Episode 31 WHOOPS I MISSED THE BUS

Dust off your dancing pants, give your headband a polish

and throw away one sock.

Because it's time to check yourself before you Next Step yourself. OMD!

We've got them lot...

It's a big competition. We really want to beat them.

It's payback. Payback.

We've got you lot...

I love The Next Step!

There's a surprise for our 15-second fan...

And there's a surprise for a vlogger...

What is happening?

Luckily for you, they won't actually let me out to twist and shake -

I'd blow your minds with my Texas two-step.

But we do have our very own A Troupe of vloggers

to fill you in on all the drama.

I'm so ready. I've even dressed for the part.

-And we've had a good old stretch.

-Good to go. Myles?

Give me a sec.

Eldon does it so much better.

There's loads to come.

But first, are you up-to-date with the ins and outs of A Troupe?

For those who need a refresher course, here it is,

courtesy of our own two twinkle-toes.

This series of The Next Step is almost at an end.

But don't worry if you've missed it,

-because we're here to bring you up to speed.

-Let's start at the start.

Lucien bought the studio building to blackmail TNS

into merging with the Elite Team for Internationals.

Well, you don't have a place to dance right now. I do.

Elite and The Next Step merge.

His evil plan involves, yep, you've guessed it, a dance battle

because where would we be without dance battles?

Elite against The Next Step.

We put their names in a hat, we pull out two names and they battle.

The 12 remaining dancers go to Internationals.

Long story short, they all dance battle it out

and newcomers Noah, Max and Cierra join the Internationals team.

But drama!

Chloe is offered a job in the ballet company dancing in the Nutcracker.

Will she stay or will she go?

I don't know which one I'm going to pick.

Make a decision!

I've been offered a position on the Ballet De La Reine

for the Nutcracker.

We're so happy for you, Chloe!

The team holds auditions for Chloe's place on A Troupe

and Stephanie gets it.

CHEERING

I'm ecstatic.

All is good with life until...

Now that I'm here, which one of you is leaving?

Excuse me?

Ella here is part of the exchange programme at Internationals.

Ella really likes her pranks.

-Bye.

-Take it easy.

And she ropes Riley into them, almost splitting Jiley up.

I am so done with Ella and Riley's pranks.

How dare you, Ella?

Meanwhile, something is happening between Eldon and Thalia.

Something involving pirouettes.

I really like you.

James told me that I can't get involved with any girls

or anything romantic until I get 30 pirouettes.

And that's what I'm going to do.

OK.

Whilst Eldon tries to get 30 pirouettes so he can date Thalia,

James is at breaking point with the whole Riley and Ella thing

and then this happens.

Who are you guys talking about?

Oh, you would never mess with me.

Of course I would.

I'm from a rival team.

Oh, no, she didn't.

And Eldon is still pirouetting.

Seriously?

Just as things are getting back to normal, Amanda's back.

I was in Sweden and I learned so much. They were amazing.

And she's got big news.

Sweden is unstoppable.

The Next Step...has no chance.

The Next Step has arrived in Miami for the Internationals.

Eldon, you're up.

APPLAUSE

-Whooo-whooo!

-Whooo-whooo!

And the mystery Internationals solo winner is...

Kyle from Sweden!

Sorry, who's Kyle?

But wait, things are about to get even worse.

She's doing my choreography to my song.

This is your solo.

I can't take this. Who will dance for The Next Step?

Well, I have a solo.

Yay, Giselle! She's got to win.

International female soloist... England.

You have got to be kidding me.

Thankfully, A Troupe gets through to the semifinals

and into the finals.

And the team moving on to the final round is...

..The Next Step!

In your face, Ella!

-In your face, Ella!

-In your face, Ella!

-So what happens next?

-I don't know.

The last episode isn't on until next Friday.

No! No! No! No! No!

Oh...!

Why do you do this to me?

I hope you were paying very close attention.

There will be a test for Myles and Laura.

But if you were tested, you've passed with flying colours.

I love The Next Step because it makes me want to dance.

Belting!

There's lots of drama, lots of scandal and loads of amazing dances.

Well done!

My favourite characters are Riley, James, Michelle and Max.

They are all amazing And I love them all.

Lovely work!

My favourite part of The Next Step is where Ella decides

to use Riley's solo in her solo

so she wins Miss International.

Nice one!

My favourite characters are West, James and Riley,

because they are very good dancers.

Keep it going, CBBC.

OMD, do you guys know your stuff or what?

More from the 15-second fans later.

Right now, it's time for a glimpse behind the curtain.

It's an exclusive backstage look at Internationals.

I, in this piece, am, like, the hip-hop guy

and everyone else is, like, the swing people.

So they start frozen and I come in and I'm like, "What?"

And then they start with all the swing moves, like...

Right now, I'm having my hair done for a swing piece.

It looks like a big Afro,

but that's because it has to be teased to look really big.

Nice.

Remember, it's a big competition and we really want to beat them.

It's payback. It's payback.

The dance itself is really fun.

I've never performed in front of a crowd this big,

so I'm really nervous in case I mess it up for the rest of us.

And it's, like, Internationals, so I'm super-excited.

It brings back all sorts of memories.

It brings you back to Regionals, when we've done Regionals

and how different and how much more exciting this is.

Are we better than England?

Well, I think, yes.

Yeah, much better.

It's much, much, much...

Much better.

So there I was this morning, getting ready to sit down,

just vlog about Arthur. Just a casual, normal day.

And then the postman gives me this...

And I open it and it's a letter from CBBC.

What is happening?

"Dear Myles..."

"Instead of vlogging this week,

"we decided that you and Myles will be doing a quiz all about..."

"The Next Step.

"You'll have ten seconds to answer each of the questions."

"And whoever gets the fewest correct answers will have to do a forfeit."

Oh...!

I know some stuff about The Next Step, but do I know enough?

I'm going to lose. Right, let's do it.

Question one. Thank you, James.

James tasks Eldon with a pirouettes challenge.

But how many spins was he asked to do

before he could officially date Thalia? Erm...

-Let me remember...

-It wasn't 25.

I think four spins is quite a realistic number.

26, 27... It was more than that.

One, two, three, four.

Right, I can date Thalia now. Four spins.

30. It was 30.

Eldon's trying to do 30 pirouettes, but he's stuck on 14.

If he makes it to 30, he can date you.

-Question two...

-What is West's surname?

South, East, North or West?

His name can't be West West.

The middle name's West. West West West.

North.

West East sounds like the best one. I'll go for West East.

Your last name is North?

So that means your name is West North.

What is the name of the juice bar in series three of The Next Step?

I know it begins with H.

Hild...

That deserves half a point, if I know the first letter.

Hilder...

Hidder.. Hild...

-Hardue.

-This is really difficult.

-H Juice.

-I'm going to have to pass.

I'm pretty sure it's Hidalgo's.

What is James's favourite food?

-Dancing?

-Oh...

If I was a dancer, which I am not, I think I'd go for pasta.

I'm going to go for pizza.

-Pasta is a great dish for anyone, even James, I think.

-Pizza.

I want a shawarma right now.

Ella and Riley pulled a prank on The Next Step

and convinced them to learn a dance for the Internationals.

But what type of dance was it? A very good question.

-What type of dance was it?

-Oh...

What type of dances are there?

Robot...

-Not the cancan.

-Wasn't the Macarena...

Jazz.

I think it was the square dance.

# The ladies' chain, go halfway round

# Your little foot up and your big foot down... #

Is that it?

At least one must have been right. Statistically, at least one.

Hopefully.

-Oh, who has won?

-Have I won?

Ah...

Sorry, Myles.

Time to do the forfeit.

Oh, no...!

"Dance like West in your local juice bar." I can't do that.

Oh, that would be so embarrassing.

Hello, Whoops I Missed The Bus! It's me, Ella, from The Next Step.

And I'm here today for a very special reason.

We are going to surprise a 15-second fan and her friend.

Remember Iris?

All this drama with Elite and The Next Step combining...

It's crazy!

Iris is a devoted Next Step superfan

and so is her friend James.

They don't know it yet, but I'm about to surprise them at home,

then take them for a very special dance lesson with me.

Come on, let's go.

It's exciting!

I'm so excited!

Hello! Do you recognise me?

-Ella!

-Yeah.

I wanted to be here to surprise you,

but I'm also going to go and take you for a dance lesson.

-Do you love to dance?

-Yes. I had no idea you were coming tonight.

I'm glad it's surprised you. Are you ready to do this? Let's go.

How exciting does this look?

That is so cool.

Look at all this, all the balloons.

Thalia, Giselle, James, Riley...

Right, so, talking about dancing.

-What is your favourite dance move on The Next Step?

-Pirouette.

A pirouette?

I'm going to see if I can incorporate that into the dance

that I'm going to teach you.

First, let's do a bit of a warm-up, yeah?

Firstly, we are going to push your hips to the left and lean into it.

And you're going to go shoulder, shoulder, shoulder, shoulder.

Swap. And go shoulder, shoulder, shoulder, shoulder.

And you go one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

We're going to do one of the moves that I did in my International solo.

Yeah? So we're going to grab our top.

We're going to go one, two, three, drop,

four, up, five, six, seven and eight.

Step, eight. Prep, one.

Six, seven, eight.

Guys, that was fantastic. Well done. You did it amazingly.

Hats off to you. Have you got any questions that you'd like to ask me?

If you could be anyone from The Next Step, apart from you,

who would you be?

I would probably want to be Riley,

because I do so many scenes with her

and I really love her character.

And she's a lovely person in real life.

So it'd be nice to play her character.

How's the auditioning process for The Next Step?

Everyone on the panel was so nice

that you kind of didn't think it was an audition,

because they were so lovely towards you.

But it was quite a long process in the waiting period,

finding out if I'd got it or not. So that was quite nerve-racking.

Once I found out, I just didn't speak. I was in shock.

I was like, "This can't be happening!"

Seeing Ella was a big surprise for me.

I heard the knock.

But before that, there was people walking past

and I was thinking, "Hm..."

And it opened and I saw Ella.

And I was just like...

-It was beyond our wildest dreams.

-Yeah.

I would say it's the best day of my life,

because it was so much fun doing the dancing.

And the fact that we got to work with her was...

better than better.

Best, best, best.

Didn't that Ella lady look a little bit like Ella from The Next Step?

No, it must be a coincidence.

Anyhow, shall we gander at some more 15-second fan vlogs?

Go, The Next Step!

I mean, the quality of dancing is phenomenal.

We couldn't do that.

Oh...!

Belting!

They have really cool dance moves

and I really want to be a dancer when I'm older

and I just really love the characters in there.

Lovely work!

Whenever someone fights,

it always leads to something big.

And it usually is bad.

Well done!

Our favourite character is Giselle,

because we've learnt a dance from her

and she is really funny.

And we also like James, because he's so cool.

Nice one!

I love The Next Step!

Cracking work, one and all.

Now, let us dive headfirst into a pool of sweatbands,

leg warmers and Eldon's singular socks.

Here are The Next Step's best bits.

Eldon thinks he is going to teach me a lesson.

But he has no idea how good I am.

Noah thinks he's as good as I am.

I'm going to show him just how wrong he is.

He kept going and going and going.

We've put in a lot of tricks no-one has seen before.

It's unlike any duet we've done here in the studio.

Excuse me. What are you doing here? This is a closed rehearsal.

Yeah.

Not for an Absolute Dance Internationals judge, it isn't.

Lucien is back.

That's right. I'm a judge.

Lucien is a judge? Are you kidding me?

His one goal is to take down The Next Step.

And it looks like he might finally succeed.

All danced out? Eager for more?

Either way, you can fuel your Next Step fire on the CBBC iPlayer.

As for me, I feel a gloriously executed dance solo coming on.

Oh, I'm amazing.

If only you could see this!