Episode 1 Let It Shine

# In the beginning there was silence

# No-one spoke for endless hours

# But then one day back in history

# Someone invented power showers

# Suddenly the world was singing

# And a new idea grew

# Could it be the noise I'm making here

# Deserves a bigger audience than my flannel and shampoo?

# Could I just be a singer? How would I possibly know?

# Do I have the drive and talent for success?

# Do I have access to a television talent show?

# If you give me a song Could I sing it?

# If you give me a bell Then could I ring it?

# Are there diamonds here they could mine?

# If I catch the light will I shine?

# You could be that person who gets chosen

# Told their hair is not quite right

# Then get put into a boy band

# With some guys you met that night

# And if you're spotted in a nightclub

# At half past three, a total mess

# The day a former next-door neighbour

# Sells their story to the press

# Then, yes, you could be a singer

# Yes, you could have what it takes to make the leap

# You have to make to go

# From the curtains of a shower to a new stage show

# So if there's a song could I sing it?

# If I could get the words

# Could I just, like, you know just wing it?

# Are there diamonds here they could mine?

# If I catch the light will I shine?

# Now we all have to face it Some people get sniffy about

# Having programmes like these But look back in history

# These things are practically old as the birds and bees

# I mean, those gladiators who fought to the death

# In the glory of Rome's golden ages

# What is that if it's not a contestant show?

# Just with a rather brutal set of knockout stages

# When Shakespeare was writing his plays at The Globe

# Promotion was never a sin

# OK, he had drama and poetic skill

# To pack a big audience in

# But if the Bard had thought hard about his upcoming show

# He'd have chosen his actors with eight weeks of contest

# Called Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?

# No matter how you end you start with nothing

# Every sprinter needs a block

# New faces who are searching for a star always needed

-# Opportunity to knock

-Opportunity knocks

# And if you hang in there a long time

# Just keep the smile Don't bear the grudge

# You may just cross the floor and make the greatest leap of all

# From performer to a competition judge!

# Oh, maybe you are that singer

# With the disc success under your belt

# You could be the person born to play this part

# Hey, and if it doesn't work out

# Then don't worry because they'll find somebody else

# So, yes, you could be a singer

# If you put your talent on the line

# And we have to wind this up or else we'll overrun!

# Or else we'll end up crashing into Casualty!

# Unless you step where the light can find you

# You never know whether you can shine...! #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Can we please start every show like that?

I tell you, Barlow really knows how to open with a big number.

Anyone would think he was trying to bring the worlds of talent shows,

boy bands and musical theatre together in one glorious

-entertainment spectacular.

-Well, funny you should say that.

-Welcome to Let It Shine.

-Yes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We're on the hunt for five guys to play the role of a boy band

in a brand-new nationwide stage show based on the music of Take That.

# All I do each night is pray! #

The prize is a real job in a real musical.

So, ultimately, the winning five will need to sing...

-# Ahh!

-Ahh...

-Ahh... #

..dance...

-Oh, my goodness!

-..and generally ooze the charisma of a band.

-You look great by the way.

-So do you.

-Excellent use of the word ooze, Graham.

-I thank you.

Now, they won't be playing Take That, so we're not searching

-for Take That lookalikes.

-No.

-Our winning five will play a brand-spanking new group.

-Amazing!

Thousands applied and we've invited a selection of performers

to showcase their skills in whatever way they can to knock our

-judges' socks off.

-You worked that song!

Over the next eight weeks,

we'll see a shed-load of boy band hopefuls battle it out to be

in the winning five-some.

He shone all the way through his performance.

But for whoever those lucky five are, it all starts with an audition.

'We're in Manchester, the spiritual home of Take That and our

'baying audience are ready to be entertained.'

Do you want to meet the judges?

First up, he was pure GOLD in legendary band Spandau Ballet

before becoming an Albert Square icon who's gone on to tread the

boards in musical theatre.

Lock up your sisters, lock up your aunties and frankly, lock up me.

It's Martin Kemp!

# ..Always believing Gold... #

A band is made up of five small cogs,

but when they come together, they are one amazing machine and that

is absolutely what we're looking for.

Next, bringing some glee to the auditions, it's international

TV star and current West End leading lady, our dream girl...

It's Amber Riley!

# ..One night only That's all you have to spare... #

It's not always about a big voice.

It's also about being able to shine, it's about having charisma,

personality. Those are the things that are going to make the show pop.

Next, a princess of pop who's seen her name in lights on the West End,

broken box office records in a musical stage show

and starred on the small screen.

Please welcome Dannii Minogue!

Each boy has got to be able to sing and dance,

and they've got to blend together and there's nowhere to hide.

Sitting in that theatre seat,

you've got to believe this is a proper boy band.

Finally, the man whose music has been part of the national psyche

for over 25 years. He's a singer, he's a songwriter

and he certainly knows how to put on a show.

Manchester, get your kindling ready because he's going to relight

your fire. It's Gary Barlow.

# Relight my fire

# Your love is my only desire... #

SCREAMS

I have a split personality at the moment.

One side of me is extremely excited

and the other side of me is full of fear.

Will we actually find these people?

I'm hoping in 30 years' time,

I'm looking back at these amazing careers

that we saw start right here.

Between our judges and the performers lies the Let It Shine star way.

Our hopefuls stand on star 15.

After they've performed, each judge rates them out of five

without knowing what the other judges have scored and then...

..the stars are revealed.

If the total score is 15 or more, the star they are standing on

lights up...

they go through to the next stage and the crowd goes wild.

So with the judges good to go, the boys backstage

are preparing for their big moment.

-Have you done it before, live performing?

-Like, small crowds.

-Oh, right.

-Yeah. Nothing as big as this.

-Are you nervous, then?

-Thinking about it I was, like, shaking and

thinking, "Oh, my God," and then I get that butterfly feeling. I'm just, like, "Oh, my God."

-Are you nervous?

-You know what? When they say your name and then they get

you ready, and they say it's your turn, give it your all.

Good luck, everyone. I hope we find what we're looking for.

These first rounds, I think we've just got to be open about it

-and see who's got the potential.

-Yep.

Clinton loves Michael Jackson.

He knows every song, knows every dance move.

He sings sometimes with a glove, the one glove.

He constantly works on his craft. He's got a studio in his own house.

Tell him to turn it down and he turns it down only a little inch

and it's still a bit loud.

He is the light of the room. He's always happy.

Clinton is the coolest ever brother that I could ever wish for.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Hello!

-Hey, how are you doing?

-Hey, what's your name?

-My name's Clinton Elvis, I'm 23 and I'm from East London.

-Elvis?

-Clinton Elvis.

-I love it, I love it. Thank you very much.

-And I love that hat.

-Oh, wow. Thank you. This is my lucky hat as well.

So talk us through what's going on with this outfit.

So, basically this is my ensemble. As you can see,

red is my favourite colour.

I've got my lucky rosary, thanks to my mum and also...

AUDIENCE: Aww!

Make some noise for my mummy, please, because she raised me, man!

Mum!

So I see we have the piano back there,

so I think that we're in for a great performance tonight.

Yeah, I'd like to give everybody a great performance to be honest,

-so I'm ready.

-All right. Well, let's do it.

# I said your love

# Keeps lifting me higher

# Than I've ever been lifted before

# So keep it up and quench my desire

# And I'll be at your side forevermore... #

A one, two, three!

Come on!

How are we feeling, people?

Are we ready?

Hey! Hey, hey!

# ..I said your love keeps lifting me higher

# Than I've ever been lifted before

# So keep it up Ooh, quench my desire now

# And I'll be at your side forevermore

# Come on! You know your love

# It keeps on lifting me

# Higher and higher!

# Girl, I said your love keeps lifting me higher

# Than I've ever been lifted before

-# Say hey-ey-ey!

-AUDIENCE: # Hey-ey-ey!

-# Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey!

-AUDIENCE: # Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey!

# You know I said

# Thank you everybody. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Clinton Elvis, everybody!

Well done. Good job, sir.

Judges, if you want to input your scores, please.

Amber, what did you think of Clinton Elvis?

You know, I loved that you came out here

and you gave it all that you had,

and you wanted to showcase everything you can do.

I just felt like you had so much energy, the vocals were a little

bit shaky, but the performance was just great, and the audience loved you.

-You guys loved it, right?

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

They loved you.

Martin Kemp, what have you got to say?

You know, it was so heartwarming.

When anybody comes on this stage, enjoy yourself,

because that is going to come across to all the judges, to all the people

in the audience, to the people in the gods when you play the theatre.

Also, I've got to say, I loved the slow bit it on the piano.

I mean, it really touched me.

If you'd have carried on with that, I would've been in tears.

Thank God you stopped.

APPLAUSE

Right. Clinton Elvis, we're going to find out if you are going through

to the next stage of the competition, OK?

So just a reminder for everybody, each judge has five stars in

total to award, making a total of 20 stars available.

Right now the judges only know how they voted individually.

Nobody knows the total number of stars, OK?

This is number 15. If this lights up, you're going through.

We're about to find out how Clinton Elvis has been scored.

Ah! Come on! Here we go.

Come on!

16.

Well done. Well done.

-I'm so pleased for you.

-I'm pleased for myself. Thank you, guys.

Look, Gary Barlow, yeah, look, he gave you four out of five.

-You enjoyed it.

-I did, absolutely.

I mean, it's interesting the choices people make when they

do auditions, you know? Do I play it down? Do I go simple?

You threw the kitchen sink at this.

A bit of a gamble completely paid off.

I loved the bit on the piano, showing us you're a musician.

Out front as the entertainer, singer and that outfit is great.

Reminds me of one of my old Relight My Fire outfits. Fantastic.

-Well done.

-Thank you so much.

Good start.

I really wanted him to carry on with the slow version of the song.

I was really touched when he said, "This is for my mum."

-But if you're going to use, like, one minute 40...

-Yeah, absolutely.

..throw everything at it.

This place is mad, it's ridiculous.

Guys, hello. Hello!

You've made a middle-aged lady from Leatherhead very, very happy.

Throughout our auditions,

I'll be backstage in the common room getting to know our boys.

Hang on, I thought you were supposed to be working?

Yeah, I'll be finding out why they want a part in the musical.

And celebrating or commiserating,

depending on those all-important stars.

-I'm assuming you got through.

-16.

No way!

What's going on in here, then?

How are you, guys?

Beautiful!

Some of you guys might just suddenly find yourself

just put together as this five.

Is it awkward? Is it weird when you're starting out and you don't know each other?

-Yeah.

-It is.

-LAUGHTER

When we got together, we weren't all five amazing singers, we weren't,

you know, five amazing dancers, but we sort of helped each other along.

To be honest with you, our routines

for the songs were a little bit too much.

When Gary was singing A Million Love Songs, a really slow song,

we were all in the back, backflipping, head spins!

LAUGHTER

Hoping he's boy band material,

18-year-old Deaglan has travelled from Northern Ireland to audition.

-Is this a big deal for you, the competition?

-Yeah, it is.

Get out of Ireland for a while.

How do you think you'll feel when you're, like, just about to go on?

I'll be so nervous.

Like, just stepping out onto the stage and seeing all the people

and especially the four judges, like, it'll be mad.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Hi!

-Hi!

-What's your name?

Deaglan Arthurs, I'm 18 and from Ireland, County Tyrone.

All right, all right. So where do you normally sing?

Erm...in the shower.

CHEERING AND LAUGHTER

-In the house.

-In the house.

And in church, but, like, I like riffing,

so, like, my mate told me to calm down a wee bit and just talked me back to the church.

-LAUGHTER

-I love it!

So what is your ultimate dream?

Definitely, definitely selling out arenas, having a good time,

-being known for my singing.

-I love it.

Well, I'm really looking forward to hearing you sing right now,

so let's hear it.

-Yeah, sure.

-"Sure."

# Start spreading the news

# I'm leaving today

# I want to be a part of it

# New York, New York

# These vagabond shoes are longing to stray

# I'll make a brand-new start of it

# In old New York

# If I can make it there

# I'll make it

# Anywhere

# It's up to you New York

# New York...

# New York, New York!

# And find I'm A number one

# Top of the list

# King of the hill

# A number one...

# It's up to you

# New York, New York...

# Hey! New York! #

Great job, Deaglan. Fantastic!

A standing ovation for Deaglan.

Wow!

That's fantastic.

Judges, don't forget to score, don't forget to put in your scores.

-I sort of see what you mean, a bit much for church.

-Uh-huh.

Dannii Minogue, are you a fan?

With everybody who walks out on stage, I'm, like,

could I see them in the theatre?

I see the theatre in YOU!

Martin Kemp, what do you have to say?

-Listen, I absolutely loved it, but...

-Uh-oh.

..there was a little bit of room left for improvement in the vocals.

Your lower end was a little bit pitchy,

but take my four as a really good four.

Well, we know what he's scoring you. LAUGHTER

Get out!

I'm going.

Have you seen one of these shows before, Martin?

LAUGHTER

How does it work again?

There's supposed to be a little tension.

OK, I can reveal you won't be getting 20 stars.

Let's find out how Deaglan scored.

-AUDIENCE:

-Whoaaaaa!

Yeah!

CHEERING

Wow, congratulations, well done.

-I'm thrilled for you.

-Thank you so much.

Amber, a five.

Are you not worried that in a band he'll steal the show?

No, I think as a star, you don't dim your light for anybody.

If he's going to shine, he can shine.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

-Gary, what have you got to say?

-Amazing, absolutely...

-CHEERING

-..entertaining,

great vocals, the surprise factor...

-IN DEEP VOICE:

-..when he went so low,

it's like, what are we watching?

It was absolutely great and I love your personality, love it.

-Love it.

-Thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen, a star is born.

-It's Deaglan, everybody!

-Thank you.

CHEERING Well done, you, congratulations.

-Wow.

-I loved it.

And with 18 stars under his belt,

the surprises didn't stop there for Deaglan.

THEY WHOOP

Well done.

Well done.

Oh, my goodness. Well done.

Hello. I think... Hello, how are you? We missed you.

LAUGHTER

Look at the face!

That was some first impression.

You left me hanging. I was like...

Our winning five boys will need to blend together

to play a pop group in a new stage show called The Band.

So apart from being able to smoulder your way through

some extreme weather conditions,

what other qualities might our auditionees need

in order to be a perfect boy band member?

The strength of the band is having five people

who all do something completely different.

You have to have someone that dances well.

(Gary, no-one mention Gary.)

You have to have the mysterious one,

-the quiet one.

-There's normally one that's more cheeky than the others

and I think with Take That we all know who I'm talking about.

# I bought a ticket to the world... #

In Spandau Ballet, we had an amazing singer.

# But now I've come back again... #

Gary wrote incredible songs.

Myself, didn't do much,

but I made a few front covers for the girls

and that was kind of my input into the band.

You were so much more to me than that, Martin.

HE COUGHS

Our next boy band hopeful has never performed in public before.

Luckily, we've got the perfect duo on hand

to offer some pre-audition words of wisdom.

-I heard you hadn't held a mic before.

-I haven't, no.

-So we brought you... It's not on.

-Oh, it's getting fancy.

-They sound a bit different when they're on.

-Yep.

I thought at least you would have held one.

I appreciate it, that's nice.

When we first started off as a band, we had one mic, Gary had one mic

and the rest of us had these plastic mics. They're quite expensive.

Yeah, yeah.

We used to pass it round for certain songs.

We built into our routines little passes, little spin-round passes.

Even on the floor, weren't it?

Even lying down on the floor, we were passing the mic.

That's for you to walk round with

-and enjoy until they call your name.

-I appreciate it, lads.

HE EXHALES

You seem more nervous now I've given you that!

Just make sure you don't hold it that way.

THEY LAUGH

He's a cool dude, is Jamie.

He just brings light to the house.

He's always joking.

He's also following in the footsteps of his dad and his grandad

and he's now training to be a firefighter.

Jamie is very much a ladies' man.

A singing fireman goes down well and that's Jamie's words, not mine.

He's always thinking of other people,

so he'll be absolutely great in a boy band.

Pretend you're singing to your nana, son.

CHEERING

-What's your name, please?

-I'm Jamie, I'm 21.

Jamie, tell us about yourself.

Um, I'm your basic 21-year-old.

Never been on a stage before, never sang with a mic before,

I'm a maintenance engineer by day

and then I'm training to be a fireman.

-AUDIENCE:

-Oooh!

He-llo!

Your first time on stage, to do it here - are you crazy?

-Yeah!

-What made you apply for this?

I was thinking about gigging and things like that and I was like,

"Why not just do something outrageous,"

get the views of other people obviously in big positions,

like yourself,

so getting your feedback, it's only going to help us,

you know what I mean?

Fantastic. That's a great attitude to have.

-I hope it goes well for you.

-So do I!

LAUGHTER

-Listen, best of luck.

-Thank you.

# Slow down

# Lie down

# Remember it's just you and me

# And grant my last request and just let me hold you

# Don't shrug your shoulders

# And lay down beside me

# Grant my last request and just let me hold you.

# Don't shrug your shoulders

# And lay down beside me

# Oh

# But one last time let's go there

# Lay down beside me. #

CHEERING

Jamie, everybody! That was Jamie!

Judges, please enter your scores.

-Listen to that response!

-Thank you, guys.

They like you, Jamie, they like you.

CHEERING

Let's go to the judges. Gary, what would you say?

This is one tiny step forward for you,

you're at the start of your career.

Get on stages, get out there, bang down people's doors,

try and get as much experience as you can.

You are right at the start of your journey right now.

APPLAUSE

Let's go to Amber next.

-You were a little timid, afraid of the mic a little bit.

-Yeah!

Just a little bit, it was all the way down here,

-so I could barely hear you.

-Sorry!

But I do love that you came down and even though you were shaking,

that shows that you really want to go for it

and I think that you love performing and I can really, really see that.

All right, let's find out how Jamie's been scored.

Oh, man.

Oh!

BOOING

You only got 11 stars, but this audience obviously love you,

you really won them over.

CHEERING

Martin, you know, he obviously has the likeability thing in spades,

so what would you say to him, what advice would you give him?

Practise, practise, practise.

It's really old-fashioned and boring,

-but whenever you can get on stage, do it.

-Yeah.

Dannii, what have you got to say?

You were shaking so much, I've never seen someone so nervous singing.

I was out of breath for you,

but you have it there, you have it in you.

Nobody starts off the best,

they start off with the will to be the best.

Gary, when you hear the love of that audience,

do you kind of slightly regret now that he's not going through?

-Um, do you know what...

-AUDIENCE SHOUTS OUT

BOOING

-They like you.

-I like these people.

-Yeah!

-Yeah.

-Like I said, I thought you did very well,

this is the start of his journey right here.

Is there anything you'd like to say to the judges?

Genuinely, like, thank you very much just for listening to me,

cos yous have all been sound.

It's been really nice, so thank you, guys.

-CHEERING I'm sorry.

-It's all right.

Jamie's leaving the competition. Give him a huge round of applause!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Cheers.

-You go that way. Well done, sir.

-Thank you.

You can't bottle that thing that the audience loved.

The difference with a stage show is you don't get to do your interview

before it where everyone falls in love with you.

That's true, that's a good point.

-You've convinced me.

-OK, good.

-All right, let's keep going. Here we go.

Thoughts, feelings?

I started flat.

-I think everything gets to me a bit, you know what I mean?

-Yeah.

I tried to correct it, then I think I just threw myself the other way

-then tried to make up for it and threw myself again.

-Oh!

As soon as I get home, I'm going to start gigging properly.

Get out there, yeah, I'm going to really go for it now.

Will you keep up the firefighting for a bit while you do it?

-Definitely.

-You are a double threat -

you are a singer and a firefighter.

That's not bad, is it?

So with Jamie not quite meeting the mark,

the pressure's on and with the prize on offer a real job

in a brand-new musical, the stakes are high.

One of the flavours I want in this stage show

is the energy, the passion and the commitment

and ambition we had in our early years.

Yep, hopefully not so much the outfits, Gary.

Hey, not everyone can pull off red cycling shorts, you know.

Too true, Graham.

These guys, they're going to be on a stage in a theatre.

We're looking for someone who can sing, someone who can move,

someone who can be part of a team,

someone who has the charisma to keep an audience

on the edge of their seat.

During the audition stage, the boys perform individually,

but as the competition continues, they'll need to perform in groups

and even collaborate with some incredible talent

as they try to prove they have what it takes

to play a boy band in a musical.

But before that, they have to get the all-important 15 stars or more.

Hoping to make it to that next stage is dancer Jazzie.

..six, seven, eight...

Duh, uh, uh...

Get into the...

-Do you do, like, battles?

-Battles and stuff like that.

Well, to be fair, I have started to get into more, like...

-contemporary and try and do ballet, but it hurts!

-Yeah! Ballet!

-See, that's me, ballet, jazz...

-I wish my leg could do this.

My leg can't do that.

My leg can do that, that's about it. It don't go high enough.

When Jazzie was four years old,

his dad gave him a dance tape and he never stopped dancing.

He'd jump in my mum's bed and sing to my mum early in the morning,

like, seven o'clock, when you're just not in the mood.

Now he's a professional dancer.

I can't even put a number on how many trainers he's got.

He can have two pair of trainers that look exactly the same,

but for Jazzie, trainers is part of his life.

Jazzie is mostly known as a dancer.

If people hear him sing, they'll be surprised.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Tell us what your name is.

My name is Jazzie Mattis, I'm 24 and I'm from Nottingham.

-Jazzie!

-CHEERING

Jazzie, I'm guessing, just because you've brought your lino with you,

and when I'm going to move I usually take my lino with me as well,

I'm guessing that you're going to hit a few... Yeah, here we go.

That takes me back to 1991, that does.

-WHOOPING

-It does!

-It does.

-Hey, that was a good year.

Cos I remember seeing them do that warm up and thinking,

"Oh, no, I'm not going to do that."

Everyone's got to learn that one.

What are you going to bring to the boy band scenario?

The one thing about me - I'm not scared of trying something new

or going well out of my own range. Maybe I can't even do it,

but I'll give it a try and if I can't do it,

-I gave it a good try.

-We love that.

-When you're ready, you go for it.

-All right.

# Do

# Do-do-do, do-do-do

# Do-do

# Do-do-do, do-dah

# This one for them ice cold

# Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold

# This one for them hood girls

# Them good girls, straight masterpieces

# Stylin', wilin', livin' it up in the city

# I got Chucks on, got Saint Laurent

# Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty

# I'm too hot, hot damn

# Call the po-lice and the firemen

# I'm too hot, hot damn

# Make a dragon wanna retire, man

# Too hot, hot damn

# Say my name, you know who I am

# I'm too hot, hot damn

# And my band 'bout that money, break it down...

# Girls, hit me, hallelujah

# Girls hit me, hallelujah

# Girls, hit me, hallelujah

# Cos Uptown Funk gon' give it to ya

# Cos Uptown Funk gon' give it to ya

# Cos Uptown Funk gon' give it to ya

# Saturday night and we in the spot

# Don't believe me? Just watch

# Don't believe me? Just watch

# Don't believe me? Just watch

# Uptown Funk you up

# We gon' Uptown Funk you up

# Say what?

# Uptown Funk you up

# We gon' Uptown Funk you up. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done, sir.

Congratulations, well done.

I don't know what expression that is on your mother's face.

You happy, you good, Mum?

Yeah?

-Yes, I am!

-LAUGHTER

-Let's go to Gary.

-Oh, wow, fantastic energy.

-Absolutely brilliant.

-CHEERING

Now, listen, at the moment, the vocals are here

and the dancing's up here somewhere, all right?

But I'm sure we can work around that in some way,

-because that energy is undeniable, what you bring to this.

-Thank you.

WHOOPING

What did you think of Jazzie, Amber?

I think your mother named you right - that was jazzy!

Thank you!

You know, it's not always about the vocals,

especially in a group.

Sometimes it is about the showmanship,

showing up and giving it your all, getting the audience involved

and that's exactly what you did.

CHEERING All right.

Let's find out how Jazzie has been scored.

-AUDIENCE:

-Whooooaaa!

CHEERING

Whoa, Jazzie!

17!

-That is a great score, sir.

-Thank you.

-You're going through and then some. Well done.

-Thank you very much.

Martin, four out of five.

You know something that's really important

when you come to an audition like this?

You do not treat it like your first audition.

You treat it as if you've already got the job

and that's exactly what you did.

APPLAUSE

Big thanks, big thanks go to Dannii Minogue with her five out of five.

-Thank you!

-Yeah!

You know what, Jazzie? You said, "I may not be able to do something yet,

"but I'm going to give it a go if that's what you want me to do,"

-so don't ever lose that.

-Thank you.

So, Jazzie, what are you taking away from this?

Actually singing and dancing, to do it together,

you've got to know when to put in certain amounts of energy

and not to move too far back

because you can get carried away with the moves.

I love dancing and I love singing

-and I need to make them like this, equal.

-Yeah, yeah, like that.

-That's it!

-Yeah!

Ladies and gentlemen, we will see him again,

it's Jazzie! CHEERING

Well done, you.

Fantastic, well done.

Do you know who he should watch?

Because he still moves around so much as he's singing,

-is Mick Jagger.

-Yes!

He still moves so much and he's 162 or something, isn't he?

Most of our successful auditionees have found themselves

in our common room after we opened applications

to people of all shapes, sizes, ages and genders,

from total beginners to professional performers

who've played to packed-out theatres.

However, a select few needed a little encouragement

from their family and friends and a certain Mr Barlow.

We're on the coast in Yorkshire, home of the legendary pudding,

terrier...

..and 19-year-old Gary Barlow super-fan Tyler.

When Tyler's not singing in local nursing homes

and working men's clubs, he helps out in the family-run cafe.

He thinks he's being filmed today

for a documentary on the local community.

But Mum knows our cameras are really there to capture the moment

Tyler comes face-to-face with his idol.

I nominated Tyler because of Gary Barlow.

For Tyler just to be in the same room as Gary is massive for him.

He's followed Gary Barlow from being a very, very young boy.

He's modelled himself on him.

He's just spent all his youth playing and singing.

I think starting music when you're young

is like if you're going to be a great tennis player,

you learn to play when you're about two

and if Tyler's been doing music for many years,

that will play to his advantage.

It's time to upgrade his audience. He needs a bigger audience.

MUSIC: The Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner

Don't you worry, Gary, we're on it.

THEY SING: # Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside... #

These local ladies are about to pay a visit to the cafe.

There could be a pretty large order of scones,

or should I say "scoanes", coming Tyler's way.

# Beside the seaside, beside the sea. #

Ey up,

it's a coach!

All that singing has clearly got the ladies thirsty.

I've got five teas and I've got...

Any more teas?

-Coffee.

-Coffee.

-And a spoon, please!

There's many things that I look forward to in my life.

A good cup of northern tea,

that's about as good as it gets.

TYLER SINGS

Over in the cafe, our undercover ladies have roped Tyler into

a performance of his favourite song.

# We can rule the world... #

Feel free to join in any time, Gary.

# If you stay with me, girl... #

Yeah, I think you might know the words to this one.

# ..rule the world. #

THEY WHOOP

Tell you what, you're getting a treat, yeah?

Ohhh!

WHOOPING AND SHRIEKING

-Oh, my God.

-Tyler.

How are you?

-Yeah.

-You OK?

-Where's Mum?

-Is this not...?

Hi, Alison, how are you doing?

Listen, I've got something to say to this young man.

Your mum's been very naughty and has nominated you

to come and audition for us on the Let It Shine stage.

When? When?!

My nan's got the biggest mouth on her.

They've done a good job keeping that a secret, I tell you.

I've been really stitched up here,

in the most fantastic possible way.

This is proper tea, this is.

Yorkshire tea!

That's what it's meant to taste like.

Gorgeous.

CHEERING

Now, hang on, I recognise this face.

-Tyler.

-Yeah, we've met before.

-Is your mum here today? She is!

Hi, Mum!

She is here, Gary, Alison.

Tyler's mum wrote to us and he was singing in his mum's cafe.

-Then you walked in!

-That's right.

-LAUGHTER

I tell you what, though,

we'd been so busy in that cafe that I'd not had anything to eat,

so when you walked through, I thought it was like a mirage.

LAUGHTER

Apart from the cafe, what's your other experience in performing?

Just singing everywhere that'll have me, really,

just gigging all the time, in and about Scarborough where I live,

-just all the time, music.

-I get the passion from you. You're really...

-You want this to be your life.

-Yeah.

-Do your best.

-Cheers, thank you.

# You are so beautiful

# To me

# Can't you see?

# You're everything I hoped for

# And you're everything I need

# You are so beautiful

# To me

# You are so beautiful

# To me

# Can't you see?

# You're everything I hoped for

# And you're everything I need

# You are so beautiful

# To me. #

CHEERING

Tyler, everybody!

Wow!

-Did that feel so bad?

-Yeah, it's nerve-racking, innit, but...

Yeah, yeah. It's good, though, isn't it?

-Yeah!

-It's telly, lights.

Let's go to the judges. Gary, what did you think?

Tyler, were you really pleased with that?

-I've done it better.

-You've done it better?

I feel like you've done it better probably as well.

It's a new surrounding, singing into a mic,

sounds are coming from all different places,

but you lost your pitch a few times,

but your falsetto's very nice - the transition between full voice

and falsetto could be slightly better,

but I thought, in general, I thought it was a pretty good audition.

I'm hoping it's good enough to get you through,

because I do see potential with you.

-That's fair enough.

-All right.

-No, it's good.

-That's Gary.

Let's go on to Dannii.

I think there's something so special there.

What you did when you walked out on stage

was you were soaking it all up.

I could see it going through your head, like, "This is what I want."

It made complete sense to me why your family would nominate you,

cos they know this is your passion.

What you can do with that song if you have professionals around you

would blow my mind.

APPLAUSE OK, nice comments, nice comments.

Amber, what have you got to say?

That song holds such a special place in my heart,

it's something that my mom sings to me all the time

and I am incredibly homesick right now

and I thank you for singing that.

I had to fight back tears while you were singing it, seriously.

Thank you for that.

You're welcome.

It's time for all of us and the judges

to find out your overall score.

CHEERING

Come on!

Come on!

Going up!

CHEERING

Look at that, 17!

Aww! I couldn't be happier for you.

To be honest, now, you didn't think that was going to happen, did you?

-No, no.

-You didn't think that was going to happen.

They're horrible.

Dannii, that's fantastic, five stars from you.

Five. I see something in you that is going to move people.

In a theatre show, you need that.

CHEERING

Gary, people at home who were listening, they'll have heard

some of the notes at the end there - four stars is a lot.

Do you know what?

I feel like everybody voted with their hearts for you here.

We all felt your performance tonight was a bit rough round the edges,

but work on those nerves, don't let them defeat you,

because you do have talent.

I want you to come back brimming with confidence.

You got 17 stars. We'll see you again.

Tyler, everybody! Congratulations, well done.

CHEERING

Oh, don't make me cry!

It's going to happen right now.

-I saw that, I saw that.

-Thank you.

Hopefully they won't notice.

-LAUGHTER

-Melanie...

-what's happening here?

-Mel!

There's a lot of musical lingo going on,

a lot of chat about the falsetto.

Kempy, I know you're obsessed.

It's when your voice goes from your chest into your head.

Mel, put your hand there.

OK, always happy to.

Hold there. Now, when I go...

-DEEP RESONANCE:

-# Ahhhhhh. #

-Can you feel that?

-Yes, it's vibrating.

-Can you feel this?

-HIGH:

-# Ahhhh. #

-Nothing!

-That's amazing!

-Head, chest.

-Shall I take it off?

-Please.

-DANNII:

-Are you stuck?

-Do you need help?

-This exercise is over.

I have to just pincer out so that no-one sees.

What are you standing on back there?

Pincering out?

-No-one notices. Lovely to see you all.

-No-one's noticed.

No-one's seen.

With my little music class over, our auditions crack on.

# Don't give up

# I've heard the music in you

# Yeah, yeah, yeah... #

And not every boy is quite right for a role in the band.

We've all auditioned for stuff.

We know what that feeling is.

Ooh!

-AMBER:

-Auditioning is hard. You can totally see yourself for a role,

but at the end of the day, it's what the judges are looking for.

I didn't think it went well for you tonight.

I don't think that you're right for this show.

# Sitting in the morning sun

# I'll be sitting when the evening comes... #

Even if you don't fit the role,

there's another audition somewhere else that's right for them.

Oh!

Sometimes it's the auditions that aren't right for you

that really teach you the most and give you the skills

to go on to do the stuff that you are right for.

I really see you doing this.

I'm just not sure that right now is the time for you.

# Met this girl on Monday

# I took her for a drink on Tuesday

# And we were making love by Wednesday

# And on Thursday and Friday and Saturday

# We chilled on Sunday... #

Rejection, it is a horrible part of this job,

but you have to get used to it.

Come on! Oh!

I thought you delivered it really well,

-but it was very pitchy.

-Yeah.

I think you need a bit more practice.

If you practised it and did it more and more,

you would probably be really great at it

because your tone is really good.

The bounce-back is almost the most important piece, taking that knock,

learning from it and then moving forward.

I'm really appreciative of all your feedback

and, yeah, thank you very much. I'll take it on board.

Come on, old bean.

Aww.

It seems to me, Bobby, what they were saying is you're good,

but you're not ready.

Most people I've ever sung in front of is my mum,

my nan and my grandad, so coming out to that,

nerves, it does get the better of you,

but this whole, like, experience has just made me grow as a person

because, yeah, I wouldn't have been able to do that a month ago.

-Aww, Bobby!

-Yeah, it's just given me the edge

and the bravery to go and do that.

-Bromley Massive.

-Bromley Massive.

Sending love.

Meet our boy from the Valleys, teenager Nicky Price,

who's hoping to swap the classroom for the stage.

-You still in school?

-Yeah, still in school. Well, in college now,

doing my A levels.

Oh!

So what do you think of the stage?

A bit nerve-racking.

-It's massive.

-Oh, big-time.

When Nicky decides to relax, it's playing on the Xbox.

He's always on that, till two or three in the morning, sometimes.

He's a typical teenage boy.

Nicky's singing all around the house and he gives me a headache.

Nicky loves being an uncle and he enjoys doing karaoke

with the girls when he can.

He's a funny uncle.

He tickles me.

Nicky can be a good uncle, but when he's had enough,

bye-bye!

CHEERING

Hey, fella, how are you?

-I'm good, thanks.

-What's your name?

My name's Nicky. I'm 17 years of age and I'm from Neath in South Wales.

WHOOPING

You been performing long?

Um, I've been performing since I was seven years of age,

doing small competitions

and I've tried to build my way up.

Who's here with you today, then?

My mum, my gran and my two sisters,

but I have four little nieces at home that support me to the max.

WHOOPING

Great. Listen, good luck tonight.

-Thank you.

-I hope you do really well.

-Thank you.

# Say something, I'm giving up on you

# I'll be the one if you want me to

# And anywhere I would have followed you

# Say something, I'm giving up on you

# Say something, I'm giving up on you

# And I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you

# Anywhere I would have followed you

# Whoa

# Say something, I'm giving up on you

# Say something, I'm giving up on you. #

CHEERING

That's Nicky, everybody!

Judges, I hope you've entered your scores.

-Amber.

-I really wanted to get up there and sing with you.

It was incredible. I had goose bumps.

There are some people that have to work for it

and there are some people that are just born with it

and have it, and you have it.

Let's got to Dannii.

Well, that was...

..spine-tingling.

WHOOPING

Let's find out how you've been scored!

CHEERING

..16, 17, 18...

19...

CHEERING INTENSIFIES

CHEERING DROWNS OUT GRAHAM

Well done, sir!

Look at that!

I mean, it's five across the board.

-Martin, what do you want to say to Nicky?

-He was absolutely amazing.

You know what sold it for me as well? It wasn't just the singing.

It was you acted out and felt every word.

You absolutely hit the nail on the head.

Gary.

Well, we should remind ourselves what we're here for today.

This is going to be a stage show featuring the music of Take That.

We're going to be putting a band into this show

and we need people to love this band

and I absolutely loved your performance today, well done.

Thank you so much, I'm so grateful.

So grateful.

You brought him up well, you brought him up well.

We'll see you again. Huge congratulations to Nicky, everybody.

CHEERING

I got through.

THEY CHEER

With Nicky getting the first 20 of the series,

our studio's in the mood for dancing.

-# Gold

-Gold

# Always believe in your soul

# You've got the power to know

# You're indestructible

# Always believe in

-# You are gold

-Gold!

# Glad that you're bound to return

# There's something I could have learned

# You're indestructible

# Always believing. #

-Hey, guys, all excited for the show, yep?

-Ho-ho!

Lads? Hello?

Nothing?

Uh, Mel, do you know what this means?

-They're on the social media.

-They're platforming.

And if you're not already, you can get involved as well

and let us know what you think about the show

and whilst you're online,

why not check out some backstage exclusives as well?

-Ooh!

-Exclusives.

-Exclusives.

So are you still in school?

I've left and I've started as a classic car restorator.

My two overall passions are cars and performing and it's always been

which one wins, so trying to balance the two up with each other,

but something like this could change my life.

Yeah, of course it can.

Nick? Nick!

-Go on, Nick.

-Good luck!

Nick is your typical Essex cheeky chappy.

The very first time I saw Nick, I said,

"That lad should be in a boy band."

He's got the floppy hair on top, held back by a hairband,

which we have a bit of fun with in the workshop.

He is a born performer, there's no two ways about it.

Nick would like the boy band lifestyle, 100%,

especially the girls that come with it.

Nick told me he's going to sing the whole thing to Dannii,

so he's going to try and win her over.

CHEERING

Hi-ho!

-What's your name?

-My name's Nick Carsberg, I'm 17 and I'm from Essex.

-From Essex!

-CHEERING

What do you do in Essex?

I'm currently restoring classic cars in an apprenticeship.

A lot of people who are rock stars normally have

a collection of beautiful classic cars, so you're well on your way.

Who's your favourite boy band?

Take That!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I'm just looking for the five button here.

Do you think you could handle the kind of attention

that Take That have had?

The screaming girls, they're waiting at the stage door at the theatre.

-Yeah, I mean...

-LAUGHTER

..I couldn't see it being an issue.

-AMBER:

-Good answer.

Oh, Nick, that's the best answer ever.

Whenever you're ready, you just show us what you can do.

Amazing, thank you.

CHEERING

Come on, yeah!

# My name is Nick, nice to meet you, can I tell you, baby

# Look around, there's a whole lot of pretty ladies

# But none like you, you shine so bright

# Yeah

# I was wondering if you and me could spend a minute

# On the floor up and close, getting lost in it

# I won't give up without a fight

# I just wanna, oh oh

# Oh, baby

# I just want you to dance with me tonight

# So come on, oh oh

# Oh, baby

# I just want you to dance with me tonight

# Everybody now

# Yeah

# Yeah, yeah

# I just want you to dance with me tonight

# I just want, oh oh

# Oh, baby

# I just want you to dance with me tonight

# Everybody, everybody, come on, now

# Girl, just close your eyes

# We can dance all through the night

# I just want you to dance with me tonight

# Mmm-mmm. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done, sir, you did it, well done.

Congratulations.

-Let's go to Dannii Minogue.

-No, don't go to me first!

-LAUGHTER

-No, no.

There was a moment, Graham, there was a moment at the end of the song.

-Oh! AMBER:

-Eye contact.

-Yes.

OK, let's go to Amber.

Uh, I thought that it was great.

I think that you did a really good job. The vocals could be stronger.

You definitely need to work on that. Performance - you have it.

Gary, you're nodding your head in agreement?

Is it Nick Carsberg or Nick Carlsberg?

Cos I reckon if Carlsberg made boy band members...

CHEERING

All right, let's find out how Nick's been scored.

Here we go.

Come on.

Come on.

14... Yes!

Any more?

Yes!

16!

You got through with one to spare, one to spare, well done, sir.

Congratulations.

Martin.

I was sitting here before you started

just hoping you were going to be good,

because I knew you had it, so I would love to see you in this show.

I think the girls would love you.

-You must be over the moon, Nick.

-Oh, amazing.

I'm so happy, thank you so much.

Let's hear it for Nick.

Yay!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-I'm seeing stars, man.

-Well done.

-What are you saying?

Our Let It Shine auditionees are hitting the stage with

a real range of experience and talents,

but our next hopeful, 25-year-old Wayne,

really is starting from scratch.

No-one's ever heard me sing. I don't sing in front of people.

You're just now starting?

The first time someone's heard me sing was my mum at a karaoke.

-Did your mum send you?

-Yeah, yeah.

It's funny, because when we first started in the band,

Rob's mum was influential and my mum pushed me forward as well.

Sometimes mums make the right decisions.

To be fair, I've got to thank her for this so far, she's been quality.

So when you go on that stage,

-you're going to be very nervous?

-Absolutely!

Listen, we'll be cheering you on from the side.

If at any point you need a little bit of encouragement...

-A little cheeky nod?

-We'll be like that.

We'll give you one of them from the side, all right?

CHEERING

-Hey, man, how are you doing?

-I'm good.

-What's your name?

-Wayne.

-And what do you do for a living?

-I work at a local campsite

-moving caravans. Whoo(!)

-LAUGHTER

-Moving caravans?

-Yeah, man.

- You got a caravan, Gary? - No!

LAUGHTER

-Not yet.

-I'm the man.

LAUGHTER

So what do your mates think about you being here today?

To be fair, no-one knows.

-You haven't told them?

-Only my mum and my missus,

-wherever they are, somewhere.

-THEY WHOOP

Only they know I'm here, so...

It's just a crazy, crazy experience.

Listen, I think you're going to be great, but just stand still.

I'm trying.

Stand still, breathe out, take a big breath,

relax your nerves

and give me your best song.

Let's do it.

# I got sunshine

# On a cloudy day

# When it's cold outside

# I've got the month of May

# Well, I guess you'd say

# What can make me feel this way?

# My girl

# Talking 'bout my girl

# I don't need no money

# All I need is my fame

# Well, I guess you'd say

# What can make me feel this way?

# My girl

# Talking 'bout my girl

# My girl. #

CHEERING

Wayne, everybody!

You did it, Wayne, you did it.

Well done!

Well done. Judges, please input your scores now.

Did you do karaoke before? Had you done anything before?

Yeah, I've only ever sung on karaoke in a pub

so this is like the first sober audience as well!

LAUGHTER

Not everyone, Wayne, not everyone.

I was watching the monitor backstage.

The size of these rocks on your ears, Wayne.

You moved a lot of caravans for those, I'll tell you that.

OK, Gary, what did you think?

Let me put two hats on here.

The first one - lovely personality, great interview at the start.

-You've actually not got a bad voice as well.

-Cheers, thank you.

Really good song choice for you.

Then I've got to put my other hat on -

we're going to go into theatres,

we're going to put a boy band together.

For some reason, I just don't see you in this show, I just don't.

-AUDIENCE:

-Aww!

-This is the audition process right here.

If you really want to do this as a career,

you're going to go to some auditions

and you're just not right, not because you weren't good enough,

it's just that they're looking for something different

and for me right now, for this show, in my head,

you're just not quite right.

-AUDIENCE:

-Aww!

-It's cool.

-All right.

Let's go to Martin.

I just didn't think you connected with the audience very much.

You know when you see an action movie, right?

And you've got the guy throwing the punch,

it's not the guy that throws the punch

that makes the fight look good.

-It's the guy that sells it.

-Yeah.

You have to have both things working at the same time

for it all to happen.

Not sure I followed that, but...

LAUGHTER

When I watch it back, I'll get it when I watch it back.

APPLAUSE

Let's find out how Wayne has been scored.

Oh!

AUDIENCE GROANS

11 stars.

11.

It's not too bad, you've got three threes there.

Let's find out what Amber wanted to say about your performance.

I loved your voice.