0:00:02 > 0:00:04- # Oh... # - Hallelujah!
0:00:04 > 0:00:07My search for Britain's most entertaining
0:00:07 > 0:00:09amateur a cappella group continues.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Great.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13HE BEATBOXES
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Last week, intense mentoring pushed the surviving groups
0:00:17 > 0:00:19to their vocal limits...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Either you want this or you don't.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26Ahead of a sing-off that saw students' choral stimulation shine...
0:00:26 > 0:00:30# Nothing compares to you. #
0:00:30 > 0:00:34..but spelt the end for barbershop group YesterYear.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- # Shake it off - Yeah. #
0:00:37 > 0:00:39It's a bit like going on a really, really great holiday.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43You know, eventually you have to jump on the plane and come home.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47This week, the pressure and the training move up a gear...
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Just strip it back, sing the bloody song.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54This is tough, but something has to change.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Now the focus is on the performance.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Five, six, seven, and...
0:01:00 > 0:01:04New mentors will test my groups' choreography,
0:01:04 > 0:01:05stage craft...
0:01:07 > 0:01:08..and how they wow a crowd...
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Stand up. Use your chest and use your voice.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Ladies and gentlemen!
0:01:13 > 0:01:16..before they compete again...
0:01:17 > 0:01:20..and face the all-important jury.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Thrilling ride. I absolutely loved what they did.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25It did feel like it was cobbled together a bit.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28With the semi-final looming large in everyone's mind,
0:01:28 > 0:01:30it's going to be only the very best groups
0:01:30 > 0:01:33that go through to these final stages.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35We get one chance. That's the one thing that's guaranteed -
0:01:35 > 0:01:36we get one chance.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39We have to be the ones that people go, "Oh, my goodness!"
0:01:39 > 0:01:40That's us this week.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Just needs a slip or two in the performance
0:01:42 > 0:01:44and that's going to be game over.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Guys, it's the first floor. It's the first floor.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56One more down.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59It's back to school for the five remaining groups.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Really excited. Really excited to get going again.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04It's going to be more intense than last time,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07so we're a bit apprehensive about that, maybe,
0:02:07 > 0:02:08but looking forward to the challenge.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13They're returning to the West Midlands state-of-the-art
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Performance Hub.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18At stake this week, a place in my semi-finals.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21If we didn't get through to the semi-finals and only stopped now,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25I would be absolutely devastated cos we're not done.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28The group that beats for me is the Sons Of Pitches.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31They're nice guys, but I hate them.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38The training I gave the groups here last time stretch them vocally,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41but great a cappella isn't just about singing.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44HE SINGS
0:02:45 > 0:02:49To really stand out, leading groups like British act The Magnets
0:02:49 > 0:02:54rely on slick choreography, staging, good old-fashioned showmanship.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56HE SINGS
0:02:58 > 0:03:02I want to develop and test these performance skills in my groups.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05And this week that's exactly what I'll be doing.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Welcome, beloved contestants,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09to the second and final stage of a cappella school!
0:03:09 > 0:03:12CHEERING
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Your next challenge is all about performance.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Now it's hands at the ready.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23We're going to examine and improve how you move,
0:03:23 > 0:03:28how you command the stage and how you can engage an audience.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31So I have recruited two specialists.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Welcome, please, music theatre director, Katherine Gant,
0:03:35 > 0:03:39and choreographer extraordinaire, Jason Pennycooke.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Katherine is Resident Director of the Olivier award-winning musical
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Sunny Afternoon.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51While Jason is a West End choreographer
0:03:51 > 0:03:54who's worked with top a cappella group The Magnets.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Katherine and Jason are going to help you to realise your vision
0:03:58 > 0:04:01for a performance of one song.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04This time I have selected songs that are best remembered
0:04:04 > 0:04:07for an iconic performance.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10You have just three days to achieve all this
0:04:10 > 0:04:13and then you'll be performing in front of an audience of 500 people.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- ALL: Ooh! - Yes, we're upping the game.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22Impress the jury this time and you will be in my semi-final.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25CHEERING
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Good luck!
0:04:30 > 0:04:32OK. Here we go.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35All the songs I've chosen have gone down in music history
0:04:35 > 0:04:39because of the original artist's iconic performance.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Big moment.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Now it will down to the groups to reinvent them
0:04:43 > 0:04:45as a show-stopping piece of a cappella.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- What do you guys think it's going to be?- Spice Girls.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49- Stevie Wonder.- Cats.- Dirty Dancing.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53First to discover what's in store - Stratford East Singers,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56a London community choir who welcome allcomers.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01MUSIC: Single Ladies by Beyonce.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06- # All the single ladies - All the single ladies
0:05:06 > 0:05:07# All the single ladies
0:05:07 > 0:05:09# Now put your hands up
0:05:09 > 0:05:11# Up in the club, we just broke up
0:05:11 > 0:05:13# I'm doing my own little thing... #
0:05:13 > 0:05:16All these ladies, writing all these songs, abusing us men,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18and we've just got to take it!
0:05:18 > 0:05:20As the MD of Stratford East Singers,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23I'm going to rewrite this song the way it should be!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- Come on!- No.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27What it actually means is,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31if you want all this...and you want to appreciate all this...
0:05:31 > 0:05:33then put one of these on.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37# Wuh uh oh uh uh Oh oh uh oh uh uh oh... #
0:05:37 > 0:05:42Beyonce is the biggest icon right now in terms of vocals and dancing.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46I look at her as a benchmark of what all artists should be,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48so trying to compete with that...
0:05:48 > 0:05:52you know, it's almost kind of mind-blowing.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56MUSIC: Bad Romance by Lady Gaga
0:05:57 > 0:05:59CHEERING
0:06:01 > 0:06:04# I want your love and I want your revenge... #
0:06:04 > 0:06:07I have butterflies in my stomach!
0:06:07 > 0:06:10At each stage of the contest, a lack of confidence
0:06:10 > 0:06:14has hindered Southampton students' Restless Symphony.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18# Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah Roma-roma-mamaa... #
0:06:18 > 0:06:23With drama and spectacle at its core, Lady Gaga's Bad Romance
0:06:23 > 0:06:26should be the perfect antidote to this group's issue.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29No excuses. It's a song that you literally can't be nervous on.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33There's no room for anything other than absolute
0:06:33 > 0:06:35stonking attitude with this one.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40# Ga-ga-ooh-la-la Want your bad romance. #
0:06:40 > 0:06:43# Throughout the day
0:06:43 > 0:06:46# Throughout the day
0:06:46 > 0:06:50# Our true love waits... #
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Last week, I challenged all-male six-piece The Sons of Pitches
0:06:54 > 0:06:57to bring emotion to the stage.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01# ..With those who really care... #
0:07:01 > 0:07:05For me, it was a little bit staid. I was a little bit bored with it.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07While they are technically impressive,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10this group must learn to bring passion to performance,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14and I've chosen a track which will push them to do just that.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17MUSIC: Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Oh! Hello.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- This is going to be insane. - Oh, my gosh!
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Oh, my Lord!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- What is this?- Wuthering Heights.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights
0:07:32 > 0:07:35demands a display of raw, visceral emotion.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38You'll recognise this now.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40# Wuthering Heights
0:07:40 > 0:07:43# Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
0:07:43 > 0:07:44# I've come home... #
0:07:44 > 0:07:45I currently despise this song.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48We'll have to see over the next three days.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50If I can hate it less, that will be a start at least.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52But, not liking it right now.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56THEY VOCALISE
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- You've started already! Is it all sorted?- No.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Are you fans of Kate Bush?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04I grew up in a household that hates Kate Bush.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07And I've just become a household that hates Kate Bush.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11How do you feel about the jury's feedback about
0:08:11 > 0:08:13engaging the audience emotionally?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15I think the judges' opinion is an opinion, at the end of the day.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19But at the same time it is your challenge to come out
0:08:19 > 0:08:23and say to the audience, "This is the mood of this song,"
0:08:23 > 0:08:24and bring them to you.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27We'll be looking at you going, "Oh, isn't that awfully clever?"
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I want to be thinking, "Oh, I'm just in this. I love this.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33"This is a performance of the song and they're telling
0:08:33 > 0:08:35"the story of this song so brilliantly that I'm lost in it."
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- But also sounds good. - But also sounds fantastic.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43I feel like I'm locked in a battle of wills with Sons of Pitches.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46They want to do one thing that they know that they can do well
0:08:46 > 0:08:47to the distraction of all else.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52I think that is a recipe for a very limited life in music.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53I really do.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57# I go out every night
0:08:57 > 0:09:00# And sleep all day... #
0:09:00 > 0:09:05Unlike the Sons of Pitches, Glasgow University's Choral Stimulation
0:09:05 > 0:09:08had a breakthrough performance in the last round
0:09:08 > 0:09:12with an emotional expression of heartache and loss.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17It was a raw performance. Very, very moved by their rendition.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I thought it was fantastic.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24This time, I want to see if they can create a very different mood.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27MUSIC: Addicted To Love by Robert Palmer
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Who is it? Who is this?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- Does anyone know who this is?- No.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36The challenge for these uni friends
0:09:36 > 0:09:38will be to conjure the sophisticated sultriness
0:09:38 > 0:09:42that made Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love so memorable.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44# You're gonna have to face it
0:09:44 > 0:09:47# You're addicted to love... #
0:09:47 > 0:09:49What does that song...? What does it do?
0:09:49 > 0:09:53He wants to turn you on. Cool rock and roll, sexy...
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Sexy rock.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57We're going to have to create this sexual tension
0:09:57 > 0:09:58or something on stage.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I think probably the boys will find it harder than the girls
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- to make that convincing.- Yeah.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Cos we're all into friendzoned.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09THEY VOCALISE
0:10:10 > 0:10:13THEY VOCALISE
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Previously, Essex-based wedding singers Gospel Essence
0:10:18 > 0:10:22displayed a spark that I and the jury thought had been lacking.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25THEY VOCALISE
0:10:25 > 0:10:27"Hello to Gospel Essence.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29"The jury was delighted to see that you'd heeded their words
0:10:29 > 0:10:33"and brought energy, life and sparkle to your last performance.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35"Keep it up and keep us engaged."
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Brace yourself.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48CHEERING
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I'm so excited!
0:10:52 > 0:10:54MUSIC: I Want To Break Free by Queen
0:10:54 > 0:10:56# I want to break free
0:10:58 > 0:11:01# I want to break free... #
0:11:01 > 0:11:04We can do so much with this song.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06From the get go, we all feel the same way about it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Rather than before it was like, "I don't know where to start!"
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- So we're in a very good place.- Whoo!
0:11:11 > 0:11:15The group's negative reaction to the last track I chose for them
0:11:15 > 0:11:17almost derailed them.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I'm hoping that they've learnt their lesson for this round.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Hi!
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Are you happy?- Yes!- Yes! - Very happy.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Good. I'm really... Genuinely you're...
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- This is good, right?- Yes.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33And it's also performance week, so you've got to find something
0:11:33 > 0:11:36quite simple that gets the attention of the audience.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38It's a take on the song that we really need.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42We've just been toying with starting in our gospel robes
0:11:42 > 0:11:44and then at some point taking those off
0:11:44 > 0:11:47and having something else which is much more us beneath it.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Good. It's really good to see you guys happy.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- So get on it quick.- Thank you.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57It was a breath of fresh air to see them all zesty and energetic
0:11:57 > 0:11:58and up for it.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01And it looks like they're actually going to get on with it...
0:12:01 > 0:12:03this time.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- Lessons will start tomorrow. - One, two, three...
0:12:10 > 0:12:12But with just three days until they compete again,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15the groups waste no time getting to work.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19THEY VOCALISE
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Before classes begin, they must devise an original concept
0:12:23 > 0:12:25to bring to the stage.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- OK. What's the circus about? Is this your theme?- Yes.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Tas is the ring leader.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- Yes.- Is it your time to shine? - It is my debut, yes.- Excellent.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- Sassy.- As ever their arrangement and vocals must impress.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- Forceful.- But this week it's all about performance.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46We want to create a sexual tension within the group
0:12:46 > 0:12:48and we want the audience to know that.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- Maybe we should all imagine each other naked.- Argh!
0:12:50 > 0:12:52LAUGHTER
0:12:52 > 0:12:55I'm really looking forward to seeing what they come up with.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58They've got some great songs and they should come up with things
0:12:58 > 0:13:00that are very arresting and fun and exciting.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I don't think this week is all about singing.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04It's about spectacle.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15- Morning.- Morning.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Day 1 of lessons.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Gareth calls is a cappella school,
0:13:19 > 0:13:22but it's more like a cappella boot camp.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I just thought we were going to come here and sing.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28As the groups get set for class,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I'm briefing my mentors on their future students.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Some of them already do choreography,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36but it's a little bit amateur.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38I think it needs a bit of sharpening up,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40and that's really not my bag, so over to you for that.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Some of the groups need a bit more self-confidence.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I feel like one or two of them are a bit inhibited.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Some of the groups struggle with drawing in an audience to them.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52It's all very sort of out and a little bit chaotic at times.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55They're very energetic. They're really competitive at this stage.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57None of them want to go home.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- How far can we push them? - All the way.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I'd love to see them pull off something that really is slick,
0:14:02 > 0:14:04and they haven't done that yet.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I think the main thing for both of us is story telling, isn't it?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Yeah.- With the movement and the staging.- Good. Well, have fun.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Treat them mean.- Thank you. - Thank you.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23First stop for Katherine and Jason...
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Hello!
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- How are you?- ..The Sons of Pitches.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30So talk to us about the ideas.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34So we want it to be really dark and ethereal.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- OK.- A lot like the book, basically.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39We're thinking really kind of gothic vibe.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Obviously this is Cathy's story. You're all men.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45How are we dealing with that?
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Kind of assumed that one of us would take on the solo
0:14:49 > 0:14:51and effectively be the...
0:14:51 > 0:14:53The spirit of Cathy.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Is it worth you singing a bit now, so you can show her?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Yeah, absolutely. God, yeah.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06# Out on the wiley, windy moors
0:15:06 > 0:15:09# We'd roll and fall in green
0:15:09 > 0:15:14# You had a temper like my jealousy
0:15:14 > 0:15:17# Too hot, too greedy
0:15:17 > 0:15:20# How could you leave me
0:15:20 > 0:15:23# When I needed to possess you?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27# I hated you I loved you, too. #
0:15:27 > 0:15:31OK. Honestly, as soon as you started singing, I wanted to laugh.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- Yeah.- And it's not because of your voice, it's a man singing...
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- It's a man singing. - As soon as somebody laughs...
0:15:37 > 0:15:38You've lost it.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41What you don't want to do is it sounds so uncomfortable
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- that it sounds potentially... - SHE CLEARS THROAT
0:15:44 > 0:15:46..a mistake.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50I could really set the wrong tone if I step out and sing...
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- HE SINGS HIGH NOTE - ..and it's just like they said,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54one laugh would just kill the mood.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00The group's choice of soloist is key to unlocking
0:16:00 > 0:16:02the emotion in this track.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Also in contention is teaching assistant Joe Hynes.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11# Out on the wiley, windy moors
0:16:11 > 0:16:14# We'd roll and fall in green
0:16:14 > 0:16:18# You had a temper like my jealousy
0:16:18 > 0:16:21# Too hot, too greedy. #
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Great. I think it works really well.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26But you need to be able to emotionally attach
0:16:26 > 0:16:27to what you're doing.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31This challenge is hard.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33It's a bit different to what we're used to.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37I'm personally nervous cos I'm doing the solo as well,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39so pressure's on me a little bit.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Hello. Focus, guys. I've got an hour with you. Please, seriously.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I count you in five, six, seven, and...
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Choreographer Jason's next visit
0:16:53 > 0:16:56is to Glasgow University group Choral Stimulation.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58OK. Stop.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00You go up and you take them and you're like,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02"Hey, let's have a dance." Just nice and free.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05You might go to the guy and go, "Hey, what's up?"
0:17:05 > 0:17:07While we're doing all this section here.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Ready? And go.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11They've decided on a flirty nightclub theme
0:17:11 > 0:17:14for their performance of Addicted To Love.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17THEY VOCALISE
0:17:17 > 0:17:19# It's closer to the truth to say you can't get... #
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I need to sit...
0:17:21 > 0:17:23OK. I'm going to sit on your bent leg.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Our aim is to look cool,
0:17:24 > 0:17:28which some of us are finding a little bit harder than others.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30But, you know, we can do it.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Can't believe what you're doing.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37And back into...
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Hi. Hi, hi, hi, hi.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44How's it going? How are their moves?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46They're doing all right.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49It's that tension that we're trying to create between the sexes.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I think that's what we're struggling with. Kind of feel a bit awkward
0:17:52 > 0:17:54because we're all mates.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57All the kind of moving to the beat is very weird,
0:17:57 > 0:18:01so this is a sort of less is more crisp kind of thing.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05All this, "Oh, I'm so sexy," it sort of doesn't work.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07It's got to smoulder quietly, hasn't it?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Yeah, and I just feel you're still quite inhabited with it.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11That's the only problem.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- I think that's fair.- Fear? - I think that's fair.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18They found it hard to be sexy with one another.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20They're embarrassed about it.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24If they don't pull off sexy and sultry, it will look cheesy.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Apparently we're going on "sexy lessons" tomorrow.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29It's like being back in...
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- sex education lessons.- Sexy lessons.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35So we're getting lessons on how to improve being cool tomorrow
0:18:35 > 0:18:39and to sell it on stage, so they've got their work cut out for them.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41# Then you should have put a ring on it
0:18:41 > 0:18:43# I thought you loved me
0:18:43 > 0:18:45# Don't be mad once you see that he wanted... #
0:18:45 > 0:18:50Next door, Katherine is in with the Stratford East Singers.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55# Whoa, oh... #
0:18:55 > 0:19:00Unsure which direction to take with Beyonce's Single Ladies,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03group leader Byron has thrown it open to everyone
0:19:03 > 0:19:05- to come up with ideas. - Five, six, seven, eight.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11# Wuh uh oh uh uh Oh oh uh oh uh uh oh
0:19:11 > 0:19:14# If you liked it then you should've put a ring on it... #
0:19:14 > 0:19:18But the mix of opinions has produced equally mixed results.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19# Put a ring on it
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- # Single ladies - Single ladies... #
0:19:25 > 0:19:27If I'm totally honest,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I'm not entirely convinced by the second half.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33It's epically beautiful, the beginning of that.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36And when you all come in together it's lovely
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and I feel that there's more to go in that vein.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41It's definitely one change too many.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44They're trying to do too much stuff.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46It could just be a really still, powerful,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48"This is who we are, we're a community."
0:19:48 > 0:19:51And they're trying to be a bit too clever.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53So what do you think is the best way to move forward?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55We've all put lots of ideas in,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58but I think maybe now is the time to let you direct us
0:19:58 > 0:20:01and we listen to you because you need the space, then, to say,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03"This sounds right, we're going to go with it,
0:20:03 > 0:20:04"we'll try it, that's fine."
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Changing a song is never a problem, but the problem is the time.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08We only have three days,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11we don't really have time to keep changing and making changes
0:20:11 > 0:20:14and what we don't want to do is, come tomorrow,
0:20:14 > 0:20:15we're STILL making changes.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20I really hope by the end of today we have everything locked in place.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Being unsure of their arrangement doesn't bode well
0:20:24 > 0:20:26for Stratford East Singers.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29By now, all the groups should have arrangements nailed
0:20:29 > 0:20:32so that they can concentrate on movement and staging.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Ready, and go.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Confident they're ahead of the curve after last week's slow start
0:20:42 > 0:20:43are Gospel Essence.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46With their arrangement sorted early,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49they are now focusing on choreography.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Hi! Hello, hello, hello. Can I see what you've got so far, is that OK?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Yeah, absolutely. Let's go from the top.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- IN SLOW WALTZ RHYTHM: - # I want to break free
0:20:58 > 0:21:01# Ah, ah-ah
0:21:01 > 0:21:05# I want to break free
0:21:05 > 0:21:07# Ah-ah, ah
0:21:07 > 0:21:10# I want to break free from the lie
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- # You're so self-satisfied... # - It's a waltz. OK.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18# ..Mm, bah-bah
0:21:18 > 0:21:21# I want to break free... #
0:21:21 > 0:21:24You've made a really audacious change to the song
0:21:24 > 0:21:25by putting it into a waltz.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27It's much slower than the original, isn't it?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29I mean, what do you think?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31I do like it, but when we practised last night,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- we were saying it would be faster. - Yeah.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I think... Well, what do you think?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Either stick with this 3/4 and go with it
0:21:38 > 0:21:39and it will be pretty and lovely,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42or you go back to what it originally was and make it poppy, so...
0:21:42 > 0:21:45I think it's tricky, isn't it? It's tricky.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Just try it faster.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49I just worry for you that you've gone back a bit,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53into something that's a bit kind of, you know, relaxed.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I'm sorry if you've done absolutely loads on this,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59but I'm not convinced.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02'I... I hated the waltz, I hated the waltz, it was wrong.'
0:22:02 > 0:22:05It's I Want To Break Free and Freddie Mercury, in the video,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08prances around with a Hoover, in a dress
0:22:08 > 0:22:11and this is no time for hiding lights under bushels.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13It needs to be all out there.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17The feedback from Gareth is that we've gone like this
0:22:17 > 0:22:19and then, I suppose, in a way, I arranged it in our old style
0:22:19 > 0:22:22and it kind of took it this and it's not going to have the impact.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24We do know what we're doing.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29We do know what we're doing and we are just improving that formula.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33You know, it's developmental, we're just...growing.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39One, two, three, four.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44welcome to the amazing...
0:22:44 > 0:22:46What was the word?!
0:22:46 > 0:22:50The amazing circus of Restless Symphony.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52One, two, three, four.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55As day one draws to a close, Katherine is working
0:22:55 > 0:22:58with Southampton students Restless Symphony.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I want you to really think quite bassy with this.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Centre stage for their circus-themed take on Lady Gaga's Bad Romance
0:23:05 > 0:23:08is the group's only man, Taz.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09You've got to be proud with it.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12The minute you go, "I'm a bit scared,"
0:23:12 > 0:23:14we get a bit scared as well.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16And you've got to listen to your inner showgirl.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Having grown up with four sisters,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23he's used to fighting the ladies in his life for the spotlight.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27In my family, we all do music, we all sing to an extent
0:23:27 > 0:23:31and, like, at church, we would sing as well.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Every musical we did at school, I was there, in the front,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39massive grin on my face, massive eyes, just like...
0:23:39 > 0:23:41- LAUGHTER - Yeah, I'm singing!
0:23:41 > 0:23:45I was completely different from everybody else in school
0:23:45 > 0:23:48cos music was just my little getaway and I was bullied
0:23:48 > 0:23:51for being, like, the only boy that enjoyed singing.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Even when I went to college, I did engineering
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and then I went back to singing,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59so it was just a thing where it was just like, "I can't escape you,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01"so there's no point in trying,
0:24:01 > 0:24:03"I might as well just give it my all and just...
0:24:03 > 0:24:06"just go out there and see how far I can get with it."
0:24:06 > 0:24:09You need to be playing, "I'm central and I'm key and I'm powerful
0:24:09 > 0:24:12"and I'm strong and I have choices to make."
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Stand up! Use your chest and use your voice!
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Here we go, try it again.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
0:24:21 > 0:24:26welcome to the incredible circus of Restless Symphony!
0:24:26 > 0:24:28# Ra-ra, ra-ah-ah-ah
0:24:28 > 0:24:30# Ra-ma, ra-ma-ma-ah
0:24:30 > 0:24:33# La-la, ooh-la-la... #
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- Hello.- Hello! So, I'm looking for Restless Symphony,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40they're a really shy, retiring, quiet group.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42They're on holiday in Romania.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Can you explain to me why Taz is standing on a box?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I'm a ring-leader.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50So, this is a big role for you?
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- Yeah.- Good, but this is one where there can be no apology from you,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56there can be no embarrassment,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59it's got to be absolutely all out or nothing.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Good, OK, I like it a lot. Continue. See you later.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04ALL: Thank you. Bye.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07This is what a cappella school is about.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09It's about actually developing,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12not coming in and doing the same old thing you've always done
0:25:12 > 0:25:14and hoping that will wash, it's about learning new skills
0:25:14 > 0:25:17and they are in there, credit to them,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20they're coming out all guns blazing. Love it!
0:25:20 > 0:25:22It's more pressure than I thought it would be
0:25:22 > 0:25:26because I am just genuinely the centre of attention and...
0:25:26 > 0:25:28it's going to take some getting used to.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32While Restless Symphony might have made a promising start,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35my candid critique of Gospel Essence's arrangement
0:25:35 > 0:25:38has sent Rebecca back to the drawing board.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42I'm just working out what I want the guys to sing,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44then we've always got something to refer to.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46They're excited to see what I'll come up with,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48so I don't want to disappoint them as well,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51so fingers crossed it all works out.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56Rebecca is not alone in suffering a setback on this first day.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Lots of ups and downs today.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Some groups are really flying
0:26:01 > 0:26:03and some groups are thinking they're flying
0:26:03 > 0:26:06and then in comes the mentor and everything goes wrong.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08I think tomorrow is the interesting day.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Tomorrow, if a mentor comes in and says they don't like it,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13it starts to get really difficult.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16It's hard work here.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30It's us, time to get up!
0:26:32 > 0:26:35He doesn't even fit in the bed! We're going to be late!
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Day two.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38- Morning!- Morning!
0:26:38 > 0:26:43It's now just 24 hours until the groups perform
0:26:43 > 0:26:45at the world-renowned Birmingham Conservatoire
0:26:45 > 0:26:49in front of 500 people and, crucially, the jury.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Chairing this week,
0:26:52 > 0:26:56alongside a leading music producer and vocal expert,
0:26:56 > 0:27:00is acclaimed performance coach Andrew Panton.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Obviously, singing is key to a cappella,
0:27:02 > 0:27:03but it's about so much more than that,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06it's about the performance and it's about the mood
0:27:06 > 0:27:07and the personality.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10We want to see the personality of the individual singers
0:27:10 > 0:27:12and the group coming across.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Alongside Andrew,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17experts across the whole range of a cappella genres
0:27:17 > 0:27:20will also vote to decide who stays in the contest
0:27:20 > 0:27:22and which group leaves for good.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30To ensure they are ready to face the jury,
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Rebecca has been up half the night,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35reworking her arrangement for Gospel Essence.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38THEY HARMONISE
0:27:38 > 0:27:44Assessing the new waltz-free version is vocal coach Mark De-Lisser.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- # I want to break free - I want, I want, I want
0:27:47 > 0:27:49# I want to break free... #
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- OK, that's it?- That's it,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54we just haven't locked that last verse down...
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- OK.- ..with the fade-out. - Has everyone got these parts?
0:27:57 > 0:27:59No, we... When we finished rehearsing yesterday,
0:27:59 > 0:28:03I just had to close it because it was just that stage where everyone needed
0:28:03 > 0:28:06to sleep, so we haven't had a chance to do this bit, so this is...
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Rebecca, you've missed a trick. The trick is real simple.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13Why has everybody else not got their separate part on their phone?
0:28:13 > 0:28:17I just didn't have the opportunity to send it to anybody.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- It's minutes.- OK.- It's minutes.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23This is tough. I know.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28I know and I... I...I get it, 100%.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34But something has to change.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Shall I take five?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43I'm OK with the pressure,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46it's just a case of when you've done everything you can
0:28:46 > 0:28:48and you still feel like you're falling short,
0:28:48 > 0:28:50that's where the problem is. It's like...
0:28:50 > 0:28:52It makes you question
0:28:52 > 0:28:55if you are actually good at what you think you are
0:28:55 > 0:28:57and it's a bit hard...
0:28:57 > 0:28:59to take, I guess.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08While Rebecca battles on to get the much-needed arrangement finished...
0:29:10 > 0:29:12..I'm checking how Stratford East Singers
0:29:12 > 0:29:16have handled the advice to go simple and soulful with their sound.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20# If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it... #
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I think you can get a better blend than that, you four. Turn in.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27Same volume, same sound, look at each other's mouths.
0:29:27 > 0:29:32# Because if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
0:29:32 > 0:29:35# If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it... #
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Real energy.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39# ..what you see and you want it... #
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I'd love you four just to do that over and over again
0:29:42 > 0:29:45until it's totally like, "Oof!" Totally seamless.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47That's some of the best ensemble I've heard out of you.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52# If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
0:29:52 > 0:29:56# Oh, oh, oh... #
0:29:56 > 0:29:57Hallelujah!
0:29:57 > 0:30:01- # Oh, oh, oh... # - That's great.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03THEIR SINGING IS HEARD OUTSIDE
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Oh, my God, guys, they sound so good!
0:30:06 > 0:30:09# Ring on it Should have put a ring on it... #
0:30:09 > 0:30:10They sound amazing.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13# Should have put a ring on it. #
0:30:13 > 0:30:16# Yeah! #
0:30:16 > 0:30:18We've got a lot to do.
0:30:19 > 0:30:20Catch!
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- Team hug! - THEY CHEER
0:30:26 > 0:30:28This is my favourite moment!
0:30:37 > 0:30:38Across the hall...
0:30:39 > 0:30:41# Bad dreams in the night... #
0:30:41 > 0:30:44..the Sons of Pitches are working on choreography.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46# ..Told me I was going to lose the fight
0:30:46 > 0:30:50# Leave behind my Wuthering Wuthering, Wuthering Heights... #
0:30:50 > 0:30:55So you've got to really feel the five ghosts of Cathy behind you.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Have you ever walked through a wood at night on your own?
0:30:58 > 0:30:59- Yes.- Yeah, it's that.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- Hello. - ALL: Hey.
0:31:02 > 0:31:03- Hi. How's it going?- Good.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Come on, let's see if it works.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09# Out on the winding, windy moors
0:31:09 > 0:31:12# We'd roll and fall in green
0:31:12 > 0:31:16# You had a temper like my jealousy
0:31:16 > 0:31:17# Too hot, too greedy... #
0:31:19 > 0:31:21I don't know that that... Did that draw me in?
0:31:24 > 0:31:26I'm so impressed with you, technically,
0:31:26 > 0:31:28and I feel I keep saying this to you
0:31:28 > 0:31:31because most people don't know anything about music,
0:31:31 > 0:31:35technically, but what they are all experts in are human beings.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Honestly, there's a power in each one of us
0:31:38 > 0:31:41to stand in front of an audience and give them something.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43I don't feel you digging deep, you know?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46I don't feel that sense of, like, we've had to really,
0:31:46 > 0:31:49like, find this there in my toes.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51For me, I don't really know where to start.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Cos I've always listened, it's listening out for cool harmonies
0:31:55 > 0:31:58and cool... I've never listened to music emotionally,
0:31:58 > 0:32:01I've always seen it as technical, I really like that.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03I don't know where to start, really.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06From when I was a kid, I would hear a piece of music
0:32:06 > 0:32:07and it would do something to me
0:32:07 > 0:32:11and I wouldn't understand it but it was feeling, it was emotion
0:32:11 > 0:32:14and I get none of that from The Sons of Pitches at the moment.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17I get like we're sorting out who has to pay the phone bill.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19It's that kind of feeling, you know.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21"Oh, we can sort out... You can do this and I can do that.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24"Yes, isn't that marvellous? Great, we're done." No, you're not.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27We're really worried, but it's massively an attitude thing.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31We just need to say, OK, this is how it's going to happen
0:32:31 > 0:32:33and we'll practise it until it does work.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35But instead we're kind of... There's a lot of fear.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Rounders bats packed away...
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Come into the circle. Come tight, come tight.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48..Choral Stimulation are heading to see Jason who has a plan
0:32:48 > 0:32:50to make their awkward performance smoulder.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53OK, grab yourself a chair.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55So what we're going to do is we're going to go
0:32:55 > 0:32:57one person at a time, OK?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Person number one is going to tell person number two
0:32:59 > 0:33:02something bad that has happened to them.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06They're then going to tell you what has come good out of that.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13So, late last year my grandad died. I was close to him...
0:33:19 > 0:33:20- Sorry.- It's OK.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25I think I just spread myself really thinly and it really
0:33:25 > 0:33:28affected my studies and it's almost like a selfish thing.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34I just wanted to see him, as you do, but it's a hard time
0:33:34 > 0:33:37and I didn't really speak to anyone about it.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I don't think you should, in any way,
0:33:42 > 0:33:46feel guilty about being selfish.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49You spent that time with your grandad,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51which is much more important.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Thank you.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Good. Group hug.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Don't be inhibited with the interaction
0:34:00 > 0:34:04that you have to do with one another because I know you're friends,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06but, you know, that should make it even easier.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Now that you know each other a little bit better, I think that will
0:34:09 > 0:34:11make it even easier as well. Just remember that.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14There are worse things that have happened, so this is nothing.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17This is something that you enjoy doing, do you know what I mean?
0:34:17 > 0:34:18Thanks.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20It did exactly what he said it would do.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23It just stripped back everyone's inhibitions.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24Everyone was suddenly filled
0:34:24 > 0:34:27with a slightly more positive outlook on life.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28# You can sleep
0:34:28 > 0:34:31# You can't eat
0:34:31 > 0:34:36# Something something doh-oh
0:34:36 > 0:34:40# You like to think that you're immune to this stuff
0:34:40 > 0:34:42# You're going to have to face it
0:34:42 > 0:34:44# You're addicted to love
0:34:44 > 0:34:47# You like to think that you're immune to the stuff
0:34:47 > 0:34:48# Oh yeah
0:34:48 > 0:34:52# Might as well face it You're addicted to love... #
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Yes, he's the only one who gets it right.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Really well done. Tony, it's great.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00But, Tony, are you going to remember the words?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02No, definitely not.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Is there anything that we can do to help you, because you've got...
0:35:06 > 0:35:08There's a lot of pressure on your shoulders.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- What can we do to get you there? - I just need to write them out.- Yeah.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15I did cover sets all the time. I've been making up verses for years.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20You can't do that. By hook or by crook, get this man some lyrics.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21He's got to remember the words.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25He can't just scaba-doop, dabba-dee, dabba-dee-do
0:35:25 > 0:35:27his way through this. He really can't.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30While lyrics prove a headache for Tony, the two groups who
0:35:30 > 0:35:34fell behind with their arrangements have a different problem.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36# ..I want to break free... #
0:35:36 > 0:35:39As the last day of mentoring draws to a close,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42they're playing catch-up with their choreography.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46Head to the front. Head to the front...
0:35:46 > 0:35:48With time against them, Stratford East have gone
0:35:48 > 0:35:52for something simple to match their new, pared-down vocals.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Basically, you're going to turn on yourself.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57# If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
0:35:57 > 0:36:00# If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
0:36:00 > 0:36:02# Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring... #
0:36:02 > 0:36:04I thought you did that twice.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06We're back with a fighting chance now
0:36:06 > 0:36:08and the guys feel like that, as well.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10We're definitely a lot more positive.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Not so Gospel Essence, who, at the 11th hour,
0:36:14 > 0:36:17are struggling to master a complex routine.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21# Oh, how I want to break free
0:36:23 > 0:36:26# Oh, how I want to break free... #
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Just make sure when you do the walks,
0:36:28 > 0:36:30don't make it look like you've pooed your pants.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33That thing of being drawn to something
0:36:33 > 0:36:36means that you'll go in a straight line with your feet,
0:36:36 > 0:36:39whereas otherwise you do end up doing this, which is very weird.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41No-one walks like this.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Actually, their arrangement works.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Yes, they're in danger right now if we put that on stage right now.
0:36:48 > 0:36:49Absolutely in danger,
0:36:49 > 0:36:53but I have a funny feeling, because they know they're in danger,
0:36:53 > 0:36:56they're probably going to be the most sharply focused group.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03It's the last day of a cappella school and it has been a joy.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07The standard now, we've got to this stage, is incredible.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I feel confident that as long as Tony remembers his words,
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Choral Stimulation are going to do a great job.
0:37:12 > 0:37:17There's so many of them, look, it's just ridiculous.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20I think Sons of Pitches might be the weirdest a cappella thing
0:37:20 > 0:37:22you've ever seen, but it will be something.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26It will be a performance and I don't think you'll forget it in a hurry.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Gospel Essence, they all said, "We've learnt the lessons, yes,
0:37:32 > 0:37:34"we've learned the lessons from last time."
0:37:34 > 0:37:37No, you haven't, because the lesson was, get on with it.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Everyone has worked really hard and they just need an audience.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52Performance day.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Today is the big day.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57The groups are waving a cappella school goodbye
0:37:57 > 0:38:00before they head to the Birmingham Conservatoire,
0:38:00 > 0:38:02to compete once more.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09The challenge I set them
0:38:09 > 0:38:12was all about creating a standout performance.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17It needs every member of the group to be 100% committed
0:38:17 > 0:38:21and to bring it to the audience, on the day, in front of the jury.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23If we're going home, we're going home.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25If we're going to stay, we're going to stay, but either way,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28we get one chance. That's the one thing that's guaranteed.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- So we might as well go out there and have fun.- Yeah.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32As the groups prepare backstage...
0:38:35 > 0:38:36..my jury arrive.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41First and foremost, they want to be entertained, but today,
0:38:41 > 0:38:45vocals will take a back-seat as they focus on choreography,
0:38:45 > 0:38:49costume and the spectacle that groups bring to the stage.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51The thing for me is emotional content.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Do they actually thrill me when they're on stage?
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Do they elicit an emotional response?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59I think is actually top of my list.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01While the focus might be on stagecraft,
0:39:01 > 0:39:06the groups must still deliver in terms of blend, beat-boxing,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09timing and tuning, as they bring all that they've learned
0:39:09 > 0:39:13this past week to bear on this crucial performance.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15We're relying on him quite a lot for this and so I think, maybe,
0:39:15 > 0:39:16he's getting a bit nervous.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19He's a pro and I think he's going to absolutely smash it.
0:39:19 > 0:39:20He can handle it.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22I'm really nervous today.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24This could be the last time we do this,
0:39:24 > 0:39:27so everyone needs to bring it and I believe the guys will.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37APPLAUSE
0:39:37 > 0:39:39With the jury in their seats,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42the groups will now face their biggest audience yet.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56APPLAUSE
0:39:56 > 0:40:00Hello. Welcome, welcome, thank you.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Let's get this show on the road with the first of our acts.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08Get ready for a sultry performance from Choral Stimulation.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12APPLAUSE
0:40:18 > 0:40:21THEY SCAT
0:40:24 > 0:40:30# Your lights are on but you're not home
0:40:30 > 0:40:34# Your mind is not your own
0:40:35 > 0:40:38# Your heart sweats
0:40:38 > 0:40:41# Your body shakes
0:40:41 > 0:40:46# Another kiss is all it takes
0:40:46 > 0:40:51# You can't eat You can't sleep
0:40:51 > 0:40:57# There's no doubt you're in deep
0:40:57 > 0:41:02# Your throat's tight You can't breathe
0:41:02 > 0:41:06# Another kiss is all you need
0:41:06 > 0:41:10# Oh, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff
0:41:10 > 0:41:12# Oh, yeah
0:41:12 > 0:41:16# Da-da-da-da-da-da da-da-da-da-da-da
0:41:16 > 0:41:21# It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
0:41:21 > 0:41:23# You know you're going to have to face it
0:41:23 > 0:41:25# You're addicted to love
0:41:25 > 0:41:27# You see the signs
0:41:27 > 0:41:29# But you can't read
0:41:29 > 0:41:32# You're runnin' at a different speed
0:41:32 > 0:41:36# You heart beats in double time
0:41:36 > 0:41:39# Another kiss and you'll be mine
0:41:39 > 0:41:41# A one track mind
0:41:41 > 0:41:44# You can't be saved
0:41:44 > 0:41:47# Oblivion is all you crave
0:41:47 > 0:41:51# If there's some left for you
0:41:51 > 0:41:54# You don't mind if you do
0:41:54 > 0:41:58# Oh, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff
0:42:01 > 0:42:03# Might as well face it
0:42:03 > 0:42:05# You're addicted to love
0:42:05 > 0:42:06# Might as well face it
0:42:06 > 0:42:09# You're addicted to love
0:42:09 > 0:42:10# Might as well face it
0:42:10 > 0:42:12# You're addicted to love
0:42:12 > 0:42:14# Might as well face it
0:42:14 > 0:42:16# You're addicted to love
0:42:16 > 0:42:19# You like to think that you're immune to the stuff
0:42:19 > 0:42:23# You might as well face it You're addicted to love
0:42:23 > 0:42:28# Ah
0:42:30 > 0:42:33# Da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da-da
0:42:33 > 0:42:38# Da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da-da. #
0:42:38 > 0:42:41APPLAUSE
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Ho-ho! Amazing.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51I kind of fluffed one of the choruses, lyric-wise,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54but just turned it into a strange dance.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00APPLAUSE
0:43:02 > 0:43:08Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.
0:43:08 > 0:43:14Welcome to the incredible circus of Restless Symphony.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16# Rah rah ah-ah-ah
0:43:16 > 0:43:18# Ro mah ro-mah-mah
0:43:18 > 0:43:20# Gaga oh-la-la
0:43:20 > 0:43:21# Want your bad romance
0:43:21 > 0:43:23# I want your ugly
0:43:23 > 0:43:25# I want your disease
0:43:25 > 0:43:26# I want your everything
0:43:26 > 0:43:27# As long as it's free
0:43:27 > 0:43:30# I want your love
0:43:30 > 0:43:31# Love-love-love
0:43:31 > 0:43:33# I want your love
0:43:33 > 0:43:36# I want your love and I want your revenge
0:43:36 > 0:43:40# You and me could write a bad romance
0:43:40 > 0:43:44# Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
0:43:44 > 0:43:47# Caught in a bad romance
0:43:47 > 0:43:49# Rah rah ah-ah-ah
0:43:49 > 0:43:50# Ro mah ro-mah-mah
0:43:50 > 0:43:53# Gaga ooh-la-la!
0:43:53 > 0:43:54# Want your bad romance
0:43:54 > 0:43:55# I want your horror
0:43:55 > 0:43:58# I want your design
0:43:58 > 0:44:01# Cos you're a criminal as long as you're mine
0:44:01 > 0:44:03# I want your love
0:44:03 > 0:44:08# Love-love-love I want your love
0:44:08 > 0:44:11# I don't want to be friends
0:44:12 > 0:44:14# I don't want to be friends
0:44:14 > 0:44:16# Caught in a bad romance
0:44:16 > 0:44:19# I don't want to be friends
0:44:19 > 0:44:23# A bad romance
0:44:23 > 0:44:27# Want your bad romance
0:44:27 > 0:44:29# Rah rah ah-ah-ah. #
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Ladies and gentlemen, the show is now over.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34We bid you goodnight.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37APPLAUSE
0:44:37 > 0:44:40They'll be really happy, I think.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46That's the best performance we've ever done.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48APPLAUSE
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Next up, the Sons of Pitches.
0:44:55 > 0:44:56THEY BEATBOX
0:45:00 > 0:45:02# Out on the winding windy moors
0:45:02 > 0:45:06# We'd roll and fall in green
0:45:06 > 0:45:10# You had a temper like my jealousy
0:45:10 > 0:45:12# Too hot too greedy
0:45:12 > 0:45:15# How could you leave me
0:45:17 > 0:45:21# When I needed to possess you?
0:45:21 > 0:45:22# I hated you
0:45:22 > 0:45:25# I loved you too
0:45:25 > 0:45:29# Bad dreams in the night
0:45:29 > 0:45:33# They told me I was going to lose the fight
0:45:33 > 0:45:36# Leave behind my Wuthering, Wuthering
0:45:36 > 0:45:37# Wuthering Heights
0:45:37 > 0:45:40# Heathcliff It's me, I'm Cathy
0:45:40 > 0:45:44# I've come home I'm so cold
0:45:44 > 0:45:47# Let me in your window
0:45:47 > 0:45:48# Oh-oh
0:45:48 > 0:45:51# It gets dark
0:45:51 > 0:45:55# It gets lonely on the other side from you
0:45:56 > 0:45:59# I pine a lot I find the lot
0:45:59 > 0:46:03# Falls through without you
0:46:03 > 0:46:05# I'm coming back, love
0:46:05 > 0:46:08# Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream
0:46:08 > 0:46:13# My only master
0:46:13 > 0:46:16# Too long I roam in the night
0:46:16 > 0:46:20# I'm coming back to his side to put it right
0:46:20 > 0:46:23# I'm coming home to Wuthering, Wuthering
0:46:23 > 0:46:24# Wuthering heights
0:46:24 > 0:46:27# Heathcliff It's me, I'm Cathy
0:46:27 > 0:46:30# I've come home I'm so cold
0:46:30 > 0:46:34# Let me in your window
0:46:34 > 0:46:37# Heathcliff It's me, I'm Cathy
0:46:37 > 0:46:40# I've come home I'm so cold!
0:46:40 > 0:46:44# Let me in your window
0:46:45 > 0:46:47# Heathcliff It's me, I'm Cathy
0:46:47 > 0:46:51# I've come home I'm so cold!
0:46:51 > 0:46:55# Let me in your window
0:46:55 > 0:46:58# Heathcliff It's me, I'm Cathy
0:46:58 > 0:47:00# I've come home. #
0:47:01 > 0:47:03APPLAUSE
0:47:03 > 0:47:05I'm moved, I'm moved.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08He's got tears in his eyes.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12I have never seen that from them. They've done it. I felt something.
0:47:12 > 0:47:13I felt a lot.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21Next up, a rock anthem given a novel twist
0:47:21 > 0:47:25by the one, the only Gospel Essence.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:47:33 > 0:47:37- # Ah - God knows
0:47:40 > 0:47:44- # Ah - God knows
0:47:46 > 0:47:47# Ooh
0:47:47 > 0:47:54# I want to break free
0:47:54 > 0:47:56# I want to break free
0:47:57 > 0:48:01# I want to break free
0:48:01 > 0:48:04# I want to break free from your lies
0:48:04 > 0:48:09# You're so self-satisfied I don't need you
0:48:09 > 0:48:12# I've got to break free
0:48:14 > 0:48:16# God knows
0:48:16 > 0:48:20# God knows I want to break free
0:48:22 > 0:48:26# It's strange but it's true
0:48:26 > 0:48:30# I can't get over the way you love me like you do
0:48:30 > 0:48:34# But I have to be sure when I walk out the door
0:48:34 > 0:48:37# I have to be free
0:48:37 > 0:48:41# Oh Lord, I want to be free
0:48:41 > 0:48:45# Oh, how I want to break free
0:48:45 > 0:48:49# Do do do do do
0:48:49 > 0:48:51# Do do do do
0:48:51 > 0:48:56# Hey, yeah
0:48:56 > 0:49:01# Whoo-hoo, ooh-ooh
0:49:01 > 0:49:05# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
0:49:05 > 0:49:08# Whoo
0:49:08 > 0:49:11# But life still goes on
0:49:11 > 0:49:14# I can't get used to living without
0:49:14 > 0:49:18# Living without, living without you by my side
0:49:18 > 0:49:20# God knows, God knows
0:49:20 > 0:49:24# I don't wanna live alone
0:49:24 > 0:49:27# God knows
0:49:27 > 0:49:31# I've got to make it on my own
0:49:31 > 0:49:35# I've got to break free
0:49:35 > 0:49:41# I want to break free. #
0:49:44 > 0:49:46There were some great moments in that. It had energy,
0:49:46 > 0:49:48but it's not perfect.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Gospel Essence, everyone!
0:49:58 > 0:50:01There was nothing I could do, you trod on it.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03I couldn't get the rope from behind me,
0:50:03 > 0:50:05he was walking on it so I had to drop it.
0:50:05 > 0:50:09One step on the robe, it's just getting to me.
0:50:11 > 0:50:15Time for the final act of the night, Stratford East Singers!
0:50:21 > 0:50:25# Da da da da da da da
0:50:25 > 0:50:27# Da da da da da
0:50:27 > 0:50:28# Da da da da
0:50:28 > 0:50:31# Up in the club
0:50:31 > 0:50:33# We just broke up
0:50:33 > 0:50:37# Doing my own little thing
0:50:37 > 0:50:39# Decided to dip
0:50:39 > 0:50:41# Now you wanna quit
0:50:41 > 0:50:45# Cos another brother noticed me
0:50:45 > 0:50:48# I'm up on him
0:50:48 > 0:50:50# He up on me
0:50:50 > 0:50:54# Don't pay him any attention
0:50:54 > 0:50:59# I cried my tears for three good years
0:50:59 > 0:51:03# You can't get mad at me
0:51:03 > 0:51:06# If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it
0:51:06 > 0:51:07# Don't get mad
0:51:07 > 0:51:10# If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it
0:51:10 > 0:51:12# Don't you love me?
0:51:12 > 0:51:15# Don't be mad once you see that he want it
0:51:15 > 0:51:19# If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it
0:51:22 > 0:51:24# Three years
0:51:24 > 0:51:27# I cried my tears
0:51:28 > 0:51:32# Don't be mad cos another man looked at me
0:51:32 > 0:51:35# You, you should have put a ring on it
0:51:36 > 0:51:40# If you liked it You should have put a ring on it
0:51:40 > 0:51:44# If you liked it, you should have put a ring on it
0:51:44 > 0:51:48# If you liked it You should have put a ring on it
0:51:48 > 0:51:50# Ring on it, ring on it
0:51:50 > 0:51:52# Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring
0:51:52 > 0:51:54# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
0:51:54 > 0:51:56# Should have put a
0:51:56 > 0:51:58# Ring on it
0:51:58 > 0:52:02# Should have put a ring on it, ring on it
0:52:02 > 0:52:04# Should have put a
0:52:04 > 0:52:06# Ring on it
0:52:06 > 0:52:08# Should have put a ring on it
0:52:08 > 0:52:10# Ring on it
0:52:10 > 0:52:12# Should have put a
0:52:12 > 0:52:14# Ring on it
0:52:14 > 0:52:17# Should have put a ring on it, ring on it
0:52:17 > 0:52:23# Yeah! #
0:52:23 > 0:52:27- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Unbelievable! Yes!
0:52:35 > 0:52:37Who will be going through to my semi-final
0:52:37 > 0:52:40is now a decision solely for the jury.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43Choral Stimulation, I just loved this.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Cool choreography, it was sophisticated.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Loved the lead singer.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50The only thing I would say is, don't close your eyes
0:52:50 > 0:52:53when you're singing solo. There's still an audience
0:52:53 > 0:52:55that you've got to bring into your performance.
0:52:55 > 0:52:59Sons of Pitches, brilliant. Great tension, eerie harmonies.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03We've talked endlessly about how technically accomplished they are
0:53:03 > 0:53:07but that they didn't grip us. That gripped me tonight. Great job.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10So, Restless Symphony, I thought
0:53:10 > 0:53:12the starting tableau here was absolutely fantastic.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14You were drawn in from the start.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17I thought they did a good job of that, given there's not many of them
0:53:17 > 0:53:19to actually create that amount of sound.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23Great soloists, I really felt like the key was a tone too low
0:53:23 > 0:53:26but overall I really loved it.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29Gospel Essence, I really struggled with this. It wasn't unified.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32I think they struggled with the change of outfit.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35They were thinking about robes and steps.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38But they had nice rhythm changes and it was good to see
0:53:38 > 0:53:41the new soloist because I haven't really heard her.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Stratford East.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45OK, if you saw my face when I heard that soloist,
0:53:45 > 0:53:47it would have looked like this.
0:53:48 > 0:53:52I thought their intonation was 100% better than ever before.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55That's a great thing to fix and very difficult to fix, and they did it.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58I suppose if I had to nitpick a little bit, it would be
0:53:58 > 0:54:02just at the very end, we kind of went ambiguous pitching territory.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05So, I guess it's time to vote.
0:54:12 > 0:54:16Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, members of the audience,
0:54:16 > 0:54:18I have the results.
0:54:18 > 0:54:23I can now reveal which acts will be going through to the semi-finals.
0:54:25 > 0:54:30The results are in no particular order.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33I'm going to start by revealing the first act to make it through.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45It's Stratford East Singers!
0:54:52 > 0:54:56SCREAMING AND CHEERING
0:55:00 > 0:55:03The next group staying in the contest...
0:55:05 > 0:55:06..is...
0:55:11 > 0:55:13Restless Symphony.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27Staying in the contest is...
0:55:32 > 0:55:34..The Sons of Pitches.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50Two groups left now on stage
0:55:50 > 0:55:53but only one will be going through to the semi-final.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58The jury said that this was an incredibly tough decision
0:55:58 > 0:56:03but the group that they felt should stay in the contest is...
0:56:10 > 0:56:12..Choral Stimulation.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24That means that, sadly, Gospel Essence,
0:56:24 > 0:56:27you'll be leaving us at this stage of the contest.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30We will be very, very sorry to say goodbye to you.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32I'm going to miss you guys. It was great.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34I really enjoyed your performance today.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36I don't know how you pulled that off, really well done!
0:56:36 > 0:56:39Can we have a huge round of applause? Thank you.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43It's brought us all massively close together
0:56:43 > 0:56:45and it's tightened a bond
0:56:45 > 0:56:47that we already thought couldn't get any stronger.
0:56:47 > 0:56:51We've been through so much, so I haven't got any words at the moment.
0:56:51 > 0:56:55It's lovely. I'm really proud of what we have achieved.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58Look, there were so many great things about your performance.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00You did a great job. Gem, that excellent solo.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02Excellent solo, Rebecca.
0:57:02 > 0:57:06You were beaten fair and square just on points of precision, I'm afraid.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Yeah, it's completely fair. We've just enjoyed the whole process.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11We love the other groups as well so hats off to them
0:57:11 > 0:57:13and we wish them every success.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15We might join Stratford East anyway!
0:57:21 > 0:57:24It feels as though we've jumped over the emotion hurdle.
0:57:24 > 0:57:25The last couple of weeks,
0:57:25 > 0:57:27they've been talking about emotion, emotion,
0:57:27 > 0:57:30and hopefully we've nailed that now.
0:57:33 > 0:57:34It was really good tonight.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37The standard of singing is getting so much better
0:57:37 > 0:57:39and the standards of performance, it was slick time.
0:57:39 > 0:57:43There were moments that were really professional on that stage.
0:57:43 > 0:57:44It was great!
0:57:44 > 0:57:48It's now getting so hard to separate between the groups. All the groups.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50I am so excited about the semi-finals.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53It will be brilliant and they'll have so much fun.
0:57:53 > 0:57:54It's going to be hard.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56Gareth, what's your next challenge?
0:57:56 > 0:57:58Cos we're ready, we're coming for you!
0:57:58 > 0:57:59- ALL:- Yeah! Whooo!
0:57:59 > 0:58:01Next time...
0:58:01 > 0:58:04The last four groups fight for a place in my final.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07HE GROWLS
0:58:07 > 0:58:10For the first time, they must choose their own song.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13# Me, you treated as a punk You know that's unheard-of... #
0:58:13 > 0:58:15Oh, gosh!
0:58:15 > 0:58:17As I challenge them to take a cappella
0:58:17 > 0:58:20from the stage to the screen.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22I hated this. Hated it.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24This was a brave decision,
0:58:24 > 0:58:27but I don't know if they're up to it.