0:00:02 > 0:00:06Millions dream of fame, success and life in the spotlight,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10but few realise what it takes to make it to the top.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Lift!
0:00:11 > 0:00:12We're back for series three...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Good morning, everybody.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17..inside one of the most famous stage schools in Britain.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20ALL SIGH LOUDLY
0:00:22 > 0:00:25This is London's Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts,
0:00:25 > 0:00:29where, as well as having normal lessons, like maths and English,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33pupils learn to sing, dance
0:00:33 > 0:00:36and act like professionals.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40And it's here that, for some of them, dreams of a career on screen
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and stage really can come true.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47# One way or another
0:00:47 > 0:00:49# I'm going to find you
0:00:49 > 0:00:51# I'm going to get you Get you, get you, get you... #
0:00:51 > 0:00:54It's going to be a term of tough, testing exams...
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I can't believe how quick the GCSEs have actually come round.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00..life-changing auditions...
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Remember the audition for EastEnders?
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- You've been offered the role. - Oh, my God!
0:01:05 > 0:01:07..spectacular performances...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13..and every pupil will be competing for a role
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- in the huge end-of-year show. - Fight for it!
0:01:18 > 0:01:21This is what life is like for those really seeking the big time.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28This is the School For Stars.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Previously on School For Stars... Kedar proved
0:01:33 > 0:01:35a big acting hit on the set
0:01:35 > 0:01:37of CBBC show, Wolfblood.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40But will Mark be as impressed with his dancing
0:01:40 > 0:01:43now he's fighting for a place in the end-of-year show?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45I've been in Newcastle for three months.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Going to Mark Webb's isn't the best.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49After struggling to keep up when she first started at the school...
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I did. It's just that I got confused on which way to go.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53One step at a time.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56..has Paris finally got her first big break?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00There's your script. It's for a part, Zakia.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01I'm going to be really nervous,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04because I've never done an audition before.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05And having won a scholarship
0:02:05 > 0:02:09at the school, will a full-time place be more
0:02:09 > 0:02:10than Sadie bargained for?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12I've done something wrong. I feel really stupid.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20It's the summer term at the School for Stars
0:02:20 > 0:02:23and the first day back can often make people nervous,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25especially if you're one of the newest pupils,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27like 12-year-old Sadie.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Sort of, really worried.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Because, obviously, I haven't got that much training.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37I started when I was ten and there's people who start dancing
0:02:37 > 0:02:40when they were three and they know what the deal is,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42they know how high the standards are.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45So, I don't know. It's a bit...
0:02:48 > 0:02:50..mixed feelings, I have today.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53But Sadie's mum is the one person who can reassure her.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57You'll be fine. You've been doing this on Saturdays for how long?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Two years?- No, a year and a half.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- No, it is two... - Right. You'll be fine.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07What if there are people there better than me and I'm not as good as them?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10You've just got to be Sadie, do what Sadie does.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12You've got nothing to worry about.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25The headmaster of the school is Mr Vote
0:03:25 > 0:03:26and the welcome-back assembly
0:03:26 > 0:03:30is an ideal time to talk about what the summer term holds.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Good morning, everybody! ALL: Good morning, Mr Vote!
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Ah, it's so good to see you all back again.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Right, OK.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39To say that this term is dominated by examinations
0:03:39 > 0:03:41is a bit of an understatement, really,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44because we have just got them from everybody, from every quarter.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47You've got ballet, you've got tap, you've got modern examinations,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49you've got singing, LAMDA exam
0:03:49 > 0:03:54and, of course, GCSEs for poor Year 11s.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57And, of course, at the end of term we have got
0:03:57 > 0:04:01our whole, entire academy show.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Right, OK. Up you get.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Sadie's nerves aren't being helped by the fact
0:04:06 > 0:04:08that she's running late and has already missed assembly.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10See you later. Love you.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13But with just enough time to say a quick goodbye to mum,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16she rushes to find out her timetable.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17- Hello.- Hello!
0:04:17 > 0:04:19FRIEND SHRIEKS
0:04:19 > 0:04:22What have you got on Thursday?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- What's that?- Singing audition prep?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- That's new!- What?!
0:04:26 > 0:04:30I missed assembly because the trains were late, but I've got my timetable
0:04:30 > 0:04:33and I've got acting, jazz and ballet
0:04:33 > 0:04:36and I'm really happy about that, so quite excited now!
0:04:40 > 0:04:43As Year 10 student Max settles back into school,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45he has a solo dance exam coming up.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51And although he's had heaps of time over the holidays to practise,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55he hasn't prepared anything for his teacher to see.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58You know I've got this modern exam in two weeks, yeah?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I haven't got a dance.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- And you know how bad I am at dancing.- I'll help you out.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I'm not bad, but I struggle with it.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10When I make up some choreography, I just look absolutely stupid doing it,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12so I need to...
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Cos when you've taught me dances before, they've been good.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18You obviously know what you're doing.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20We'll see if Ms Hill can...
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Or, so she has something to work with.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26We'll get in at eight o'clock and start. Gives us 45 minutes
0:05:26 > 0:05:28to just rehearse, really.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31So with good friend and band-mate Luca on board to help,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Max is hoping to create a last-minute dance from scratch.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38MUSIC: "Lights On" by Katy B
0:05:45 > 0:05:46As Sadie settles in,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50she shares classes with pupils who have a range of abilities.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56And keeping up with them is proving just as tough as she imagined.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58My splits aren't my strong point.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03I can do them if I really, really, really, really, really warm up.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04But...
0:06:05 > 0:06:08..just got to keep trying, keep stretching.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Hopefully, I'll be able to do the splits by next week.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Someone who knows better than anyone
0:06:14 > 0:06:17about what it's like to be a pupil here is old-timer Reece.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22How are you guys getting on with your GCSEs?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Going good?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26BOTH: No.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27OK.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29I feel it's going OK,
0:06:29 > 0:06:35but there's definitely a few areas where I need to, sort of, get better.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I definitely need to do some more revising.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39You haven't done any revising?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Do you think that you're on top of all the exams?
0:06:44 > 0:06:45I think I'm, like,
0:06:45 > 0:06:50- midway.- Yeah. - I need to revise a bit more.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I've got all the basic facts,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55but I need to put those facts into questions, I think.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Hopefully, we will do well.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I think it's just a thing of just wanting to do well,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02so you can make your mum and everyone proud of you.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Like, they've sent you to a school
0:07:04 > 0:07:06and you've come away with something, you know?
0:07:10 > 0:07:11LAUGHTER
0:07:13 > 0:07:16It's only halfway through the first day back,
0:07:16 > 0:07:19but has Sadie already made her first big mistake?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I've done something wrong.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I'm supposed to do jazz now,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27but I've just done jazz, instead of acting, and I didn't know.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Now, I'm really, really confused.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Oh, I've mixed them up.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Just tell Ms Ellison that you muddled it up.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38She's here.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Are you going to get changed? - I don't know.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Ms Ellison?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I've done something really wrong and I feel really stupid.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47What have you done?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Cos we usually have jazz first, I read the timetable...
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Oh!
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- Yep? It's OK.- I've switched them. I'm sorry.- OK.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- So you know now that you've got acting with me first.- Yeah.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- It's all right. Don't worry. - Could I possibly do your class now?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Would you like to?- Yes, please. - OK.- Thank you so much.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Sadie may have avoided a telling off this time,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10but she's learning fast that there's little room for error
0:08:10 > 0:08:12if she's going to be successful here.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Today was OK.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25A few minor hiccups,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27but it was OK. It was good.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31MUSIC: "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Max has arrived at school early,
0:08:48 > 0:08:52to try and work out a routine, in time for this morning's class.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56I'm just practising my modern dance for my exam and I'm just waiting
0:08:56 > 0:08:59for Luca to come, cos he was meant to be here at eight, but he's late.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06And from the looks of things, Luca's help couldn't arrive too soon.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10FUNKY MUSIC
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Oh, crap. What was it there?
0:09:17 > 0:09:21All Max needs to pass his exam is a 60-second dance routine.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25While Max loves to sing and perform, dancing just isn't his thing.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Is that all on that "Oh" bit?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- That's all it is.- Mmm-hmm, yep.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32And kick off.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Just jump onto that foot.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Onto what, this one?- Yes.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Yeah, like that, but take this one off. So turn it round like that.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Just like that. Just jump. Jump on it.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I just look like an old man doing it.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- Yeah. Do it by yourself, so I can see it.- Do it by myself?- Yeah.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- What if I muck up? - Doesn't matter. Just go again.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56And we'll get them to delete it.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58HE LAUGHS
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I think that might be the way forward.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Right, is it...
0:10:02 > 0:10:04FUNKY MUSIC
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Uh...
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Is it that fast?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25OK. Hang on. What time is that?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Cheers, Luca. I can make the other 30 up at home or something...
0:10:33 > 0:10:34..I guess.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Powder puff!
0:10:39 > 0:10:43The school is home to 275 pupils, aged 11 and up,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46and it's helped megastars like Leona Lewis and Pixie Lott
0:10:46 > 0:10:48on their road to success.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- Hi, guys. - PUPILS: Hi!
0:10:52 > 0:10:54In order to get professional work,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57every pupil here is offered representation
0:10:57 > 0:10:59by the school's agency,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01which is on the top floor and run by Anna.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Basically, my job is to find the students on the books
0:11:05 > 0:11:07work in the industry.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11I'm about to go down to find Paris and Bessy
0:11:11 > 0:11:17for a casting that they have for a television role.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20There's their scripts and now I'm going to go and find them.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Today, it's the turn
0:11:22 > 0:11:26of friends Paris...and Bessy
0:11:26 > 0:11:29to get a visit from Anna.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31TEACHER TALKING
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- Sorry to interrupt.- You need..?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Can I talk to Bessy and Paris, please?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Can you come up to the agency after you finish your class?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40OK, you two?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Thank you.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46I'm really excited. I hope it's an audition for something good
0:11:46 > 0:11:48that you get paid for.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I think it's probably an audition, but I'm not sure.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54I hope it's an audition, cos they're good.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55I'm really excited.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57BESSY HUMS TUNE
0:11:59 > 0:12:05I hope it's not something like, "Oh, you forgot to pay your agency fees!"
0:12:05 > 0:12:08If this is an audition, I'm going to be really, really nervous,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11because I've never done an audition before
0:12:11 > 0:12:15and, even worse, it would be against one of my friends, Bessy,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17so it could be really awkward if one of us gets it
0:12:17 > 0:12:19and then the other one doesn't.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Hi, girls. Come in.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Anna and the school's agency have already bagged a professional role
0:12:29 > 0:12:30for Year 7's Tommy.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37But juggling school with a role in London's West End isn't always easy
0:12:37 > 0:12:41and performing a matinee on a weekday means he's often in a hurry.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45In the first three weeks of coming here, the agency asked me
0:12:45 > 0:12:48to do an audition for Singin' In The Rain in the West End
0:12:48 > 0:12:53and I'm currently doing it now and it's amazing to be on the West End,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56cos that's what my dream was, ever since I was about six.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I've been coming to this school for about three quarters of a year now,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02and it's really fun.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05It's just amazing to be here.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Sorry I'm late. Train delayed, because... Yeah.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Quickly put your tap shoes on, then.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21No, I'm not actually late much,
0:13:21 > 0:13:25but it has to be today when they're practising my exam I have to be late.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Back, six, seven, eight...
0:13:30 > 0:13:32HE COUNTS OUT BEAT
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Erm, exam people, on the pickup ball change,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45can you try and have a flat foot?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Back, six, seven, eight.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50A one and a two and a three and a flat!
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Better.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56OK, Georgia swap places with Tommy, cos he's got his exam.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00So, last week we did drop-pickup, drop-pickup, drop-pickup,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- toe, ball change, didn't we?- Yeah.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Tommy's going to demonstrate for us. Ready?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Yeah, nice. Good, well done.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Dance is my favourite, then, it goes singing and acting,
0:14:29 > 0:14:31because I'm not too keen on acting.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I'm not very good at picking up the words, learning words and everything.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Tommy's enthusiastic. He'll take away what you've said to him.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42He'll process it and he'll come back the next week
0:14:42 > 0:14:43and he will have practised it.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45He went away in the Easter holidays
0:14:45 > 0:14:47and he must have done quite a lot of practice,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50because he came back and he really did know what he was doing.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Right. You both have castings for...
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Do you watch a programme called The Dumping Ground?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Yeah, I love that!- No.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Well, that's what the casting's for. You need to watch it.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- You're covered.- I love it so much.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13It's for CBBC, so it's a very nice part.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15There's your script.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17It's for a part and the part is Zakia.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- So that's yours, Bessy. There's your script.- Mmm-hmm!
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- And that's your time and where you're going to.- OK.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31So if you can, cos it's on Saturday, try and learn as much as you can.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36- OK.- Cos it just looks nicer, if you can do some of it off book.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- OK, thank you!- Paris, there's yours. Same part, so you're in competition.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44When you've read the character brief, if you can,
0:15:44 > 0:15:48dress like you'd think they might dress and that sort of thing.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50You can practise together.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Yeah, she said that, already.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55So, best of luck and then let me know how it goes.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- I'll keep my fingers crossed for you on Saturday.- Thank you!- Thank you!
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Thank you, bye! - Bye.- Bye.- Have a good time.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- I'm really excited, cos it's my first audition.- Woo!- Yay!
0:16:05 > 0:16:09I always say to the students, "You can only do the best you can do,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11"but I do expect you to do the best you can do."
0:16:11 > 0:16:15I think we have to roughen up. Be like, "What up, fam?"
0:16:15 > 0:16:19"Yeah, I went to da shops, yeah? And I bought some McDonald's."
0:16:19 > 0:16:21THEY LAUGH
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Max's dance teacher, Ms Wilkins, isn't impressed
0:16:29 > 0:16:32with his lack of preparation, and she's on the war path.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I'm looking for Max.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Max has a modern dance exam soon
0:16:37 > 0:16:42and he should have prepared one little piece for me. One solo.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44That's all. I've done all the rest of the work
0:16:44 > 0:16:46and he's just got to do that one solo himself.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50If Max hasn't been practising, I will be very angry.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54He should have been practising. I really hope he has been practising.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I'm now going to go and see if I can find him in the canteen
0:16:57 > 0:16:58and find out.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Max.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06What? Erm...
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Where's Max?- In English.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Max. I'm looking for Max.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Come on, Max.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- Please tell me you've been working. - I have.- Lots?- Yeah, with Luca.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29We're getting in at eight o'clock, so it's fine.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- Excellent.- Seems to work.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33So when am I going to see it?
0:17:33 > 0:17:34- It's up to you.- 4:30pm?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- 4:30pm, yeah, OK. - You come and find me?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- I will, yeah. - With your iPod that's working?
0:17:39 > 0:17:44- With my iPhone that's working, of course.- We look forward to it.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45OK.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Fingers crossed.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53For Paris and Bessy, their audition is big news,
0:17:53 > 0:17:55and friends are there to give them some advice.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Do you have to learn a script for the audition?- Yeah.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59How long is it?
0:17:59 > 0:18:03It's five pages long, but it's not all Zakia speaking, so it's fine.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05I think it's three scenes.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I don't know what to wear, though.
0:18:07 > 0:18:08I think you should wear your own clothes,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12to try and show your personality more. Whatever the character is,
0:18:12 > 0:18:13if it says the character is quite quiet,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15then I'd go in something a bit more settled,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17but if its says the character is quirky,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19then I'd go in something a bit more outgoing.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Oh, yeah, and we can't be posh.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- You can't be posh?- No.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24"Can't be posh!"
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I think you just need to be yourselves.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Smile a lot.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40It's Saturday morning
0:18:40 > 0:18:42and the day of Paris and Bessy's audition
0:18:42 > 0:18:46for a part in the Tracy Beaker spin-off, The Dumping Ground.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Don't be nervous.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48You've practised enough.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- Just rest your voice till the main...- Audition.- Yeah.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I think I'm more nervous than you.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- I don't think you are. - I am, trust me.- No, you're not!
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I am very nervous.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02With their parents just as anxious as they are,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06the girls have planned to meet up beforehand, to calm their nerves.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09But Paris has had extra cause for concern.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10- My voice is getting better. - Yeah, it is.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13It was really bad yesterday morning. It was like...
0:19:13 > 0:19:15HOARSE: "Hello."
0:19:15 > 0:19:17"Come to the dark side"
0:19:17 > 0:19:18How unfair is that, though,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21that my first audition, I've got a sore throat?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Yeah, it is, kind of, unfair.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25My voice has gotten a lot better since yesterday,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27but it's still really rough.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31The worst thing that could happen is that my voice, kind of, goes
0:19:31 > 0:19:33and then I can't speak.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37I don't really know how to say the first line.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- The first scene?- Yeah.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Yeah, I'm nervous about that one, too.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43It's like, "I'm sorry, I tripped", but are you supposed to trip?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Oh, I'm going to trip.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- "Oops!" - You fall over and break something.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I have done quite a few auditions before,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53but I don't think I'm a pro yet, so I am obviously nervous.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56But I am also really excited, cos it's The Dumping Ground
0:19:56 > 0:19:58and everyone wants to be in that.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Paris and Bessy's audition is held in a private house,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04where access is highly restricted, meaning our cameras are banned.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07As they make their way to their audition,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10all they can do now is give it their best shot.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Karen is head of musical theatre at the school
0:20:19 > 0:20:22and the end-of-year summer show she organises
0:20:22 > 0:20:25is something every pupil wants to be involved in.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Guys, as quickly as you can, can you come and sit down for me, please?
0:20:30 > 0:20:35We are, obviously, straight now into your show rehearsals.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38So everything you are doing in your lessons,
0:20:38 > 0:20:43even if it's not a show number that you are rehearsing,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46you have to understand that you are working on your stamina,
0:20:46 > 0:20:48on your technique, everything else.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52So I do not want to hear, "Do we have to go to ballet?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55"Do we have to go to tap? But I'm not in that number."
0:20:55 > 0:20:58I don't want to hear that, at all.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02You need to be responsible for looking and being the best
0:21:02 > 0:21:05that you can possibly be and you can only do that
0:21:05 > 0:21:07if you get to your lessons.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11So, please, everything you do, from this minute,
0:21:11 > 0:21:13you need to really focus towards your summer show.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17So, audition-wise, in your classes, in your musical theatre classes,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21you are going to be auditioned right the way through today.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25So, please, please, please, no-one coming in, "Can I do it again?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27"Can I just... I know I can do it better."
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Do it fabulous the first time.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31OK?
0:21:31 > 0:21:35And one person keen to shine in the end-of-year show is Kedar.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41He's been hard at work on the hit CBBC series, Wolfblood.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43But he's back to school now and hoping to win
0:21:43 > 0:21:47a role in Mark Webb's routine for the end-of-year show.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Featuring the school's top dancers,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52it's the routine all the seniors want to be seen in.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55About to go into Mark Webb's audition for the summer show.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58I've been in Newcastle for three months.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Just came back on Thursday last week, so back here now.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Getting back into college and stuff.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Just getting back into the swing of things. It's good. It's hard.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07The most exercise I've done in three months
0:22:07 > 0:22:10is walking up and down stairs, so going to Mark Webb's isn't the best
0:22:10 > 0:22:12but getting back into it is fine, I guess.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15I'm looking for seven girls, seven boys.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18I'm looking for team players and I want to give people,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21for me, personally, someone that's going to be here every week
0:22:21 > 0:22:23and someone that I can depend on
0:22:23 > 0:22:25and someone that wants to be here and do it
0:22:25 > 0:22:27and give me heart and soul.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Yeah?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Thank you. Boys...
0:22:31 > 0:22:32During the audition,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Mark will be looking for dancers who can learn the routine quickly.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39But more importantly, who can deliver it the best.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40...in the club.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Ah-ha.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Dropping like
0:22:44 > 0:22:46dom-i-noes.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Dropping like
0:22:47 > 0:22:49dom-i-noes.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Good.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53MUSIC: "Dropping Like Dominoes", by Wildboyz
0:22:53 > 0:22:55HE SHOUTS
0:23:07 > 0:23:09After months away from dance classes,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12it's not easy to keep up with Mark's instructions.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- DICTATING LYRICS: - ..all the boys, ah-ah.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Again. Let's go. Pull out.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Whoa! Again. Again.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Mark's only looking for seven boys for this dance number,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41so Kedar has to up his game.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Come on! Come on! Come on!
0:23:46 > 0:23:48MARK SHOUTS INSTRUCTIONS
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Get me?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Right, if you want to be in the business, let's go.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57One more.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Kedar is trying his hardest,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02but will it be enough for the school's toughest teacher?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Fight for it. Always remember, fight, mate.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Don't leave the door thinking, "I could have given more."
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Heart and soul, do you understand?
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Fight for it. Yes?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Fight for it. Want it.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19And Kedar isn't the only person fighting for a role.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Paris and Bessy haven't seen each other
0:24:22 > 0:24:24since their Dumping Ground audition at the weekend.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- How did it go?- Um...
0:24:31 > 0:24:33It went really well, I think.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34- How was yours?- It went really good.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37She got me to do the whole of it, so I guess that's good.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Yeah. She made me do the first scene twice, though.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Yeah, she made me do that. I think she made me do it three times.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44She went back on it again. I was like, "OK!"
0:24:44 > 0:24:46How many people were there?
0:24:46 > 0:24:51There was one girl when I got there, but then, another girl went out
0:24:51 > 0:24:53and then, there was, like, another two when I got out,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56so there were quite a lot of people.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57There was like...
0:24:57 > 0:24:59There was one girl when I was waiting
0:24:59 > 0:25:00and then there was another girl
0:25:00 > 0:25:04that was waiting, that was after me, and there was only two people.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07So I guess there's loads of people auditioning, so it's a bit...
0:25:09 > 0:25:12They said they liked my husky voice.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14I was like, "Ha! All right!"
0:25:14 > 0:25:15A husky voice?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19I told them I have a cold, and they were like,
0:25:19 > 0:25:20"So is your voice normally like that?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22"Is it different?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24"Is it basically the same?" And I was like, "Yeah!
0:25:24 > 0:25:26"It's only a tiny bit different."
0:25:27 > 0:25:29MARK SHOUTS ENCOURAGEMENT
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Fantastic.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40After an exhausting audition, it's time for Kedar to find out
0:25:40 > 0:25:44if he's impressed Mark enough to get a lead in his prestigious routine.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Congratulations, everyone. You did fantastic today.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Stay for me.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Stay for me.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Stay for me.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Stay for me.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Stay for me.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Stay for me.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Stay for me.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Thank you, everybody else.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Sadly, it's a no for Kedar, this time.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Thank you. Well done, everybody else.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Kedar, you know, he's a great lad.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10He's got a lovely energy about him, but obviously, he's been away
0:26:10 > 0:26:12and he's been filming, so, of course,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14he's going to be a bit rusty.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18He's been doing this series and he coped with it all right.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21But it's, like, if you don't go to the gym every day
0:26:21 > 0:26:23and you decide to go after a year, you're not going to be able
0:26:23 > 0:26:27to do it properly, so for me, he needs to get back in class
0:26:27 > 0:26:31and he needs to pull up a little bit more, really.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Mark didn't choose me for this number.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35I haven't been here for so long.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38The boys who've been here for nearly three months doing it every week,
0:26:38 > 0:26:39pushing and pushing and pushing
0:26:39 > 0:26:41would obviously have more of a chance than me.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I salute every one of you, because...
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Even yourself, you've been off.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48You stayed with it.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51So I salute that. Do you know what I'm saying?
0:26:51 > 0:26:52It's not today. It's about tomorrow.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55So if this one doesn't happen for you, chins up.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59What do we do with the negative energy? We turn it to a positive.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01This is learning curve, do you understand?
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Yeah?
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Since auditioning, Bessy and Paris
0:27:06 > 0:27:09sadly never heard back from the casting producers,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12but along with Kedar, they're learning all too quickly
0:27:12 > 0:27:15that rejection is just part of the show business world.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21With even more hard work, dedication and a positive attitude,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24tomorrow could bring something bigger and better.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Next time, on School For Stars...
0:27:29 > 0:27:32..it's show time for Max and Ms Wilkins...
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Please, Max! Come on!
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- ..Tilly is feeling the pressure... - I never really cry.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41I'm feeling so much pressure right now.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42..and Tommy takes on some of the best
0:27:42 > 0:27:44that the school can throw at him.
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