0:00:02 > 0:00:03# I say la
0:00:03 > 0:00:05# La, la, la, la La, la, la, la
0:00:05 > 0:00:07# La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la...
0:00:09 > 0:00:11# Hey, hey, hey, hey! #
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I loved it!
0:00:14 > 0:00:15# Responsibility... #
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Gareth Malone is searching for the UK's most entertaining
0:00:19 > 0:00:21undiscovered amateur choir.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Oof!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28He's scoured the nation...
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Hello, Scotland!
0:00:30 > 0:00:32..hosting sing-offs across the country...
0:00:32 > 0:00:35# Ooh, ooh, ooh, ah! #
0:00:35 > 0:00:36I would really like to take you through to
0:00:36 > 0:00:38the next stage of the contest.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39LOUD CHEERING
0:00:39 > 0:00:42..and hand-picked four groups.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Yes!
0:00:43 > 0:00:45WHOOPING AND LAUGHTER
0:00:49 > 0:00:51This week, Gareth's chosen choirs
0:00:51 > 0:00:54come together for the first time at boot camp.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Hello, my regional champions!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:58 > 0:01:01With help from some of the best in the business...
0:01:01 > 0:01:04How are we going to get this to performance level?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- I'm not trying to attack you, you know this.- Yeah.- I'm trying to help.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Gareth will put the groups through intense mentoring.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14This is bloody rehearsing, this is what we're here to do.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- Did you make it?- I don't know.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Just... We're working so hard.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23I'm not here to upset people, I am here to make people better.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27The choirs will then face a jury of musical experts.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Their votes decide who will make the grand final...
0:01:31 > 0:01:34I wanted to stand up out of my chair and say, "Yes!"
0:01:34 > 0:01:37..and which group will leave the contest for good.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40They were completely out of tune, for me.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41No, they were not out of tune.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44The group that they felt should take the third and final place
0:01:44 > 0:01:47in the contest is...
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Wow, look at this.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02It's an amazingly imposing building to come into.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Huge statue of Queen Victoria, who opened it in 1886,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08and it's the sort of place that makes you think...
0:02:08 > 0:02:09HE GASPS
0:02:09 > 0:02:12..I'm going to have to do, I'm going to have to do good work here.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Gareth has brought the semifinalists to the world-renowned
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Royal Holloway University in London.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20It's one of the top five places in the country for studying music.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24And if this doesn't draw inspiration from these singers,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26then I don't know what will.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Wow.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Oh, my word.- Wow.- What?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Look at that.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36The groups are arriving to represent four different regions of the UK.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Wow.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Flying the flag for the South West,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Exeter University group, Semi-Toned.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- I don't know. - Being such a grand place,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- it feels like we're going to do quite serious stuff here.- Yeah.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50It almost feels like you're going to Hogwarts.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Oh, my God. - LAUGHTER
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Representing the South East
0:02:54 > 0:02:57is school choir The Bulmershe Ensemble.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02This is so huge. Everything's gone up in the scale. This is so cool.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- I don't think we're in Durham any more.- No.- No.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- We've come so far now...- Mm.- ..we just don't want to let go of it now.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Gareth's choice from Scotland and the North is Mums in Durham.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17And arriving to represent the Midlands and Wales,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20gospel choir EAGA.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Gareth did warn us. He said,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24"I've been nice to you guys, but from now on,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26"things get serious."
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Hello, my regional champions!
0:03:34 > 0:03:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Congratulations on making it to this,
0:03:40 > 0:03:44the boot camp stage of the contest, which is, of course, the semifinal.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46WHOOPING AND CHEERING
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Up till now, I think you've had a fairly easy ride of it. No more.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Your performance will be in just three days' time.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- ALL:- Ooh!
0:03:58 > 0:04:01And I want you to sing a song that I've chosen specifically
0:04:01 > 0:04:04to target your Achilles heel.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07We all have weaknesses and the only way to improve on those
0:04:07 > 0:04:09weaknesses is to tackle them head on.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15I expect you're all itching to know what songs I've chosen for you,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17so off you all go to your classrooms,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19where all will be revealed.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Good luck.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23MUTED CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Oh, my God.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- ALL:- Ooh!
0:04:30 > 0:04:32LAUGHTER
0:04:32 > 0:04:33"Read me."
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Are we ready?- We're ready.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Mums in Durham formed just a year ago
0:04:39 > 0:04:43and hadn't performed to anyone until they auditioned for Gareth.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46"To develop, you need to tackle your lack of self-belief,
0:04:46 > 0:04:50"so I've given you a song with attitude that's big,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52"bold and requires bucket-loads of confidence."
0:04:54 > 0:04:56MUSIC: Who Do You Think You Are by The Spice Girls
0:04:56 > 0:04:57- No!- Spice Girls!
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE - Spice Girls!- Spice Girls, brilliant.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I am so happy!
0:05:03 > 0:05:05CHEERING
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- This is my ultimate hairbrush... - Yes!- ..song!
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Hello, there we are.- Hi!- Hello!
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- Hi. Do you love me, or do you hate me?- We love you!
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- APPLAUSE - Oh, thank God.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22But what are your instant thoughts?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Our concern is the entertainment side of it.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27That, for me, is the thing that's missing,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29is that entertainment factor and that confidence.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32I want to see how this song can draw something out of you.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- I don't know what that is, but I await to see.- So do we!
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Yes, fair enough. - LAUGHTER
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- OK, are we ready?- Yeah.- OK, right.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46The Bulmershe Ensemble are the youngest group in the contest.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Half of the group have finished their A-levels and are moving
0:05:48 > 0:05:51on to the next stage of their lives.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54"I feel your weakness lies in how you connect to a song emotionally.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57"I want to see a performance from you in which you convey something
0:05:57 > 0:06:00"with feeling, which moves the audience and the jury."
0:06:02 > 0:06:04SLOW PIANO MUSIC
0:06:08 > 0:06:09# Change your heart
0:06:13 > 0:06:15# Look around you
0:06:20 > 0:06:22# I need your loving... #
0:06:22 > 0:06:24It's just a bit....
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- It's flat.- There's nothing snazzy about it!- No!
0:06:28 > 0:06:32I don't know the song, I've never heard it before in my life.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Um, so it's a bit weird to kind of, like, listen to a song
0:06:35 > 0:06:39and not know it and be like, we're performing this in three days.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Um...
0:06:42 > 0:06:46"Dear Semi-Toned, I've chosen a song that is inescapably earnest,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49"a song that's achieved almost iconic status."
0:06:51 > 0:06:53MUSIC: Candle In The Wind by Elton John
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Yeah...
0:06:55 > 0:06:57What?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- Oh, my...- Candle In The wind?- Yes!
0:06:59 > 0:07:01# Goodbye, Norma Jeane... #
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- Yes!- Of course it is!
0:07:03 > 0:07:06# Though I never knew you at all... #
0:07:06 > 0:07:08So far in the contest,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Semi-Toned have impressed and entertained in equal measure.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13# Bow, bow, bow!
0:07:13 > 0:07:19# Oh, baby, baby, how was I supposed to know...
0:07:19 > 0:07:22# That something wasn't right, yeah? #
0:07:22 > 0:07:24But Gareth wants them to move beyond the archness
0:07:24 > 0:07:27and camp comedy of university a cappella.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- Hello.- Hello.- Hello!
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Hello, gentlemen.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- How are you feeling about it? - Good.- Brilliant.- Yeah? Oh.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Really good.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Really? Everyone?- You sound surprised.- I actually am, yes.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- I thought you'd hate it. But you like it.- Yeah.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42I think there's a danger in the song
0:07:42 > 0:07:44that it could come across as quite cheesy.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46You mean sort of standing up on the key change...
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Yeah, sort of swaying and clicking and that kind of thing, and it's,
0:07:49 > 0:07:50it's not that song at all so we need to be wary.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I think we have to be genuine, really genuine the whole time.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55This is going to be a tough one, actually,
0:07:55 > 0:07:56to do it with honesty that it needs
0:07:56 > 0:07:58and that's what Gareth's really looking for in us.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02That's going to be difficult for, you know, a group, sort of,
0:08:02 > 0:08:0411 guys to pull off.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08I think I've picked, actually, a fairly risky song for Semi-Toned.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I remember, in 1997,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14a massive outpouring of national grief around Diana,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16and that focusing around this song.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21It absolutely hinges on there being emotion
0:08:21 > 0:08:24and if that's not there, it won't work.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26"Hello, EAGA.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30"Collectively, you make a wonderful and uplifting sound.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32"Equally, the sound can be overwhelming,
0:08:32 > 0:08:34"due to issues with volume control."
0:08:34 > 0:08:37"I have selected a song that will force you to master
0:08:37 > 0:08:41"the full range of delivery, from gentle to powerful."
0:08:42 > 0:08:46# It's oh, so quiet
0:08:46 > 0:08:49# Shh, shh
0:08:49 > 0:08:53# It's oh, so still
0:08:53 > 0:08:56# Shh, shh
0:08:56 > 0:09:00# And so peaceful until...
0:09:00 > 0:09:04# You fall in love, zing-boom
0:09:04 > 0:09:08# The sky up above, zing-boom
0:09:08 > 0:09:10# It's caving in
0:09:10 > 0:09:12# Wow...! #
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Yeah...interesting.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18It's his bootcamp, and we've got a bootcamp song.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19LAUGHTER
0:09:22 > 0:09:24See how they're getting on. Hello!
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Oh, wow!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27You look like you're hard at it in here(!)
0:09:27 > 0:09:30LAUGHTER
0:09:30 > 0:09:35- Have you all just given up? - No, no, no!
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- How are you feeling about the Bjork song?- Challenged.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Don't feel like I'm trying to trap you, here.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42It's an opportunity for you to work on the things that you need to do.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I commend this song to you.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I think I've made an excellent choice.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- Best of luck. - LAUGHTER
0:09:49 > 0:09:51All right? See you later. Thank you.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58I'm not sure they loved it, um...to put it mildly.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I don't think they liked it at all.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02What on earth is this?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Does he want us to go home?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07They literally, literally need to pick themselves up off the floor
0:10:07 > 0:10:09and get to work.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Songs revealed, the groups settle into their home from home
0:10:16 > 0:10:17for the next two days.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21It's really exciting to see the kids' reactions
0:10:21 > 0:10:24to having their own room and being away from home.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Oh, this is really cute!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Perfect. Nice and comfortable.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Without my mum, I probably would have forgotten
0:10:33 > 0:10:35quite a few things for this trip.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38She even packed me some food for the train, earlier this morning,
0:10:38 > 0:10:40in case I got a bit hungry.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Thank the world for mums.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48The choirs have just 48 hours to devise arrangements,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51allocate parts and conjure up choreography.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I think we're kind of enjoying being away from home a little bit.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57# As long as you're getting... #
0:10:57 > 0:10:58But I think when the long hours kick in,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00we probably are going to feel it a bit more.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02LAUGHTER
0:11:02 > 0:11:07By the end of bootcamp, to secure their place in the grand final,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10the choirs will be expected to put on a show stopping performance
0:11:10 > 0:11:13for a 300-strong audience
0:11:13 > 0:11:15who will pack out the university's concert hall.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18We should be willing to put ourselves on the line
0:11:18 > 0:11:20a little bit with this.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22The challenge, here, is doable,
0:11:22 > 0:11:26but you have to go at it hammer and tongs from the word go.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Ten o'clock tomorrow morning, am I going to hear people
0:11:29 > 0:11:32already arranged and singing and starting?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Or are groups going to be just throwing up their hands in the air,
0:11:35 > 0:11:36saying, "We can't do it"?
0:11:43 > 0:11:44KNOCKING
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Morning!- Hello.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Are you still in your pyjamas? - Yeah.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Breakfast is at 7:50.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52So, get ready.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53It's the first day of classes
0:11:53 > 0:11:57in which the choirs will work on their songs.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58# ..do you think you are? #
0:11:58 > 0:12:04A few of us were arranging the song until three in the morning.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08It's a bootcamp, so it's like hell week when you're in the army.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13So less sleep, much work, much food.
0:12:15 > 0:12:199am, and lessons are getting under way.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Hi, boys.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25They will be led by four mentors - two top vocal coaches...
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Hello, everyone.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28..and two performance experts.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30What's going on, Semi-Toned?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33The mentors' job is to rapidly improve
0:12:33 > 0:12:36how all the choirs sound and move
0:12:36 > 0:12:38ahead of their semifinal performance.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40THEY CLAP
0:12:42 > 0:12:45# It's nice and quiet...
0:12:45 > 0:12:48# Ts-ts, quiet, ts-ts, quiet...
0:12:48 > 0:12:53# But soon again
0:12:53 > 0:12:56# Starts another big riot... #
0:12:56 > 0:12:58HALF-HEARTED TRUMPET FANFARE
0:12:58 > 0:13:01LAUGHTER
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Appraising the progress of gospel group EAGA
0:13:04 > 0:13:07is former Brit School tutor Mark De-Lisser.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09All right, let's go again. Count them in.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Ready?
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Their musical director is the bishop's 20-year-old son Jordan.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19# Too-lah
0:13:19 > 0:13:21# Too-lah
0:13:21 > 0:13:23# Hey
0:13:23 > 0:13:26# Too-lah. #
0:13:26 > 0:13:31It has no energy. It's not communicating.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Pat, what's the problem?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37I don't know my part, yet.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40If you don't know your part, just say, "I don't know my part."
0:13:40 > 0:13:43And then we can fix it, more than just standing there, going...
0:13:45 > 0:13:46That infuriates me.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51So, here's an opportunity for everyone else, now, to say -
0:13:51 > 0:13:55is there a section of this song that you just don't know?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Pastor Samuel.- Yes, sir.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59OK, what section?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01It's in the beginning, in the lead,
0:14:01 > 0:14:05when...Sister Hannah says, "You're all alone."
0:14:05 > 0:14:07How does the bass come in there?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09All right, all right.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12My timing for "too-lah", the first part.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14OK, all right. Jordan, you noting all of these?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16OK, all right, let's go.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- Bishop, same?- Same thing, yeah.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19You see this, now?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22I've asked the question, "Is everybody all right?"
0:14:22 > 0:14:25And there's a few hands. But then when I start to drill down,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27everybody has got an issue.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31How are we going to get this to performance level
0:14:31 > 0:14:34if you're not going to speak up?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38He needs to know what needs to be fixed.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41He can fix it. Yeah?
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Jordan is the youngest member of EAGA.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48So we're going to get the three parts first,
0:14:48 > 0:14:49and the standard "oohs".
0:14:49 > 0:14:51'I think I was 17,'
0:14:51 > 0:14:5518 years old, when I was put in charge of the choir.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58And, to be honest with you, it was a big responsibility.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01'I took music serious, but not that level,
0:15:01 > 0:15:02'to be a musical director.'
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Like, that's massive, man.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07'Because the choir is very important to my dad, I decided to do it.'
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Can you just be confident in your key?
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Ready to go?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15'Having a younger boss is, like, oh, my days, like...'
0:15:15 > 0:15:18"I was born before you, and you're telling me what to do"
0:15:18 > 0:15:20and, to be honest with you, sometimes, I'm like,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23"No, I can't deal with this right now."
0:15:28 > 0:15:29So, how is it going?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31I don't know. I guess I feel a lot of pressure.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33But, like, this is what I love to do,
0:15:33 > 0:15:37so, like, although it's a lot of pressure, I'm enjoying the pressure.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38I think you're really talented.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40The one thing that's missing with you
0:15:40 > 0:15:42is permission to just be in charge.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Is it because...
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Is it because your dad is the bishop?
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Yeah...
0:15:46 > 0:15:49He has a lot of charge, but sometimes,
0:15:49 > 0:15:51it's more to do with the choir itself,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54that because I'm younger than them, it can be a problem at times.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59There is a day where you go, "I'm a leader."
0:15:59 > 0:16:02And I think that today is today, frankly.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Yeah?- Yeah.- Just take charge.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16Tucked into one corner of Royal Holloway is its gilded chapel,
0:16:16 > 0:16:21which maintains the tradition of sung services each morning.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Gareth has called school choir Bulmershe Ensemble here
0:16:24 > 0:16:26for solo auditions.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Welcome to the chapel, everyone.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32I think, fundamentally, your song requires a solo at the beginning
0:16:32 > 0:16:34that can conjure up the right kind of atmosphere.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Here is a perfect spot to hear each of you
0:16:36 > 0:16:38that wants to go for the solo.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42OK, Charlie. Give us a line.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47# I need your lovin'
0:16:47 > 0:16:49# Like the sunshine... #
0:16:49 > 0:16:52# Like the sunshine. #
0:16:52 > 0:16:54OK, good. All right. Haven't quite learned the tune.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Yeah.- That is a priority.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58All right, who's next?
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Abhishek?
0:16:59 > 0:17:03# I need your lovin'
0:17:03 > 0:17:06# Like the sunshine. #
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Is it possible to sound bad in here?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12LAUGHTER
0:17:12 > 0:17:16# Change you heart
0:17:16 > 0:17:20# Look around you
0:17:20 > 0:17:24# I need your lovin'
0:17:24 > 0:17:29# Like the sunshine. #
0:17:29 > 0:17:33When you sing, I think the colour of the sound is right.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36There is a real...mmm. There's a real depth, there.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39But as soon as I go, "Right, focus on you."
0:17:39 > 0:17:40- HE GASPS - It goes like that.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I've seen you on stage.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45I know that there is a confident person there,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47waiting to come out.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Why don't we just have a quick chat and send everyone else off?
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Is that all right?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- You may go. - ALL:- Thank you.
0:17:53 > 0:17:5618-year-old Jacqueline has been in the choir for three years,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59but has never taken the lead soloist role.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04# Change your heart
0:18:04 > 0:18:07# It will astound you. #
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Everything from here upwards is sort of off.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15- Yeah.- Do you not like making eye contact when you're singing?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16- Not really.- Do you feel...?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18It just feels like you're so uneasy about it
0:18:18 > 0:18:20and I just can't get to the bottom of why.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Because it's affecting everything in your singing as well.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25You're holding...
0:18:25 > 0:18:29# Change your heart, it will...la-la-la. #
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- It's not getting out beyond here. - Yeah.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36# Change your heart It will astound you. #
0:18:36 > 0:18:39I just think, Jacqueline, what have you got to fear?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- Messing it up.- So what?
0:18:42 > 0:18:45I mean, really, in the grand scheme of your life,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47in the grand scheme of the universe,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50when all the planets and suns have died,
0:18:50 > 0:18:51no-one will remember this.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- Yeah.- So, who cares? There's a challenge, here.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Broad shoulders. Stand tall. Sing it.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Nothing is going to happen to you.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01- Agreed?- Yeah.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04All right. OK. You can go.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- Yeah, I'm scared. - SHE LAUGHS
0:19:08 > 0:19:11It's so daunting that it's the semifinals
0:19:11 > 0:19:13and everything relies on one performance,
0:19:13 > 0:19:15because we want this so badly.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17There have been moments in my life where I think,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19"Am I going to run away from this challenge?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21"Or am I going to fight?"
0:19:21 > 0:19:24That's what I want to see from them. I'm not seeing it at the moment.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28I'm seeing... "Oh, dare we? Can I? May I? Should I?"
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Yes, you should, and it's now.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Ready?
0:19:34 > 0:19:37HE PLAYS KEYBOARD
0:19:37 > 0:19:40# The race is on to get out of the bottom... #
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Late morning.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43# ..so your roots are forgotten... #
0:19:43 > 0:19:47And the focus of Gareth's session with Mums In Durham
0:19:47 > 0:19:51is their chosen lead vocalists Louise and Helen.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55# You've got the bug Superstar, you've been bitten
0:19:55 > 0:19:59# Your trumpet's blowing for far too long... #
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Why are you holding the back of your head?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- Because it's so high for me, really. - # La-la-la-la... #
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- It really hurts.- Where? - Everywhere.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09LAUGHTER
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Is it hard to get the support?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13It's because everything's not in the same place.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14But actually, that was all right.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I mean, you're musical enough to fake it.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18LAUGHTER
0:20:18 > 0:20:21It would be best, Helen, if you didn't have to do that.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Do it again for me. One, two, three...
0:20:25 > 0:20:29# You're swelling out in the wrong direction
0:20:29 > 0:20:33# You've got the bug, Superstar, you've been bitten. #
0:20:33 > 0:20:35And she's nine months pregnant.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Yeah, now, with the eyes open.- No!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41# You're swelling out in the wrong direction... #
0:20:41 > 0:20:43You're taking all my comfort blankets away!
0:20:43 > 0:20:4725-year-old Helen is expecting her second child.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Oh, wow!
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Oh, thank you. They're gorgeous.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54She currently works as a teaching assistant,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57but, as a teenager, harboured ambitions of being a performer.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00This is, like, a once-in-a-lifetime thing to me,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04and something I always, always wanted the opportunity to do.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06I think, when I was younger, I could have gone to university,
0:21:06 > 0:21:09and done this, so to kind of revisit it,
0:21:09 > 0:21:13and get this little snapshot of it, is a big deal to me.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15I just think Helen is really good.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17She was great in the last solo,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21and if you've got someone who is a great singer, put them out front.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Lunchtime.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29I'm getting some Tabasco.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32The food needs to be on fire, as much as we are.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35A welcome break before an afternoon of classes
0:21:35 > 0:21:38in which arrangements must be finalised
0:21:38 > 0:21:40to keep the choirs on track.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44I'd say I'm happy, but we've still got to show Gareth the arrangement
0:21:44 > 0:21:46and so we're a little bit nervous about that
0:21:46 > 0:21:47but we think he'll like it.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- # They crawled out of the woodwork - Ooh...
0:21:52 > 0:21:56# And they whispered into your brain... #
0:21:56 > 0:22:01Gareth is in with university a cappella group Semi-Toned.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04They have a finished arrangement and have picked a soloist -
0:22:04 > 0:22:0821-year-old language student Tommy.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10# Like a candle in the wind... #
0:22:10 > 0:22:14So, look, to take nothing away from your excellent vocal skills, but...
0:22:14 > 0:22:16How did you get to it? Why you?
0:22:16 > 0:22:21I don't know. We just find the soloist who best suits the song.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23OK. I'm not seeing that, actually.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26This isn't about treading on toes. This is about making sure
0:22:26 > 0:22:28you are definitely fielding the right player.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Does anyone else feel
0:22:30 > 0:22:32like they might have a version of it that's different?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I'd like to hear Michael do it.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37OK. Can we try that?
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Sorry, Tommy.- That's OK. - Let's just have a listen.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43# Ooh...
0:22:43 > 0:22:47# Goodbye, Norma Jeane
0:22:47 > 0:22:50# Though I never knew you at all
0:22:50 > 0:22:53# You had the grace to hold yourself
0:22:53 > 0:22:55# When those around you crawled. #
0:23:00 > 0:23:02What do you think?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- Is it awkward for you? - I feel like it is.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06I mean, it's awkward, because I don't know...
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Well, let me take the awkwardness away...- Please.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Because I'm a third party, and I'm just going to be honest with you.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Once you get to a certain level, it becomes about casting.
0:23:14 > 0:23:20You have a sort of, like, bubbly energy that is really wonderful.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I don't know that it exactly sits in this song.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27I got goose bumps, Michael, because you had a crack in your voice.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31For my money, Michael's version was better for the song.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34# And it seems to me you lived your life... #
0:23:34 > 0:23:35'I don't take it personally,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38'because I know it's for the benefit of the group.'
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I know Michael will do an amazing job of it
0:23:40 > 0:23:43and they are perfectly valid reasons why he's doing it now
0:23:43 > 0:23:45instead of me, so I'm fine with it.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50When not at university, 23-year-old postgrad student Michael
0:23:50 > 0:23:54regularly heads back to Bedfordshire to visit his dad Ian.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55How are you, buddy?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57I'm doing good. How's everything with you?
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Yeah, good.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01He had a difficult childhood when he was really, really young.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02He struggled with his autism
0:24:02 > 0:24:05but I always used to say to him, "There's nothing you can't do."
0:24:05 > 0:24:07When Michael was young, it was like living with Pavarotti.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Even when you went to bed, you were still singing.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I'd say to you, "Michael, shut up!"
0:24:12 > 0:24:14'Singing has been fantastic.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16'I think he is gifted with a natural voice
0:24:16 > 0:24:17'that's really, really powerful.'
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Proud, really proud. Love him.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23They are now putting all their emotional eggs in your basket.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24That's a lot of eggs.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26It is a lot of eggs. Um...
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Yeah, I mean, I'm a little bit nervous about taking
0:24:29 > 0:24:32such a large responsibility on my shoulders, but I mean,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34hopefully, the more I go through the music,
0:24:34 > 0:24:38the more I'll, sort of, cement a self-interpretation of it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Do you think, because you've got Asperger's,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42that you have to do that more?
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Because you're looking for signs and clues all over the place?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47That's exactly it. I feel like I have to.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49I watched, like, a lot of performances as well,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51especially, like, Elton John performing
0:24:51 > 0:24:53at Diana's funeral and stuff.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56That was emotional. Watching it.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59And you have no problem in understanding that that's emotional?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Yeah, well, not any more.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05I mean, that was a bit of a more difficult issue,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07I'd say, a few decades ago.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- But you got there.- Yeah. - It's really fascinating.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13I mean, you're so clearly there, because when you sing it,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I feel something.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17That's performance, that's making a connection to the song,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19so you are totally able to do it.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Thank you very much.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- Mums In Durham! - ALL:- Hi!
0:25:28 > 0:25:30As lessons draw to a close,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Mark De-Lisser is checking in with Mums In Durham.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35What does the song mean to you?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37I like the song, because it takes me back to a time
0:25:37 > 0:25:38when I was more confident,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41before I did get a little bit broken-down and...
0:25:41 > 0:25:43SHE SIGHS
0:25:43 > 0:25:46That's all right. That's all right. That's all right.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47It's all right, all right. Go on.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- TEARFULLY:- It just takes me back to a time when...
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- When I felt like I could take the world on.- Sure.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55And sometimes, even though I've got kids, now,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I feel like I look after them and put them first.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00And I love doing that, I wouldn't have it any other way.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02But it does take me back to a time
0:26:02 > 0:26:08when...when I felt stronger in myself and I felt stronger for me.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09So, yeah, it is a good song.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- It's a good song. It's empowering, right?- Yeah.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13It's that thing of, "Who do you think you are?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16"Who are you? Who are you to tell me?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18"Who are you to do that to me?"
0:26:18 > 0:26:21When we're singing songs with energy like this,
0:26:21 > 0:26:22we've really got to put the body in it.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23It can't be from here.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- QUIETLY:- # The race is on to get out... #
0:26:25 > 0:26:27It can't be. It's all here.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- LOUDLY:- # The race is on to get out of the bottom... #
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- Yeah?- Yeah. Nasty face!
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Give me nasty face. Come on, try it.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36One, sing it, three, and...
0:26:36 > 0:26:39# The race is on to get out of the bottom... #
0:26:39 > 0:26:41All right. Great stuff. Now, push through that.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44# Who...do you think you are? #
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Try that for me. One, two, three...go on, "Who..."
0:26:46 > 0:26:52# Who do you think you are? #
0:26:52 > 0:26:54All right. Good stuff.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58You guys are good, because the thing that I noticed
0:26:58 > 0:27:00when you guys sang first is it comes from here.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05So don't think that a soft, mellow song comes from here alone.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09No, no - this song must come from here as well.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14Every single time somebody else says to us that they like us,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16it makes a really big difference to us.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18I don't think people quite, maybe,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22understand just how much of an effect that has on us as a group,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25because we're going out, now, feeling like we're on cloud nine.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Day one of lessons is over...
0:27:30 > 0:27:32# Change your heart... #
0:27:32 > 0:27:34..although that doesn't mean the hard work stops.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36# It seems to me... #
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Brethren, brethren, come on. One, two...
0:27:40 > 0:27:44But Mums In Durham are taking five minutes out.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- 'Hi, Mummy.' - Hello, bubby. Are you all right?
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- 'Yeah.' - Yeah? Are you being a good boy?
0:27:50 > 0:27:54- 'Yeah.' - Aw...Mummy misses you so much.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- 'I miss you too, Mama.'- I know.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- 'Hi, Mummy!'- Hi, gorgeous!
0:28:07 > 0:28:10'Hello, bye-bye, hello.'
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- LAUGHING:- You funny onion.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Are you wanting to go and play your game, darling?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- 'Yeah.'- Yeah?
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- TEARFULLY:- It's the first time I've been away from her, really.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25So it's tough, but...
0:28:25 > 0:28:28It's the first time I've done anything for me
0:28:28 > 0:28:30in a long time, really, I mean...
0:28:30 > 0:28:34So, you know, it's important, it is, to be here.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Less than 48 hours to go until performances,
0:28:40 > 0:28:44and all the choirs are burning the midnight oil.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47At this stage in the contest, they should know their songs,
0:28:47 > 0:28:49they should have done most of their choreography
0:28:49 > 0:28:52and they should be ready to perform them to me tomorrow morning.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53There are couple of places in the song
0:28:53 > 0:28:55that I'm not confident about,
0:28:55 > 0:28:59so I think it might be a long night again tonight.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01When I go in and see the groups in the morning,
0:29:01 > 0:29:06if they don't have complete songs, I'm going to want to know why.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Just 24 hours until the semifinal performances.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20HE HUMS
0:29:20 > 0:29:22The groups will be singing
0:29:22 > 0:29:24in front of not only a live audience,
0:29:24 > 0:29:26but the all-important jury.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30These five jurors represent an impressive range of disciplines
0:29:30 > 0:29:33and include an award-winning gospel choir conductor,
0:29:33 > 0:29:38and a member of one of Britain's leading modern a cappella groups.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39Music has to mean something.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41You have to be passionate about it.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43If we can't see the passion on stage,
0:29:43 > 0:29:45it's not going to be enough.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47A renowned pop vocal coach,
0:29:47 > 0:29:49a West End choreographer,
0:29:49 > 0:29:52and a classical conductor complete the line-up.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54As a choral conductor, I'm going to be measuring the groups
0:29:54 > 0:29:56against professional standards.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58If I hear a performance that's even slightly out of tune,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00I'll be on them like a pack of wolves.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Tuning, tempo and stage presence are just some of the things
0:30:04 > 0:30:06the jury will scrutinise
0:30:06 > 0:30:10before casting the vote that decides each group's fate.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13I want to hear creativity, I want to be impressed,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16I want to be wowed when I hear these groups.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Swing it, shake it, move it, make it, who do you think you are?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Before the final day of classes begins,
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Gareth's checking in on Mums in Durham.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Ah! Hello.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31# Do you think you are?
0:30:31 > 0:30:34# Do you think you are? #
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- How are you? - Then we've to walk forwards.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38What time did you go to bed? Were you rehearsing late?
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Yes. It was past midnight.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Past midnight. Oh, OK.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43Let me see it.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48# Who do you think you are?
0:30:48 > 0:30:51# Do you think you are?
0:30:51 > 0:30:53# Who...?
0:30:53 > 0:30:56# Some kind of superstar. #
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Dynamically, it's kind of like this -
0:30:58 > 0:30:59all on the same level.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02And I feel like that's going to bore the audience,
0:31:02 > 0:31:04if you just keep it on one level.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09# Who do you think you are? #
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Yeah. # ..are. #
0:31:11 > 0:31:13That's what I'm talking about. It sounds messy.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15# Who... #
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Can we get that to blend?
0:31:17 > 0:31:20# Who... #
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Yeah - can you hear how it's going...like that?
0:31:23 > 0:31:26I have to question whether you're going to get that by tomorrow.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27Right.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31I want you to go through. I want you to do well.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Now, look, you all look utterly,
0:31:35 > 0:31:36utterly shellshocked and despondent.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- Yeah, no.- This is bloody rehearsing. This is what we're here to do.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44This is getting better. It's not personal.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48I'm not here to upset people. I am here to make people better.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50They're the least experienced group in the contest,
0:31:50 > 0:31:52but they have got great voices in there,
0:31:52 > 0:31:55and when they're right, they're fantastic.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56HE SIGHS
0:31:56 > 0:31:58I just don't know if they're up to it.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59SHE SNIFFS
0:31:59 > 0:32:03Just...we're working so hard.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05It's always going to be even harder to take
0:32:05 > 0:32:09- when we're...when we're not ten minutes away from home.- Yeah.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Three, four...
0:32:13 > 0:32:15# Ooh...
0:32:15 > 0:32:17# Goodbye, Norma Jeane... #
0:32:17 > 0:32:22Semi-Toned's first class of the day is being taken by choral conductor
0:32:22 > 0:32:27and founding president of the London Youth Choir Suzi Digby.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30At the moment, you are so compelling,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33that there is a tendency for the rest of you
0:32:33 > 0:32:38to come across as a bit static, OK, and uncommitted, emotionally.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39Who feels they're quite close
0:32:39 > 0:32:42to being able to do what Michael just did?
0:32:42 > 0:32:43Lose yourself in the singing?
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Eddie?
0:32:47 > 0:32:48Three, four...
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- # Oh... - Was just a kid
0:32:51 > 0:32:54# Your candle burned out long before
0:32:54 > 0:32:57# Your legend ever did
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- # Da-da-da... # - OK. Did you go there, yet?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01- I don't know. I find it really difficult to do that.- Yes.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03I find it really difficult.
0:33:03 > 0:33:04I feel like, maybe, I was on the cusp,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06but I don't really know what the cusp is.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08- Then we need to push you further. - OK.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12- # Oh... - Your candle burned out long before
0:33:12 > 0:33:13# Your legend ever did
0:33:13 > 0:33:15# Da-da-da-da-da-da-da
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- # Oh... # - And stop.
0:33:17 > 0:33:18Did you make it?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21I don't know. I don't think I expressed it.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24It is that tipping point. I think you can push yourself over.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Maybe, sometimes, you need to tip over.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29If anything can do it, it's a musical experience.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Particularly a vocal musical experience.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35We've got to keep this momentum building.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37I think this process that we've started,
0:33:37 > 0:33:38you need to continue.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Despite us being really good friends,
0:33:42 > 0:33:44I think we still find it difficult to talk about our feelings
0:33:44 > 0:33:47and anything that's seen as remotely emotional,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49we just don't do it.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53# Zing-boom, zing-boom... #
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Yeah? Because it's praise, yeah?
0:33:55 > 0:33:57You're not moving enough. Come on.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Gareth tasked EAGA's musical director Jordan
0:34:00 > 0:34:05to step up as leader and work the choir hard.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Look at that.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11I'm seeing Captain Jordan taking control, pulling rank.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13That's more like it.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14# Zing-boom... #
0:34:14 > 0:34:19He might have fine-tuned the vocals, but to devise choreography,
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Jordan is relying on movement expert Polly Bennett.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- # Ahh. # - We'll do that again.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Hey! Look at you.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31I'm starting to see something.
0:34:31 > 0:34:38- # Ah... - Yay...
0:34:38 > 0:34:42# So, so quiet. #
0:34:42 > 0:34:45ALL: Shh.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Wow! Look what you've done!
0:34:47 > 0:34:51You've turned what you thought was a trap into your...
0:34:51 > 0:34:52LAUGHTER
0:34:52 > 0:34:56You know, it's not a trap, it was a gift all along.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Jordan, you looked like you were on fire.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00- Have you been drilling them?- Yeah.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03It's paying off. I'm really, really, really happy.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05And it's critical that it happens tomorrow
0:35:05 > 0:35:08in front of the jury - critical.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09Yes!
0:35:09 > 0:35:12CLAPPING
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Jordan is stepping up hugely.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18I'm actually seeing him get some fire in his belly.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21As a leader, when the chips are down, that's when you pick them up,
0:35:21 > 0:35:24and he's better than he thinks he is, I think.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26He's really, really good.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28It's the final few hours of bootcamp
0:35:28 > 0:35:34and all the choirs are making the most of what little time is left.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Straight in. Don't be lazy with it. Here we go. One, two, three...
0:35:36 > 0:35:39# Who... #
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Helping Bulmershe and their soloist Jacqueline
0:35:42 > 0:35:45turn in the mature performance Gareth has demanded
0:35:45 > 0:35:47is choreographer Liam Lunniss,
0:35:47 > 0:35:52who has worked with stars like Katy Perry and One Direction.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55What's in your head whilst you're doing this?
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- Someone's telling...- OK. Look at me.
0:35:58 > 0:35:59- I know.- Thank you.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Um...like, a problem. I don't know.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- I'm not trying to attack you, you know this.- Yeah.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07I'm trying to help.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10So, just believe in whatever you feel,
0:36:10 > 0:36:13but your body language is completely stiff,
0:36:13 > 0:36:16so we're going to just shake it out
0:36:16 > 0:36:20and you're going to make me believe the beautiful star that you are.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22And the whole time, I want you to look in my eyes.
0:36:22 > 0:36:23- OK.- OK?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25LAUGHTER
0:36:25 > 0:36:26- Shh!- Is that all right?
0:36:26 > 0:36:28SHE LAUGHS
0:36:28 > 0:36:29Yeah.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Because, otherwise, who are you singing to?
0:36:34 > 0:36:39# Change your heart
0:36:41 > 0:36:46# Look around you... #
0:36:51 > 0:36:54That was good. How much better was that?
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Yeah.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58That was intense, though, right?
0:36:58 > 0:37:00- LAUGHING:- Yeah, it was scary!
0:37:00 > 0:37:03LAUGHTER
0:37:03 > 0:37:06I'm really impressed that you just did not crack.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09That's exactly the intent that you need when you're performing.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Now, I need that energy from everyone.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16'I don't really like meeting people's eyes when I perform,
0:37:16 > 0:37:18'because then, kind of, it's more personal,
0:37:18 > 0:37:21'I'm not very good at that.'
0:37:21 > 0:37:23I think he thinks that I have it in me to do it,
0:37:23 > 0:37:25so I just have to work on it.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Hey! Mums in Durham!
0:37:30 > 0:37:32As day two draws to a close,
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Mums In Durham are paying a final visit to mentor Mark.
0:37:36 > 0:37:37How are you?
0:37:37 > 0:37:38- ALL:- Eh...
0:37:38 > 0:37:40What? What's that for?
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Yeah, we're tired, a little bit flat, a little bit deflated.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- Why?- I think, with tiredness and nerves and...
0:37:47 > 0:37:49It's just, we felt really flat.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52We came out from here the other day, we're like... "Whoo!"
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Loved it. And that's how we're going to come out of here later on.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- Yeah, we are.- Yes, you are. - But I know we've come in a bit flat.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- TEARFULLY:- I'm such an idiot. - No, you're not! No, you're not.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02I always cry in front of him, though!
0:38:03 > 0:38:05This is really good.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10Yeah? This is really good. Because the tears show you care.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- So, let's do some work. OK? - ALL: Yes.- Let's sing it out.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14# Swing it, shake it
0:38:14 > 0:38:16# Dunno the words myself
0:38:16 > 0:38:18# Who do you think you are?... #
0:38:18 > 0:38:19LAUGHTER
0:38:19 > 0:38:23# Show how good you are. #
0:38:23 > 0:38:24All right? Just stay all on that note.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- HE PLAYS NOTE - Yeah? Try it, by yourselves.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Two, three, and...
0:38:28 > 0:38:29# Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
0:38:29 > 0:38:32# Who do you think you are?
0:38:32 > 0:38:33# Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
0:38:33 > 0:38:36# Show me how good you are. #
0:38:36 > 0:38:37# Easy. #
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- LAUGHTER - She's got it!
0:38:41 > 0:38:43One more, one more. You go. Two, three, shake it.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45# Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
0:38:45 > 0:38:47# Show me how good you are
0:38:47 > 0:38:49# Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
0:38:49 > 0:38:51# Who do you think you are?
0:38:51 > 0:38:53# Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
0:38:53 > 0:38:56# Show how good you are. #
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Yes! That'll do me! Oh, that's better.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- How are you feeling? - Better.- A lot better.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04- But...- Just needed an energy boost.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07An energy boost, but also, you need to tackle the problems head-on.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11I can hear it, you're listening so much better. You are good.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12Am I forgiven?
0:39:12 > 0:39:13- Yes.- No.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15LAUGHTER
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Still got a little bit of work to do.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19I've got work to do.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21You've got work to do, we've got work to do.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25Yes! So much better, and so utterly, utterly worth putting them through
0:39:25 > 0:39:27the pain of this morning.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29I just hope it's ready in time.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33Bye!
0:39:33 > 0:39:38Tomorrow, the groups will be going head-to-head.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40It's been a very, very intense day for everyone, I think.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42And tomorrow is going to be even bigger.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I'm most worried about Mums In Durham and Bulmershe.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48I think Bulmershe have wobbled a lot.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52They were still rehearsing 10-15 minutes ago.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Mums In Durham have gone on such a rollercoaster,
0:39:54 > 0:39:56I don't know where they're going to be on the ups and downs
0:39:56 > 0:39:58when they actually hit the stage.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01There are no more lessons, there's no more bootcamp,
0:40:01 > 0:40:03there's no more chance for them to get better.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05They have to throw everything at the stage now.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15It's performance day.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19In just a matter of hours,
0:40:19 > 0:40:22one of the choirs will be leaving the contest for good.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26Putting everything together is like a jigsaw puzzle.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Bam - just the last missing piece, which is that performance.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32If we nail that - bam, we've done it for the semifinals.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34I'm so desperate for them all to do well - I chose them,
0:40:34 > 0:40:37I've been all around the country finding them,
0:40:37 > 0:40:38but I'm proud of what they've done,
0:40:38 > 0:40:42we've worked incredibly hard to get to this stage.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46That moment when the crowd hushes and then the singing starts.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49In that moment, you see what they're made of.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58An invited audience of 300 are arriving, and in amongst them,
0:40:58 > 0:41:01friends and family here to offer the choirs their support.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Aww, I've missed you so much!
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Mumma!
0:41:07 > 0:41:12Here for Helen are her mum, dad and three-year-old daughter Eve.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17- Oh, gorgeous girlie.- I love ya.
0:41:17 > 0:41:18HELEN LAUGHS
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- Have fun, enjoy every second of it. - Yeah.- Will do.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22- DAD CHUCKLES - Thanks, Dad.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Kind of reminds me of why I'm doing it actually.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31I want her to feel like this about something.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32So strongly.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- TEARFUL:- And I want her to do it when I didn't,
0:41:39 > 0:41:43because I felt like something else was the right thing to do.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Whatever it takes, I just want her to feel like that about something.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59As the last few people take their seats, the jury arrive.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Above all else, they want to be entertained, but they will be paying
0:42:05 > 0:42:10forensic attention to choreography, blend, tuning and timing.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Rhythm and keeping in time with the music
0:42:13 > 0:42:15as a choir is really, really important.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18If you can't stay in time with the music whilst you're dancing,
0:42:18 > 0:42:20how can you stay in time with the music whilst you're singing?
0:42:20 > 0:42:24The one thing that I will not let go
0:42:24 > 0:42:25is if you don't tell the story.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28If they stand there and give me all the technique
0:42:28 > 0:42:30but I don't get it, you've lost me.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Five jurors...
0:42:35 > 0:42:37- Are we ready?- ALL:- Yes!
0:42:37 > 0:42:39..four groups...
0:42:39 > 0:42:42This is what we've worked for, do not crumble.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44- ALL CHANT:- We own that stage, we own that stage...
0:42:44 > 0:42:48..just three grand final places up for grabs.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51I don't know about you, but I don't want to go home today.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56Everything now hinges on what happens on this stage.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08- Hello! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Welcome, everyone!
0:43:10 > 0:43:15Without further pause, it is time to introduce the first of our groups.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18The Emmanu'el Apostolic Gospel Academy!
0:43:27 > 0:43:31# Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:43:33 > 0:43:35# Shh
0:43:35 > 0:43:37# It's, oh, so quiet
0:43:37 > 0:43:41# Doo, doo, doo
0:43:41 > 0:43:45# It's, oh, so still
0:43:45 > 0:43:49# So-o-o still
0:43:49 > 0:43:52# You're all alone
0:43:55 > 0:43:58# And so peaceful until...
0:43:58 > 0:44:00# Na-na-na-na!
0:44:00 > 0:44:04# You fall in love - zing, boom!
0:44:04 > 0:44:08# Sky up above - zing, boom!
0:44:08 > 0:44:10# Is caving in
0:44:10 > 0:44:12# Wa-wa-wa-wa
0:44:12 > 0:44:15# You've never been so nuts about a guy
0:44:15 > 0:44:18# You wanna laugh, wanna cry
0:44:18 > 0:44:20# You cross your heart and hope to die
0:44:20 > 0:44:25# Till it's o-o-o-ver and then!
0:44:25 > 0:44:27# Shh
0:44:28 > 0:44:31# It's nice and quiet
0:44:31 > 0:44:33# Shh
0:44:33 > 0:44:37# But soon again
0:44:39 > 0:44:42# Starts another big riot!
0:44:42 > 0:44:44# Na-na-na-na!
0:44:44 > 0:44:46# Too-lah
0:44:48 > 0:44:51# Too-lah
0:44:51 > 0:44:54# Too-lah
0:44:54 > 0:44:56# And starts a big riot!
0:44:56 > 0:44:58- # Zing, bam! - You blow a fuse!
0:44:58 > 0:45:00- # Zing, boom! - The devil cuts loose!
0:45:00 > 0:45:03- # There's no need - Wow, bam!
0:45:03 > 0:45:07# To fall in love, love, love, love, yeah
0:45:07 > 0:45:11# No-o-o-o, whoo-ooh
0:45:11 > 0:45:15# It's, oh, so quiet
0:45:15 > 0:45:16# Shh. #
0:45:19 > 0:45:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Yes! They should be SO pleased with that.
0:45:23 > 0:45:27The quiet bits were so well controlled, excellent energy,
0:45:27 > 0:45:29and then, rrargh, they went for it!
0:45:30 > 0:45:32HE CACKLES
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- It was good, it was good. - The vibes in there are awesome.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40Next to perform, The Bulmershe Ensemble.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48# Change your heart
0:45:50 > 0:45:52# Look around you
0:45:57 > 0:46:02# Change your heart
0:46:02 > 0:46:06# It will astound you
0:46:09 > 0:46:14# I need your loving
0:46:14 > 0:46:18# Like the sunshine
0:46:22 > 0:46:24# Everybody's got to learn sometime
0:46:26 > 0:46:28# Ahh-ahh-ah-ah
0:46:28 > 0:46:31# Everybody's got to learn sometime
0:46:31 > 0:46:34# Ahh-ahh-ah-ah
0:46:34 > 0:46:37# Ahhh... #
0:46:38 > 0:46:40(That's not good.)
0:46:42 > 0:46:44# Change your heart
0:46:44 > 0:46:47# Change your heart
0:46:47 > 0:46:49# Look around you
0:46:50 > 0:46:53# Look around you
0:46:53 > 0:46:57# I need your loving
0:46:58 > 0:47:01# Like the sunshine
0:47:01 > 0:47:03# Like the sunshine
0:47:05 > 0:47:08# Sometime, sometime
0:47:08 > 0:47:11# Sometime, someti-i-me
0:47:11 > 0:47:16# Sometime, sometime, sometime, someti-i-me
0:47:16 > 0:47:19# Like the sunshine
0:47:19 > 0:47:21# Sometime, sometime, sometime, someti-i-me
0:47:21 > 0:47:23# Some! Time!
0:47:23 > 0:47:26# Everybody's got to learn sometime. #
0:47:26 > 0:47:27CHEERING
0:47:27 > 0:47:31Oh! I was on tenterhooks through the whole thing, very nerve-racking!
0:47:31 > 0:47:33There were some good things,
0:47:33 > 0:47:35there were some bits that just didn't quite come together.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37I hope that they've done enough.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40I was like, "Oh, I'm gonna cry!"
0:47:40 > 0:47:44- Well done, guys, really good. - Ohh, my God!
0:47:44 > 0:47:48Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mums In Durham!
0:47:59 > 0:48:02# The race is on to get out of the bottom
0:48:02 > 0:48:05# The top is high so your roots are forgotten
0:48:05 > 0:48:09# Giving is good as long as you're getting
0:48:09 > 0:48:10# What's driving you... #
0:48:10 > 0:48:13(You've got to be confident.)
0:48:13 > 0:48:16# Who-o-o
0:48:16 > 0:48:18# Do you think you are?
0:48:18 > 0:48:20# Think you are!
0:48:20 > 0:48:22# Who-o-o
0:48:22 > 0:48:25# Some kind of superstar
0:48:25 > 0:48:27# You have got to
0:48:27 > 0:48:30# Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
0:48:30 > 0:48:31# Who do you think you are?
0:48:31 > 0:48:33# Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
0:48:33 > 0:48:35# Show how me how good you are
0:48:35 > 0:48:37# Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
0:48:37 > 0:48:39# Who do you think you are?
0:48:39 > 0:48:41# Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
0:48:41 > 0:48:43# Show how good you are!
0:48:43 > 0:48:46SINGER IN BLACK HOLDS LONG NOTE
0:48:46 > 0:48:47Yes!
0:48:48 > 0:48:52# You're swelling out in the wrong direction
0:48:52 > 0:48:55# You've got the bug, superstar, you've been bitten
0:48:55 > 0:48:59# Your trumpet's blowing for far too long
0:48:59 > 0:49:02# Climbing the snake up the ladder
0:49:02 > 0:49:03# But you're wrong!
0:49:03 > 0:49:06# Who-o-o
0:49:06 > 0:49:08# Do you think you are?
0:49:08 > 0:49:10# You have got to
0:49:10 > 0:49:12# Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
0:49:12 > 0:49:14- # Who do you think you are? - Oh!
0:49:14 > 0:49:16# Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
0:49:16 > 0:49:17- # Show how me how good you are - Woo!
0:49:17 > 0:49:19# Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
0:49:19 > 0:49:21# Who do you think you are?
0:49:21 > 0:49:23# Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
0:49:23 > 0:49:26# Show how good you are! #
0:49:28 > 0:49:29CHEERING
0:49:31 > 0:49:35Most nerve-racking two-and-a-half minutes of my entire life!
0:49:35 > 0:49:38But I think they got away with it.
0:49:38 > 0:49:39Yes!
0:49:39 > 0:49:42Excellent! I want to go back on!
0:49:42 > 0:49:46I could see Mum and Dad and Eve and that just made it for me,
0:49:46 > 0:49:48absolutely made it.
0:49:49 > 0:49:52Last to take the stage, Semi-Toned.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56# Ooohhh
0:49:58 > 0:50:00# Goodbye, Norma Jeane
0:50:00 > 0:50:04# Though I never knew you at all
0:50:04 > 0:50:07# You had the grace to hold yourself
0:50:07 > 0:50:10# While those around you crawled
0:50:11 > 0:50:13# They crawled out of the woodwork... #
0:50:13 > 0:50:16(Knife-edge.)
0:50:16 > 0:50:21# And they whispered into your brain, they set you on the treadmill
0:50:22 > 0:50:24# They made you change your name
0:50:27 > 0:50:34# And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind
0:50:35 > 0:50:40# Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in
0:50:42 > 0:50:48# And I would have liked to have known you, but I was just a kid
0:50:49 > 0:50:54# Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
0:50:54 > 0:50:56# La-da, la-da, la-da-doh
0:50:59 > 0:51:01# Loneliness was tough... #
0:51:01 > 0:51:02BACKING SINGER BEATBOXES
0:51:02 > 0:51:04- HE MOUTHS:- Oh, yeah, that's good.
0:51:06 > 0:51:11# Hollywood created a superstar, and pain was the price you paid
0:51:13 > 0:51:17# And even when you died
0:51:17 > 0:51:20# Ohh, the press still hounded you
0:51:20 > 0:51:23# All the papers had to say
0:51:23 > 0:51:27# Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
0:51:27 > 0:51:29# Whoa-oh-oh
0:51:29 > 0:51:32# And it seems to me you lived your life
0:51:32 > 0:51:34# Like a candle in the wind
0:51:35 > 0:51:42# Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in
0:51:42 > 0:51:47# And I would have liked to have known you, but I was just a kid
0:51:48 > 0:51:53# Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
0:51:53 > 0:51:56# La-da, la-da, la-da-doh
0:51:56 > 0:52:01# Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did. #
0:52:04 > 0:52:06- AUDIENCE:- Woo!
0:52:11 > 0:52:14I had chills.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16- Well done, guys. - Michael, well done, buddy.
0:52:16 > 0:52:17Oh, my word.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19OTHERS LAUGH
0:52:23 > 0:52:28Performances over, the fate of the choirs now rests with the jury.
0:52:29 > 0:52:33All I can say, Semi-Toned? Wooo!
0:52:33 > 0:52:36I loved everything they did, and I'll tell you why.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39They ticked the box - vocal technique,
0:52:39 > 0:52:42vocal performance and the visual performance.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46The solo singer had thrown caution to the winds tonight.
0:52:46 > 0:52:50I kind of wanted the other boys to be as connected
0:52:50 > 0:52:51with the lyric as he was.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54EAGA. I think that the most impressive thing
0:52:54 > 0:52:57was the first chord in harmony.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00- Yeah.- I wanted to say stand up out of my chair and say, "YES!"
0:53:00 > 0:53:04The audience was a nice place to be when they were on the stage.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06I think very differently to a lot of you.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08They were completely out of tune, for me.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10I really don't agree with you at all.
0:53:10 > 0:53:12- And, and, the sound...- No, no...
0:53:12 > 0:53:14No - they were not out of tune.
0:53:14 > 0:53:19- Solos, they were out of tune.- ..was weak, not of tune, that's your word.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23I felt that Mums In Durham started really well.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26It felt like these women, they mean business.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28That's what it felt like to me.
0:53:28 > 0:53:31Unfortunately, I didn't feel that was sustained when
0:53:31 > 0:53:32they started to sing.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35I'd love to see them in their comfort zone.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37I would love to see them again as well.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40I want to see what Gareth saw in them that brought them
0:53:40 > 0:53:41to this moment.
0:53:41 > 0:53:45They're in the semifinal for a reason.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49The Bulmershe Ensemble, that sound at the beginning was so inventive.
0:53:49 > 0:53:50- It's really daring.- I loved it.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53- Because I wouldn't dare do that, no way.- At the age of 16.
0:53:53 > 0:53:58I'm baffled, because I wrote the words "horrible sound".
0:53:58 > 0:54:02At that age, delivering a sound in front of an audience,
0:54:02 > 0:54:07- for me, that's wonderful.- Why do we keep talking about their age?
0:54:07 > 0:54:09It's a level playing field,
0:54:09 > 0:54:11we can't keep bringing their age in.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14It's decision time. Let's cast our votes.
0:54:20 > 0:54:25The results are here and I am ready to reveal who will be
0:54:25 > 0:54:27going through to the grand final.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30For the benefit of the groups,
0:54:30 > 0:54:33I want to point out that these results are in no particular order.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37I'm going to start by revealing the first group to make it through.
0:54:38 > 0:54:41It's a huge well done to...
0:54:46 > 0:54:47..Semi-Toned.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49CHEERING
0:54:52 > 0:54:54- Ah-ha!- Yes!
0:54:54 > 0:54:56THEY LAUGH
0:54:56 > 0:54:59The next group staying in the contest is...
0:55:03 > 0:55:05..EAGA.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07- EAGA MEMBERS:- Woo!
0:55:09 > 0:55:12THEY LAUGH AND WHOOP
0:55:15 > 0:55:18We did it. We did it. Now come the finals.
0:55:18 > 0:55:23Two groups left now on stage, but only one place in the grand final.
0:55:23 > 0:55:24Mums In Durham,
0:55:24 > 0:55:29the jury thought that you had a strong and confident opening
0:55:29 > 0:55:32and that there were some impressive moments from your soloists.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34Bulmershe Ensemble.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37The jury said that they enjoyed your sense of drama
0:55:37 > 0:55:41and storytelling but you need to ensure that you have
0:55:41 > 0:55:45a unified sense of the emotion that you want to convey.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48But the group that they felt should take
0:55:48 > 0:55:51the third and final place in the contest is...
0:55:58 > 0:56:00..The Bulmershe Ensemble.
0:56:00 > 0:56:01THEY SCREAM
0:56:01 > 0:56:03CHEERING
0:56:09 > 0:56:13Mums In Durham, what a rollercoaster we've had.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16Sadly, not your day today, but you dared to do this,
0:56:16 > 0:56:18and I'm really proud of you.
0:56:18 > 0:56:19Ladies and gentlemen, Mums In Durham.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21- AUDIENCE:- Woo!
0:56:25 > 0:56:27I'm sorry! Awww.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33It's always hard to hear that someone else thinks
0:56:33 > 0:56:36this isn't your finest hour, but actually, I think this IS probably
0:56:36 > 0:56:40one of our finest hours, it's been one of the best days we've ever had.
0:56:43 > 0:56:47If it had been from where we've come from to where we are,
0:56:47 > 0:56:50I think it would have been different.
0:56:50 > 0:56:53But obviously...
0:56:55 > 0:56:56..they don't get to see that.
0:56:57 > 0:57:01And it's hard to just be judged on those three minutes,
0:57:01 > 0:57:04because actually, our stories are a lot longer than that.
0:57:05 > 0:57:10- Hello, are you OK?- We didn't let you down?- No, of course... Aww.
0:57:10 > 0:57:14Ohh, you haven't let me down - or yourselves.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16You haven't. I'm really proud of you.
0:57:16 > 0:57:19For that to be your second ever performance as a group...
0:57:19 > 0:57:22- ALL: Yeah.- ..is ridiculous.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24There were bits of real confidence.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27There's so many more experiences you're going to have
0:57:27 > 0:57:29as a group, I hope, cos I'm sure you're going to carry on singing.
0:57:29 > 0:57:33We've still got that fight in us and we're still going to do it.
0:57:33 > 0:57:34- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37'As much as I'm sorry to see Mums In Durham go,
0:57:37 > 0:57:40'they didn't deliver what I thought they might be able to'
0:57:40 > 0:57:43and there's no shame in that, they are the least experienced group
0:57:43 > 0:57:45in the contest and it didn't quite come off today.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49I think all of the groups that are through to the final have earned
0:57:49 > 0:57:53their place there by working really hard and tackling their weaknesses.
0:57:55 > 0:57:58Bulmershe, EAGA and Semi-Toned, I think that's
0:57:58 > 0:58:01a great fight and very, very well-matched.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03I think it's a great final.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07Next time, it's the grand final.
0:58:07 > 0:58:08Good evening, London!
0:58:10 > 0:58:15The three groups left standing perform one last time.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17And the jury decide on a winner.
0:58:17 > 0:58:20It was brilliant, I had goose bumps all over.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24My toes were curling, sorry.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26There are two of them.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28I'm like, "Which way, which way should I go?"
0:58:29 > 0:58:32This year's winner is...