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Ten kids, terrified of singing in public...

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Hey! Don't cry.

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-What's happened?

-I don't want to do it.

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Two soloists, Chris and Oli.

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..must undergo the toughest performance challenges...

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-You must be extra nervous?

-Aaargh!

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I'm still shaking. I don't know why.

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..to face their ultimate fear...

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CROWD CHEERS

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..singing to a crowd of 40,000 people.

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There's enough people there to eat you alive.

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I can't explain how I feel. Just really scared.

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Could you do it?

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This is The Big Performance.

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# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

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# Ooh-ooh-ooh

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# Yeah

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# Ooh-ooh-ooh

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# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah... #

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In just eight weeks,

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these ten boys and girls will be performing at one of Britain's

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biggest outdoor concerts, Proms In The Park.

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Only one man can make this happen,

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award-winning choirmaster Gareth Malone.

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I find it really upsetting when young people say that they can't sing.

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I really want to change that.

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To build their confidence, he's taking this desperately shy group

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on a musical journey around the country,

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all on board their very own luxury tour bus.

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Last week they stopped at Bournemouth.

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The group attempted a Michael Jackson classic.

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-Hard.

-It's not hard.

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But extreme stage fright threatened their first performance.

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Hey, hey, I don't want you to cry.

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Today, the kids must sing in front of professional entertainers.

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-CRYING:

-I don't want to do it.

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# Somewhere over...

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Can a real-life Dorothy save the day?

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You CAN sing, Chloe.

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You really need to believe in yourself now.

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The Big Performance tour bus is heading west to Somerset,

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and the seaside town of Minehead.

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Each week, one of the group has to try out for the coveted solo spot.

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Whose turn is it today?

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Right, everybody. Today, the soloist this week is...

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Chloe.

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NERVOUS LAUGHTER

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My favourite type of music is hip-hop.

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The favourite place I like to sing is in my bedroom in the mirror.

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My favourite song is JLS, The Club Is Alive With The Sound Of Music.

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Local girl Chloe proved to Gareth she can sing during her debut solo.

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# Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air... #

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But she was too scared to acknowledge the audience.

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# I know I can count on you... #

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To help Chloe find the confidence to engage with the audience,

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Gareth's decided this week's musical challenge is show tunes.

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Chloe's got bags of personality, lots of sparkle in real life.

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But as soon as she gets on stage that all seems to disappear.

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So I think show tunes is perfect.

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I think I'm going to give it a good try,

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but it's going to be really hard.

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What I'm looking for is stage presence, cos show tunes is all about

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really putting on a big show, giving it loads of energy.

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Today's stop on the tour bus is the holiday resort of Butlins,

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where Gareth hopes the group will learn all about show tunes

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from the experts. But he's got to get them in the right mood first.

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Who wants to go on a ride?

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-ALL:

-Me!

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Good luck! Have a great time!

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Oh, my goodness! It looks awful!

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SCREAMING

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-Again!

-Again?

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-Yeah!

-Again!

-You're mad.

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They're so excited, they're delirious.

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And they've got this energy because we're here,

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and they need to put that into their singing.

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I've brought you here because I want you to learn about show tunes,

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and these guys really know about stage presence. Take a look at this.

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# You can't stop an avalanche

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# As it races down the hill

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# You can try to stop the seasons, girl

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# But you know you never will... #

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These professional entertainers are required to put on

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a high-energy performance like this in front of thousands of guests

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numerous times a day.

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# ..my way

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# You can't stop the beat... #

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What's wonderful about these guys is that they know how to turn it on

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and give it all their energy.

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# You can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky... #

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I really hope we'll get a more energetic performance today,

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because last time they were really inhibited and very scared,

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and I want them to enjoy it.

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# You can't stop the beat

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# Stop the beat! #

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That is what I expect from you when you perform

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in here to a group of them.

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So far, the trainee singers have sung in front of each other...

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# Where with love... #

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..and Gareth's old school choir.

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# Can you feel it?

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# Can you feel it...? #

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But this will be their first professional audience.

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Chloe, you've got the solo.

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-Are you going to be able to match that level of pizzazz?

-No.

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No?

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After seeing the performance,

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it's made me feel even more nervous about singing.

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For their performance later today

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in front of the professional entertainers,

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the group will be singing a well-known show tune.

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# ..tip of the lips. #

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OK. The song is from one of, probably,

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the most famous musical ever written, The Wizard Of Oz,

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If I Only Had A Heart.

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-That's by the Tin Man.

-By the Tin Man, exactly.

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Stand up and do all that for me.

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One, two, three.

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# When a man's an empty kettle... #

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If I Only Had A Heart tells the story of the Tin Man.

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It's a tough song to sing. They need to deliver it with stage presence,

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and rather appropriately, heart.

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# ..if I only had a heart. #

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I am a bit disappointed about the song,

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cos I'm not a quiet person and I like just to dance a bit.

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It's not exactly a song that you can jump around to.

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It's really important that you take it seriously

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and you try it, and you don't give it half energy.

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Look how much energy I'm giving, and I get back maybe this much.

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Really need loads of energy. One, two, three.

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# Just because I'm presuming... #

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I think they've learnt from seeing the professionals.

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I think they know what they need to do,

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but they can't yet bring themselves to do it.

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Gareth's determined to find out who isn't putting in the effort.

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I'd like to hear "picture me" from different people. Here we go.

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Chloe, on your own. One, two, three.

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# Picture me, a balcony. #

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Jordan, on your own.

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-# Picture me, a balcony. #

-Emily and Isthaque together.

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# Picture me... #

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'They are still so nervous, they're so timid.

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'And that means they have no presence whatsoever.'

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They're not able to just sing out, and stand up, and relax.

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Oli and Katie.

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# Picture me, a balcony. #

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-Katie, were you singing?

-I was whisper singing.

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It's show tune week. I need to hear it.

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Last week, Katie finally overcame her extreme shyness,

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and shone in her solo performance.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Today, it looks like she's back to square one.

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Katie, I heard you screaming at the top of your lungs on the fairground.

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I know you can do it. Let's hear it.

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Two, three.

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GARETH PLAYS THE TUNE ON PIANO

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Why do you think I want you to sing it?

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-Why do you think I want you to go? Because I'm mean?

-Yeah!

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No. I want to see that you can do it. One, two, three.

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-WHISPERS:

-# Picture me, a balcony. #

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-Louder!

-I'm done. I'm finished. I've done it.

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I mean, Katie, I thought we'd got over that,

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got to the point where she could sing in front of everyone. Flat refusal.

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If people say, "I'm not going to sing," the whole thing falls apart.

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-If we're here till 4.00pm...

-Can I do it with someone?

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-No. I'm going to hear it.

-It's not fair.

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-VERY QUIETLY:

-# Picture me, a balcony. #

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-There, I'm done.

-OK. We'll leave it there.

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'I think this week I've taken a few steps back,

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'because it's not a great song for me as a person.

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'But I don't want to let anybody down.'

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Katie's nerves have a domino effect on the rest.

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I'm going to basically lose my friends.

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You're going to lose all your friends? Do you really think...

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-I'm getting more friends because of this.

-Of course you are!

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You are going to get so much respect for doing this,

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so much respect, I promise you.

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Are you going to be so put off by those people saying,

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"Oh, I don't think Oli SHOULD sing," that you're not going to do this?

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Well, I don't think I'll have any friends left.

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I know that you're afraid about this, but the best way

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for you to counteract this fear is to go for it.

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One, two, three!

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# Picture me, a balcony

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-# Above a voice sings low... #

-Look involved!

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'My biggest problem is that they are'

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so worried about what's going to happen to them later on that

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they can't concentrate on learning the song. There's so much work to do.

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It's a difficult song. They've got to work hard,

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but if they're spending time worrying, they'll never get there.

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# ..I would stay young and chipper... #

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'It's all about confidence, and at the moment,

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'I don't have much of that.'

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I don't think singing is the done thing for boys.

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No offence, Gareth.

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# Picture me, a balcony... #

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In eight weeks, the group will be singing to 40,000 people

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at Proms In The Park.

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One of them will be picked to sing the solo.

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# ..how sweet! #

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Today it's Chloe's turn to try out for the spot.

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-Hi, Chloe.

-Hiya.

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-How are you?

-Good, thank you.

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Gareth will be judging her chances later today

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as high, medium or low.

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When Gareth first met Chloe, she was so nervous,

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she couldn't even finish her audition song.

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# Gonna run while we're young and keep the faith. #

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I don't want to do no more.

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Just a tiny bit more? No? Too scared?

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Yeah. Really scared.

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Ready, and...

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HE PLAYS THE PIANO AS CHLOE SINGS AN ARPEGGIO

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Gareth believes Chloe has real potential

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and has picked a special role for her solo spot.

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How do you feel about playing Dorothy?

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Well excited, because I didn't exactly want to be a Tin Man!

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-So, Dorothy better than Tin Man?

-Yeah.

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We are singing the Tin Man song, but I think it'd be nice

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if, in our performance, you're Dorothy

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-and everyone else is a Tin Man.

-OK.

-Let's try it.

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# Said a tin man rattling his gibs

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# To a straw man Sad and weary-eyed... #

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Chloe's got bags of personality,

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and at the moment she is frozen and terrified,

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and I want to loosen her up and get her enjoying herself.

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Gareth has a plan to transfer

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some of her sparkly personality into her performance.

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..you are a children's entertainer and I want you to tell me the words

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and I want you to imagine that I'm five.

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-LOUDER AND CLEARER:

-# Said a tin man rattling his gibs

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# To a straw man sad and weary-eyed... #

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After her earlier misgivings about the song,

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Chloe's finally starting to forget her nerves and have fun.

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-What's this with the feet? You want to move, don't you?

-No!

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Let's move around. Let's do it together.

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# Said a tin man rattling his gibs... #

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'Here, Chloe puts in loads of personality,'

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but if the rest of the group, with their rather terrified attitude,

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drag her back down,

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then we're going to lose a great opportunity to lift everyone up.

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When you give it a little sparkle,

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and your eyes and your face come alive,

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you are SO engaging. Everyone will want to watch you.

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-You need to put all of that bubbly personality into your singing.

-OK.

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Can you do it?

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How will Chloe cope with Gareth's next challenge -

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singing in front of the coolest boys in her school?

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-Who's this?

-My school mates and a boy in Year Nine.

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A first-rate show-tune performance

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needs more than just catchy lyrics.

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It's about putting on a show, and you can't do that if you're not moving.

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They need to learn choreography.

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I want this to be exciting, to draw in the audience.

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Gareth has called in top dance teacher Lizzi Gee.

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-Hello!

-Hello!

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Former choreographer for the musical Billy Elliot,

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Lizzi has the perfect credentials

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to help the group find their dancing feet.

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Know much about the Tin Man?

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-No.

-OK, he's made by a tinsmith and they forgot to put a heart in him

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when he was made, which is why he sings this song.

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When it rains, he rusts, like you do if you're tin -

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you would rust if it rains.

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Armed with suitable props,

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Lizzi has devised a routine to bring their performance to life.

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Dorothy, you've got to come along and make this Tin Man come to life.

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Help him, because he's been like this for years!

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Fingers are going! Very good!

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Then try and move that part. That's the one.

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It's like robotics. Very good.

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The thing about musical theatre is you add choreography

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and acting and movement and mime sometimes,

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so if you took the lyrics out, you could

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still understand what they're portraying.

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ALL: # I'd be tender, I'd be gentle

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# And awful sentimental

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# Regarding love and art

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# I'd be friends with the sparrows and the boy who shoots the arrows

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# If I only had a heart. #

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We need to do it with our voices, though.

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That's the hard thing about when you're doing musicals.

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It's not just singing and standing there on your own.

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You have to learn the acting and the singing. It's four

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or five different things you have to do at the same time.

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Put it together, make a performance and take in the audience.

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'It's hard trying to mix'

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the words in with the moves,

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because you're going to do one thing and another

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and it's multitasking, and I'm not very good at that.

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LIZZIE: Imagine the birds.

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The song before we put the choreography in was like,

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"Yawn! Only had a heart." But now we've got choreography,

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we can really express the emotions in the song.

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# ..how sweet! #

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Lizzie's taught them a routine that helps them with the story,

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gets them in the mind of the Tin Man and Dorothy

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and also helps with the words. It's taking them through step by step.

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-ALL: # If I only had a heart. #

-A nice bow at the end.

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Very good! Well done!

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To really bring the performance to life,

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Gareth wants the group to discover the magic behind the Wizard Of Oz.

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I've got someone to help us. This person got to the final

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of BBC's Over The Rainbow,

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and she knows an awful lot about The Wizard Of Oz.

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-Shall we go and meet her? ALL:

-Yeah!

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Come on! Let's go!

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-This is Sophie.

-Hi, guys.

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Hello!

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Sophie Evans became a household name overnight

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when she wowed Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and the judges

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on the hit BBC show Over The Rainbow.

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# When all the world is a hopeless jumble... #

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Sophie spent ten weeks singing live in front of millions of viewers

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and knows all about performance nerves.

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Stage presence is very important,

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and it's something I've struggled with,

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so I know exactly how the children are feeling,

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and it's something you need to have because it allows the audience

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to see that you are owning that stage.

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# Somewhere over the rainbow... #

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She's only five years older than

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some of them, and she's been through it.

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She understands what it's like to be criticised and then fight back

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and find your confidence in a public arena.

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# ..once in a lullaby. #

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Stage presence has been the main theme today.

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You've got to remember to connect with the audience

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and bring them into your performance

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and be confident and show them why you love singing

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and why they should be watching and paying attention to you.

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-That's why, when she is singing, you want to watch, don't you?

-Yeah.

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She stands there and thinks, "I can do this."

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You should be doing the same.

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-You should be feeling...

-I can't sing.

-You CAN sing, Chloe. You can.

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You can sing. You really need to believe in yourself now.

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To realise that she's a real person just like them

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with real fears I think was really useful.

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I hope that they will now realise that they can do it too.

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So Chloe, I know you've got a solo performance later on,

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so I just want to tell you that Andrew always told me

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to lose your inhibitions

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and completely indulge yourself in the stage.

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Try not to be nervous

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and really prove to those professional entertainers

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that you are brilliant and you can sing.

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I'm supporting you, if that helps.

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So, just remember that you can do this, and you'll be fantastic.

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Thanks for helping me.

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Later today, the group will be singing If I Had A Heart

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in front of their first professional audience.

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Is Chloe ready to be under the solo spotlight?

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I think you need to face your fears. Come with me.

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-Bye, Chloe!

-Bye!

-Tell us what happens!

-Good luck!

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Waiting for Chloe are four boys from her school.

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Not just any boys - the coolest boys.

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Cos we're the boys,

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she's never sung in front of us, so she'll be really scared.

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Chloe's probably really scared

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singing in front of me cos I'm three years older than her

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and I'm really involved with the performing arts at school.

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For Chloe, this is her worst nightmare.

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'I feel like they're going to laugh at me

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'and not appreciate my singing voice.'

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I feel I need to conquer that,

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but it's going to be really hard.

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Come on in, I've got some people for you to sing to.

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Oh, no!

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Who's this?

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-Lewis, Brendan, Imran, Aaron.

-And who are they?

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-My schoolmates and a boy in year nine!

-A boy in year nine!

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'That was my biggest fear ever. It was horrible.'

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I hate singing in front of boys, it's scary!

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-Are you OK?

-No!

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'I think Chloe's going to really struggle with this.'

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She's really frightened of these boys.

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'These are the coolest boys in her school.'

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Tough.

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I want you to face your fears, and sing to them.

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'If she can get over this, I think it's going to be'

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plain sailing from here on in.

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PIANO INTRODUCTION

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I can't even remember any of the words!

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DISCORD

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Can I have a look at the words?

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-Yeah.

-I'm too scared!

-SHE INHALES DEEPLY

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Have a quick look.

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All right, fine. All right.

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Face them.

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PIANO INTRODUCTION

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# Said a tin man... #

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Oh, I can't do it.

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-Yes, you can.

-No, I can't.

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Why not, Chloe?

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-Chloe.

-I can't.

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-You can, you can.

-I can't.

-Look.

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BOYS: Come on, Chloe!

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Look how supportive they are. You'll be fine.

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There's nothing to be scared of.

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Let's try it again, here we go.

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# Said a tin man... # Oh, no, I can't!

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# ..rattling his jibs... # Chloe, this is the challenge.

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The challenge is, it doesn't matter who's out there.

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-It shouldn't put you off your game.

-I'm shaking.

-I know you are.

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I absolutely believe you can get through this song.

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Everyone has been worried about "what people at school will think".

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I think people overestimate how much people are going to...

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be down on them for singing. It's just singing!

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Face your fears.

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It's make or break for Chloe. If she can't get through this,

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her fragile confidence will be totally knocked.

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PIANO INTRODUCTION

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# Said a tin man rattling his jibs

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# To a straw man sad and weary-eyed

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# Oh, the Lord gave me tin ribs

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# But forgot about the heart inside

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# When a man's an empty kettle

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# He should be on his mettle

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# And yet he's not apart

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# Just because I'm presumin' that I could be kinda human

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# If I only had a heart. #

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Wow!

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OK, what did you think?

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I thought that was great. And she carried on trying to do it

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and she done it really well, so that was good.

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You have nothing to worry about, you've got a great voice!

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Thank you.

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I managed to sing the whole song, so I'm really proud of myself.

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-Take a bow.

-Chloe had the guts to sing to the boys from school.

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Will she find her voice

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before an audience of professional entertainers?

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The group may be petrified of the stage, but putting on a good show

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is key when performing show tunes.

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Singing a show tune and you want a better stage presence...

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You've got to get into that character,

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you can't just sing the words of the song

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and expect people to go, "That's lovely."

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I saw Jay-Z at Wireless and when he came out, he didn't even do nothing.

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He walked out and his swagger and his presence was just...

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No-one could touch him, like.

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He literally walked out four steps and everyone was like...

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The biggest gig that we ever did was in Hyde Park, Prom In The Park,

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which was before Terry Wogan came on, and it was phenomenal.

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People as far as you could see.

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There's nothing really that compares to standing on a stage

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in the West End, or in any theatre.

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It's absolutely magical.

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They've sung to each other and in front of Gareth's old school choir.

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Today, the stakes are raised.

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The novice singers must perform their show tune

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in front of professional entertainers.

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Will they rise to this performance challenge?

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I've never done a performance on a big stage like this,

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it's always been, like, just my mum watching.

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I am feeling scared, like I'm going to wet myself!

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It's even more pressured for Chloe.

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Gareth will be assessing her suitability

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as a Proms In The Park soloist.

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I feel really scared

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about coming on and really terrified,

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cos I don't want to forget my lines.

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They really need to deliver a fantastic performance,

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with stage presence, energy and character,

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and they need to draw in the audience.

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APPLAUSE

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# Said a tin man... #

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Oh...

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# Said a tin man... #

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Oh, I can't do it.

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Chloe's fluffed her first line.

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Will she be able to get back on track?

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-Come on, Chloe!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Despite support from the audience,

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Chloe has lost all her early confidence.

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-SHE SOBS

-I don't want to do it!

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What's the matter?

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I don't want to do it.

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You can do this.

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You did it in front of the coolest boys in your school,

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and now you can do it in front of them.

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-I'm scared, though.

-I know you're scared.

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You've got to face your fears, yeah?

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It's the only way you'll get over them.

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Think how good you're going to feel after you've done this.

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Can Chloe finally find the courage?

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-Come on, Chloe!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Go on, Chloe!

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# Said a tin man rattling his ribs

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# To a straw man sad and weary-eyed

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# Oh, the Lord gave me tin ribs

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# But forgot to put a heart inside

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# Then he banging his hollow chest and cried

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# I'd be tender, I'd be gentle

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# And awful sentimental

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# Regarding love and art

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# I'll be friends with the sparrows and the boys that shoots the arrows

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# If I only had a heart. #

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CHEERING

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A bow.

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They've succeeded in singing to their first professional audience.

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It's a massive achievement.

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But did their show tune leave the audience wanting more?

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A little bit disappointed, cos I think, when the guys got on stage,

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the nerves got the better of them, there was no eye contact,

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they were all a bit nervous.

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Well done. I know you were super-scared, but you did it.

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'They're doing what they've been told to do, but not performing it.'

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They need to remember that they're on stage.

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The things going through my mind

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was that they're going to think I'm rubbish

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and that I can't sing.

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And I just thought, "Oh, no. I can't stand up on the stage."

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I think the audience thought that our performance was OK,

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but I thought that some of them probably thought

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we could be doing so much better.

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In eight weeks, the group will be standing on a stage

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with an 80-piece orchestra,

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performing to a crowd of 40,000 people.

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Will they be ready?

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That was their first performance in front of a professional audience

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and frankly, it was touch and go. Chloe just forgot the words

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and got really struck by nerves,

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and she did incredibly well to calm herself down

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and pulled it back!

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Last week, Gareth rated Annabel and Katie

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as having a low chance of doing the solo at the big performance.

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It's crunch time. How does he rate Chloe's chances?

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Chloe, after that performance, has a medium chance of being the soloist.

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She did run off stage, can I trust her

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not to run off stage in front of 40,000 people?

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It's a worry.

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Next time on The Big Performance...

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-Yee-ha!

-The cowboys come to town.

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-Do you like country music?

-BOTH: No.

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-Hate country music?

-BOTH: Yep.

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The star of hit TV show Outnumbered gets them playing the part.

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-Get up!

-No! Please! I have two starving kids at home!

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And a refusal to sing threatens the entire group's performance.

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-What's happened?

-I don't want to do it.

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If he pulls out now, he'll regret it for the rest of his life.

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