Sing The Next Step

Previously, on The Next Step...

The song says, "Don't wanna make your heart break."

In real life, he did make my heart break.

'I am on a date with Charlie.'

What's your biggest fitness tip?

Don't drink coffee.

It's not going too well.

How's the plan going anyways?

It's going really good, but I have to make sure that they fully

trust me before they suspect anything.

I'm still at Elite.

In fact, I'm captain at Elite.

-Sorry to interrupt, Miss Kate...

-That's OK.

-..but we just wanted to ask you something.

-Sure.

Yeah, I've been thinking a lot lately about everything that

I've had to go through to be able to dance,

and I know that there's a lot of kids who can't dance

because of their financial situations.

So...

We were thinking that we were going to run a fundraiser.

You know, for the kids who need a scholarship

to come to The Next Step.

Michelle and I came up with the idea to have this fundraiser

to raise money for a full dance scholarship to The Next Step.

-That is a fantastic idea.

-Yeah?

Yeah, of course, you guys. That's amazing.

Great. Um, we're going to have it at Culture Shock.

We already asked the owner and she's fine with it.

I am so impressed with your initiative. That is amazing.

Let's do it, get to it.

-All right. Thanks, Kate.

-OK, great. Thank you.

# We

# We're gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're gonna tear the roof off this place

# Stand up! #

Right now, we're listening to James and Noah play an original song.

Nice.

-Guys, that was amazing.

-Yes.

-Thank you.

-You guys would be perfect to perform for the fundraiser.

-Yes!

-Fundraiser?

-It's to raise money for a scholarship to The Next Step.

If people see how much talent

we have at the Next Step,

not only with dancing but with music as well,

it'll make people want to donate more money.

-So, you guys are interested?

-Yes!

-Cool!

All right. Keep practising, guys.

-Yeah.

-See you later.

Wha-a-at?

We're not performing in public, right?

Yeah, man. Culture shock. Public.

I don't think I can do that.

What?

The kid's amazing at singing. What's the problem?

That's ridiculous, man. You sang for A-Troupe.

That was before my voice started cracking!

James needs to know one thing -

I'm not singing in public.

We should just wait a year until, you know,

the voice is levelled, you know,

adult voice comes in. OK?

No. We can't wait a year! You have to sing, man.

-Hey.

-CYMBAL PINGS

-Hey.

-I could do it.

Do what?

Sing. Lead.

I'm really good.

Yeah, Noah. What do you think of that?

Her singing instead of you.

Honestly, when I started dating Beth,

I thought it would be 90% fun and 10% annoying.

Turns out it's 10% fun and 100% annoying.

I mean, look at her T-shirt.

Maybe we can hold auditions.

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

OK. So, should I just go practise?

Yeah. Yeah, get going.

-OK.

-OK.

-All right, bye, guys!

Sh...she can't...she can't sing.

No. She's not singing in our band.

Not with that shirt on. Did you make that for her?

No. No, she made it herself.

Listen... BREATHES DEEPLY

I don't want to talk about it.

-Let's just get back to playing, all right?

-All right, man.

Oh! Pfft. I'm too good.

So, I walk into Culture Shock and I see West and...

he's throwing popcorn into a glass.

Can you even buy popcorn at Culture Shock?

-Boom.

-Hey, West.

Hey. S'up, Giselle?

Actually, I just came over here to see what you were doing

for the scholarship fundraiser.

Yeah, I have not thought about that yet.

(Too good.)

-OK.

-Whoo!

-You know that's easy, right?

-Easy?

-Yeah.

This is actually a very intense combination of physics and art.

And together, call that phart.

But not the fart with the F-A-R-T

because that one sounds like... Prrf!

You know, and that's not cute, so I just switched it over

and I use a P-H, like a PhD, and, you know, just phart.

There you go. That's it.

Whoo! Ha-ha! That's how it's done!

Yeah. Watch this.

See? Easy.

One more.

One more. Just one more.

I'll even close my eyes for you.

OK, big shot.

Yeah. That was for real.

Yeah. OK. Well, you know what?

Get your own cup, get your own popcorn,

and let's see who can fill up the cups first.

West and I are very, very competitive, so...

it's on. It's a challenge.

-OK.

-OK.

Watch this, you know.

See ya!

OK, Beth. Let's see what you've got.

OK, I'm really excited.

Same. Very excited as well.

Right now, we're holding auditions to find a singer for our band.

Why? Because Noah won't man up and sing in public.

-SINGS POORLY:

-# I caught a glance of you in the twilight, baby

# A pink and purple like the sun

# Everybody's taking notice of you, girl

# You know that you're the one I want. #

What...what is happening right now?

# Oooh!

# Hu-uh-uh

# Haaa! And you know why

# Ha! Whoo! #

Whoo. That was really good.

I don't even think words can describe her singing.

Um, except for it's terrible.

That's it. HE LAUGHS

We're excited to hear you, Thalia.

-I'm ready.

-Let's see what you've got.

# Oh, we can do this, darling You know the sky is falling

# Whoa

# You weigh heavy on my heart Yeah, you know I...

# Can be the one to love you

# If you only ask me to. #

Thalia is actually pretty good. I mean, she can sing,

but she's so weird.

Like, she's lying on the floor.

# Yeah, you know I

# Can be the one to love you If you only ask me to. #

I would like the singer of our band to be standing up

while they're singing.

OK, Amanda! Let's give it a go.

I think auditioning for the band will be good for my cover.

If I gain everyone's trust, it'll help me take down The Next Step.

Um, I'm actually really nervous.

Oh, there's no need to be nervous. Right, Noah?

-Stop, man.

-Let's give it a go.

# I caught a glance of you in the twilight, baby

# All pink and purple like the sun

# All these people are taking notice of you, girl

# And you don't even know you turn them on. #

I had no idea Amanda could sing like that.

# You weigh heavy on my heart and you know I

# Will be the one to love you

# If you only ask me to. #

She's amazing.

She's the one.

I think we've found our singer.

-Nice.

-Thank you.

-I think you're in.

-Yeah.

-I think you got it.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Thank you.

-You're in, totally.

Well, I was just going to go get some juice. Do you guys want some?

-Yeah, sure.

-Sure.

-Let's get some. We can talk about stuff.

-Sweet.

Ooh! That would've went in if the cup wasn't full.

West and I are challenging each other

to see how many popcorn we can get in the glass.

OK, you know what, I think we should stop.

It's clearly a tie.

We need a new challenge.

OK. What do you suggest?

HE SIGHS

Who can dance with the most clothes on.

-Well, I'm really good at that, so, yeah.

-Yeah? Oh, really?

Well, I'm going to win.

THEY LAUGH

No, you're not.

Well, OK, big mouth. Let's shake on it.

-All right, boom.

-Yeah, OK. Let go!

-Let go of my...

Thanks.

'I think I can'

beat him. Absolutely!

Absolutely. It's so easy.

James...and the not James.

'We've been hanging out in Culture Shock

'trying to come up with a band name,'

when we realise that we should probably get back to practising.

All right, let's head then. MOBILE RINGS

-Let's go. Let's go, team.

-Actually, guys, um, I have to take this.

So... I'll meet you in there, all right?

Lucien's calling me right now in front of James and Noah,

and I don't really know what to do.

I mean, I don't want them to think anything suspicious.

So, it's kind of awkward.

-MOBILE CONTINUES TO RING Uh, OK.

-Yeah.

-Sure.

Hello?

'Lucien's found a way for us to compete at another Regionals.'

I've been waiting for this moment for so long.

-Let's do this!

-Let's go.

'Our next challenge is where'

we're going to put on layers of clothes.

These are shiny.

-One.

-What? One.

You put on one layer.

The second person goes, if they can dance,

you guys both put on a second layer.

Boom.

Boom.

Boom!

And you see how far you can go. Pretty simple.

I'm going to win. I always win.

-Ooh!

-What we got here?

-This one is mine.

-Oh.

Oh. OK!

The costumes are kind of crazy.

What?!

We both look ridiculous. I...

I think he looks a little bit more ridiculous than I do,

but it's a pretty fun challenge.

'Once again, we, uh, we both tied. So...

'We're just going to have to think of another competition.'

There's got to be something that I'm better at than him.

There's got to be!

Whoo! Yeah, Michelle!

All right. Hi, everyone. Welcome to The Next Step fundraiser.

AUDIENCE CHEERS

'Chloe and I are hosting the fundraiser at Culture Shock.

'We have so much talent ahead of us'

and we're going to have so much fun.

So, we have our first act and we're really excited.

Eldon, whoo!

Everyone, this is Eldon.

Hey! APPLAUSE

For every single pirouette I do, everyone drops in a dollar.

So if I do one pirouette, everyone drops in one dollar.

If I do 12 pirouettes, everyone drops in 12.

Yes, Eldon!

That's 11!

Sweet. There's 11 from everyone. Thank you!

If we win this, we're going to the Nationals.

'I'm backstage right now with Elite at a Regional competition.'

This is our only shot to get into Nationals.

I'm so glad we found that loophole in the Regionals' rules.

'The loophole says that you can go to any Regionals and win'

in order to go to Nationals.

You don't have to necessarily win your Regionals,

you can win any Regionals.

So, we're going to a different region.

All right, guys. Let's do it.

On three - Elite.

-One, two, three...

-ALL: Elite!

Running out on stage for Regionals,

dancing with Elite again, it feels awesome.

Come on, team!

'We deserve to go to Nationals.'

And there's no way that The Next Step

is going to take that away from us.

'West and I are sitting around trying to find a competition'

we could do for the tie-breaker.

What about...jousting? That's a good one.

I don't know. Maybe not.

-Maybe not, um...

-OK.

Oh, what about chicken catching?

It might be a little late to find a chicken.

Yeah, that's true.

Any other ideas...Mr West?

Oh. What about the fundraiser at the Culture Shock?

-OK.

-Yeah!

-That's a good one.

-Yeah, let's do it.

'I think the talent show is a great idea.'

I mean, both of us performing together.

We'll see what the crowd likes.

I am so excited to see you play today.

We're not even going to get to play if Amanda doesn't show up.

Unless someone would man up and just sing the song.

You're making me go nuts, man. I'm not doing it.

There's no way I can do it.

-I could do it.

-We know.

-Hey!

-Hey.

-Charlie can do it.

-I like your shirt.

-Thanks.

'Charlie had asked me to come see him perform'

and I didn't really want to, but

at least it gives me a chance to see James.

No Charlie. No chance.

Hey, that... That's a pretty good band name.

This night just keeps getting worse.

I see Riley come in and hug Charlie.

Amanda is MIA.

This night is a disaster.

All right. Our next act up is Charlie.

He's going to be performing an acoustic version of

Addicted To You, one of our favourite songs.

Charlie is actually from B-Troupe, and he plays guitar and he sings,

but no-one knew how good he was.

# I need you like candy

# Oh, I need you like

# Addicted to you, to you, to you...#

I want to check to see if Riley is looking at me right now.

But I can't.

If I do and she isn't, it'll break my heart.

# Addicted to you, to you, to you. #

Ladies and gentleman, the winners of region number seven,

moving on to the Nationals...

'Waiting to see if we've won Regionals feels like deja-vu.'

I mean, last time we were at Regionals, The Next Step beat us.

..is Elite Dance Academy!

ALL CHEER

This is amazing.

We get to go to Nationals,

and we get a second chance to beat The Next Step.

Just so you know, Giselle and West are up and then it's you guys.

So, are you ready?

Well, I guess I've accepted the fact that Amanda's not showing up.

I'm worrying cos we haven't figured out what we can do.

What if Noah's not going to sing,

I'm just going to bail out of this? I want to do this.

We should just ask Charlie. He can learn the song, man.

There is no way we're asking Charlie

to be part of our band.

Charlie bails on Beth, which makes me have to do the duets,

which gets me into trouble, which makes Riley break up with me

so that she can go on to date Charlie.

What kind of crazy world am I living in?

Thank you, thank you.

Hey, everybody, my name is West and this is my friend, Giselle.

Why don't you say hi, Giselle.

Hi, Giselle!

Well, no, Giselle. You're supposed to address the audience,

not say, "Hi, Giselle." Why don't you try that again?

Hi, audience!

LAUGHTER

We're going to settle this competition at the fundraiser.

Whoever gets the most applause, wins.

We've decided to be a ventriloquist act.

How's everybody doing?

They were great until you got here.

Well, that wasn't very nice, Giselle.

You're not very nice.

Giselle and West's act is, uh, interesting, to say the least.

Well, you know what? You're actually a dummy.

So, I wouldn't be talking.

You're a dummy.

You're a dummy.

-You're a dummy!

-You're a dummy!

-REPETITIVELY:

-You're a dummy!

-You're a dummy!

Thank you, everybody. That's all.

The cheers are pretty even, but let's be honest - who was better?

You know, Giselle might think it's a tie, but secretly, I won.

I won.

I. Won.

Next up, we have Amanda, James and Noah performing a song for us.

Give it up for them.

I'm kind of just thinking that Noah's going to have to sing.

There's no other way.

You need to dig down deep, get over your silly, little fear

and sing for our band.

'James shoots this look at me

'and I'm a little more scared of him than I am performing.'

Fine. Let's do it.

Guess who's performing.

-Whoo! Go, James! Love you.

-Go, Noah!

'Beth cheering James on is extremely annoying.'

I mean, it's Beth, so of course it's going to be annoying.

# I caught a glance of you in the twilight, baby

# All pink and purple like the sun... #

'Things are going really well right now.

'I'm so glad I haven't messed up in front of Riley,

'and everybody's loving it.

'I just hope Noah's voice doesn't crack'

and he runs off the stage...crying.

# I know the sky is falling, oh

# You weigh heavy on my heart

# Yeah, you know I

# Could be the one to love you

# If you only, only, ohh... #

'Even though Riley's hanging with Charlie,

'I can't help but think that there's a part of her that came'

to see me.

# How do I get to your love?

# Draw me a map to your heart. #

'I can't help but watch James perform.

'I mean, I may have come for Charlie, but...'

James is really all I want to see right now.

# Ohh

# We can do this, darling

# I know the sky is falling, oh

# You weigh heavy on my heart

# Yeah, you know I

# Could be the one to love you

# If you only ask me to. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It's really great that we reached our goal for the fundraiser.

Thanks to Noah and James, they really put us over the top.

'I'm just sitting here, waiting for rehearsal,

'and I can't stop thinking about the fundraiser last night,'

and seeing Riley and Charlie together.

'It's the next day and I come into the studio

'and I see James sitting there.'

I guess I'm just going to have to lay it on thick.

James, I'm really sorry. I had a family emergency.

I feel really bad, but I couldn't miss it.

'I'm kind of surprised. Uh, I didn't see that coming.'

So, you know what? That makes sense.

Is everything OK?

Yeah, everything's going to be fine, but how'd the fundraiser go anyways?

Noah got over his stage fright, so it was fine.

That's good.

Guess what.

What?

Elite snuck into another Regionals and won,

which means they're coming to Nationals.

Yeah, that's right. Elite's going to Nationals.

Do you know anything about this?

No!

Why would I know anything about this?

'Elite getting into Nationals is just the beginning.'

The Next Step is not going to know what hit them.

# We

# We're gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're gonna tear the roof off

# This place

# You

# You can never fade us out

# Don't even ask the DJ

# Everybody knows We own this town. #