0:00:02 > 0:00:06# Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air... #
0:00:06 > 0:00:09# Hey, baby, tell me your name... #
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Last year, Gareth Malone set out to find the country's most
0:00:12 > 0:00:14gifted amateur a cappella group.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16# I got 21 seconds to go... #
0:00:16 > 0:00:18# Tell me, did you want me... #
0:00:18 > 0:00:20The winner of The Naked Choir is...
0:00:20 > 0:00:22the Sons of Pitches.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24CHEERING
0:00:25 > 0:00:28This year, Gareth's widened his search,
0:00:28 > 0:00:32opening the contest to groups from all musical traditions...
0:00:32 > 0:00:34# Way, haul away
0:00:34 > 0:00:36# We'll haul away, Joe! #
0:00:36 > 0:00:40..in a search for Britain's very best community choir.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45# Oh, baby, baby, how was I supposed to know? #
0:00:45 > 0:00:46We are a singing nation.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52And I'm looking for choirs that have heart and flavour and passion...
0:00:52 > 0:00:55and say something about what it is to be British.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Hundreds of groups applied.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00# I wanna be the only one... #
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Now Gareth's travelling the length and breadth of Britain to audition
0:01:04 > 0:01:06those who impressed him the most.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Shall we go and meet Gareth?
0:01:07 > 0:01:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:10 > 0:01:14He's seen choirs from four parts of the UK...
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Hello, Scotland!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- CHOIR:- Hello! Sss!
0:01:21 > 0:01:24..and will pick just one from each of those areas...
0:01:24 > 0:01:25- For the South-west! - For the South-west!
0:01:25 > 0:01:28..to go head-to-head in a national contest...
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Good evening, London!
0:01:31 > 0:01:32..where they'll battle it out
0:01:32 > 0:01:34to be crowned Britain's best amateur choir.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36The winner is...
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Hello, Scotland!
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Can anybody hear me?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03No. Just the sheep.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05SHEEP BLEAT
0:02:08 > 0:02:11The first leg of Gareth's search for Britain's most impressive
0:02:11 > 0:02:16undiscovered choir sees him scour a vast swathe of the UK,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20from the Scottish Highlands to the rolling Peak District
0:02:20 > 0:02:22and everywhere in between.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26From brass bands to Celtic music, there's so much tradition here.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29I can't wait to hear what this area has to offer.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Over the next week, Gareth will audition six very different groups.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40He'll pick three of the best to perform for him again...
0:02:40 > 0:02:44and then must choose just one to represent Scotland and the North
0:02:44 > 0:02:46in the national contest.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49I'm looking for choirs that are not just technically precise,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51but have got some passion and heart.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56They don't have to be perfect, but they need to interest me and excite me.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I'm looking for groups that have got something to say.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06First stop, Scotland's ancient capital.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Edinburgh, a city famous for its music, for its architecture,
0:03:08 > 0:03:10for its culture.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13This is the land of my forefathers. I'm half Scottish,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16and my earliest memory of Scottish music is dancing round
0:03:16 > 0:03:19the living room to an album of Scottish folk songs that my dad had.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26So great. It just makes me want to join in.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31It's always been there for me, and it's a wonderful, joyous,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33life-affirming style of music,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36but also beautiful and spiritual,
0:03:36 > 0:03:37something I really, really love.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Yeah!
0:03:44 > 0:03:47The first choir Gareth's auditioning share his love of life-affirming
0:03:47 > 0:03:52music, but they express it through a very different genre.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56# Get up!
0:03:56 > 0:03:57# Get on up
0:03:57 > 0:03:59# Get up... #
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Soul music, for me, is like a light switch.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03You flick it and the lights come on.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05# Get up!
0:04:05 > 0:04:06# Get on up... #
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Got Soul was founded four years ago by Iranian-born Maryam.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I was going through a really tough time.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I was feeling very lonely.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20I wanted to do stuff that I liked and share it with people
0:04:20 > 0:04:23who liked the same kind of music.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Let a few friends know, and then suddenly, boom!
0:04:26 > 0:04:29It's just grown and grown from there.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31It's great.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35The choir started life with just eight members but now boasts 300,
0:04:35 > 0:04:40welcoming everyone from music teachers to laughter therapists.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Maryam's rounded up 15 of them in one of their favourite
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Edinburgh bars for their one shot to impress.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- # Everything that could go wrong - Ooh
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- # All went wrong at one time - Ooh
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- # So much pressure fell on me - Ooh
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- # I thought I was gonna lose my mind - Ooh
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- # Lord, I know you want to see - Ooh
0:04:59 > 0:05:01# If I will hold on through these trials
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- # But I need you to lift this load - Ooh
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- # I can't take it no more! - Ooh
0:05:07 > 0:05:11# Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance
0:05:11 > 0:05:13# I just wanna praise you
0:05:13 > 0:05:15# I just wanna praise you
0:05:15 > 0:05:20# You broke the chains, now I can lift my hands
0:05:20 > 0:05:23# And I'm gonna praise you, praise you
0:05:23 > 0:05:25# I'm gonna praise you! #
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Hey, good! Thank you!
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I'm the only person clapping...
0:05:31 > 0:05:33CHEERING
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Good. Oh, I enjoyed that a lot. That was really...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38That was great. Lots of energy.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I felt myself wanting to join in and dance, cos it's so infectious.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44What you didn't give me was an overall shaped performance.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48It felt like you started here and then you continued here.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50When you got to the end, you had nowhere else to go,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53and that's the big payoff moment. And you didn't have that.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And that's a very simple adjustment to make.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58How do you get that energy from people?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00It's about saying, "Who cares? Sing a bum note."
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Like, let go. Sing with abandon.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04It's got lots of heart, I think.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07And whether or not I decide to put you through to the sing-offs,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10it's really great and it's got purpose. I'll let you know.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11THEY WHOOP
0:06:13 > 0:06:15HE HUMS TUNE
0:06:15 > 0:06:16LAUGHTER
0:06:16 > 0:06:18# I just wanna praise... #
0:06:20 > 0:06:22It was rough around the edges, it was a bit shouty at times,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25it was a little bit, you know, too forceful.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28But...there's something meaningful there.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30It's about lifting people out of difficult times, and I really
0:06:30 > 0:06:32got a sense of that when they sang.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33THEY CHEER
0:06:33 > 0:06:37# Let the love of our land's sacred rights
0:06:37 > 0:06:40# To the love of our people succeed... #
0:06:40 > 0:06:44160 miles north, near Inverness, is the second choir hoping to
0:06:44 > 0:06:48get through to the regional sing-off - Too Many Cooks.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53# And flourish on both sides the Tweed... #
0:06:53 > 0:06:56There's a rainbow literally just there.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00I'm taking this as an excellent omen. This is beautiful.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02What an amazing place.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06# No brightness that gloom can e'er clear
0:07:06 > 0:07:08# For honour's the sum of the mind... #
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Dallas!
0:07:09 > 0:07:12HE HUMS "DALLAS" THEME TUNE
0:07:12 > 0:07:16The choir will audition for Gareth in the village school,
0:07:16 > 0:07:19where newest member Mairi is headteacher.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21It's really exciting that Gareth is coming to see us today,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24and it's a really big opportunity for us.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Obviously, we're all a bit nervous.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30# To the love of our people succeed
0:07:30 > 0:07:35# Let friendship and honour unite
0:07:35 > 0:07:37# And flourish
0:07:37 > 0:07:47# On both sides the Tweed. #
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Hello, children.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49- CHILDREN:- Hello, Mr Malone!
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Oh, thank you for calling me Mr Malone. Hello, ladies!
0:07:52 > 0:07:55CHOIR: Hello, Mr Malone!
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Gareth is fine, Gareth is fine!
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Is this the choir?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- This is the school! - This is the whole school?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- The whole school, yeah. - Really? I can't believe it.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05My daughter's class is bigger than your entire school.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- LAUGHTER - That's amazing.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- We do have a song for you, but I'm going to let the children go for lunch first.- They look hungry.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Well done.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Shall we hear it?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19# Ooh, ooh
0:08:19 > 0:08:24# Eeeeeeeeeee, oooooh
0:08:24 > 0:08:31# You'll walk unscathed through musket fire
0:08:31 > 0:08:39# No ploughman's blade will cut thee down
0:08:39 > 0:08:46# No cutlass wound will mark thy face
0:08:46 > 0:08:53# And you will be my ain true love
0:08:53 > 0:09:00# And as you walk through death's dark veil
0:09:00 > 0:09:07# The cannon's thunder can't prevail
0:09:07 > 0:09:13# And those who hunt thee down will fail
0:09:13 > 0:09:16# And you will be
0:09:16 > 0:09:21# My ain true love. #
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Thank you. That was lovely. Beautiful.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Do you know what was really good? The bit there - eeeeeeeeeee...
0:09:26 > 0:09:28All of that stuff. Like it's a scene from Highlander.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30THEY LAUGH
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Some beautiful voices in there. Really, really lovely.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- Will you come back to work with us again?- It's...
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I mean, you know what, I'd love to, but it's quite a long way.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I'll be in touch, but one way or another, keep singing.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46It's wonderful to come up here and discover a group singing
0:09:46 > 0:09:49this beautiful Celtic style.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53It has the potential to really speak about this amazing place
0:09:53 > 0:09:55and this amazing lifestyle.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59But it feels a bit lacking oomph at the moment, and I don't know
0:09:59 > 0:10:02whether that's something I could fix in time for the contest.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11With just three days left and four more choirs to fit in,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Gareth heads south across the border.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19He's en route to the sleepy North Yorkshire market town of Malton,
0:10:19 > 0:10:24famed for its food festival and traditional summertime weather.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30It wouldn't be a road trip round Britain without a little rain, would it?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33It's a beautiful part of the world, the Yorkshire Dales,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35but I can't really see it at the moment. Shrouded in mist.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41It's also home to the Malton Male Voice Choir.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46With an average age of 77, this group's made up of a bluff bunch
0:10:46 > 0:10:50of former teachers, bank managers and accountants.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- Keep hold of that note.- Yes, miss!
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Ruled with a rod of iron by ex-schoolmistress Viv.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00They are my men.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03You have power over them and I can tell them what to do.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04And they do it.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Oh, give over!
0:11:07 > 0:11:11# You who have dreams
0:11:11 > 0:11:15# If you act, they'll come true... #
0:11:15 > 0:11:19I'm cold and wet, so hopefully this is going to warm my heart.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22# Give me some men who are stout-hearted men
0:11:22 > 0:11:26# Who will fight for the right they adore
0:11:26 > 0:11:27# Ohhh!
0:11:27 > 0:11:29# Shoulder to shoulder
0:11:29 > 0:11:31# And bolder and bolder
0:11:31 > 0:11:35# They grow as they go to the fore
0:11:35 > 0:11:38# When stout-hearted men
0:11:38 > 0:11:42# Can stick together man to man! #
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Great top tenor line there. Can I hear that again, tenors?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Two, three, and...
0:11:47 > 0:11:49# Ma-a-a-a-a-an! #
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- Beautiful sound. - LAUGHTER
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- Not after you've had a few pints. - Oh, it's better after a few pints!
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Oh, aye!
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Does she make you work hard?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- She's a bully.- She's a bully? - Thank you(!)
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Who are the ones to keep an eye on? Who are the jokers?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Him? Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth!
0:12:07 > 0:12:09OK, I've got your card marked!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13It's just charming when you sing with guts
0:12:13 > 0:12:16and you sing with Yorkshire spirit.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18That really makes me feel energised.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20And I really enjoyed seeing it.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Very, very proud of them.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24It would be nice to get another stage further.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26It would be very exciting for us,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28but I could be in the doghouse, so...
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- Count your blessings tonight. - Locked in the shed!
0:12:32 > 0:12:35There's definitely something about them that really appeals to me.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38That's what I want to be when I'm that old.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42I just want to turn up and have a jolly good sing and go home feeling better.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Day three, and Gareth's next stop is County Durham,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58heartland of what was once the industrial North-east.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03This is Easington Colliery,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05all that remains of Easington Colliery -
0:13:05 > 0:13:09one of many, many collieries that used to dominate this landscape
0:13:09 > 0:13:10in the North-east of England.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12When it closed,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14it brought all the communities round here to their knees.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16This is all that remains.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Staggering to think how thriving and vibrant this would've been
0:13:19 > 0:13:21and how kind of bleak it is now.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Easington was once one of Britain's busiest mines,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29with a long and sometimes tragic history.
0:13:29 > 0:13:35In 1951, it was the scene of one of the UK's worst mining disasters,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39when 83 men lost their lives following an explosion.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44Then, in the 1980s, pit closures and the ensuing miners' strike
0:13:44 > 0:13:46brought more heartache to the area.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49When the mine was shut for good in 1993,
0:13:49 > 0:13:54it spelled the loss of 1,400 jobs and the end of an era.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58When men had to go a mile out to sea to get coal,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00what a terrifying thing to do.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02And you would need to keep your spirits up,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06so music was enormously important in these communities.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14The choir Gareth's auditioning today have strong ties to the area.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Decided to make this...
0:14:17 > 0:14:19LAUGHTER
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Known as Mums In Durham, they meet weekly in the nearby
0:14:23 > 0:14:26community centre, after forming a year ago via an ad
0:14:26 > 0:14:30on a 10,000-strong Facebook group for local mums.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Looking forward to meeting Gareth today.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36We've all sort of had different, varying degrees of stomach flips
0:14:36 > 0:14:40going on. Yeah, there's a lot of "ugh" going on in there.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Would you like a cuppa?- I would love a cuppa, yes. Thanks very much.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Please, have one. But do you want to see something else?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Specially made...for you.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Oh, it's my glasses!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56LAUGHTER
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- Aww, and you made that specially? - I did, yes.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Thank you very much.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01I've never been to Durham
0:15:01 > 0:15:03and I don't know the North-east very well at all.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07But I know this is an area with a rich tradition of colliery music
0:15:07 > 0:15:08and bands and singing.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Do any of you come from that tradition?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14My grandparents actually used to dance and do, like,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16theatrical things.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17As part of the mining community?
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Yeah. So, I suppose singing and things was a big part of it.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Have you been singing together for a long time?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27We've been together for about a year and we've never performed...
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- I know.- Oh, at all? So, your first public performance will be for me?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Did you think I was a kind of soft target or something?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36LAUGHTER
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Like, who else best to ask than Gareth?- Oh, OK!
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Let's do some singing.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47# Looking from a window above
0:15:47 > 0:15:52# It's like a story of love
0:15:52 > 0:15:56# Can you hear me?
0:15:56 > 0:16:00# Came back only yesterday
0:16:00 > 0:16:03# I'm moving further away
0:16:03 > 0:16:07# Want you near me
0:16:07 > 0:16:12# All I needed was the love you gave
0:16:12 > 0:16:17# All I needed for another day
0:16:17 > 0:16:21# And all I ever knew
0:16:21 > 0:16:24# Only you. #
0:16:24 > 0:16:27# Ba-da, ba-da, ba-da-da-da... #
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- We were leaving them to you! - LAUGHTER
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Thank you. Hurrah! Well done!
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Rachael, why did you choose this song?
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Erm, it kind of reminded us of being mothers, because to our children
0:16:37 > 0:16:39there is only us.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42We are the centre of their universe till they get to about 11
0:16:42 > 0:16:44and then, you know, we're just losers, really.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- LAUGHTER - So it kind of felt like that.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Well, that's lovely. Thank you so much for having me.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53I really enjoyed that. Thank you for your singing. I'll be in touch.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55'There's something that I really loved about that.'
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Not great, not perfect, not technical -
0:16:58 > 0:17:00just honest, real, sweet.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02But...is that enough?
0:17:13 > 0:17:17It's the final day of Gareth's grand sweep of Northern Britain.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Today, he'll be heading to the Peak District to audition
0:17:22 > 0:17:25all-female group The Honey Belles.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- # Doo-doo - Ahh, ahh, ahh... #
0:17:28 > 0:17:29They're energetic.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31# Where do we go? Where do we go now? #
0:17:31 > 0:17:33They obviously really like dressing up.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36And they're quite colourful.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38It might be a little bit like a hen party.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41# Where do we go...? #
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Oh, that's what it is -
0:17:43 > 0:17:45they're dressed in yellow cos they're called The Honey Belles.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47And honey is yellow.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50# Oh-oh, sweet child of mine! #
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I think they look fun.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00Honey Belles HQ for today is the Derbyshire village of Old Tupton,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02where a birthday party is doubling up as
0:18:02 > 0:18:06a welcome party for the ladies' favourite choirmaster.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I've got everything crossed - fingers, toes, the works -
0:18:10 > 0:18:13that he gives us the decision that we want,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15to go forward in the competition.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18This mix of teachers, nurses and carers
0:18:18 > 0:18:22see the choir as an escape from their day-to-day responsibilities
0:18:22 > 0:18:26and a way to let their hair down.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29It's a release, and that's the whole point of the choir to us.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30And we can sing our hearts out,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33just like you do every Saturday night on the dance floor.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Hello!
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- CHEERING - Hello!
0:18:37 > 0:18:39I'm sorry to interrupt...
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Is it a special birthday?
0:18:40 > 0:18:41I want to say 21st...
0:18:41 > 0:18:43LAUGHTER
0:18:43 > 0:18:45But you'd be lying.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Tell me a bit about your group. How did this all start?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50LAUGHTER
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I didn't do it! That's not true.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I was watching you on Military Wives and I was just, like,
0:18:57 > 0:18:58"I want to do that."
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Why not?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Well, shall we...shall we sing?- Yes.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09# I feel stormy weather
0:19:09 > 0:19:14# Moving in
0:19:14 > 0:19:17# Ahhhhhhhhh, ahhhhh!
0:19:17 > 0:19:19# It's raining men
0:19:19 > 0:19:21# Hallelujah!
0:19:21 > 0:19:23# It's raining men
0:19:23 > 0:19:24# Amen!
0:19:24 > 0:19:25# I'm gonna go out
0:19:25 > 0:19:27# I'm gonna let myself get
0:19:27 > 0:19:31# Absolutely soaking wet
0:19:31 > 0:19:34# Oh, it's raining men! #
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Wow! That's a very loud noise. Erm...
0:19:37 > 0:19:38LAUGHTER
0:19:38 > 0:19:40I suppose the biggest question for me is,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43what is it that you want to be? Why are you singing?
0:19:43 > 0:19:44- Cos it's fun.- Yeah.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47At the moment, it feels like you're having a good time.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48That's absolutely great.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53You have to feel something that then connects with the audience.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54And I think you could do more.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57'It's not very cool.'
0:19:57 > 0:20:00There's something a bit naff about it.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02But, for all that, there is something solid there.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05There's some good singers, they've got some great harmonies.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09I think, with a few changes, they could be really good.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Eat it!
0:20:10 > 0:20:12LAUGHTER
0:20:16 > 0:20:19That's really delicious. Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28It's another rainy, grey day in Northern Britain.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Gareth's visiting the final Northern group on the shortlist.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37I'm off to see a choir in Manchester who have all been touched by cancer in some way.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Some of them are doctors, some of them are carers,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42and some of them are suffering from cancer themselves.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45The Rhythm of Life choir meet at The Christie,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48a leading cancer-care centre in south Manchester.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Anyone else for coffee?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I don't know how I became the waiter here.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02Oh, wait till I tell my girls I've been served by Gareth.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- They will not believe it. - I mean...- Absolutely.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08I'm a giver, what can I say?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Tell me a bit about the choir and what it means to you.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12I've got advanced breast cancer.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15My treatment had stopped working,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18so I've been waiting to go on a new trial.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22So, I just started yesterday. I was here for ten hours yesterday.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Right.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25So it's just been lovely to have something different
0:21:25 > 0:21:27to focus on and talk about.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Something to just be in the moment and enjoy singing.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33My daughter, Ella, is in the choir as well.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37It's been a lovely, supportive way to be together and do
0:21:37 > 0:21:41something together, which is not cancer and not illness and stuff.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43It's just such a lovely thing to do.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46And, yeah, we'll be practising in the car on the way home
0:21:46 > 0:21:49and practising with Dad as well. He joins in.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- I'm really looking forward to this. - One, two...
0:21:53 > 0:21:56# The rhythm of life is a powerful beat
0:21:56 > 0:21:59# Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet
0:21:59 > 0:22:02# Rhythm in the bedroom, rhythm on the street
0:22:02 > 0:22:04# Oh, the rhythm of life is a powerful beat
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- # Doo-ee - Doo, doo, doo
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- # Doo-ee - Doo-ee, doo-ee, doo-ee, doo-ee
0:22:08 > 0:22:09- # Doo-ee, doo-ee - Doo, doo, doo
0:22:09 > 0:22:11# Doo-ee, doo-ee, doo-ee... #
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Seeing the strength and the spirit I found incredibly moving.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17I can't stand The Rhythm Of Life.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22And today I absolutely loved it.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27It's just the fact of them letting their voices be heard.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31So, really beautiful and heartfelt and...
0:22:31 > 0:22:32lovely.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38Half my friends and acquaintances are miserable about all sorts
0:22:38 > 0:22:41of things that simply don't matter.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44'And here is a group of people who are dying,
0:22:44 > 0:22:48'have relatives dying, mothers dying, and are all full of joy.'
0:22:48 > 0:22:51That's hope, isn't it?
0:22:51 > 0:22:58# The rhythm of life is a powerful be-e-e-eat! #
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Gareth's now met all six of the choirs from Scotland
0:23:06 > 0:23:08and Northern England.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13He'll spend tonight deciding which three he wants to hear sing again.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17It's not easy to say to people, "You're not through,"
0:23:17 > 0:23:19and I want to make sure I've chosen the right three.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24# Take the shackles off my feet... #
0:23:24 > 0:23:26It's difficult, because I'm not dealing with finished products.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29# ..Unscathed through musket fire... #
0:23:29 > 0:23:31They're all sort of on a wing and a prayer.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34# All I needed was the love you gave... #
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Some of them it's right for, some of them it's simply not.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38# Man to man! #
0:23:38 > 0:23:42But I now know, I think, which of the three groups I want to take
0:23:42 > 0:23:46forward, and they're the ones that are ready for the challenge.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Ooh, it's been a good week!
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I've seen lots of very interesting groups.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Each have lots of potential.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Gareth's chosen his top three choirs.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Today, they'll sing off against each other at a North Yorkshire
0:24:10 > 0:24:14village hall to secure a place in the final stages of the contest.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I want the group that I choose to represent the northern part
0:24:18 > 0:24:21of the UK to be people with real energy and real spirit,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24saying something to an audience about what it is to be British,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27what it is to be them, what it is to sing as a community.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30One of the groups that I've chosen are, I think,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34incredibly entertaining, they've got a real reason to sing and they are
0:24:34 > 0:24:36probably one of the most polished in the contest at this stage.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39But they are a little unrefined,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41and that's Got Soul, from Edinburgh.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44If we get through, it means that we stand
0:24:44 > 0:24:47a chance of this thing growing and growing and growing.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49So, it's fantastic.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52One of the groups I've chosen, they are so inexperienced,
0:24:52 > 0:24:54so they are a bit of a wild card.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57But there's heart, there's community, there's passion,
0:24:57 > 0:24:58and that's Mums In Durham.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Remember the words - just believe in ourselves. Right...
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Tits and teeth!
0:25:03 > 0:25:05LAUGHTER
0:25:07 > 0:25:09This group, they've got great arrangements,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11they've got a great sound...
0:25:11 > 0:25:14It's just that it's very cheesy.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16And that's Honey Belles.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Can I make The Honey Belles cool?
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- I mean, can- I- make The Honey Belles cool? Can anyone?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25It's got quite serious now.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27So, try to remain calm and think, "No, we can do this,
0:25:27 > 0:25:28"we know what we're doing.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31"We know what we're doing, and we can do this."
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I'm looking forward to making the decision,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37because the group I choose I will then get to work with and refine
0:25:37 > 0:25:41and polish and make into something hopefully really wonderful.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Hello! - CHEERING
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Hi!
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Yeah!
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Well done!
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Congratulations on being here, because from hundreds that applied
0:25:59 > 0:26:03across your region, I have whittled it down to just you three groups.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Today, you're going to be singing for me and, crucially,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09you're going to be singing a cappella.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Without instruments, nothing to hide behind.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Because that, for me, is the best way to hear what you have.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Mums In Durham, Honey Belles, I'd like you to leave,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22because, Got Soul, you are singing for me first.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24THEY CHEER
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Ready, Got Soul?
0:26:28 > 0:26:29ALL: Yes!
0:26:29 > 0:26:30OK, let's hear you.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35# See you driving round town with the boy I love
0:26:35 > 0:26:38# And I'm, like, forget you
0:26:38 > 0:26:40# Ooh, ooh, ooh!
0:26:40 > 0:26:43# I guess the change in my pocket wasn't enough
0:26:43 > 0:26:45# I'm, like, forget you
0:26:45 > 0:26:47# And forget her too
0:26:47 > 0:26:49# Said, if I was richer
0:26:49 > 0:26:52# I'd still be with ya
0:26:52 > 0:26:54# Ahhhhh!
0:26:54 > 0:26:55# Ain't that some shh!
0:26:55 > 0:26:56# Now, baby, baby, baby
0:26:56 > 0:26:59# Why you wanna, wanna hurt me so bad?
0:26:59 > 0:27:03# So bad, so bad, so bad!
0:27:03 > 0:27:04# Uh, why?
0:27:04 > 0:27:06# Uh, why?
0:27:06 > 0:27:07# Uh!
0:27:07 > 0:27:12# I still love you
0:27:12 > 0:27:16# I see you driving round town with the boy I love
0:27:16 > 0:27:18# And I'm, like, forget you
0:27:18 > 0:27:20# Ooh, ooh, ooh
0:27:20 > 0:27:23# I guess the change in my pocket wasn't enough
0:27:23 > 0:27:26# And I'm, like, forget you
0:27:26 > 0:27:27# Ooh, ooh, ooh
0:27:27 > 0:27:29# Ahhh! #
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Thank you very much, Got Soul. You may leave.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33THEY WHOOP
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Thank you.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38The other two groups are really going to have to up their game
0:27:38 > 0:27:40if they're going to compete with that.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42LAUGHTER AND CHEERING
0:27:44 > 0:27:49Oh, my God, I just feel absolutely amazing. It was just terrific.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Next up, the Mums In Durham.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Take it away.
0:27:58 > 0:28:05# I walked across an empty land
0:28:05 > 0:28:11# I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
0:28:11 > 0:28:17# I felt the earth beneath my feet
0:28:17 > 0:28:24# Sat by the river and it made me complete
0:28:24 > 0:28:27# Oh, simple thing
0:28:27 > 0:28:29# Where have you gone?
0:28:29 > 0:28:31# Where have you gone?
0:28:31 > 0:28:36# I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
0:28:36 > 0:28:42# And if you have a minute, why don't we go
0:28:42 > 0:28:48# Talk about it somewhere only we know?
0:28:48 > 0:28:53# This could be the end of everything
0:28:53 > 0:28:56# So why don't we go
0:28:56 > 0:29:03# Somewhere only we know? #
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- Thank you. Well done. You may go. Thank you.- Thank you.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13'It's all there, it's just so...lacking skill.'
0:29:13 > 0:29:17If I think of the first group that performed, they were so polished.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20And if that lot had somebody telling them what to do,
0:29:20 > 0:29:22I think they could be absolutely wonderful.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26I kind of brought us all in wrong.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28- ALL:- No, you didn't.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- You didn't.- But...
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Babe, you didn't. You didn't.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37You did an absolutely fantastic job, don't worry about it.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Last to perform for a place in the finals, The Honey Belles.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47It wouldn't be The Honey Belles if you hadn't dressed up.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48Are you Madonna?
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- ALL:- Yes. - LAUGHTER
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Let's hear it, off you go.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55# Oooh
0:29:55 > 0:30:00# Life is a mystery
0:30:00 > 0:30:05# Everyone must stand alone
0:30:05 > 0:30:10# I hear you call my name
0:30:10 > 0:30:18# And it feels like home
0:30:18 > 0:30:22# When you call my name It's like a little prayer
0:30:22 > 0:30:27# I'm down on my knees I wanna take you there
0:30:27 > 0:30:31# In the midnight hour I can feel your power
0:30:31 > 0:30:35# Just like a prayer You know I'll take you there... #
0:30:35 > 0:30:37# Just like a prayer Oh-oh
0:30:37 > 0:30:39# Your voice can take me there Oh-oh
0:30:39 > 0:30:41# Just like a muse to me Oh-oh
0:30:41 > 0:30:43# You are a mystery Oh-oh
0:30:43 > 0:30:45# Just like a dream
0:30:45 > 0:30:47# You are not what you seem
0:30:47 > 0:30:49# Just like a prayer
0:30:49 > 0:30:53# No choice, your voice can take me there. #
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Oh, good final chord. You may leave, well done.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57Thank you.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00I didn't find it very convincing, but they were very committed.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02They go for it, they give it everything.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04ALL CHATTER
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Just to think how far we've come in a few weeks...
0:31:06 > 0:31:08- VOICE BREAKING:- They worked really hard and I think...
0:31:08 > 0:31:11I'm just so proud, they've... Yes.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15I couldn't be happier. Sorry.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
0:31:21 > 0:31:26All three groups seen, it's now decision time for Gareth.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29This isn't an easy decision, because I think all of the groups have merits.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31There's a group with loads of energy,
0:31:31 > 0:31:33there's a group with beautiful voices and there's a group
0:31:33 > 0:31:36with great arrangements and a kind of sense of pizzazz.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- This is about finding a group that- I- can work with and that I can
0:31:39 > 0:31:42challenge and create something exciting.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Got Soul...
0:31:44 > 0:31:48I think they've got great energy, but it's easy to make people dance.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Can you actually touch people in their hearts?
0:31:52 > 0:31:57The problem with Mums In Durham is that they are utterly inexperienced.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01And if I ask them to stand up on stage in front of a thousand people,
0:32:01 > 0:32:03I think they might crack.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07What I like about The Honey Belles is their commitment, their energy,
0:32:07 > 0:32:12they really want this and they want to be in front of an audience.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15It just doesn't feel like THEIR music.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17I'm torn. You know, there's work for me to do.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Whichever group I choose, if I choose the wrong one,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24I'm the person who then has to kind of pick up the pieces.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Yes!
0:32:26 > 0:32:28It's been brilliant.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30I'm looking for rough diamonds, I think.
0:32:32 > 0:32:33And I think I've got one.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41LAUGHTER
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- Hello! - ALL:- Hi.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- How are you? - ALL:- Nervous.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54OK. How did you feel that your performance went?
0:32:54 > 0:32:55- ALL:- Good.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57We did really well.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00We gave it our all and hopefully you will see
0:33:00 > 0:33:01what else we've got to give.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05It wasn't the greatest audition I've ever seen.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08You are, as I said, a very inexperienced group.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14There's a really fantastic soul here that has really touched me.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18It's just, I can only take one group today to represent the region.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23I have made a decision.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28I'm not going to take you on to the next stage, I'm afraid.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31You must keep singing and keep getting all the enjoyment
0:33:31 > 0:33:33that you so evidently get out of it.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Thank you so much and I will watch with interest. See you later, bye.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38- ALL:- Thank you. Bye.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I'm gutted about the outcome, but so pleased that we've done
0:33:42 > 0:33:44this process, and I wouldn't change a thing.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47We've done ourselves proud.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52I have made a decision.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59And I'm afraid I've just decided it isn't you.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03There's a lot of great things about your group
0:34:03 > 0:34:06and there's not a lot you need me for.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- Go home with your heads held high. - Yeah.- Thank you.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11LAUGHTER
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Thank you so much for this experience and thank you
0:34:13 > 0:34:16for believing in what we're all about.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17It's been OK.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26I'm going to put you through.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29ALL SCREAM
0:34:29 > 0:34:30- Oh, seriously?!- Yeah.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- Oh, my God!- Well done.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34- SHE YELLS - Well done!
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Does this mean I'm going to be eating more of your pie?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- Yes.- OK. Thank you, well done.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- Well done.- Thank you. - Are we all hugging?
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- Please don't have an asthma attack. - Oh, my God, thank you!
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Well done, you're welcome, well done.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50I can't believe I cuddled Gareth Malone! Aah! Ha-ha!
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Oh, my God, I actually touched him.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55- I was not expecting that! - ALL TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Girls, I've only put you through to the next stage, you haven't won it!
0:34:58 > 0:35:00- ALL:- We know! - This is how we think.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04Your solo, that was absolutely tremendous, really well done.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06- Told you!- Told you! - She thought she'd done it wrong.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08No, no-no, not at all. I don't want to bring on the labour.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11It's just unbelievable for me, really, yeah.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14It's going to take a while for that to sink in properly.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18- Nobody's ever believed in us before. - And it's such a good feeling.- Yeah.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19- Isn't it?- Yeah!
0:35:19 > 0:35:22You need to now prove to me that you are worthy
0:35:22 > 0:35:25of being in this contest, which means we need to work really,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28really hard to make sure that you're producing something that is
0:35:28 > 0:35:29as good as it possibly can be.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32So, we're going to do a performance that I will organise
0:35:32 > 0:35:36in your local community in four weeks' time.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38ALL GASP
0:35:38 > 0:35:40- Right. - LAUGHTER
0:35:40 > 0:35:41I've chosen a song for you.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44And this is your song...
0:35:45 > 0:35:50# She can kill with a smile She can wound with her eyes
0:35:50 > 0:35:56# And she can ruin your faith with her casual lies
0:35:56 > 0:36:00# And she only reveals what she wants you to see
0:36:02 > 0:36:08# She hides like a child But she's always a woman to me... #
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- What d'you think?- Love it. - Brilliant.- Love it.- Happy?
0:36:11 > 0:36:12- ALL:- Yeah. - Great.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16It can be about you as women, about your sort of identity,
0:36:16 > 0:36:17your strength, your frailties...
0:36:17 > 0:36:21It could be quite an empowering female song, and that's what I miss.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24There's a North-eastern toughness
0:36:24 > 0:36:28I see in your personalities when we're talking and that we didn't yet get into the singing.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32So, ladies, I'm going to leave this in your hands, best of luck.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33- ALL:- Thank you!
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Well done! - ALL CHEER
0:36:37 > 0:36:40We're just going to do our best to represent the North,
0:36:40 > 0:36:42we're just not going to stop working.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46- We're not, we're not, we're just going to do this all the time. - This is going to change our lives.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Oh, my gosh, this is going to change our lives.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- I know it is, I know, I know. Amazing.- Yeah, this is brilliant.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Love it.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54Yeah.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57I've taken a gamble and went for something that spoke to me
0:36:57 > 0:37:00directly, something that was pretty and beautiful and honest and real,
0:37:00 > 0:37:02and I think that's what they've got,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05and they now have to retain that when it gets to a contest.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07That's not easy, but I think that they can do it.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09I've really got faith in those women.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12I think I've got more faith about this for them
0:37:12 > 0:37:14than they have in themselves.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25The Mums In Durham have been rehearsing their song
0:37:25 > 0:37:27for the last week.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Can we sing the "ooh" bits again?
0:37:30 > 0:37:33# Oh
0:37:33 > 0:37:37# And she never gives out. #
0:37:37 > 0:37:39It's harder than I thought, you know.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40It's really hard.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Yeah.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45The task Gareth's set them of singing in public is one the choir
0:37:45 > 0:37:50could never have envisaged taking on a year ago when they first formed.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- Never have performed, have we? - No, we haven't.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- It's one thing we've always wanted to do.- Yeah, we've never had the opportunity.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- But as well as never having the opportunity, confidence...- Yeah.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01..everything rolled into one, I think, isn't it?
0:38:01 > 0:38:04I think it's helping each other get the confidence to believe that
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- you can do it, though, as well, isn't it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Cos there's some that are less confident in the group,
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- isn't there, Kayleigh?- Yeah.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13# She can lead you to love She can take you or... #
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Confidence really was a...a thing when I was a kid. It still is now.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21# But she'll never believe. #
0:38:21 > 0:38:22Being a bigger person,
0:38:22 > 0:38:24you do get judged a bit more,
0:38:24 > 0:38:26like, what you wear, what you do, how you look.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31# She just changes her mind. #
0:38:31 > 0:38:33I'm now starting to get a little bit worried.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36I can't hit a high note in any of those!
0:38:36 > 0:38:39It's harder singing it as a group and in a choir
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- than it is singing it on your own. - By yourself.
0:38:41 > 0:38:48# Oh, she takes care of herself... #
0:38:48 > 0:38:50I really like Mums In Durham,
0:38:50 > 0:38:54there's something very charming and sort of open and simple about it.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56It is a little bit of a risk for me.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58It is, essentially, a mother-and-baby group
0:38:58 > 0:39:00that has turned into a choir.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Gareth's heading north to mentor the Mums and tackle their lack
0:39:04 > 0:39:06of self-belief head-on.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08They're very nervous, this group,
0:39:08 > 0:39:12because they've not sung in public very much before, if at all.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16So I need to do something about that, I need to do a bit of sort of
0:39:16 > 0:39:20psychological preparation for performance, that's what they need.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23Ready?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26His driver for the morning is Rachael,
0:39:26 > 0:39:28who he's joined on the school run.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29Are you enjoying it?
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- Oh, yeah, absolutely.- Good. Happy with the song?- Love it.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- It's a good song, isn't it?- I love the song, yeah. It's really nice.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36I must admit, it's harder than I thought.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38We haven't quite been together a year yet,
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I'm always kind of thinking, d'you know,
0:39:40 > 0:39:42a year ago I wouldn't have dared sing, I wouldn't have...
0:39:42 > 0:39:45- I wouldn't have dared.- Oh, well, that's a great change.- Yeah.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48MECHANICAL WHIRRING
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Aah!
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Choir founder Rachael feels her issues with self-esteem
0:39:53 > 0:39:55date back to her childhood.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58I was always really overweight as a child,
0:39:58 > 0:40:00so I felt that I was never going to be the pretty one,
0:40:00 > 0:40:04I was never going to be the clever one, I was always just going to be
0:40:04 > 0:40:07the fat one, and, obviously, being mixed-race in a predominantly
0:40:07 > 0:40:11white area, I was going to be the fat black one, the fat black kid.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14You two, with your dancing and stuff, do you ever get nervous?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- Get in the zone. - I just need to take deep breaths.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17- Get in your bubble...- Yeah.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- ..and do it.- OK.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23I wanted to be liked and I wanted to be popular.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27I think I just turned into the funny one, the one who cracked jokes.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29CHILD BLOWS RASPBERRY, CHILDREN LAUGH
0:40:29 > 0:40:31I don't sing in public,
0:40:31 > 0:40:36so having a performance to prepare is quite a daunting prospect.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41To fit around the Mums' busy schedule, Gareth's set up
0:40:41 > 0:40:45his first mentor session with them at the local school...
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Crocodile's coming to get you!
0:40:47 > 0:40:51..where choir member Louise works as a playground supervisor.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57Louise lives with her husband, Paul, and their four-year-old son, Bo.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58- Come here, darling. - PAUL LAUGHS
0:40:58 > 0:40:59I love you.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Mum kisses... I love you very much.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07- Off we go, then.- See you later.- I'll see you later.- Love you.- Love you.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09# She can kill with a smile... #
0:41:09 > 0:41:15Me confidence did drop when me and Paul wanted to start a family
0:41:15 > 0:41:17and things weren't going our way.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19SHE HUMS
0:41:19 > 0:41:22We lost a few...pregnancies.
0:41:23 > 0:41:29So when we actually got our son, it was the most amazing thing ever.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32# And she never gives... #
0:41:32 > 0:41:36From being told that children wouldn't be possible,
0:41:36 > 0:41:39to the point of holding your child...
0:41:40 > 0:41:43I look at him every day and I'm so proud...
0:41:43 > 0:41:46that he's mine and he calls me Mammy.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Yeah.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55To be part of the choir, it fills me with pride to know that
0:41:55 > 0:41:59I fit in there, because I am a mam, and it's the best ever.
0:42:01 > 0:42:02- Hello! - ALL:- Hi!
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- Hello, ladies, how are we? - All right, how are you?
0:42:05 > 0:42:09So this is our chance now to just build up your confidence,
0:42:09 > 0:42:10and let's have some music.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Yeah.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16# She can kill with a smile She can wound with her eyes
0:42:16 > 0:42:21# She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
0:42:21 > 0:42:26# And she only reveals what she wants you to see
0:42:26 > 0:42:33# She hides like a child But she's always a woman to me. #
0:42:33 > 0:42:36I feel like if I came in here with a sort of Geiger counter
0:42:36 > 0:42:38for nerves, it would be going, "Kccccchhhh!"
0:42:38 > 0:42:39ALL LAUGH
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Actually, I don't know why we've got this terrible lack of
0:42:42 > 0:42:45confidence, cos the second that you start all singing together,
0:42:45 > 0:42:47it's really lovely.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48That's probably a step too far,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51to do something that we're not comfortable with vocally and
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- then put it on our faces that we're absolutely loving this.- Yeah, yes.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Cos inside our heads we're going, "I haven't got a clue."- No.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- When you all sing together, it just clicks, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02I put you through because of that sound.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Draw some bloody confidence from that.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07This is going to be your first public performance,
0:43:07 > 0:43:10I want them to hear what I heard, which was this cracking sound.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12If we don't get on top of that now,
0:43:12 > 0:43:15it's not going to suddenly magically fix itself.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18I'm not surprised that when I came in it was not great,
0:43:18 > 0:43:20but it's disappointing.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22That's what I was worried about putting them through, was,
0:43:22 > 0:43:25you know - "Are they actually ready for it?" Cos as soon as I start to
0:43:25 > 0:43:27work with them, they kind of fall to pieces
0:43:27 > 0:43:28cos they're so inexperienced.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32I've got one of the world's most terrifying audiences
0:43:32 > 0:43:33waiting right out there.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38It's a group of primary-school kids.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44- Go on.- No?
0:43:44 > 0:43:47- Oh, we'll be fine, Kayleigh, we'll be great, don't worry.- OK.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50- Oh, it's just...- It'll be OK.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52I think it would be really good for you and that's a totally...
0:43:52 > 0:43:54- I am shitting myself.- Yeah, fine. - I am, I am.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57- Sorry, I'm shitting myself, sorry. - OK, but look at...look at me.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00- What matters is going in there and giving it a good go.- Yeah.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03And it's only children. Can we all get ourselves in the right place...
0:44:03 > 0:44:05- Yes.- ..and prepare for it?
0:44:05 > 0:44:08- Let's go...and sing. - Sorry, yeah.- Yeah.
0:44:08 > 0:44:09Come on.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15LAUGHTER
0:44:15 > 0:44:17APPLAUSE
0:44:20 > 0:44:22CHEERING
0:44:31 > 0:44:34# She can kill with a... #
0:44:34 > 0:44:36I'm off-key. Sorry!
0:44:36 > 0:44:39- Sorry.- Don't worry.
0:44:41 > 0:44:46# She can kill with a smile She can wound with her eyes
0:44:46 > 0:44:51# She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
0:44:51 > 0:44:57# And she'll only reveal what she wants you to see
0:44:57 > 0:45:04# She hides like a child But she's always a woman to me
0:45:04 > 0:45:08# She can lead you to love She can take you or leave you... #
0:45:08 > 0:45:10That's all you're getting.
0:45:10 > 0:45:11LAUGHTER
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Can you give all of them a round of applause?
0:45:14 > 0:45:15CHEERING
0:45:15 > 0:45:19I've never seen singing like that before. I think they're spectacular.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22I liked how it was about women, not men.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25We're a bit too hairy sometimes!
0:45:25 > 0:45:27LAUGHTER
0:45:28 > 0:45:31- There we go, that was OK, wasn't it? - It was very reasonable.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33- Yeah, it was OK.- Even though I see these people every day,
0:45:33 > 0:45:35I still get nervous in front of them.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38I think the thing to remember is that the nerves are never
0:45:38 > 0:45:40- going to go away...- Oh, no. - You're always going to feel nervous,
0:45:40 > 0:45:43- experience teaches you that it is going to be all right.- Yeah.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45It has to be, "We've got something to say,"
0:45:45 > 0:45:46and you've got so much to say.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48- Yeah.- Are you OK?
0:45:48 > 0:45:51- Yeah, I just said there that I wanted to do it again!- Yeah?
0:45:51 > 0:45:54- Of course you do.- I've got to go for it, I'll do it again.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56I'm saying we're going to bottle that feeling and just squirt
0:45:56 > 0:46:00- a bit on every day.- Oh, like a sort of pungent eau de toilette?- Yes.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03- Of Gareth.- Of Gareth confidence? - Yeah. "Confidence in a bottle."
0:46:03 > 0:46:05That's it, that's what we need.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Ladies, I'm glad to be leaving you on a high. Well done.
0:46:07 > 0:46:08Well done.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10'I think throwing them for a loop
0:46:10 > 0:46:13'and making them sing in front of people was the right decision.'
0:46:13 > 0:46:14I definitely saw a step up.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17At least they did it, they all sang in front of people, that's really, really good.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20# Dum, duh, duh... #
0:46:20 > 0:46:24But there's a lot of music work that needs to now happen between now and their performance.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40- We are representing the North. - You just sort of sit there...
0:46:40 > 0:46:42- I know.- ..and have a little giggle to yourself,
0:46:42 > 0:46:44- and you're, like, "Mm!" - SHE LAUGHS
0:46:44 > 0:46:47And it's nice that we've got our own thing going on.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50We've got to start believing in ourselves now.
0:46:50 > 0:46:51Yeah, definitely.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01Gareth wants to find a space for the choir's first big
0:47:01 > 0:47:04public performance in five days' time.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07He's chosen their usual rehearsal setting,
0:47:07 > 0:47:11Bearpark Community Centre, a former miners' welfare club.
0:47:11 > 0:47:16Opened in 1921, it cost local miners a shilling a week
0:47:16 > 0:47:21to get access to its library, billiard room and dance hall.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23They could even enjoy a tin bath!
0:47:23 > 0:47:28This is Bearpark Jazz Band inside the community centre...
0:47:28 > 0:47:32That's the stage, the whole stage is took up by that.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36It has special significance for Hayley and her family.
0:47:36 > 0:47:40- Can you see her? There she is there. - That's Nana.- Nana.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42- With a bouffant. - HE CHUCKLES
0:47:42 > 0:47:44She must have used a lot of hairspray.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48My mum and my grandma performed in the community centre
0:47:48 > 0:47:49when they were younger.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52I'm really proud that I'm performing there,
0:47:52 > 0:47:55it's like I'm following on... a legend, so to speak.
0:47:55 > 0:48:00It doesn't get used as much as it used to, and it is going to
0:48:00 > 0:48:04bring lots of community spirit back, which I'm quite proud of.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08Performing there and making the building come alive again, I think it's going to be really nice.
0:48:10 > 0:48:14Look, I brought you here to Bearpark Community Centre because when you're here, you're confident,
0:48:14 > 0:48:17you're comfortable, and that is fundamentally what I want to see.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21I need to see the feisty, strong women that I first met.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25And there will be eight of the most confident women you've ever seen, won't there?
0:48:25 > 0:48:26- ALL:- Yeah! - Yes, there will!
0:48:26 > 0:48:29Good, all right. Well, look, let's crack on.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32# Oh
0:48:32 > 0:48:36# She takes care of herself
0:48:36 > 0:48:40# She can wait if she wants
0:48:40 > 0:48:46# She's ahead of her time... #
0:48:46 > 0:48:49You're all going... "Uh-uh, uh... No, I'm not sure...
0:48:49 > 0:48:51- "When do I get...? Where's the second verse?"- Yeah.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54If you don't get it now, it'll not happen in performance. So let's try that again.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57- # Oh - Oh
0:48:57 > 0:49:01# She takes care of herself... #
0:49:01 > 0:49:04Ahhh... You can't do that, it's got to drive.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06I don't get the belief, I just get...
0:49:08 > 0:49:09You've got to buy into it.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14Is everyone getting that message loud and clear?
0:49:14 > 0:49:16Can I give you something to meditate on?
0:49:16 > 0:49:19In this room, like, for the last 100 years or so,
0:49:19 > 0:49:21women have come to sing like this.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25If you can have that quality of singing for all the women
0:49:25 > 0:49:28- that have ever stood on this spot and sung a song...- My nana.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31Your nana? Did your nana used to come here and sing songs?
0:49:31 > 0:49:33- In this very room?- Yeah. - Well, there we are.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Look, that's what this performance is about,
0:49:35 > 0:49:38it's something rather old-fashioned, you know, a group of women coming
0:49:38 > 0:49:41to sing to the local community, and that's a really lovely thing.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43I want every note of it to mean something to you.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48- I've done everything I can now, it's over to you. Off you go.- Thank you.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50Dismissed.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54For a lot of us, we've kind of hid for a long time, you know?
0:49:54 > 0:49:58We have to push ourselves forward and be more confident,
0:49:58 > 0:49:59because we can do it.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02I don't want to let you down, cos we know you took a gamble on us.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04This is very simple, you know,
0:50:04 > 0:50:07this is a group of women coming in here, singing a song...
0:50:07 > 0:50:10- What's to worry about?- Easy. - Yeah, easy...- Yeah.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12But it's not like that for you, is it?
0:50:12 > 0:50:15It's not, no, this is completely out of our comfort zone.
0:50:15 > 0:50:16We will make it work.
0:50:16 > 0:50:20- OK, well, we've got a mountain to climb.- I'm going to win.- OK.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22- All right.- Thank you.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27I mean, I just don't know if they're actually ready for this contest
0:50:27 > 0:50:29in any way, shape or form.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31I think it's a bit...knocking a bit on your confidence and that
0:50:31 > 0:50:35because you think, "Ah, I've done my best, and if you can't see..."
0:50:37 > 0:50:39"..you know, that we've tried..."
0:50:39 > 0:50:41it just makes you think, "Are we going to...
0:50:41 > 0:50:44"Are we going to be good enough by our final performance?"
0:50:53 > 0:50:58It's the day of the Mums In Durham's first big public performance.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01I hope they get what we're trying to put across.
0:51:01 > 0:51:05Strong women against the odds and the things you do
0:51:05 > 0:51:06when you're pushed to your limits!
0:51:06 > 0:51:10We are living proof that you can get off your backside
0:51:10 > 0:51:12and make something happen.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13- GASPS:- Oh, my gosh!
0:51:14 > 0:51:16I love it.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19While the women spruce up themselves,
0:51:19 > 0:51:23their husbands are busy sprucing up the community centre.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26Pull it straight there, son, pull it over there...
0:51:26 > 0:51:28Put it... There we go.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30I've spent a lot of time with the Mums In Durham, I haven't met any
0:51:30 > 0:51:33of the dads in Durham, these mythical beasts.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37- Hello, are you one of the dads in Durham?- Yes, I'm Paul,
0:51:37 > 0:51:39- Louise's husband.- Hello, nice to meet you.- Pleased to meet you.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42- Hello, and who are you?- Bo.- Bo. - Who's your mummy?
0:51:42 > 0:51:44- (Louise.)- Louise.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48- Going to see Mammy singing today. - Yeah.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51- Yeah, we're really excited. Really proud, aren't we?- Yeah.
0:51:51 > 0:51:55- We're really proud of Mammy. She's going to do great, isn't she?- Yeah.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58- Sorry?- I'm her sister. So singing from when we were little in bed.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01- Really?- Yeah. - She'd sing you to sleep?- Yeah.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04I'll be so proud of her, that's my little sister stood up there,
0:52:04 > 0:52:07doing what she's wanted to do forever.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09- I'm Craig.- You're Craig. Are you...?
0:52:09 > 0:52:10- Hayley's.- Hayley?
0:52:10 > 0:52:14- Are you excited to see your mum sing?- She sings beautifully...
0:52:14 > 0:52:17- Like the stars!- Like the stars!
0:52:17 > 0:52:19Willie, let go of me!
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Along with Hayley's four boys,
0:52:22 > 0:52:27someone's arrived who knows exactly how to entertain the Bearpark crowd.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Her nan, Ellen.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32Will you be proud today to sing in the same place that your nana sang in?
0:52:32 > 0:52:34Yeah, yes, I will.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37I can't tell you how excited I am about this, you know.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40- I hope we do justice to the building.- Oh, gosh, you will.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43- Yes, I will. - ELLEN CHUCKLES
0:52:44 > 0:52:48- We're Rachael's older brother and sister.- This is a proud moment
0:52:48 > 0:52:52for our family. Performing before an audience takes a lot of courage.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55I imagine they're feeling terribly nervous.
0:52:58 > 0:52:59- LAUGHING:- You can already hear them!
0:52:59 > 0:53:01I know, you can hear them. Oh, my God.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06Friends, family and locals have packed out Bearpark
0:53:06 > 0:53:11and over 200 people are now waiting to hear the Mums sing.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14There's people that have just basically never, ever...
0:53:14 > 0:53:16never heard me sing.
0:53:16 > 0:53:17That's nerve-racking.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22We want people to see how strong we are and we certainly
0:53:22 > 0:53:24don't want to crumble on the stage.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29- Hello! - ALL:- Hello!
0:53:30 > 0:53:32APPLAUSE
0:53:32 > 0:53:35Good afternoon, welcome to Bearpark Community Centre.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Today you're going to see a very special performance by
0:53:37 > 0:53:39a group of local women...
0:53:39 > 0:53:41I'm incredibly proud of what they've done.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46So will you please give an enormous welcome to...
0:53:46 > 0:53:49The Mums In Durham?!
0:53:49 > 0:53:51CHEERING
0:54:07 > 0:54:09PIANO PLAYS
0:54:10 > 0:54:15# She can kill with a smile She can wound with her eyes
0:54:15 > 0:54:21# She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
0:54:21 > 0:54:27# And she only reveals what she wants you to see
0:54:27 > 0:54:35# She hides like a child But she's always a woman to me
0:54:35 > 0:54:40# She can lead you to love She can take you or leave you
0:54:40 > 0:54:45# She can ask for the truth But she'll never believe you
0:54:45 > 0:54:51# And she'll take what you give her as long as it's free
0:54:51 > 0:54:59# She steals like a thief But she's always a woman to me
0:54:59 > 0:55:02# Oh
0:55:02 > 0:55:06# She takes care of herself
0:55:06 > 0:55:10# She can wait if she wants
0:55:10 > 0:55:15# She's ahead of her time
0:55:15 > 0:55:18# Oh
0:55:18 > 0:55:22# And she never gives out
0:55:22 > 0:55:26# And she never gives in
0:55:26 > 0:55:31# She just changes her mind
0:55:31 > 0:55:34LOUISE HUMS
0:55:38 > 0:55:40GROUP HUMS
0:55:43 > 0:55:52# She's always a woman to me. #
0:55:54 > 0:55:57CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:17 > 0:56:19LAUGHTER
0:56:19 > 0:56:23The girls were just fantastic, amazing. Amazing.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25I'm so proud of me sister.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28It's something she's always wanted to do and...
0:56:28 > 0:56:30she's got her chance there now.
0:56:30 > 0:56:34It takes you back. It makes you feel like you want to be there again.
0:56:34 > 0:56:39It was really absolutely beautiful. Very proud of her.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42Very proud of all of them.
0:56:42 > 0:56:46Bursting with pride. That's fantastic, absolutely amazing.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47That was amazing.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50I think Gareth's done an amazing job with the whole team.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52It's great, fantastic. I'm very proud.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55- Did you enjoy it? - Yes, it was amazing.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57- Mammy was brilliant, wasn't she? - Yeah.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00They were all really good. Really proud of them.
0:57:00 > 0:57:01The sound of it,
0:57:01 > 0:57:07it made everybody tickle from toes to the tops of their heads, totally.
0:57:07 > 0:57:08Amazing.
0:57:08 > 0:57:13- You can't buy that.- I know. - That feeling... Phoow! Amazing.
0:57:13 > 0:57:17It went well, so I was quite proud of meself, really. Yeah.
0:57:17 > 0:57:21- That is amazing.- We've done it. It's fabulous, well done.- Well done.
0:57:21 > 0:57:22- Well done, pet.- Aw!
0:57:23 > 0:57:26You can definitely draw some confidence from today, can't you?
0:57:26 > 0:57:28- That was amazing! - LAUGHTER
0:57:28 > 0:57:30It was a really great reaction.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33And next time we meet, it will be much tougher...
0:57:33 > 0:57:37There won't be as much time, I'm going to throw things at you,
0:57:37 > 0:57:39you're going to be challenged, it's another level.
0:57:39 > 0:57:40Yeah.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42- Um, but well done.- Thank you!
0:57:42 > 0:57:44- Bye-bye. - ALL:- Bye!
0:57:46 > 0:57:47I am delighted.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50I think people will really like them and I think that I picked
0:57:50 > 0:57:52a good group to represent the North.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55I don't know how they're going to fare when they get in the contest.
0:57:55 > 0:57:58If they're going to do well, they're going to have to step it up a lot.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00If they get it right, they've got a chance.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05SHE SINGS
0:58:06 > 0:58:08Next time...
0:58:09 > 0:58:11Gareth goes from gospel...
0:58:11 > 0:58:12Oof!
0:58:12 > 0:58:14..to garden parties...
0:58:14 > 0:58:17- Hello.- Hello, Gareth! - WOMEN ALL CHEER
0:58:17 > 0:58:19..as he scours the Midlands...
0:58:19 > 0:58:21- Hello! - ALL CHEER
0:58:21 > 0:58:22You're a jolly bunch.
0:58:22 > 0:58:23..and Wales...
0:58:23 > 0:58:26- Deal. - LAUGHTER
0:58:26 > 0:58:28..for his second regional champion.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30I would really like to take you through
0:58:30 > 0:58:32to the next stage of the contest.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34- CHEERING - Hey-hey!