4:19:41 > 4:19:44Dust off your dancing pants, give your headband a polish
4:19:44 > 4:19:46and throw away one sock.
4:19:46 > 4:19:50Because it's time to check yourself before you Next Step yourself. OMD!
4:19:52 > 4:19:53We've got them lot...
4:19:53 > 4:19:55It's a big competition. We really want to beat them.
4:19:55 > 4:19:57It's payback. Payback.
4:19:57 > 4:19:59We've got you lot...
4:19:59 > 4:20:01I love The Next Step!
4:20:01 > 4:20:04There's a surprise for our 15-second fan...
4:20:05 > 4:20:08And there's a surprise for a vlogger...
4:20:09 > 4:20:11What is happening?
4:20:11 > 4:20:14Luckily for you, they won't actually let me out to twist and shake -
4:20:14 > 4:20:16I'd blow your minds with my Texas two-step.
4:20:16 > 4:20:18But we do have our very own A Troupe of vloggers
4:20:18 > 4:20:20to fill you in on all the drama.
4:20:20 > 4:20:23I'm so ready. I've even dressed for the part.
4:20:23 > 4:20:26- And we've had a good old stretch. - Good to go. Myles?
4:20:26 > 4:20:28Give me a sec.
4:20:32 > 4:20:34Eldon does it so much better.
4:20:38 > 4:20:39There's loads to come.
4:20:39 > 4:20:42But first, are you up-to-date with the ins and outs of A Troupe?
4:20:42 > 4:20:44For those who need a refresher course, here it is,
4:20:44 > 4:20:46courtesy of our own two twinkle-toes.
4:20:46 > 4:20:49This series of The Next Step is almost at an end.
4:20:49 > 4:20:50But don't worry if you've missed it,
4:20:50 > 4:20:53- because we're here to bring you up to speed.- Let's start at the start.
4:20:53 > 4:20:56Lucien bought the studio building to blackmail TNS
4:20:56 > 4:20:59into merging with the Elite Team for Internationals.
4:20:59 > 4:21:02Well, you don't have a place to dance right now. I do.
4:21:02 > 4:21:06Elite and The Next Step merge.
4:21:06 > 4:21:09His evil plan involves, yep, you've guessed it, a dance battle
4:21:09 > 4:21:11because where would we be without dance battles?
4:21:11 > 4:21:13Elite against The Next Step.
4:21:13 > 4:21:16We put their names in a hat, we pull out two names and they battle.
4:21:16 > 4:21:19The 12 remaining dancers go to Internationals.
4:21:19 > 4:21:21Long story short, they all dance battle it out
4:21:21 > 4:21:25and newcomers Noah, Max and Cierra join the Internationals team.
4:21:25 > 4:21:26But drama!
4:21:26 > 4:21:29Chloe is offered a job in the ballet company dancing in the Nutcracker.
4:21:29 > 4:21:30Will she stay or will she go?
4:21:30 > 4:21:32I don't know which one I'm going to pick.
4:21:32 > 4:21:33Make a decision!
4:21:33 > 4:21:36I've been offered a position on the Ballet De La Reine
4:21:36 > 4:21:37for the Nutcracker.
4:21:37 > 4:21:39We're so happy for you, Chloe!
4:21:39 > 4:21:41The team holds auditions for Chloe's place on A Troupe
4:21:41 > 4:21:42and Stephanie gets it.
4:21:42 > 4:21:44CHEERING
4:21:44 > 4:21:45I'm ecstatic.
4:21:45 > 4:21:47All is good with life until...
4:21:47 > 4:21:49Now that I'm here, which one of you is leaving?
4:21:49 > 4:21:50Excuse me?
4:21:50 > 4:21:54Ella here is part of the exchange programme at Internationals.
4:21:54 > 4:21:56Ella really likes her pranks.
4:21:56 > 4:21:57- Bye.- Take it easy.
4:21:59 > 4:22:02And she ropes Riley into them, almost splitting Jiley up.
4:22:02 > 4:22:05I am so done with Ella and Riley's pranks.
4:22:05 > 4:22:06How dare you, Ella?
4:22:06 > 4:22:09Meanwhile, something is happening between Eldon and Thalia.
4:22:09 > 4:22:10Something involving pirouettes.
4:22:12 > 4:22:13I really like you.
4:22:13 > 4:22:16James told me that I can't get involved with any girls
4:22:16 > 4:22:19or anything romantic until I get 30 pirouettes.
4:22:19 > 4:22:21And that's what I'm going to do.
4:22:21 > 4:22:22OK.
4:22:22 > 4:22:25Whilst Eldon tries to get 30 pirouettes so he can date Thalia,
4:22:25 > 4:22:28James is at breaking point with the whole Riley and Ella thing
4:22:28 > 4:22:29and then this happens.
4:22:29 > 4:22:31Who are you guys talking about?
4:22:31 > 4:22:33Oh, you would never mess with me.
4:22:33 > 4:22:35Of course I would.
4:22:35 > 4:22:37I'm from a rival team.
4:22:37 > 4:22:38Oh, no, she didn't.
4:22:38 > 4:22:40And Eldon is still pirouetting.
4:22:44 > 4:22:45Seriously?
4:22:48 > 4:22:51Just as things are getting back to normal, Amanda's back.
4:22:51 > 4:22:54I was in Sweden and I learned so much. They were amazing.
4:22:54 > 4:22:56And she's got big news.
4:22:56 > 4:22:58Sweden is unstoppable.
4:22:58 > 4:23:00The Next Step...has no chance.
4:23:00 > 4:23:03The Next Step has arrived in Miami for the Internationals.
4:23:03 > 4:23:04Eldon, you're up.
4:23:04 > 4:23:07APPLAUSE
4:23:10 > 4:23:11- Whooo-whooo!- Whooo-whooo!
4:23:11 > 4:23:14And the mystery Internationals solo winner is...
4:23:14 > 4:23:16Kyle from Sweden!
4:23:16 > 4:23:17Sorry, who's Kyle?
4:23:17 > 4:23:19But wait, things are about to get even worse.
4:23:19 > 4:23:24She's doing my choreography to my song.
4:23:24 > 4:23:25This is your solo.
4:23:25 > 4:23:28I can't take this. Who will dance for The Next Step?
4:23:28 > 4:23:29Well, I have a solo.
4:23:29 > 4:23:31Yay, Giselle! She's got to win.
4:23:31 > 4:23:35International female soloist... England.
4:23:36 > 4:23:38You have got to be kidding me.
4:23:38 > 4:23:40Thankfully, A Troupe gets through to the semifinals
4:23:40 > 4:23:42and into the finals.
4:23:42 > 4:23:45And the team moving on to the final round is...
4:23:46 > 4:23:48..The Next Step!
4:23:50 > 4:23:51In your face, Ella!
4:23:51 > 4:23:54- In your face, Ella! - In your face, Ella!
4:23:54 > 4:23:56- So what happens next?- I don't know.
4:23:56 > 4:23:58The last episode isn't on until next Friday.
4:23:58 > 4:24:01No! No! No! No! No!
4:24:01 > 4:24:02Oh...!
4:24:02 > 4:24:04Why do you do this to me?
4:24:04 > 4:24:06I hope you were paying very close attention.
4:24:06 > 4:24:09There will be a test for Myles and Laura.
4:24:09 > 4:24:13But if you were tested, you've passed with flying colours.
4:24:13 > 4:24:18I love The Next Step because it makes me want to dance.
4:24:18 > 4:24:19Belting!
4:24:19 > 4:24:23There's lots of drama, lots of scandal and loads of amazing dances.
4:24:23 > 4:24:24Well done!
4:24:24 > 4:24:28My favourite characters are Riley, James, Michelle and Max.
4:24:28 > 4:24:31They are all amazing And I love them all.
4:24:31 > 4:24:32Lovely work!
4:24:32 > 4:24:36My favourite part of The Next Step is where Ella decides
4:24:36 > 4:24:40to use Riley's solo in her solo
4:24:40 > 4:24:42so she wins Miss International.
4:24:42 > 4:24:43Nice one!
4:24:43 > 4:24:47My favourite characters are West, James and Riley,
4:24:47 > 4:24:48because they are very good dancers.
4:24:48 > 4:24:50Keep it going, CBBC.
4:24:50 > 4:24:53OMD, do you guys know your stuff or what?
4:24:53 > 4:24:55More from the 15-second fans later.
4:24:55 > 4:24:58Right now, it's time for a glimpse behind the curtain.
4:24:58 > 4:25:00It's an exclusive backstage look at Internationals.
4:25:01 > 4:25:04I, in this piece, am, like, the hip-hop guy
4:25:04 > 4:25:06and everyone else is, like, the swing people.
4:25:06 > 4:25:09So they start frozen and I come in and I'm like, "What?"
4:25:11 > 4:25:14And then they start with all the swing moves, like...
4:25:19 > 4:25:22Right now, I'm having my hair done for a swing piece.
4:25:22 > 4:25:24It looks like a big Afro,
4:25:24 > 4:25:27but that's because it has to be teased to look really big.
4:25:27 > 4:25:29Nice.
4:25:39 > 4:25:43Remember, it's a big competition and we really want to beat them.
4:25:43 > 4:25:44It's payback. It's payback.
4:25:51 > 4:25:54The dance itself is really fun.
4:25:54 > 4:25:56I've never performed in front of a crowd this big,
4:25:56 > 4:26:00so I'm really nervous in case I mess it up for the rest of us.
4:26:00 > 4:26:03And it's, like, Internationals, so I'm super-excited.
4:26:05 > 4:26:07It brings back all sorts of memories.
4:26:07 > 4:26:09It brings you back to Regionals, when we've done Regionals
4:26:09 > 4:26:13and how different and how much more exciting this is.
4:26:14 > 4:26:16Are we better than England?
4:26:16 > 4:26:18Well, I think, yes.
4:26:18 > 4:26:20Yeah, much better.
4:26:20 > 4:26:22It's much, much, much...
4:26:22 > 4:26:24Much better.
4:26:37 > 4:26:39So there I was this morning, getting ready to sit down,
4:26:39 > 4:26:41just vlog about Arthur. Just a casual, normal day.
4:26:41 > 4:26:43And then the postman gives me this...
4:26:43 > 4:26:46And I open it and it's a letter from CBBC.
4:26:46 > 4:26:48What is happening?
4:26:48 > 4:26:51"Dear Myles..."
4:26:51 > 4:26:52"Instead of vlogging this week,
4:26:52 > 4:26:55"we decided that you and Myles will be doing a quiz all about..."
4:26:55 > 4:26:57"The Next Step.
4:26:57 > 4:26:59"You'll have ten seconds to answer each of the questions."
4:26:59 > 4:27:03"And whoever gets the fewest correct answers will have to do a forfeit."
4:27:03 > 4:27:04Oh...!
4:27:04 > 4:27:07I know some stuff about The Next Step, but do I know enough?
4:27:07 > 4:27:09I'm going to lose. Right, let's do it.
4:27:09 > 4:27:11Question one. Thank you, James.
4:27:11 > 4:27:14James tasks Eldon with a pirouettes challenge.
4:27:14 > 4:27:15But how many spins was he asked to do
4:27:15 > 4:27:18before he could officially date Thalia? Erm...
4:27:18 > 4:27:20- Let me remember...- It wasn't 25.
4:27:20 > 4:27:22I think four spins is quite a realistic number.
4:27:22 > 4:27:2426, 27... It was more than that.
4:27:24 > 4:27:25One, two, three, four.
4:27:25 > 4:27:28Right, I can date Thalia now. Four spins.
4:27:28 > 4:27:2930. It was 30.
4:27:29 > 4:27:32Eldon's trying to do 30 pirouettes, but he's stuck on 14.
4:27:32 > 4:27:34If he makes it to 30, he can date you.
4:27:36 > 4:27:38- Question two... - What is West's surname?
4:27:38 > 4:27:41South, East, North or West?
4:27:41 > 4:27:43His name can't be West West.
4:27:43 > 4:27:45The middle name's West. West West West.
4:27:45 > 4:27:47North.
4:27:47 > 4:27:49West East sounds like the best one. I'll go for West East.
4:27:49 > 4:27:51Your last name is North?
4:27:51 > 4:27:54So that means your name is West North.
4:27:54 > 4:27:57What is the name of the juice bar in series three of The Next Step?
4:27:57 > 4:27:59I know it begins with H.
4:27:59 > 4:28:00Hild...
4:28:00 > 4:28:03That deserves half a point, if I know the first letter.
4:28:03 > 4:28:05Hilder...
4:28:05 > 4:28:06Hidder.. Hild...
4:28:06 > 4:28:08- Hardue.- This is really difficult.
4:28:08 > 4:28:10- H Juice. - I'm going to have to pass.
4:28:10 > 4:28:12I'm pretty sure it's Hidalgo's.
4:28:13 > 4:28:15What is James's favourite food?
4:28:15 > 4:28:17- Dancing?- Oh...
4:28:17 > 4:28:20If I was a dancer, which I am not, I think I'd go for pasta.
4:28:20 > 4:28:22I'm going to go for pizza.
4:28:22 > 4:28:24- Pasta is a great dish for anyone, even James, I think.- Pizza.
4:28:24 > 4:28:26I want a shawarma right now.
4:28:27 > 4:28:29Ella and Riley pulled a prank on The Next Step
4:28:29 > 4:28:32and convinced them to learn a dance for the Internationals.
4:28:32 > 4:28:35But what type of dance was it? A very good question.
4:28:35 > 4:28:36- What type of dance was it?- Oh...
4:28:36 > 4:28:38What type of dances are there?
4:28:38 > 4:28:39Robot...
4:28:39 > 4:28:42- Not the cancan. - Wasn't the Macarena...
4:28:42 > 4:28:43Jazz.
4:28:43 > 4:28:45I think it was the square dance.
4:28:45 > 4:28:47# The ladies' chain, go halfway round
4:28:47 > 4:28:49# Your little foot up and your big foot down... #
4:28:49 > 4:28:51Is that it?
4:28:51 > 4:28:54At least one must have been right. Statistically, at least one.
4:28:54 > 4:28:55Hopefully.
4:28:55 > 4:28:57- Oh, who has won? - Have I won?
4:28:58 > 4:29:00Ah...
4:29:00 > 4:29:01Sorry, Myles.
4:29:01 > 4:29:03Time to do the forfeit.
4:29:05 > 4:29:07Oh, no...!
4:29:07 > 4:29:09"Dance like West in your local juice bar." I can't do that.
4:29:09 > 4:29:12Oh, that would be so embarrassing.
4:29:30 > 4:29:33Hello, Whoops I Missed The Bus! It's me, Ella, from The Next Step.
4:29:33 > 4:29:36And I'm here today for a very special reason.
4:29:36 > 4:29:39We are going to surprise a 15-second fan and her friend.
4:29:39 > 4:29:40Remember Iris?
4:29:40 > 4:29:43All this drama with Elite and The Next Step combining...
4:29:43 > 4:29:45It's crazy!
4:29:45 > 4:29:47Iris is a devoted Next Step superfan
4:29:47 > 4:29:49and so is her friend James.
4:29:49 > 4:29:52They don't know it yet, but I'm about to surprise them at home,
4:29:52 > 4:29:54then take them for a very special dance lesson with me.
4:29:54 > 4:29:55Come on, let's go.
4:29:55 > 4:29:57It's exciting!
4:30:04 > 4:30:05I'm so excited!
4:30:07 > 4:30:10Hello! Do you recognise me?
4:30:10 > 4:30:12- Ella!- Yeah.
4:30:12 > 4:30:13I wanted to be here to surprise you,
4:30:13 > 4:30:17but I'm also going to go and take you for a dance lesson.
4:30:17 > 4:30:20- Do you love to dance?- Yes. I had no idea you were coming tonight.
4:30:20 > 4:30:24I'm glad it's surprised you. Are you ready to do this? Let's go.
4:30:25 > 4:30:27How exciting does this look?
4:30:27 > 4:30:29That is so cool.
4:30:29 > 4:30:31Look at all this, all the balloons.
4:30:31 > 4:30:33Thalia, Giselle, James, Riley...
4:30:33 > 4:30:36Right, so, talking about dancing.
4:30:36 > 4:30:38- What is your favourite dance move on The Next Step?- Pirouette.
4:30:38 > 4:30:40A pirouette?
4:30:41 > 4:30:44I'm going to see if I can incorporate that into the dance
4:30:44 > 4:30:45that I'm going to teach you.
4:30:45 > 4:30:46First, let's do a bit of a warm-up, yeah?
4:30:56 > 4:30:59Firstly, we are going to push your hips to the left and lean into it.
4:30:59 > 4:31:02And you're going to go shoulder, shoulder, shoulder, shoulder.
4:31:02 > 4:31:06Swap. And go shoulder, shoulder, shoulder, shoulder.
4:31:06 > 4:31:10And you go one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
4:31:10 > 4:31:14We're going to do one of the moves that I did in my International solo.
4:31:14 > 4:31:17Yeah? So we're going to grab our top.
4:31:17 > 4:31:19We're going to go one, two, three, drop,
4:31:19 > 4:31:23four, up, five, six, seven and eight.
4:31:28 > 4:31:29Step, eight. Prep, one.
4:31:32 > 4:31:34Six, seven, eight.
4:31:53 > 4:31:56Guys, that was fantastic. Well done. You did it amazingly.
4:31:56 > 4:32:00Hats off to you. Have you got any questions that you'd like to ask me?
4:32:00 > 4:32:03If you could be anyone from The Next Step, apart from you,
4:32:03 > 4:32:04who would you be?
4:32:04 > 4:32:06I would probably want to be Riley,
4:32:06 > 4:32:08because I do so many scenes with her
4:32:08 > 4:32:09and I really love her character.
4:32:09 > 4:32:11And she's a lovely person in real life.
4:32:11 > 4:32:13So it'd be nice to play her character.
4:32:13 > 4:32:15How's the auditioning process for The Next Step?
4:32:15 > 4:32:17Everyone on the panel was so nice
4:32:17 > 4:32:20that you kind of didn't think it was an audition,
4:32:20 > 4:32:21because they were so lovely towards you.
4:32:21 > 4:32:24But it was quite a long process in the waiting period,
4:32:24 > 4:32:26finding out if I'd got it or not. So that was quite nerve-racking.
4:32:26 > 4:32:29Once I found out, I just didn't speak. I was in shock.
4:32:29 > 4:32:31I was like, "This can't be happening!"
4:32:31 > 4:32:33Seeing Ella was a big surprise for me.
4:32:33 > 4:32:35I heard the knock.
4:32:35 > 4:32:37But before that, there was people walking past
4:32:37 > 4:32:38and I was thinking, "Hm..."
4:32:38 > 4:32:40And it opened and I saw Ella.
4:32:40 > 4:32:42And I was just like...
4:32:43 > 4:32:45- It was beyond our wildest dreams. - Yeah.
4:32:47 > 4:32:49I would say it's the best day of my life,
4:32:49 > 4:32:51because it was so much fun doing the dancing.
4:32:51 > 4:32:55And the fact that we got to work with her was...
4:32:55 > 4:32:56better than better.
4:32:56 > 4:32:58Best, best, best.
4:32:58 > 4:33:01Didn't that Ella lady look a little bit like Ella from The Next Step?
4:33:01 > 4:33:03No, it must be a coincidence.
4:33:03 > 4:33:06Anyhow, shall we gander at some more 15-second fan vlogs?
4:33:06 > 4:33:09Go, The Next Step!
4:33:09 > 4:33:11I mean, the quality of dancing is phenomenal.
4:33:11 > 4:33:13We couldn't do that.
4:33:14 > 4:33:17Oh...!
4:33:17 > 4:33:18Belting!
4:33:18 > 4:33:19They have really cool dance moves
4:33:19 > 4:33:22and I really want to be a dancer when I'm older
4:33:22 > 4:33:24and I just really love the characters in there.
4:33:24 > 4:33:25Lovely work!
4:33:25 > 4:33:27Whenever someone fights,
4:33:27 > 4:33:29it always leads to something big.
4:33:29 > 4:33:32And it usually is bad.
4:33:32 > 4:33:33Well done!
4:33:33 > 4:33:34Our favourite character is Giselle,
4:33:34 > 4:33:36because we've learnt a dance from her
4:33:36 > 4:33:38and she is really funny.
4:33:38 > 4:33:40And we also like James, because he's so cool.
4:33:40 > 4:33:42Nice one!
4:33:42 > 4:33:43I love The Next Step!
4:33:43 > 4:33:45Cracking work, one and all.
4:33:45 > 4:33:48Now, let us dive headfirst into a pool of sweatbands,
4:33:48 > 4:33:51leg warmers and Eldon's singular socks.
4:33:51 > 4:33:53Here are The Next Step's best bits.
4:33:53 > 4:33:55Eldon thinks he is going to teach me a lesson.
4:33:55 > 4:33:58But he has no idea how good I am.
4:34:12 > 4:34:14Noah thinks he's as good as I am.
4:34:14 > 4:34:16I'm going to show him just how wrong he is.
4:34:20 > 4:34:23He kept going and going and going.
4:34:34 > 4:34:37We've put in a lot of tricks no-one has seen before.
4:34:37 > 4:34:40It's unlike any duet we've done here in the studio.
4:34:55 > 4:34:59Excuse me. What are you doing here? This is a closed rehearsal.
4:34:59 > 4:35:00Yeah.
4:35:00 > 4:35:04Not for an Absolute Dance Internationals judge, it isn't.
4:35:06 > 4:35:09Lucien is back.
4:35:09 > 4:35:10That's right. I'm a judge.
4:35:12 > 4:35:14Lucien is a judge? Are you kidding me?
4:35:14 > 4:35:17His one goal is to take down The Next Step.
4:35:17 > 4:35:20And it looks like he might finally succeed.
4:35:20 > 4:35:23All danced out? Eager for more?
4:35:23 > 4:35:26Either way, you can fuel your Next Step fire on the CBBC iPlayer.
4:35:26 > 4:35:31As for me, I feel a gloriously executed dance solo coming on.
4:35:31 > 4:35:33Oh, I'm amazing.
4:35:33 > 4:35:34If only you could see this!