0:00:02 > 0:00:04CHOIR SINGS Hallelujah!
0:00:04 > 0:00:08'It's the semifinal of my contest to find
0:00:08 > 0:00:11'Britain's most entertaining amateur a cappella group.'
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Great!
0:00:12 > 0:00:15'Last week, intense mentoring
0:00:15 > 0:00:17'culminated in a breakthrough performance
0:00:17 > 0:00:18'from the Sons Of Pitches.'
0:00:18 > 0:00:19# It's me, I'm Cathy
0:00:19 > 0:00:21# I've come home now
0:00:21 > 0:00:23# So cold
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# Let me in at your window... #
0:00:26 > 0:00:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE I'm moved!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Hindsy's got tears in his eyes.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34# Di-doo-doo-di-doo... #
0:00:34 > 0:00:36'While a cassock calamity
0:00:36 > 0:00:39'cost Gospel Essence their place in the contest.'
0:00:39 > 0:00:42# But life still goes on... #
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Obviously we're disappointed that we couldn't go any further,
0:00:45 > 0:00:47but, you know, I think we went out on a great song.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51'Just four groups now remain and this week,
0:00:51 > 0:00:55'I'm giving them free rein like never before.'
0:00:55 > 0:00:59# Twinkle, little star... #
0:00:59 > 0:01:02# Me be treated like a punk You know that's unheard of... #
0:01:02 > 0:01:05LAUGHTER
0:01:05 > 0:01:07I don't know what to say.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12'The challenge - combine vocals, choreography,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14'and a killer concept...
0:01:17 > 0:01:21'..to take a capella from the stage to the screen...'
0:01:21 > 0:01:22Two, one... Go.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25I want to see something really new,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27something that really pops out of the screen.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29'..for a showdown that will divide my jury...'
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Thrilling, thrilling, thrilling!
0:01:33 > 0:01:37I hated this. Absolutely hated it.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- I don't know what you were looking for?- I can tell you.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I'm looking for something that will hold my attention.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44'..and decide who makes it to the grand final.'
0:01:44 > 0:01:46We are that far from the final.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48You are one performance away from the final.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52We're at the 12th hour now, really. We've lost the 11th hour.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53There is no more hours left.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56We got great talent now left in the contest.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I think all of these are going to be good.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08'With the intense training of a capella school behind them,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10'my four remaining groups are back home.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18'While it's a welcome return to normal life...'
0:02:18 > 0:02:20APPLAUSE
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Awww, thanks, guys!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24'..the contest still remains a priority.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27'We are absolutely delighted, buzzing.'
0:02:27 > 0:02:29We just really want to take it all the way now
0:02:29 > 0:02:31and the competition is tough,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34really tough, so we have to pull out all the stops now.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38'It's now a make or break point in the contest as all the groups
0:02:38 > 0:02:41'compete for a place in my grand final.'
0:02:41 > 0:02:43This means more to us than anything now.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47It means so much to us to do well and to get to that final.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50'And to make it, this week,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54'they'll have to succeed in a very different challenge.'
0:02:54 > 0:02:59A CAPPELLA OF "HIPS DON'T LIE" MELODY
0:03:02 > 0:03:04# Shakira, Shakira... #
0:03:04 > 0:03:07'This week, I want them to showcase their talents not onstage,
0:03:07 > 0:03:12'but via video. One that has the potential to become an internet hit.'
0:03:12 > 0:03:16There are so many big, big a capella acts
0:03:16 > 0:03:21who only really got a career because of the internet.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24'Groups like Out Of The Blue,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27'whose tongue-in-cheek take on Shakira's Hips Don't Lie
0:03:27 > 0:03:30'has been viewed over six million times.'
0:03:30 > 0:03:35# So be wise and keep on reading the signs of my body... #
0:03:35 > 0:03:38That is how a cappella has become as big as it is.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41It's not through mainstream media, it is through the internet.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46'This visually striking offering from Israeli group Voca People
0:03:46 > 0:03:48'has clocked up over two million hits.'
0:03:48 > 0:03:50# Say what? #
0:03:50 > 0:03:53THEY BEATBOX
0:03:53 > 0:03:57'I want my groups to come up with equally eye-catching concepts
0:03:57 > 0:04:01'for a two minute video that people would share online.'
0:04:01 > 0:04:04It's got to be simple. It's got to be memorable,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08visually arresting and really interesting on the ear.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14'Crucial to the success of these videos will be the choice of song.'
0:04:14 > 0:04:15What they don't know at this point
0:04:15 > 0:04:17is that they are going to be choosing the track
0:04:17 > 0:04:19for the first time in this contest
0:04:19 > 0:04:22and, as much as they'll be excited about the freedom,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25it's actually a really difficult and important choice to make
0:04:25 > 0:04:29cos if you get the song wrong, you don't really have anything.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- Hello!- Hey!
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- Hello!- Hey!
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Semifinalists. THEY CHEER
0:04:45 > 0:04:47So, I expect you're itching
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- to find out what song I've chosen for you.- Yes.- Yes, please.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55- The song... Look at your little faces.- Come on!
0:04:55 > 0:04:59I've decided that you are going to be singing a song
0:04:59 > 0:05:01that YOU'VE chosen.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- ALL:- YES!
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- THEY SCREAM - Yes!
0:05:09 > 0:05:12You have graduated from a cappella school.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15It's time for you to make grown-up choices for yourself.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16You can now choose your own song.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Don't get too excited because it's very much part of the challenge.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23If you choose the wrong song, it could really mess you up.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25You can't do a song that you have done before
0:05:25 > 0:05:28so there's no dipping into the back catalogue.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I just think if we choose a bad song for ourselves or something,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33we can't blame you.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34LAUGHTER
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Has there been a bit of that? - It's literally on our heads.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40We've been like, "He chose a terrible song for us,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42"we can't help it."
0:05:43 > 0:05:47'The groups now have just one week to choose their songs, arrange them
0:05:47 > 0:05:51'and devise and shoot an arresting two minute video
0:05:51 > 0:05:53'before they're screened to the jury.'
0:05:53 > 0:05:58- We've got a completely blank page in terms of our creativity so...- Yes.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59It's so exciting for us.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02It also means there'll be more pressure on us
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- to deliver because were not spoon-fed in- any way. Yeah.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06So yeah, it's going to be a very interesting week.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11'It's going to be a lot of work. It's going to be a LOT of work.'
0:06:11 > 0:06:13We're not only working on the arrangement,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16we're working on the visual so it's like double the work.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22'In Birmingham, keen to commit every spare second
0:06:22 > 0:06:24'they have to rehearsals,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27'all-male six piece the Sons Of Pitches are moving in together.'
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Hello, boys!- Hey!
0:06:30 > 0:06:33What we've learned from a cappella school is the more time
0:06:33 > 0:06:36we spend together, the more productive we'll be.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Curled up on a single bed, just me and him, keeping each other warm.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Some spooning's going to happen, isn't it?
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Potentially going to happen. - I'm looking forward to it.- Mmm.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49'As this group juggles commitments away from music,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52'spare time is in short supply right now,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55'especially for pharmacy student Mide.'
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Pharmacy is the career path that I have
0:06:58 > 0:07:00and I'm really enjoying it right now,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02but, for the past three years,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05beatboxing has been really life-changing for me.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09HE BEATBOXES
0:07:09 > 0:07:11To be able to make money
0:07:11 > 0:07:13and do things really publicly
0:07:13 > 0:07:16with beatboxing would be absolutely incredible,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18but my mum would kill me.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22HE BEATBOXES
0:07:22 > 0:07:25I'll make sure I'm a pharmacist and then, come two years' time,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28once that's in place and that's locked in,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32then I think beatboxing could potentially take over.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35HE BEATBOXES
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Thank you. Hello!
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- This is very civilised.- How are you?
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Thanks for standing up.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48'I'm checking in on The Sons Of Pitches' initial ideas.'
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Hello, hello.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55'On hand for moral support, girlfriends Kasia and Caris.'
0:07:57 > 0:07:59OK, well, what have you come up with?
0:07:59 > 0:08:04A good gimmicky thing would be just choose a simple song
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- and do it in some different genres. - OK.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- Changing the genres every 20, 30 seconds.- Lots of different styles.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13There's lots of things going on.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16We talked about how people on the internet
0:08:16 > 0:08:17have quite a short attention span
0:08:17 > 0:08:20and if there's lots of things going on
0:08:20 > 0:08:22and they are going to be anticipating
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- what the next genre is... - It keeps them engaged.- Exactly.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Genres, OK, that's good.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29So, different styles of music. What have you got?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31As far as genres go, we are pretty comfortable
0:08:31 > 0:08:33with quite a lot of genres.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Can I put that to the test? - Yeah, of course you can.- Great.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Why don't we try and find a simple song?- OK.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star? - Oh, OK, all right.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47OK, I've got to have opera, please, can I have an opera?
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- HE SINGS OPERATICALLY: - # Twinkle, twinkle
0:08:51 > 0:08:53# Little star... #
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Reggae.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- HE SINGS IN A REGGAE STYLE: - # How I wonder what you are
0:08:58 > 0:09:00# Up above the world so high... #
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Jazz.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08- HE SINGS IN A JAZZ STYLE: - # Like a diamond in the night
0:09:08 > 0:09:13# Twinkle twinkle, little star... #
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Can we have death metal, please?
0:09:15 > 0:09:21THEY IMITATE A DEATH METAL RIFF
0:09:21 > 0:09:23HE SCREAMS: # TWINKLE!
0:09:23 > 0:09:26# TWINKLE!
0:09:26 > 0:09:28# LITTLE!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31# STAR!
0:09:31 > 0:09:33# TWINKLE! TWINKLE!
0:09:33 > 0:09:35# LITTLE STAR! #
0:09:37 > 0:09:42Hooray! Are you all right? Are you ever going to be able to sing again?
0:09:42 > 0:09:46So you need a song, don't you? Do you have any immediate thoughts?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Mmmbop by Hanson.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51# Mmmbop, bop, mmm... #
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- I don't know the words. - Yeah, there's no words.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Cos we're expecting it to be quite a silly video, in a way,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57and with the genre change,
0:09:57 > 0:09:58we really want a happy, uplifting song
0:09:58 > 0:10:00that's got a good pace to it.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05I like Mmmbop, that's fun. It made you all smile.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08All those in favour of that one...
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- I will see you in a week. Get to it. - Cheers, Gareth.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Thank you very much, see you later.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14'The basic idea made them all happy.'
0:10:14 > 0:10:17It made their girlfriends happy and it made me happy
0:10:17 > 0:10:18so that's a good start.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:10:23 > 0:10:26'A typical summer evening in east London
0:10:26 > 0:10:29'and I've joined the Stratford East Singers on the hunt
0:10:29 > 0:10:31'for a location for their video.'
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- Is it always like this? - Every night, more or less, yeah.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37CHEERING
0:10:39 > 0:10:41THEY CHANT IN TIME
0:10:41 > 0:10:45'Over the course of the contest, this group's developed a sense
0:10:45 > 0:10:49'of self-confidence that reached a peak in their last performance.'
0:10:49 > 0:10:52# I cried my tears... #
0:10:52 > 0:10:55'This self belief has brought about new opportunities
0:10:55 > 0:10:56'for many in the group,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59'including 19-year-old Abbi, who took the lead in the last round.'
0:10:59 > 0:11:02# Don't get mad at me
0:11:02 > 0:11:04# If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it
0:11:04 > 0:11:07# Don't you love me? #
0:11:07 > 0:11:11'She's just won a place at the prestigious
0:11:11 > 0:11:13'Guildhall School Of Music And Drama.'
0:11:13 > 0:11:15# ..a ring on it
0:11:15 > 0:11:16# If you liked it... #
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Wow! I didn't think I'd be able to get in because I didn't have any,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23like, qualifications that I could put on paper and, erm,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26certificates that could prove I had done so and so.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I only had my passion and my experience
0:11:28 > 0:11:31and I guess those two helped me a lot to get in.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33# Stylin', wilin'
0:11:33 > 0:11:34# Living it up
0:11:34 > 0:11:36# Come on! #
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Music is absolutely massive...
0:11:40 > 0:11:44It IS my life, basically. It's not even a part of.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45It is my life. It is who I am.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47SHE BEATBOXES
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Awesome!- Thank you. Thank you.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57It would mean the world, I think, for us to win, especially coming
0:11:57 > 0:12:00from where we come from, being a community choir.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04We love to sing. We love to sing and perform for other people
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and make other people happy, the way music makes us happy.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- It's like being somewhere on holiday!- Yeah!
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- So, it's definitely going to be Stratford?- Yeah!
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Why? We are Stratford E Singers. It has to be Stratford.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- It sounds like you are going for something community based.- Yeah.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29I think that will be the message, in two minutes.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Yeah, it's really good. It's really cool, it's really community...
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Good energy round here.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Crucial question - have you got a song or...?
0:12:36 > 0:12:37- ALL:- Yes! - ..or a shortlist, at least?
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- We have got one song. - One song. What is the song?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- Emile Sande's Wonder. - How does it go?
0:12:43 > 0:12:45# Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
0:12:45 > 0:12:47# Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50# We ain't falling under... #
0:12:50 > 0:12:52I like it.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53- ALL:- Yay!
0:12:53 > 0:12:56We are full of wonder. Stratford, dancers...
0:12:56 > 0:12:57I love it.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Bashment... Whatever that is?! Brilliant!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I like it. I think it's really good.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06They've not got to marry all this excitement and colour
0:13:06 > 0:13:09and life that they got in Stratford
0:13:09 > 0:13:13with technical precision. Now, it's getting really difficult.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17The other groups are very, very technical and...
0:13:17 > 0:13:19they are going to have to really up their game.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29In Glasgow, the wind of change is blowing through university group
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Choral Stimulation.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32It's the end of term.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Sort of, everyone's finished exams and everyone's, sort of,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40kicking about, moving flats, a bit homeless, a bit out of kilter.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42It's so hard to pin us down.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Future plans and fledgling careers are in the offing
0:13:45 > 0:13:48for many in the group, including junior doctor Calum.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I'm Dr Fraser. How are you feeling?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Not bad. I'm not getting home today, but, yeah, happy.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56'It's a priceless moment when you see'
0:13:56 > 0:13:59a mother holding their child for the first time.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01It is quite a nice thing to see and quite a rare thing to see.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05It's one of the best parts of the job, I think. Balancing work
0:14:05 > 0:14:09with Choral Stimulation's been a real challenge.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13'It's, no doubt, what I wanted to do and, you know, you make sacrifices,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16'you make time. It's like anything.'
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Everyone has been really good about it. It's been a balancing act,
0:14:19 > 0:14:20but it's been absolutely worth it.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25All these demands on the group's time is causing a headache for the group's
0:14:25 > 0:14:27musical director, Tony.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Did you run from London?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30LAUGHTER
0:14:30 > 0:14:32It's been a bit of a roller coaster, like,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34in terms of getting everyone organised for the whole thing,
0:14:34 > 0:14:36making sure everyone's in Glasgow.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Hello!
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Hello!
0:14:41 > 0:14:43My maths are rudimentary, but are we missing a few people?
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- Yes.- Who's missing?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Calum is back in hospital, working - saving lives.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Who has got work commitments now?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Or are you all... Can you all really focus on this?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- I'm away most of this week. - You're away?- I came back...
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- This week? Now? From when? - I came back from Belfast
0:15:01 > 0:15:03last night, to be here today.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- I am going back to Belfast tomorrow. - What's happening in Belfast?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- I'm in the studio.- You recording a solo album?- No, the band's back on.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14You've got the band back together. OK. Out of the eight days that
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- you have got to do this challenge, how many are you away?- Six.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19- Six?!- Oh, my God!
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Yes, it's not ideal to do things in three days.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Genuinely, are you worried about Tony not being here?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Are you going to be able to... - I, personally, am.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34This is really not good. Tony is the secret to Choral Stimulation's
0:15:34 > 0:15:37success - thus far in this contest - because his arrangements,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40sometimes his solo voice and certainly his musicianship
0:15:40 > 0:15:44is what makes it work. It's a massive deal to lose your music director
0:15:44 > 0:15:48at this stage of a contest. Did you not realise that this
0:15:48 > 0:15:51would be a week where it was going to be fairly pivotal?
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- I don't think anyone realised it was going to be...- Really?- ..so full-on
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- this week.- The band at home. Are they guys you've known a long time?
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- Yeah. Since before I came to uni. - So, you don't want to let them down.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- Yeah.- But you have also got a, kind of, family here.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- It's just the fear. It's the fear of letting people down.- Yeah.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11You know, and that's the thing with Choral Stimulation.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- If you mess it up, you are letting nine people down.- Yeah.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- And they're your friends.- Yeah.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20With Tony's departure looming, the group must choose a song
0:16:20 > 0:16:21'as quickly as possible.'
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Can we move these chairs over there? What do you want to do?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27What goes well on the internet?
0:16:27 > 0:16:31I really want to do Reach For The Stars, but it's so sad.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37- No!- We're not doing S Club 7! - Why not?- In a minor key, though.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38THEY SING
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Jess Glynne?- I haven't heard that song in ages.- Pardon?- Jess Glynne.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- Jess Glynne.- She's the one.
0:16:44 > 0:16:4770 million hits on Spotify.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51# Standing in a crowded room and I can't see your face... #
0:16:54 > 0:16:56That makes me happy, that song.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00It will, kind of, arrange itself, this one. Obviously, you will want
0:17:00 > 0:17:03to put some Choral Stimulation touches in it, but I don't think you
0:17:03 > 0:17:05need to throw the book at this. OK, well, good luck.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08I am looking forward to seeing it. Don't forget that you are
0:17:08 > 0:17:11one performance away from the finals, so give it your all.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I think this is a good song choice. I think it is a really...
0:17:16 > 0:17:19It's contemporary, it's an energetic song, it's well written.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23And they liked it. There was a bubblyness about them.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25I think it is going to be really fresh.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- We're on to a winner.- Yeah. - (Fingers crossed.)
0:17:28 > 0:17:31MUSIC: In The Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Southampton students, Restless Symphony,
0:17:34 > 0:17:38have been quick off the mark choosing their song and are already
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- in rehearsals...- OK, three, four...
0:17:43 > 0:17:45..led by musical director, Esther.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47'I am the Mummy of the group.'
0:17:47 > 0:17:50I look after them. I, kind of, do the, sort of,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53the backbone of arrangements
0:17:53 > 0:17:56and I will, sort of, draw the line on the yes or the no.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58I'm the yes or no-er!
0:17:58 > 0:18:02As pop performance students, they have made a surprising -
0:18:02 > 0:18:05and brave - decision, in Grieg's orchestral piece,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08In The Hall of the Mountain King.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10THEY SING
0:18:10 > 0:18:13We just really wanted to try and do something that pushed us
0:18:13 > 0:18:17out of our comfort zone. We have a policy of trying everything.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19We really want to try and put in some beatboxing
0:18:19 > 0:18:23and fresh sounds and just make it sound really original.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Thank you.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28THEY SING
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Wow! Hello!
0:18:47 > 0:18:48- ALL:- Hello!
0:18:48 > 0:18:51That's quite eerie.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55There is good news and bad news, for me. The good news
0:18:55 > 0:18:59is that the arrangement feels really interesting all the way through.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02There is loads of variety. The only thing that is missing, for me -
0:19:02 > 0:19:06and it is a major thing - is dynamics. There are no dynamics.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09There is, literally, loud or not singing.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14I saw Esther go "quiet" and you went that much quieter.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18What you are trying to do is something really quiet...
0:19:18 > 0:19:19and spooky? And creative.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23And it's not. It's just like # NAHHHH!! # the whole time.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26HE SINGS GENTLY
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Not...
0:19:27 > 0:19:31HE SINGS LOUDLY
0:19:31 > 0:19:34It is really shocking to see you go back into that,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37"Yeah, I can just do that!" No, you mustn't. It's all about control.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Get the harmonics and match, so that you are all in the same place.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43We're going to do...
0:19:43 > 0:19:44HE HUMS SCALE
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Two, three and...
0:19:46 > 0:19:48THEY HUM
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Can you hear how...
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Just look at each other's mouths. You are all going at different times.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Literally, just... I only want to hear all of you.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03I don't want to go, "Oh, it's Anita's solo."
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Not in a moment like this. Really attentive to it.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08It's the semifinals.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12This was a great, brave decision to do Grieg, but...
0:20:12 > 0:20:15I don't know if they have got... I don't know if they are up to it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Anyone can go like...
0:20:17 > 0:20:18SHE HUMS THE GRIEG TUNE
0:20:18 > 0:20:22It's how we turn that into something that is actually really impressive.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26It could sound just like we're, kind of, singing along to the piece.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30THEY HARMONISE
0:20:30 > 0:20:33'They are not thinking about the overall sound.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35'They are only thinking about what part they do.'
0:20:35 > 0:20:39It's only marginal, but it's obvious in my ear and it will be obvious
0:20:39 > 0:20:41in the jury's ear.
0:20:42 > 0:20:48Songs chosen, my semifinalists now have just four days to perfect
0:20:48 > 0:20:51their arrangements, master choreography and bring their concepts
0:20:51 > 0:20:55to life on camera, before their videos are screened
0:20:55 > 0:20:58in front of the jury. Chairing this week,
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Joel Fishel, a member of Oxford's group, Out of the Blue,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05whose Shakira tribute went viral.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07'It's really important that you find'
0:21:07 > 0:21:11a nice balance between great vocal performance and great music,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14but also something a little bit cheeky, a little bit funny.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Also among these a cappella experts, renowned performance coach,
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- Andrew Panton.- I think one of the most important things that I am
0:21:22 > 0:21:25looking for is originality. There is no point in a group that is
0:21:25 > 0:21:28just a carbon copy of something you have seen before.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Again, that comes down to the personalities of the group
0:21:30 > 0:21:34and that strength of communication. Do they really know who they are
0:21:34 > 0:21:36and what they want to say to the world?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45HE SINGS HANSON'S Mmmbop
0:21:48 > 0:21:51HE JOINS IN
0:21:54 > 0:21:57HE ALSO JOINS IN
0:21:57 > 0:21:59With their vocals shaping up nicely,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02The Sons of Pitches are homing in on choreography.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Hi, folks!
0:22:04 > 0:22:05- ALL:- Hiya!
0:22:05 > 0:22:09To help, I'm recalling my a Cappella school mentors,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Voice Festival patron, Dominic Peckham,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14and music theatre director, Katherine Gant.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17So, why not start in the line we are currently in?
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- What a line.- As lines go, it's up there with my favourite!
0:22:21 > 0:22:25She is going to help the group match moves to their changing genres.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29THEY SING
0:22:33 > 0:22:34OK, great.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37It's all quite laid back. You need to really use your knees
0:22:37 > 0:22:40and get down a bit. Yeah. It just feels like you should be like,
0:22:40 > 0:22:45just sat down, chilled out, with a cocktail!
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Yeah. That'll work.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50But then, I think, you guys need to be feeling like you're
0:22:50 > 0:22:54just, kind of, on for a stroll. Maybe, a...hat and a cocktail.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Sorted!
0:22:56 > 0:23:01'It's really interesting to see them now, post-a cappella school'
0:23:01 > 0:23:04and seeing that they seem to be really invested, not only in
0:23:04 > 0:23:07the vocals, but also in their storytelling.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10And same with choreo and movement and things. They are just...
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I think they are in a much better place then they were
0:23:13 > 0:23:16a couple of weeks ago, without a doubt.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18THEY HARMONISE
0:23:23 > 0:23:24LAUGHTER
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Oh, my God!
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I think, just watching that now, I genuinely think this is funnier,
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- if you're not doing anything. - No pressure, but every part of this
0:23:37 > 0:23:41has to be so slick and so well done, so that it's the wow factor
0:23:41 > 0:23:43of a viral video.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Just don't throw the kitchen sink at it. It is more clever than that.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Like The Sons of Pitches, all my groups should now be working
0:23:54 > 0:23:59on choreography, but back in London, The Stratford E Singers have
0:23:59 > 0:24:03called me in over doubts about their musical direction.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06THEY SING
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Hi! Hello, Stratford! How are you?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Basically, we have got a Plan B that we think is now our Plan A.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- Right. Oh, changing it up.- Yeah. - OK. All right.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Last time I saw you, there was a sense of joy and jubilation
0:24:25 > 0:24:27and you were going to do Emile Sande's...
0:24:27 > 0:24:30# We are full of wonder. #
0:24:30 > 0:24:33The first issue was that it wasn't a worldwide hit,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- like Shakira or... - Sure. It's not Shakira.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39So we thought, "OK, there's that."
0:24:39 > 0:24:42So, we thought about what else could we do and we just thought
0:24:42 > 0:24:45the alternative was to go with a song that's really, kind of,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- out there. We thought we'd change the song.- OK.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- What have you got?- Shall we sing it or tell him?- Go on, sing it.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55# As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
0:24:55 > 0:24:58# I take a look at my life and realise there's nothing left
0:24:58 > 0:25:01# Cos I've been blasting and laughing so long
0:25:01 > 0:25:04# That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
0:25:04 > 0:25:07# But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
0:25:07 > 0:25:10# Me be treated like a punk You know that's unheard of
0:25:10 > 0:25:13# You better watch how you're talking and where you walking
0:25:13 > 0:25:16# Or you and your homies may be lined in chalk.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20# Living in a paradise
0:25:20 > 0:25:24# Living in a paradise
0:25:24 > 0:25:26# Living in a paradise
0:25:26 > 0:25:30# Living in the gangsta's paradise
0:25:30 > 0:25:33# Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
0:25:33 > 0:25:36# Oh, oh-yay. #
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Gangsta's Paradise.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39HE STIFLES GUFFAW
0:25:39 > 0:25:41LAUGHTER
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I mean, I'm sorry, Suzanne, it's not you, personally.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47It's you as a rapper that I am struggling with.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Shall we get some fresh air. I just need to think about it.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Oh, gosh!
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Oh, gosh!
0:25:57 > 0:25:59I don't know what to say.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01I am really stuck for words.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04It's just... It's not what I was expecting.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08I am a bit disappointed. I was expecting something really fun
0:26:08 > 0:26:11and...life-affirming.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13It's such a miserable song, Gangsta's Paradise.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15It's all about...
0:26:15 > 0:26:18"As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death."
0:26:18 > 0:26:19That's really uplifting.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Right. Look at you all. You like you are in detention!
0:26:23 > 0:26:26You've been very, very naughty! I feel like this song is not
0:26:26 > 0:26:29enabling you. I didn't feel it from you.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Eugh! Can I hear the Emile Sande? Have you anything you can sing to me?
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Yeah.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38SHE BEATBOXES
0:26:41 > 0:26:43# I am full of light
0:26:43 > 0:26:47# I am full of wonder
0:26:53 > 0:26:55# Full of wonder
0:26:59 > 0:27:02# I am full of wonder. #
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Were you just yanking my chain or something?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07I think that is so much better.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08It feels like you.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12That song, although I don't know it particularly, is very immediate.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16And the Gangsta's Paradise, you risk alienating people, I think.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18It is quite downbeat, it has quite dark lyrics.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I'm really glad you had another one up your sleeve.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22LAUGHTER
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Byron, you are the leader. What do you want to do?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27I think... Yeah, I think we should go with Wonder.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29I appreciate your feedback.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- You have always been spot-on, so... - Sorry, Suzanne! You're fired!
0:27:32 > 0:27:33It's OK!
0:27:33 > 0:27:34LAUGHTER
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Right, you now need to go and seriously, seriously polish it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42I think you have lost a couple of hours here, at the very least,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45if not a couple of days. So, go away, practise it.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47We are that far from the final.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49You are one performance away from the final.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51'I think they have had a crisis of confidence.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55'I think they just felt that they were going to do wasn't enough,'
0:27:55 > 0:27:58wasn't glitzy enough, clever enough. But what they do is beautiful
0:27:58 > 0:28:01and worthwhile and lovely. And totally about this place
0:28:01 > 0:28:02and simple!
0:28:02 > 0:28:06It's clear. People will understand when they watch that video that
0:28:06 > 0:28:09it is a lovely group of people singing together for the benefit
0:28:09 > 0:28:11of the community. What's not to love about that?
0:28:16 > 0:28:20In Glasgow, Choral Stimulation are sticking with their choice
0:28:20 > 0:28:22of Jess Glynne's Hold My Hand.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26I guess, as Tony's not here, we now have this new role
0:28:26 > 0:28:30of the video, which we have never done before.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32But a concept is proving elusive.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34So, we should come up with lots of concepts, I reckon, and then
0:28:34 > 0:28:38whichever fits the music best, we'll run with that.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42If it was a nice day, we could go on one of them tour of Glasgow buses.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45One Direction have done that.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49I think we shouldn't do it. Why not play hide and seek around the uni?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52The hand-holding idea is very literal, but that is, kind of,
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- what we do with lyrics. - We can make it funny.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58We can make it funny and touching, which I think would be nice.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01The group have come up with a hidden camera concept
0:29:01 > 0:29:06that involves approaching strangers and clasping their hand.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Hannah, I think you should try one of the handholding things now.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- See if it works.- OK.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13SHE LAUGHS
0:29:18 > 0:29:20That was weird.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26LAUGHTER
0:29:26 > 0:29:28That's the exact reaction we don't want.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Yet again, we've now got to change our idea,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37and there's still only five of us.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39This is really hard.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42What about the paint thing?
0:29:42 > 0:29:46Plain blank room, completely blank room,
0:29:46 > 0:29:47the soloists in the middle.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50We just start, like, splattering the wall with paint.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52That would be quite a nice idea.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56It's just annoying, because there's not enough of us here
0:29:56 > 0:29:59to come up with something that everyone will be happy with,
0:29:59 > 0:30:02and I mean, changing the song now would be nuts.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04We haven't sang the song all together yet.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06It's kind of two steps forward, one step back, every time.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08It's like, really, really slow.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12It's just two days now until the video shoot,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15and Choral Stimulation aren't the only group
0:30:15 > 0:30:18on shaky ground with their concept.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22We're starting with Red Riding Hood, putting a modern twist on it,
0:30:22 > 0:30:23and that's where we're at.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25What's the modern twist?
0:30:25 > 0:30:30We are the wolves, and we have this girl, Red Riding Hood,
0:30:30 > 0:30:36who we are trying to convert into our sort of cult-type thing.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- It's a wolf cult?- Yeah.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40We've got our capes and everything, and then...
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Your capes and everything?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44- And everything! - LAUGHTER
0:30:44 > 0:30:47What...you've got... Well, hang on. Firstly, what capes,
0:30:47 > 0:30:48and secondly, what is "everything"?
0:30:48 > 0:30:53THEY SING
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Erm...
0:31:19 > 0:31:23I suppose it's hard to imagine it in here, because this is a very...
0:31:23 > 0:31:26This is just a very dull space, it's a dance studio.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29And where are you planning on recording it?
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- In the vaults. - In a vault?
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Yes. I just... I don't get...
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Little Red Riding Hood from it.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40I just think conceptually, it's a bit of a mess.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44It's like you can see a version of it that's terribly clear to you.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46I don't think people are going to get it.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48It's not a feature film.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49It's a two-minute viral.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53You got to have one thing where everyone goes, "Oh, that's good."
0:31:53 > 0:31:56You never know. They have done it before. They've turned it round.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00If they simplify their video, if they get their harmonies in tune,
0:32:00 > 0:32:05it could be great. It could be really good fun. But it just...
0:32:05 > 0:32:08I just never know with them.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10We just need to make sure this is as good as it can be.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13It's a brave choice, and we don't want it to flop.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15And you know, it can go either way at the moment.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Back in Glasgow, with just 48 hours until the cameras roll,
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Choral Stimulation's musical director Tony
0:32:27 > 0:32:30has finally returned to the fold.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Just, everyone's a bit stressed out.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34We've got about 100 ideas, and they're all pretty crap.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Technically, the whole group hasn't sang the song yet once.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39Not one single time.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Which we are waiting to do in the next few minutes.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45With the group finally all together,
0:32:45 > 0:32:49I've sent in help in the shape of mentors Dominic and Catherine.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53- Hello.- Hi, guys.- Hi.- Hi.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Excited? How you feeling? Yeah.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Happy, now that you're here.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- Has it been a difficult couple of weeks?- It's been a tough week.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00- Tough week.- A really tough week.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Where are we at with the arrangement now? Are you completed?
0:33:03 > 0:33:05We've just tied it all together, I think.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07OK. And have you sung it all the way through?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09- No.- Not at the moment. - Not as a nine, not as a nine.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- This will be a debut performance, then.- Yeah. Do you want to
0:33:12 > 0:33:14give it a go, so we can have a listen to what you've got?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- Why not? - SHE LAUGHS
0:33:16 > 0:33:20# Standing in a crowded room and I can't see your face
0:33:20 > 0:33:21# Da-da dum-dum dum dum
0:33:21 > 0:33:23# Da-da dum-dum dum dum
0:33:23 > 0:33:24# Ah-ahhh
0:33:24 > 0:33:28# Put your arms around me, tell me everything's OK
0:33:28 > 0:33:29# Da-da dum-dum dum dum
0:33:29 > 0:33:32# Da-da dum dum-dum-dum da-da
0:33:32 > 0:33:35# In my mind, I'm running round a cold and empty space
0:33:35 > 0:33:39# Oooh
0:33:39 > 0:33:41# Tell me would you hold my hand? #
0:33:42 > 0:33:46- OK.- Can I just ask you this point, do we have a concept for this?
0:33:46 > 0:33:47- Yeah.- Mmm.- Er...
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Oh, OK, so we've got a "yes", and we've got a "hmmm".
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- We still keep talking about it, so it's not...- It's clearly not there.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56He was still hanging around till 2am in my flat last night like,
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- "I'm not happy."- OK.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02We've now pinned it back to a plain either white or black room,
0:34:02 > 0:34:04us, and paint.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07With the final, emotional climax being what?
0:34:10 > 0:34:14- OK.- It feels like this group is slightly fractured today.- Yes.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15Yeah.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Which it didn't at a cappella school at all,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20and it's purely because you've been apart from each other.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22You haven't been together as a group,
0:34:22 > 0:34:25and I think that's making the whole thing
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- a little bit negative towards your own ideas.- Yeah.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30I think we need to just get rid of all that.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Yes, the arrangement's just about done,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36but we are in the semifinal of a UK competition.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38They should be a little bit more sorted than this.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40One, two, three, four...
0:34:40 > 0:34:43THEY SING
0:34:45 > 0:34:46"Oh." Stay there.
0:34:48 > 0:34:55# The rising tide will rise against them all... #
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Once more, please, from the same place.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Trust me on that "oh", OK?
0:34:59 > 0:35:04# The rising tide will rise against them all... #
0:35:04 > 0:35:07What is missing is that magic which they got at a cappella school,
0:35:07 > 0:35:10when it was very intense, and they had to be with each other.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12We're starting finally to all kind of be on
0:35:12 > 0:35:14roughly the same page. Roughly.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18Choral Stimulation like to leave it late, so it's our speciality.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19We seem to peak at the right moment,
0:35:19 > 0:35:22so there's no need to change that now!
0:35:24 > 0:35:29As Catherine and Dominic continue their 11th-hour efforts in Glasgow,
0:35:29 > 0:35:33my other two groups who have fallen behind are also playing catch-up.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34Five, and six. Good.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Now, when you turn, make sure you show your face on camera first.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40And then you're in a straight line to the back, so that's one.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Mentor and West End choreographer Jason Pennycooke is simplifying
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Restless Symphony's left-field interpretation of Red Riding Hood.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51We're back here with our hoods down...
0:35:51 > 0:35:53That session with Jason just went really well.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55His energy was, like, it just really picked us up,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57and he gave us some really good ideas.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Working through it was kind of one of those things where the idea
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- evolved along with his choreography. - Yeah, yeah.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04# Whoa-oh-oh
0:36:04 > 0:36:05# We ain't going under...
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Space out so we can see you back there.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10He's also helping 15-strong community choir
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Stratford East Singers perfect a routine
0:36:13 > 0:36:16that will see them move as one slick unit.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18# Whoa... #
0:36:18 > 0:36:20See how easy that is to do?
0:36:20 > 0:36:22So, your next section, you're going to "Whoa-oh!"
0:36:22 > 0:36:24You'll have another piece of movement, yeah?
0:36:24 > 0:36:25That goes somewhere else.
0:36:25 > 0:36:31ALL SING LOW NOTE RISING TO HIGH NOTE
0:36:31 > 0:36:33We had so many different ideas about the video,
0:36:33 > 0:36:35but we weren't sure how to kind of pull it into one stream,
0:36:35 > 0:36:38and I think Jason kind of done that within the space of an hour,
0:36:38 > 0:36:40so really, really, really happy with the idea,
0:36:40 > 0:36:41and I think it's going to go well.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48The time for rehearsing is over.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Each group now has one day to produce their two-minute video.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57I've given them access to a professional camera crew,
0:36:57 > 0:37:01but the concept, arrangements and performances are all their own.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03They've got all the tools now.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09They've got to reach through the lens to grab the audience.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13And I think Stratford East could be quite good at this,
0:37:13 > 0:37:16because they've shown themselves to be very good at being creative
0:37:16 > 0:37:20and putting on a show, and getting all those 15 people
0:37:20 > 0:37:22is actually quite an asset for once in this contest.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Could look really great in a video.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26OK?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29I've tried to rein in the Sons of Pitches' instinct
0:37:29 > 0:37:31to be funny all the time,
0:37:31 > 0:37:33because I think it was important that they stretch themselves.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37Maybe this is time for them to return to their core area.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39They are funny, they're good at entertainment,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42and I think that's probably what they need to do.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Restless Symphony went all out with their staging in the last round,
0:37:46 > 0:37:49but the actual arrangement really wasn't that exciting,
0:37:49 > 0:37:52so they've got some work to do on both fronts.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I don't know what Choral Stimulation will do.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56They've moved us all to tears,
0:37:56 > 0:37:59and then they've shown us that they can be sort of cool and sexy.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02I don't know what they're going to do with this. It'll be interesting.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03Cut. Well done, mate.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- APPLAUSE - High-five!
0:38:08 > 0:38:09That's a wrap!
0:38:09 > 0:38:12CHEERING
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Shoots wrapped, the videos are now ready to be screened.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23The groups are arriving in London,
0:38:23 > 0:38:27where they, as well as an invited audience of friends, family,
0:38:27 > 0:38:30and members of the public will enjoy their efforts on screen
0:38:30 > 0:38:32for the first time.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35We've still got the nervous energy, but normally,
0:38:35 > 0:38:37you put that into performing, whereas tonight,
0:38:37 > 0:38:39it'll just be...you know, I don't know what to do with it.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42My fear is, it's going to go down like an absolute lead balloon,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45and everyone's going to think it's really weird.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- All the best. Good luck.- Cheers. - Good luck.- Fingers crossed.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50The real challenge of this is choosing the right song.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53I think they thought that that was going to be a blessing,
0:38:53 > 0:38:55but I think it's been a curse for some of them.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57And tonight will tell.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04The only opinions that really count tonight are those of the jury.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07I'm really excited to see these videos today.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09I'm really hoping to feel a wide range of emotions,
0:39:09 > 0:39:13perhaps a laugh, maybe shed a tear, but at the end of the day,
0:39:13 > 0:39:15I want to see something different.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Today, the jury will appraise not only vocals and choreography,
0:39:19 > 0:39:23but how my groups embraced the creative control I've given them
0:39:23 > 0:39:26to devise something original, potentially viral.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29This is such a tricky test.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34We need to see a strong song choice, an interesting arrangement,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37great a cappella singing, and an engaging video.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40If just one of these elements is off, they could be in trouble.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46With the jury in place, the screening can now begin.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:39:54 > 0:39:58Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to this glittering mini-premiere
0:39:58 > 0:40:02at the heart of London's exclusive Mayfair.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07Popcorn at the ready, as I introduce you to the first of our contenders.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08It's the Sons Of Pitches!
0:40:08 > 0:40:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:40:13 > 0:40:14# Baby
0:40:14 > 0:40:15# Mmmbop
0:40:15 > 0:40:17# Da-ba doo-wop
0:40:17 > 0:40:20# Ba-du bi-da-ba doo-wop
0:40:20 > 0:40:21# Bi-da-ba-doo
0:40:21 > 0:40:23# Yeah, yeah
0:40:23 > 0:40:24# Mmmbop
0:40:24 > 0:40:26# Bi-da-ba doo-wop
0:40:26 > 0:40:28# Ba-doo bi-da-ba doo-wop
0:40:28 > 0:40:31# Bi-ba-da ba-doo...
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- SLOWER, IN REGGAE STYLE: - # You've so many relationship in this life
0:40:34 > 0:40:37# Only one or two will last
0:40:37 > 0:40:39# You go through all the pain and strife
0:40:39 > 0:40:40Hear me now!
0:40:40 > 0:40:43# You turn your back and it gone so fast
0:40:43 > 0:40:46# So fast So fast
0:40:46 > 0:40:48And it's gone so fast
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- FASTER, IN PUNK STYLE: - # So hold on the ones you really care
0:40:51 > 0:40:53# Cos in the end, they'll be the only one who's there... #
0:40:53 > 0:40:55I thought this was hilarious.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57# ..Losing our hair
0:40:57 > 0:41:00# Tell me who will still care? #
0:41:00 > 0:41:02This absolutely screams viral to me.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07- DRUM'N'BASS-STYLE BACKING - # Mmmbop
0:41:07 > 0:41:08# Doo-wop
0:41:10 > 0:41:12- # Mmmbop - AUDIENCE LAUGHTER
0:41:12 > 0:41:14# Do-do-do-do
0:41:14 > 0:41:15# Ding ding ding... #
0:41:15 > 0:41:19THEY SING INSTRUMENTAL IN COUNTRY STYLE
0:41:19 > 0:41:22They did something which I think is very important in viral videos,
0:41:22 > 0:41:25which is that they gave us five-second attention spans.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26Yee-haw!
0:41:26 > 0:41:29IMITATES TURNTABLE SCRATCHING
0:41:31 > 0:41:34I like things to be fast, like, "Oh, that's something there,
0:41:34 > 0:41:35"Oh, that's something there."
0:41:35 > 0:41:37This is... This is how it's put together.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38And I really liked it.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40- IMITATING OLD SCHOOL RAP: - # ..Which one grows
0:41:40 > 0:41:42# It's a secret that no-one knows
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- METAL GROWL: - # It's a secret no-one knows!
0:41:44 > 0:41:49THEY SING IN FUNK STYLE
0:41:50 > 0:41:52SCAT SINGING
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Get up!
0:41:54 > 0:41:59SLOW CHORAL STYLE
0:41:59 > 0:42:02# Do-bi-da-wa doo-wop
0:42:02 > 0:42:08# Bi-ba-da-ba-dooo
0:42:08 > 0:42:10# Ba do-be-da-ba
0:42:10 > 0:42:11- IMITATING TURNTABLE SLOWING: - # Dooo. #
0:42:11 > 0:42:15APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:42:15 > 0:42:17That was well done. That was well done.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Hats off. I can't believe they did that in a week.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21That is ridiculous.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29In a two-minute frame, to get all of those genres in, I think
0:42:29 > 0:42:31it shows very clever musicality.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34After a while, I realised, something's missing in this video,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37and what I thought could have really mixed it up really well was,
0:42:37 > 0:42:41different locations, maybe. They just had the one white background.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Even though they were great.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45They knew how to pitch tonally the humour,
0:42:45 > 0:42:46how to work with the camera, I thought,
0:42:46 > 0:42:48in quite a sophisticated way.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Only negative thing I could say was, I wanted to hear more genres,
0:42:51 > 0:42:52because they could do it.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57Next up, Glasgow University's Choral Stimulation.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01THEY SING INTRODUCTION
0:43:12 > 0:43:15THEY SLOW DOWN
0:43:15 > 0:43:19# Standing in a crowded room and I can't see your face
0:43:19 > 0:43:21# Da-da dum dum dum dum
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Da-da dum dum dum dum
0:43:23 > 0:43:24# Ta-da
0:43:24 > 0:43:27# Put your arms around me, tell me everything's OK
0:43:27 > 0:43:29# Da-da dum dum dum dum
0:43:29 > 0:43:30# Da-da
0:43:30 > 0:43:31# Dum dum dum dum da-da
0:43:31 > 0:43:35# In my mind, I'm running round a cold and empty space
0:43:35 > 0:43:37# Dum dum dum dum da-da
0:43:37 > 0:43:39# Dum dum dum dum... #
0:43:39 > 0:43:41They didn't draw me in in the first five seconds.
0:43:41 > 0:43:45They didn't draw me in in the first ten seconds.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49They drew me in 15, 20 seconds along the route.
0:43:49 > 0:43:54# You won't see me fall Oh-oh-oh
0:43:54 > 0:43:59# The rising tide will rise against them all
0:43:59 > 0:44:02# Oh-oh-oh
0:44:02 > 0:44:07# Darling hold my hand Won't you hold my hand?
0:44:07 > 0:44:10# Yeah, Yeah... #
0:44:10 > 0:44:13I really liked this. I thought it was daft. I thought it was a bit stupid.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16Throwing paint over people, that's funny.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18# So, Darling won't you hold my hand?
0:44:18 > 0:44:24# Don't want to know that feeling when I'm all alone... #
0:44:24 > 0:44:25I wouldn't share it.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27I wouldn't watch it again.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29They have nothing behind the eyes
0:44:29 > 0:44:32'and I thought, they don't believe the concept they've come up with.'
0:44:32 > 0:44:34# Darling hold my hand
0:44:34 > 0:44:37# I'm ready for this There's no denying
0:44:37 > 0:44:41# I'm ready for this You stop me
0:44:41 > 0:44:46# I don't want to walk on my own any more, won't you understand?
0:44:46 > 0:44:47# Won't walk alone
0:44:47 > 0:44:50# Darling won't you hold my hand? #
0:44:50 > 0:44:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:44:58 > 0:45:02I think that they were well below their potential for this
0:45:02 > 0:45:04and I was very disappointed.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06I thought they were having great fun.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09We were watching people that you got a sense of group identity together.
0:45:09 > 0:45:13I loved it. It made me smile. It made me smile.
0:45:13 > 0:45:16I didn't get that at all. I didn't get any sense of group identity.
0:45:16 > 0:45:21I got a sense of people who were panicked by the remit.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24They just come up with, "Well, let's splash some paint."
0:45:24 > 0:45:28- And I didn't think that was enough. - Splashing paint is funny.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31It made me laugh. And it was a good upbeat song.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34I don't what you were looking for deeper than that.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36It was a really good fun vocal. It was a nice concept.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39I can tell you what I'm looking for if you're interested.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41I'm looking for something that's going to hold my attention.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43Splashing paint does not do that.
0:45:43 > 0:45:48With two groups down, it's the turn of Restless Symphony.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52- WHISPERED:- You ask us who we are... In the hall of the Mountain King...
0:45:52 > 0:45:56WHISPERS OVERLAP
0:45:56 > 0:45:58Restless Symphony.
0:46:03 > 0:46:08SHE VOCALISES MELODY
0:46:08 > 0:46:11BACKING VOCALS HISS
0:46:22 > 0:46:26CHORAL BACKING VOCALS
0:46:30 > 0:46:34When I first saw the video I was like, "This is going to be amazing."
0:46:34 > 0:46:37It captivated me instantly but then it didn't go anywhere.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40SHE VOCALISES COUNTER-MELODY
0:46:40 > 0:46:43BACKING VOCALS CARRY MELODY
0:46:51 > 0:46:54I thought it was ambitious to take an orchestral arrangement
0:46:54 > 0:46:57and bring it to vocal works, which is a really interesting idea.
0:46:57 > 0:46:58However I don't think their
0:46:58 > 0:47:02arrangement entirely articulated all the intricacies.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07# In the hall of the Mountain King Mountain King, Mountain King
0:47:07 > 0:47:11# In the hall of the Mountain King Mountain King, Mountain King
0:47:11 > 0:47:15THEY VOCALISE
0:47:19 > 0:47:21- WHISPERED:- # In the Hall of the Mountain King
0:47:21 > 0:47:23# Mountain King, Mountain King
0:47:23 > 0:47:25# In the hall of the Mountain King Mountain King
0:47:25 > 0:47:31# Do-do-do-do Ooh-ooh. #
0:47:35 > 0:47:38SHE SCREAMS
0:47:38 > 0:47:41CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:47:42 > 0:47:44It built really well but there were a
0:47:44 > 0:47:47few moments that vocally weren't quite tight enough.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54Thrilling, thrilling, thrilling. I was on the edge of my seat.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58I was holding my breath. I had goose pimples up and down my body.
0:47:58 > 0:48:03I hated this. Absolutely hated it.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05There were some really deep-seated flaws with that performance
0:48:05 > 0:48:09both in its structure and in its execution.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12That's not something that gets past your everyday Joe on the street.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14It's not something that they don't see or don't recognise.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17- An everyday Joe wouldn't notice. - You can tell it's out of tune.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19You can tell it's out of time,
0:48:19 > 0:48:20that it doesn't fit with the standard...
0:48:20 > 0:48:22- No.- Everybody knows that.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24If I was to share that it would open up possibly the classical
0:48:24 > 0:48:28world to those who may not have ever ventured into the classical world.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31I was so disappointed. It sounded raw. It sounded amateur.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35It was finished in unison which gives it a feeling of just being
0:48:35 > 0:48:37someone singing in the shower.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39This was about making something that got your
0:48:39 > 0:48:42attention very quickly whether it was for the right or wrong reasons.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45- And they fulfilled that remit in a really weird way.- Yes.
0:48:45 > 0:48:51I have seen wackier and weirder things enter the viral market.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53Sometimes you do have to get a little wacky
0:48:53 > 0:48:54and a little weird to be wonderful.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56APPLAUSE
0:48:56 > 0:49:01Ladies and gents, our red carpet extravaganza is almost finished.
0:49:01 > 0:49:05And now to bring matters to a close the Stratford East Singers.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:49:11 > 0:49:12# Do-do-do-do-do
0:49:12 > 0:49:14# Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na
0:49:14 > 0:49:18# I can beat the night
0:49:18 > 0:49:21# I'm not afraid of thunder
0:49:21 > 0:49:29# I am full of light I am full of wonder
0:49:29 > 0:49:30# Let me hear you sing
0:49:30 > 0:49:33# La-la-la-la-la-la-la Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
0:49:33 > 0:49:37# I ain't falling under
0:49:37 > 0:49:40# La-la-la-la-la-la-la Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
0:49:40 > 0:49:44# I am full of wonder... #
0:49:44 > 0:49:48I thought this was a beautifully layered arrangement.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50I thought it was solid delivery. It was confident.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52Again they have risen to the challenge.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54They captured that community essence,
0:49:54 > 0:49:56that community spirit. It's spot on.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59# No way we gon' break
0:49:59 > 0:50:04# Cos we are full of wonder
0:50:04 > 0:50:06# Whoa-oh
0:50:06 > 0:50:08# Whoa-oh
0:50:08 > 0:50:11# We ain't falling under
0:50:11 > 0:50:12# Whoa-oh
0:50:12 > 0:50:14# Whoa-oh... #
0:50:14 > 0:50:16I really like the way that they were so clear
0:50:16 > 0:50:19about who they were from the get-go.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23# This light, light, light light, light
0:50:23 > 0:50:25# This light is contagious
0:50:25 > 0:50:27# Go, go tell your neighbours
0:50:27 > 0:50:29# Just reach out and pass it on
0:50:29 > 0:50:30# Ooh, yeah
0:50:30 > 0:50:32# This light is contagious
0:50:32 > 0:50:34- # Go, go tell your neighbours - Wonder
0:50:34 > 0:50:38- # Just reach out and pass it on - Wonder, wonder, wonder... #
0:50:38 > 0:50:40It was quite plain in its arrangement,
0:50:40 > 0:50:45and I would've liked a little bit more spice in the harmony.
0:50:45 > 0:50:49# Ooh
0:50:49 > 0:50:51# Everybody sing
0:50:51 > 0:50:53# Whoa-oh
0:50:53 > 0:50:55# Whoa-oh
0:50:55 > 0:50:58# We ain't falling under
0:50:58 > 0:51:01# Whoa-oh
0:51:01 > 0:51:03# Whoa-oh
0:51:03 > 0:51:05- # We are full of wonder - Wonder
0:51:05 > 0:51:08- # Whoa-oh - Wonder
0:51:08 > 0:51:10- # Whoa-oh - Wonder
0:51:10 > 0:51:13- # We ain't falling under - Wonder
0:51:13 > 0:51:14# Wonder
0:51:14 > 0:51:16- # Whoa-oh - Wonder
0:51:16 > 0:51:18- # Whoa-oh - Wonder
0:51:18 > 0:51:22- # We are full of wonder - Wonder.- #
0:51:22 > 0:51:25AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:51:27 > 0:51:30It's got heart. Yeah, brilliant! Really happy.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37I felt this was just a very joyful video.
0:51:37 > 0:51:40The energy - all the ways that everyone in the group
0:51:40 > 0:51:42was interacting, the way they arranged it,
0:51:42 > 0:51:44it just felt like a really joyful performance.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46It was really fun.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48One thing I would've liked to hear more from was Abbi,
0:51:48 > 0:51:50because she has such amazing vocal technique,
0:51:50 > 0:51:52and she was holding back so much.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54I guess it was so she could allow everyone else in,
0:51:54 > 0:51:57it was such a unified piece, so, it was amazing, still.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59It felt a bit like an advert...
0:51:59 > 0:52:02which is funny, because they're trying to show community
0:52:02 > 0:52:04and inclusivity and heart and soul,
0:52:04 > 0:52:08and yet they did something that looked very commercially polished.
0:52:08 > 0:52:14Did I feel that the video was witty, inventive or creative?
0:52:14 > 0:52:16No, not particularly.
0:52:16 > 0:52:17I thought it was a lot of fun
0:52:17 > 0:52:20and the community aspect really came over -
0:52:20 > 0:52:24but I don't know if it's a video that I would share.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27I would share that, because it made me feel good,
0:52:27 > 0:52:29and I would send it to somebody who needed to feel good.
0:52:29 > 0:52:30That's why I liked it.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33I thought it was witty and snappy and fun,
0:52:33 > 0:52:35and engaging, and I just loved what they did.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39It's been a wonderful night - I've been grinning from start to finish.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41I haven't stopped smiling through everybody's video.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43I think it's impossible not to be nervous,
0:52:43 > 0:52:46having seen the calibre of those videos.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49I think the jury will have a tough deliberation tonight.
0:52:49 > 0:52:50It started there,
0:52:50 > 0:52:53and then just kept going down and down and down and down.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55I felt that they'd taken a step back.
0:52:55 > 0:52:59They muddied and they smudged, and it really exposed
0:52:59 > 0:53:03the lack of classical singing training that these people have had.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05It wasn't a gamble for me - I absolutely loved it.
0:53:05 > 0:53:09OK, very interesting points, but I think it's time to vote now.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13It comes down to taste,
0:53:13 > 0:53:16it comes down to who's sort of got the edge in their ideas,
0:53:16 > 0:53:20who's chosen the right song, and that's very subjective.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Ladies and gentlemen of the audience,
0:53:28 > 0:53:31the jury have returned, and I have the result -
0:53:31 > 0:53:35I am ready to reveal who will be going through to the grand final.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38For the benefit of the groups,
0:53:38 > 0:53:41I want to point out that these results are in no particular order.
0:53:43 > 0:53:47The first group to have secured a place in the final is..
0:53:55 > 0:53:58..The Sons Of Pitches. AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:54:01 > 0:54:02Very well done.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08Whoo!
0:54:08 > 0:54:10Yeah! Oh!
0:54:10 > 0:54:15The next group who'll survive to sing another day is...
0:54:24 > 0:54:27..The Stratford East Singers. AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:54:34 > 0:54:35Whoo!
0:54:35 > 0:54:38# Da-da, da, da, oi! #
0:54:38 > 0:54:39We have made the final!
0:54:39 > 0:54:41ALL CHEER
0:54:42 > 0:54:44Two groups remain, now -
0:54:44 > 0:54:47Choral Stimulation and Restless Symphony,
0:54:47 > 0:54:50but there's only one place left in the grand final.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52Choral Stimulation,
0:54:52 > 0:54:55your concept divided the jury,
0:54:55 > 0:54:57with some finding it fun and others unsure.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01Restless Symphony,
0:55:01 > 0:55:03while they recognised the ambition in your song choice,
0:55:03 > 0:55:06there were moments when they didn't think that you pulled it off
0:55:06 > 0:55:08in terms of tuning and harmony.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14The group that they felt had earnt their place in the final is...
0:55:22 > 0:55:25Choral Stimulation. AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Congratulations, Choral Stimulation.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37ALL CHEER
0:55:37 > 0:55:40So, Restless Symphony, that means it's the end of the road for you -
0:55:40 > 0:55:42and what a road it has been.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44You worked so very, very hard,
0:55:44 > 0:55:46I will be very sorry to say goodbye to you.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48Let's hear a huge round of applause for these guys.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:56:02 > 0:56:03We're in the final!
0:56:03 > 0:56:05Oh, man.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09I don't even know what to say. We're in the final, that's insane!
0:56:09 > 0:56:12- That's well nice, man. - That's so nice.
0:56:12 > 0:56:16To be in the finals, I mean, we're so near to the winning goalpost,
0:56:16 > 0:56:17it's like we've almost won.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19Because it was such a level playing field,
0:56:19 > 0:56:21especially between us and Restless,
0:56:21 > 0:56:23I think tonight it was so hard to call.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26So, I'm so glad the jury obviously saw something in us
0:56:26 > 0:56:28that we can bring to the final - which we absolutely can.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31- Well done, you. Thanks. - Thanks for the opportunity.- Nearly!
0:56:31 > 0:56:34Nearly, nearly. Not quite there.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36Thank you all for the effort you've put in.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38- We've had our moments, haven't we? - Yes! Yes, we have.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40But you've always come back from them,
0:56:40 > 0:56:43- you've always taken the criticism on the chin and worked hard.- Yep.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46I think, you know, just a couple of points - tuning.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47It's just practice.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49- Time and hard work.- Yeah.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52You know, it's not the end of the world, and it's not like a sad end -
0:56:52 > 0:56:54- it's not even an end. - It's not an end, it's a beginning!
0:56:54 > 0:56:57- It's a brand-new beginning for Restless Symphony.- Yes.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59It's genuinely been life-changing, you know?
0:56:59 > 0:57:01I thought it'd be life-changing for the guys,
0:57:01 > 0:57:03I didn't realise it'd be life-changing for me, as well.
0:57:03 > 0:57:09I feel like I just have discovered this group of sensational people.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11I'm sad to see Restless Symphony go,
0:57:11 > 0:57:13because they have made such incredible progress
0:57:13 > 0:57:16through this whole thing, but I think it was their time -
0:57:16 > 0:57:18it wasn't good enough.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20ALL CHEER
0:57:20 > 0:57:24I think that the best groups in the contest are in the final.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26I think it's a really good line-up.
0:57:26 > 0:57:30I think it's very, very difficult to tell between them - you know,
0:57:30 > 0:57:32they've all got weaknesses, they've all got strengths.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34They're all going to have to be on their mettle.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37They're going to have to produce performances that entertain
0:57:37 > 0:57:38on a much bigger level.
0:57:38 > 0:57:40It's going to be great.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42Next time...
0:57:42 > 0:57:45AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:57:45 > 0:57:47Hello, London!
0:57:47 > 0:57:51London's prestigious KOKO hosts my grand final...
0:57:52 > 0:57:56..where the three remaining groups perform one last time...
0:57:58 > 0:58:01..all hoping to be crowned my series champion.
0:58:03 > 0:58:07I have a dilemma here about who really should be the winners.
0:58:07 > 0:58:08Let's vote.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12The winner of The Naked Choir is...