26:03 > 0:26:05# Where have you gone?
0:26:05 > 0:26:11# I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
0:26:11 > 0:26:14# And if you have a minute
0:26:14 > 0:26:17# Why don't we go
0:26:17 > 0:26:23# Talk about it somewhere only we know
0:26:23 > 0:26:27# This could be the end of everything
0:26:27 > 0:26:30# So why don't we go
0:26:30 > 0:26:36# Somewhere only we know? #
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Fantastic! Josh and Ellie!
0:26:41 > 0:26:42They did it!
0:26:42 > 0:26:46No crashing into the barriers, no falling into the audience,
0:26:46 > 0:26:49just a beautiful performance.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58What a show from our superstar Ice Stars.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02It went well, but Ellie's blade slipped off of my boot at the start,
0:27:02 > 0:27:06so she fell over, but we got straight back up and carried on.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Everything else was fine.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13I heard someone scream, "Oh, it's Jellie!" when we went out.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16And the lift went all right.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19We had to curve it round a bit and I felt like I was going to fall
0:27:19 > 0:27:23into the audience, cos Josh's hand got stuck in my skirt again.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25We had really good fun today.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- Wait, let's do our handshake. - I don't even know what it is.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32THEY LAUGH
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Next time, on Ice Stars...
0:27:39 > 0:27:41We have two weeks left of the competition,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43so I would like to finalise a team.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48Esther makes a life-changing decision for one lucky skater.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51It's been a really hard decision for me and Lauren to make.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54There's a shock in store for Ella when Adriana
0:27:54 > 0:27:55returns from Italy.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57He's been cheating on you, Ella.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01And Josh has to come to terms with some incredible news.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03I have to wait till it sinks in a bit.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07I'm not going to cry. I'm fine.