02/08/2014 The National Lottery Live

Welcome to The National Lottery Live, where we

have two amazing opportunities for you to win huge sums of money.

That?s right, not long to go until this evening?s

Coming up, global megastar, and tonight?s good luck charm,

Anastacia will be popping by to push that Lotto button.

Now, with the National Lottery Awards just weeks

away, we?re taking a closer look at some of the shortlisted projects.

First up, the fiercely contested Arts category, with seven fantastic

We enlisted the help of DJ and presenter Melvin Odoom to take

a glimpse into Boys Dancing, a West Midlands based initiative helping

young men improve their fitness and confidence through dance.

Dave, why did you set up Boys Dancing? I had an inspirational

dance teacher. It changed my life. So, I want to give young people the

opportunity to try out dance. To see whether they like it or not. Be

creative. Then dedecide for themselves whether they want to

continue. How crucial is the National Lottery funding to your

project? Vitally important. Without the funding, it wouldn't happen. How

does it feel to be shortlisted for the National Lottery Awards? It's

just been incredible. I mean, I think already it's raised the

profile of what we do. If, the only thing it does, is get more boys into

the classes, then I'm really happy. These guys are going for it right

now. I would never have had the confidence to do anything like that

at that stage. How did you get involved in Boys Dancing? Well, the

project came to a youth centre that I used to go to. It was the first

time I saw young men my age doing aerobatic and fluid movement. It

blew my mind. I had been afraid of being on stage. School drama,

performances I would go for the part with no words, or stand in the

corner. I started performing in Boys Dancing, it brought out a confidence

I didn't know I had. I'm free and let people see me for me. Can you

teach me the lift. Wish we luck, guys! Ready? 1-2-3! Oh... Thank you.

APPLAUSE Thank you. That's how it's done,

guys! It looked like he was enjoying that.

We?ll be seeing more of Melvin in a couple of weeks

as he takes a look at how National Lottery funding has benefited other

Next week, Una from The Saturdays finds out about a specialised

Start up those machines, please, Julie. Our draw master tonight is

Julie Hamilton and the draws are being overseen

Excalibur and set of balls seven. ?3 million has been paid out in

Thunderball prizes. Congratulations if you have been a lucky winner.

Let's start the draw, please. The best of luck to you. There is the

first one: So, here are tonight's Thunderball

numbers again, this time in ascending order:

The Lotto draw is coming up, but first joining us is a global

singing sensation whose sold more than 30 million records worldwide.

here is Anastacia's new single. Staring at the Sun. There is reason

behind that track? I was going through breast cancer. You remain

positive. You have to see the positive in the worse of situations.

It's been quite a lot of things that I've had to do. I'm pretty good at

it now. You are a complete inspiration to so many people. Your

favourite thing about the UK? Pubs, the Queen. That will do! That's

perfect. You. You said the right things. Thank you very much. She

gets 10 out of 10. Anastacia will now press the button and send good

luck vibes to all of you. Let's play Lotto.

Let's release those weekend balls, shall we? Good news. Tonight's Lotto

jackpot is estimated ?4 million we are using Guinevere and set of balls

number three. Con grabbed layingses to the five jackpot winning tickets

who between them have scooped over ?5.4 million this week. Right, press

that button. Good luck everybody. Remember you still have

another chance to win big. Check your tickets to see

if you are lucky enough to win one of the 50 prizes of ?20,000

in the Lotto Raffle. I?ll be back next week with music

and chat from The Saturdays Have