0:00:02 > 0:00:06Two, three and... Are you going to be the best choir? Yeah! Apparently so. Come on then!
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Choirmaster Gareth Malone wants to help Britain's workers find their voice.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12This is Gareth Malone here.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15TANNOY: I'm here to start a choir.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Are you interested in joining a choir?
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Maybe, yeah.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22In search of hidden talent, he's creating choirs in five
0:00:22 > 0:00:24of Britain's biggest workplaces.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26I would like you to be in the choir, please. Yeah!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Whoa!
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Yay!
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Course we can! This proves that bankers can rock!
0:00:32 > 0:00:35If you were ever going to have a fire-fighting calendar,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37we've got them in the choir.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40As they compete to be this year's best workplace choir,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Gareth's demanding musical excellence.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Going to sing real music!
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Crescendo. Diminuendo.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48La-la-la.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Mmm!
0:00:49 > 0:00:51# Where are you going to run to? #
0:00:51 > 0:00:54If they're going to do justice to music, it's got to just pour out of them.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55# Power to the Lord! #
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Singing brings people together spiritually, socially.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02It's vital. It's vital!
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I have to tap into that part of my mind where
0:01:05 > 0:01:09all those horrible things that I see at work are kept.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11You've got to step it up one notch.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14The choirs will face huge public audiences...
0:01:14 > 0:01:17The appetite to win is now on.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Bricking it at the moment.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21..and be judged by three world-class musicians.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23You are never together.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Wonderful, wonderful tuning.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Judgment day is coming.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28This means that I will sing for the rest of my life.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Other than getting married, it is one of the best experiences in my life.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35The Workplace Choir Of The Year is...
0:01:45 > 0:01:49I can't say I'm thrilled about the prospect of going to a supermarket.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53It's not my favourite place to go. I mean, everyone's got to shop, we all need to live and eat
0:01:53 > 0:01:57and run houses, but nobody goes there for fun, do they?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Gareth's heading to Sainsbury's to create the third workplace
0:02:00 > 0:02:03choir of this year's contest.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06I can't imagine what it must be like to work in a supermarket
0:02:06 > 0:02:10stacking shelves or, er, dealing with irate customers.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13It must be a fairly soul-destroying experience.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18There it is, here we are, Sainsbury's. Can't really miss it.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Absolutely enormous.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Gareth will be based here at the Low Hall superstore in Essex.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30It's one of the company's 600 supermarkets nationwide
0:02:30 > 0:02:32and employs almost 400 people.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37We understand it's hard, you're dealing with customers, it can be irritating at times.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40But, you know, we work together and we do what we do.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43To keep the shelves stocked,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45the store is continually
0:02:45 > 0:02:48replenished by the Waltham Point distribution centre.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Gareth has appealed to its workforce to try out for the choir.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I'm really excited.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I think it's an experience that comes up once in a lifetime
0:03:01 > 0:03:04so I'm looking to... and hoping to embrace it, yeah.
0:03:06 > 0:03:1012 miles away in Central London are the corporate headquarters.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15Management and company executives have also been invited to join.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Absolutely terrified!
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I've not been able to sleep all weekend.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21I'm stupidly terrified.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25I'm a 40-year-old mother, I shouldn't be like this.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Here we are, Sainsbury's.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Pharmacy, cafe, garden and home.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37This is vast. This is a mega-store.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Right, let's shop!
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Gareth wants his choir to represent the three different parts
0:03:43 > 0:03:45of the business.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Employees from the store, depot and London HQ
0:03:48 > 0:03:50gather to audition.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I have always wanted to come backstage at a Sainsbury's.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Gareth must now select up to 24
0:03:55 > 0:03:59of the best singers to represent the company in the contest.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Hello! Hello!
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Hooray!
0:04:06 > 0:04:09All right!
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Well, you seem excited!
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Right, are you ready? Yes!
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Is Sainsbury's going to be the best choir? Yeah!
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Apparently so. Come on, then!
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Blimey!
0:04:21 > 0:04:23They're excited!
0:04:23 > 0:04:26That's it, fill up all the spaces, please, don't be shy!
0:04:26 > 0:04:29So, today is your audition for the Sainsbury's Choir.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33The song that we are going to do for this audition is one that
0:04:33 > 0:04:36you will all know and love and hold dear to your hearts.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38It is, of course...
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Food, Glorious Food.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Yes, it's Food, Glorious Food.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Yeah, it is. Well done, Rebecca.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45You can have... There isn't a prize.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46All right, let's hear it.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Two, three and...
0:04:48 > 0:04:50# Food glorious...
0:04:50 > 0:04:53# Food... Cold...
0:04:53 > 0:04:55# Jelly and custard. #
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Do you have a cold or...?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58No.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Chris, hello.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Hi, you all right?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I am very well, thank you. How are you? I'm fine.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Chris Tesaga works on the shop floor of the superstore.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Here we go. And...
0:05:09 > 0:05:11# Food, glorious food
0:05:11 > 0:05:14# Cold jelly and custard... #
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Good. Tell me, what's the best part of your job?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18The best part of my job?
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Mmm.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Um...the end of the day.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23LAUGHTER
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Fair enough. Same here.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27No, all of it's fine, you know, every aspect of it.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30When you help people and the customers say, "You're so helpful.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33"We don't like the other guys across the road,"
0:05:33 > 0:05:35then you know that you're doing your job well.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Chris has been at the company for six months.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41He got his job via a placement scheme for people who struggle to find work.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I've done many jobs.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I was a bus conductor. I worked in a bank.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50That was... These are years ago, you know. I'm older than you think.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53So we've got eight aisles just down here on the right.
0:05:53 > 0:05:59This job gave me the kind of direction I needed instantly.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01# Food, glorious food
0:06:01 > 0:06:04# Cold jelly and custard... #
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Great. Thank you. You may sit down.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Well done.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Over two days, Gareth auditions over 120 staff,
0:06:12 > 0:06:13from confident executives...
0:06:13 > 0:06:16# Food, glorious food... #
0:06:16 > 0:06:19# Cold jelly and custard... #
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Hello! OK.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23..to quieter store and depot staff.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27# Food glorious food... Cold jelly and custard. #
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Good. It's not an enormous voice but it's a sweet voice, is it not?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I could see a lot of people going...
0:06:32 > 0:06:34LAUGHTER
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Did you go "ah"?
0:06:36 > 0:06:40It's a nice voice. Good. Well done.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42OK, hello, Alex. Hi.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Alex Peal is based at head office.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46I'll take my shoes off.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48You can take off whatever you like!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50LAUGHTER
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Well, Alex, we've only just met!
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Good Lord.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56What do you do?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I'm a Senior Planning and Analysis Manager,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01or SPAM for short.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05OK. You're a SPAM. What does that mean?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07I look after our loyalty programme,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10so the Nectar card and things like Brand Match.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Do you do much singing?
0:07:11 > 0:07:15I used to do an enormous amount. I haven't done for the last couple of years.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Why not?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Slightly dramatic, I had an accident
0:07:19 > 0:07:23and had to have emergency intubation and damaged my vocal cords, so...
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Oh! Oh, gosh!
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Didn't really mean to bring it up because my voice really is not what it was at all, so...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Well, I think we're all very excited, aren't we?
0:07:30 > 0:07:34No, it's really, really not. Well, here she is, Alex the singer.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36LAUGHTER
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Three and...
0:07:37 > 0:07:39SQUEAKILY: # Food... # Ooh!
0:07:39 > 0:07:40There it is. Yeah, it's good.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44# Food, glorious food
0:07:44 > 0:07:47# Cold jelly and custard. #
0:07:47 > 0:07:50It sort of reminds me of when my voice changed.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51It's just like that.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54OK, you can put your shoes back on now.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Jonathan.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Hello. Hello. What do you do?
0:07:57 > 0:08:02I'm the Commercial Manager here. OK, Jonathan, can I hear you sing, please?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04# Food, glorious food... #
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Gareth needs a range of voices.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09He just touched a low D?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10From deep basses...
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Thank you. Have a seat. Well done.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14..to super-high sopranos.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17# Food, glorious food
0:08:17 > 0:08:19# Cold jelly and custard. #
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Michelle!
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Are you surprised?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25LAUGHTER
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Let's be honest, you didn't think she'd be any good, did you?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30No!
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Shirley, I think we might get one more!
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Here's the note.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40# Food, glorious food
0:08:40 > 0:08:42# Cold jelly and custard. #
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Are you standing on your toes?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Oh, I don't think so.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Well done. That's the highest note of the day. Thank you.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01That's it.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Some good singing in there.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Good singing. That's great.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15The number of people that auditioned at head office was just crazy,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19just droves of them, and very few from the depot.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Gareth wants his choir to represent the entire Sainsbury's
0:09:23 > 0:09:28workforce, wherever they're based in the company.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31It's difficult, this is a difficult choir to balance,
0:09:31 > 0:09:33because this business is...
0:09:33 > 0:09:36It's so spread out - head office, depot and store.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39And they're all different types of people
0:09:39 > 0:09:42and they all have very different singing experience
0:09:42 > 0:09:44and they all have very different personalities.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48The depot's much more withdrawn, the store is quite outgoing and bubbly
0:09:48 > 0:09:50and the head office is an office.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53They're going to struggle, I think, to come together socially
0:09:53 > 0:09:56as much as they'll struggle to come together vocally.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Gareth's up early to deliver the good news
0:10:02 > 0:10:05to his successful candidates. First stop, London HQ.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I'm tracking you down. Are you?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I am. With good news?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Well, it's news. OK. You're in. Oh, fantastic!
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Well done.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17I'm just over the moon.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Absolutely, absolutely so ecstatic.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Oh, my God!
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Next stop, the superstore.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I would really like you to be in the choir. Seriously?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Yes. Wow! OK. Been in a choir before? No, I haven't been...
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Well, I told you in primary school, but... Primary school. Been a while.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Yeah. Er, thank you, man.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Congratulations. Yeah, man, congratulations to me.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Yeah, congratulations to you. Well done. That's really good.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Yeah, man, I'm happy, I'm happy. This is a good opportunity.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45I knew I was going to get in anyway, but I can't...
0:10:45 > 0:10:48But, yeah, definitely, yeah, I'm over the moon, man.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Hello. Oh.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Knock-knock-knock.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Hello! Shirley, you did get extremely high.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55I know I did!
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Very good and I think I could use a high voice in my choir.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Oh, my God!
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Would you like to be in it? Yes!
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Yeah? Fantastic. Congratulations.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Thank you! Thank you! Well done.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Ah! She's getting higher and higher and higher!
0:11:11 > 0:11:15I also need low voices in the choir so...
0:11:15 > 0:11:17I'd like you in the choir, as well.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I'm like so red.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I don't know whether to cry, laugh, scream, undress or whatever.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Do it all! Go for it!
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Ah-h!
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Gareth's last port of call is the Waltham Point depot.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47It's a part of the business the public never get to see -
0:11:47 > 0:11:50the engine room that powers the entire supermarket chain.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Wow! Oh, my gosh!
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Oh, my goodness!
0:12:06 > 0:12:07It's mind-boggling.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Look how much stock there is!
0:12:11 > 0:12:14If there's a nuclear holocaust, I want to come here.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Ah, there he is! Hello! Hello.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19You're a difficult man to find. How are you doing?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Ben Hodgson tried out for the tenor section.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24I wanted to talk about your audition. OK, excellent.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28What do you think? I don't know. I really haven't got a clue.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Got no idea? Can't remember much about it. Really?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33I was so nervous, it was all a blur. Excellent experience, though,
0:12:33 > 0:12:35it was so good. Yeah, I really enjoyed it.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Well, the experience is going to continue
0:12:37 > 0:12:39cos I'd really like you to be in the choir. Excellent.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Congratulations. Thank you very much! Thank you!
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Ben's one of 1,200 employees at the depot.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Today, he's based in the giant refrigeration hall.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59Basically, we have the sorter up there where the products come from,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01come down the end of the chute... Yeah.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03..we pick 'em into the rollers. Simple as that, yeah?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Simple. Right. Yoghurts today.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Yoghurts today. And a lot of it.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08The start of the day. Plenty of it.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11We're doing about two million cases a week comes through this warehouse.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13So not you and I just now? Not you and I.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15We can't do it without the rest of the team. Yeah. Let's do it!
0:13:15 > 0:13:17So if you want to pick that up and chuck it into
0:13:17 > 0:13:19a roller. Put it at the back there?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22The scale of this place is just mind-boggling.
0:13:22 > 0:13:2684 stores are served by that one huge conveyor belt system,
0:13:26 > 0:13:31and you're standing on this conveyor with just one store's stuff
0:13:31 > 0:13:34and there's cage after cage after cage of yoghurts.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37I've never seen so many yoghurts.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39And then presumably in a place like this,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41you know roughly what tomorrow is going to look like?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43It's groundhog day. Is it?
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Every day is the same.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Yeah, it's dirty work and the thing is, I think, ultimately
0:13:47 > 0:13:50everyone in this warehouse, it doesn't matter what they're doing,
0:13:50 > 0:13:51what role they've got, they all play a part.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54It might seem monotonous chucking this in, but... Yeah.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56..without that we're not going to get that to the store
0:13:56 > 0:13:58and that's our goal at the end of the day.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I suppose it's easy just to see this as just me
0:14:01 > 0:14:04shoving stuff from here to there, but this is somebody's yoghurt...
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Exactly! ..and they're going to eat that and enjoy it tonight.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Yeah! Exactly!
0:14:08 > 0:14:12It's freezing. It's really, really, really cold in there.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13I don't know how they do it.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16It's monotonous, it's cold, it's dark.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21That bloke had short sleeves on.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23They are hard, these men.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26They are... They are men. I feel pathetic.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28I could only take it for 20 minutes.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Gareth's chosen choir members from the supermarket, depot
0:14:34 > 0:14:37and head office are gathering at the store.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Hello! I'm Kimberley! Hiya. I'm Starr. Nice to meet you.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Where do you work? I work in the GM department.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42I'm a lorry driver.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45It's time for their first rehearsal.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46It's just like, "Oh, my God!"
0:14:46 > 0:14:49This is like now the start of a massive journey.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Hello!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Hi! Are you my choir? ALL: Yeah!
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Very good. Hello.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Ready to do some singing?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02OK, follow me, let's go!
0:15:02 > 0:15:04The countdown to the choir performing to the contest's
0:15:04 > 0:15:07internationally recognised judges has begun.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Most of them have never sung in public before.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Well, have I got some fun in store for you.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19There are people from head office here,
0:15:19 > 0:15:23so, you know, if you have any problems... Sorry?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24No head office at all.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Oh, Store Support! Is it not called head office?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28ALL: No.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I love it!
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Well, people from Store Support,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35there's people from the stores here...
0:15:35 > 0:15:36for you to support.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Right, so, as a choir, you need something to sing
0:15:39 > 0:15:43and I would like to choose a song that represents your business
0:15:43 > 0:15:46and I'd like that decision to be made by you.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Any ideas? Yes, Chris?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Simply The Best.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52# Simply the best! #
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Do we all know that? Let's hear it.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55# Simply the best
0:15:55 > 0:15:58# Doo-doo-doo
0:15:58 > 0:16:00# Better than all the rest. #
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Do you think it's at all big-headed?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05LAUGHTER
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Cheese lady Alison?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Yeah, it's not a song that represents Sainsbury's,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11but I do like Windmills Of Your Mind, but it's not really...
0:16:11 > 0:16:13It's a little bit trippy. It is, yeah.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17# Round like a window in a circle like a wheel within a wheel
0:16:17 > 0:16:19# Never ending or beginning like a na-na-na-na-na... #
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Yeah, but it could be slow.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Like you're going round the aisles forever...
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Hallucinating. You've maybe had too much cheese.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29A little bit...
0:16:29 > 0:16:32You've been to see the wine department, yeah.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Anyone else?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36What about Spice Girls Spice Up Your Life?
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Spice Up Your Life is actually quite a fun suggestion!
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Wicked words here.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44"La-la-la-la-la-la-la.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47"La-la-la-la-la." There's a lot of la's.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Shall we have a go at Spice Up Your Life?
0:16:49 > 0:16:50La-la-la...
0:16:50 > 0:16:52HE PLAYS "Spice Up Your Life" ON THE PIANO
0:16:54 > 0:16:55One, two, three and...
0:16:55 > 0:17:00# La-la-la-la-la-la-la
0:17:00 > 0:17:03# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la... #
0:17:04 > 0:17:07It sounds dreadful at the moment, if I'm honest,
0:17:07 > 0:17:11but I, you know, I mean it's fun!
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Hands up for Spice Girls?
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Good God. OK.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21I think this is a really fun choice. Pass those round.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Let's try a sing-through. One, two, three and...
0:17:24 > 0:17:26# When you're feeling
0:17:26 > 0:17:28# Sad and low
0:17:28 > 0:17:30# We will take you
0:17:30 > 0:17:32# Where you gotta go
0:17:32 > 0:17:34# Smiling dancing
0:17:34 > 0:17:36# Everything is free
0:17:36 > 0:17:38# All you need is positivity... #
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Maybe bring in the sopranos here and...
0:17:40 > 0:17:41# Colours of the world!
0:17:41 > 0:17:42# Every boy and every girl. #
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Yeah, now there is a note. Thank you Kimberley, bravely done.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Well, why...?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Why be embarrassed about the Spice Girls?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51It's fine. You've got it in your record collection, obviously.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53At first, I wasn't expecting it at all.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57I didn't think I'd be singing Spice Girls today at choir practice.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Cos I had my reservations about Spice Girls. Yeah.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04But he makes it sound amazing, even after half an hour, so brilliant.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05I knew it was going to be fun,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08but it was better fun than I thought it would be so, yeah.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11May I encourage you to work extremely hard
0:18:11 > 0:18:13and get the notes learnt for the next time I see you?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15I want to refine it and that's what's going to count
0:18:15 > 0:18:18when we get to the competitive stage of this contest.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21I will see you next time! Good, good, good start!
0:18:21 > 0:18:23All right.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26There are some belters in there
0:18:26 > 0:18:29and that'll be something to watch for me.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31There's a balance to be struck between having a great time,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34which they were today, and actually making something that's musical
0:18:34 > 0:18:36and feels like a performance,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38and we're quite far from that at the moment.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Can honestly say I'd never sung a Spice Girls song?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47What are you doing, John?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Don't tap your hand to the Spice Girls!
0:18:52 > 0:18:55With his time split across five companies in the contest,
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Gareth calls in a local choirmaster to bring their singing to
0:18:59 > 0:19:00competition standard.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05# La-la-la-la-la-la-la
0:19:05 > 0:19:09# When you're feeling, sad and low
0:19:09 > 0:19:13# We will take you where you gotta go
0:19:13 > 0:19:16# Smiling, dancing, everything is free... #
0:19:16 > 0:19:21There's 157,000 colleagues that work for the company.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27To be one of 23 in a choir, it's mind-blowing, it's amazing.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Before the next rehearsal, Gareth wants to get a sense of the
0:19:32 > 0:19:36different roles the members of his choir perform for the company.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38He's come to meet Chris.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42So which department do you work in? General merchandising. OK.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45And that's...to you that's like the home department from TVs...
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Oh, great. ..to DVDs, everything, bedding. Oh, this is fun!
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Yeah. The boys' toys department.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Boys' toys. I love it. So six months you've been here?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Yeah, just over six months, yeah. And what were you doing before that?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I was serving some time, yeah. Prison?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59In prison, yes.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00For what, may I ask?
0:20:00 > 0:20:04I don't know, erm...
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Yeah, well, basically possession with intent to supply, class A.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Class A. Yeah.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I wasn't no bad person
0:20:11 > 0:20:13but it's just I got caught up with the wrong crowd.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Yeah. How was it inside?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16It's what goes on in your mind when you're inside,
0:20:16 > 0:20:19that's the main thing, because like obviously I've got a family
0:20:19 > 0:20:22and stuff like that so... Yeah. Have you got children or...?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Yeah, I've got children. I've got two boys.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27You look at your whole life, you look at everything about yourself
0:20:27 > 0:20:29and you make your assessments, your judgments, soul-searching.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31You must be very grateful to have a job?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Course I'm grateful to have a job.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34They've gave me a second chance, so, you know.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37That's got to buy some loyalty, right? Of course! Yeah.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Definitely. I buy my shopping here, that's the loyalty.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40I bet you do. Yeah.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44I really appreciate that Sainsbury's have given somebody like Chris
0:20:44 > 0:20:46a chance and it's like socially responsible.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49And he was caught for something that is serious but,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52in the grand scheme of things, you know, a young man like him,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54he could turn it round.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01Of the 23 members of the choir, more than half work in head office.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03But company executives are encouraged
0:21:03 > 0:21:05to get away from their desks.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Kimberly Davenport is visiting a local supplier.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I feel like we're in France. I know.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Bonjour. Bonjour, bonjour! Ca va?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Oui. Oui.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Kimberley's been with the company for nearly 20 years.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19It's not a mundane job by any stretch.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23I have so much to do, so much to try and fit into my day,
0:21:23 > 0:21:28and nice things as well like wine tasting and creative writing,
0:21:28 > 0:21:32so it's great to be able to do something that is so varied.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34If I buy a bottle of wine from Sainsbury's... Yes.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36..it's probably you that's written what's on the back?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39It's definitely me that's written what's... Every time.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40That's exciting. Yes.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42What does it taste like?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Want to come and taste some? Well, if we must, yeah. Let's go.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Yeah, I'll twist your arm. OK.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49There's just so many different jobs in Sainsbury's,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51it's such a diverse company.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55And to be there, having been in the cooler in the depot,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59it's just an... It's another universe, it really is.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Ah, what is that? Tell me.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Let me lead you to a French bakery.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05People from the depot, people from the stores,
0:22:05 > 0:22:09people from head office coming out and being round vineyards, it's...
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Everyone seems to have their role within Sainsbury's,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15but I wonder how much they're aware of each other's roles.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24It's been five days since the choir first met.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28We've only been together a few days. Yeah.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30This don't sound too bad at all so...
0:22:30 > 0:22:32No. We sounded like a choir, I thought.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35I'm nervous today because... Cos it's...
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Of what he's, you know, expecting from us? Yeah. Yeah.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40You find yourself singing it constantly throughout the day,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43so at my desk I've been singing it and humming it, yeah,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45getting some strange looks off of my colleagues.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I'm looking forward to seeing them because they are fun.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49I like them a lot.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I can't wait to hear what they sound like.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Hi, Josh, how are you? Yeah, good.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Have you decided who's who from the Spice Girls?
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Have you got a...?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Ginger Spice.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Yeah. I can be Old Spice.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Yeah, Old Spice.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Hey!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Hey! Every one a winner!
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Good, OK, so sheets down, let's get ready to sing.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11One, two, three, four.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13# Aaah
0:23:13 > 0:23:15# Ba-rum ba-ba
0:23:15 > 0:23:17# Aaah
0:23:17 > 0:23:19# Ba-rum ba-ba
0:23:19 > 0:23:23# La-la-la-la-la-la-la
0:23:23 > 0:23:27# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
0:23:27 > 0:23:31# When you're feeling sad and low
0:23:31 > 0:23:35# We will take you where you gotta go
0:23:35 > 0:23:37# Colours of the world Spice up your life
0:23:37 > 0:23:39# Every boy and every girl Spice up your life
0:23:39 > 0:23:41# People of the world Spice up your life
0:23:41 > 0:23:43# Hai, si, ja, hold tight. #
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Well, it's loud!
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Well done! OK, good.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Have a seat and I'll give you some feedback.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55What's that bit, colours of the world, SPICE UP YOUR LIFE!
0:23:55 > 0:23:56SPICE UP YOUR LIFE!
0:23:56 > 0:23:59It's like, "I'm so," you know, "I'm sorry!
0:23:59 > 0:24:01"Am I not spicy enough for you?"
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Generally, we've gone into lots and lots of solos,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08because you've probably been practising on your own
0:24:08 > 0:24:11and you get your own part. It's a choir not a karaoke.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Let's have those notes again. So bass,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17# Ah-ah-dah-dah. #
0:24:17 > 0:24:19One, two, three.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21# Aaaah. #
0:24:21 > 0:24:23I didn't feel the excitement in your breath. One.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25It's before you're even singing.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28I want to see excited eyebrows, I want to hear, you know...
0:24:28 > 0:24:31You're the Spice Girls and you're performing to Wembley Stadium.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33One, two...
0:24:33 > 0:24:34# Slam it to the left. #
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Yeah, that's too long and it's not in tune,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38apart from that it's wonderful.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39One, two, three and...
0:24:39 > 0:24:41# Slam it to the left. #
0:24:41 > 0:24:42With the song coming together,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Gareth wants to step up the pressure.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Good. Right, well, now you've got your heads round the song,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I think it's time to put it to the test.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I think it's time you performed it.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59We're going to go and perform this song, where better, than in store...
0:25:00 > 0:25:03..welcoming customers into Sainsbury's?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06OK? I'm excited!
0:25:06 > 0:25:09You're excited? Just look around.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10LAUGHTER
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Are you ready? Follow me.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I thought that Gareth was an all-right bloke
0:25:19 > 0:25:21when I first met him, but I'm doubting it now.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24It's very daunting, actually, just singing in front of actually
0:25:24 > 0:25:28an audience, but they're just strangers walking in and out.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29But we'll see.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31It's very hard to pull this song off.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I don't think it's going to be chorally beautiful,
0:25:33 > 0:25:34I think it's going to be a bit shouty.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37But I would like it to be of a good musical level.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39I don't know if I can expect that today.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54OK, roll up, roll up, come and have a listen! I have one thing to do.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58No!
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Hello. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06The Sainsbury's choir will be performing
0:26:06 > 0:26:08at the front of the store in approximately 30 seconds.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Please come and enjoy the performance. Thank you!
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Let's have an audience! Come and be an audience!
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Come and listen!
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Lots of staff.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Customers not so interested.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24If you're over there, do come and be an audience over here.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Thank you.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32# Aaah! Ba-rum ba-ba
0:26:32 > 0:26:36# Aaah! Ba-rum ba-ba Aaah! Ba-rum ba-ba
0:26:36 > 0:26:38# Aaah! Ba-rum ba-ba
0:26:38 > 0:26:42# # La-la-la-la-la-la-la
0:26:42 > 0:26:46# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
0:26:46 > 0:26:50# When you're feeling sad and low
0:26:50 > 0:26:54# We will take you where you gotta go
0:26:54 > 0:26:56# Smiling dancing
0:26:56 > 0:26:58# Everything is free
0:26:58 > 0:27:02# All you need is positivity
0:27:02 > 0:27:04# Colours of the world Spice up your life
0:27:04 > 0:27:05# Every boy and girl Spice up your life
0:27:05 > 0:27:08# People of the world Spice up your life
0:27:08 > 0:27:09# Aaaaah
0:27:09 > 0:27:12# Slam it to the left If you're having a good time
0:27:12 > 0:27:14# Shake it to the right If you know that you feel fine
0:27:14 > 0:27:15# Chicas to the front! Uh! Uh!
0:27:15 > 0:27:17# Go round
0:27:17 > 0:27:19# Slam it to the left If you're having a good time
0:27:19 > 0:27:21# Shake it to the right If you know that you feel fine
0:27:21 > 0:27:23# Chicas to the front! Uh! Uh!
0:27:23 > 0:27:25# Hai, si, ja, hold tight. #
0:27:31 > 0:27:33The Sainsbury choir's got groupies!
0:27:33 > 0:27:37I've not had many people waving their Nectar cards at me before!
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I think we did a really good performance!
0:27:39 > 0:27:41You know, for a choir that was put together a week ago,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43I think we're not bad at all.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46And I loved seeing John dancing away to the Spice Girls.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51I know! It was hilarious. With his hands in his pockets going...
0:27:51 > 0:27:53So, well done! You've done your first performance.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54How did it feel?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Did you love it or was it...?
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Yeah? Love it. Want to do it again and again and again.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01You want to do it again and again?
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Good, I'm glad. We will be doing a lot more.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08So I thought that it almost felt like a choir.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12You know, there were moments where it absolutely came together
0:28:12 > 0:28:16and then, ooh, just sort of kind of slightly, slightly came apart.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20You're going to have to make sure that all your future performances
0:28:20 > 0:28:24are a notch up from that, a notch more together,
0:28:24 > 0:28:29because this is your last free pass, this is your last dress rehearsal.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34Everything you now do is going to be assessed and judged by the judges.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37I actually feel quite scared now...
0:28:37 > 0:28:42Mmm. ..because Gareth made it sound like we were good,
0:28:42 > 0:28:44but not really good. Not good enough.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46It's just a reality check that...
0:28:46 > 0:28:48a reminder that we're in a competition
0:28:48 > 0:28:50and that there are other choirs who might be working harder than us
0:28:50 > 0:28:52and giving more than we might be.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55One or two of them looked a little bit sheepish.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57I'd say Chris on the front row looked utterly embarrassed,
0:28:57 > 0:29:01which is not great, but some of them were really getting into the vibe.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05And it's the sort of song where it really lives or dies by how much
0:29:05 > 0:29:07you believe in it, and I think some of them really got that
0:29:07 > 0:29:08and some didn't.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19A day later, the choir gather for their next rehearsal.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23From now on, everything they do will be focused on the contest.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Hello, everyone!
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Right, come along, let's get on with it!
0:29:29 > 0:29:31There's singing to be done!
0:29:31 > 0:29:35In less than two months, they'll be performing to an invited audience
0:29:35 > 0:29:37and the contest judges.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40So you've done a really upbeat, jolly, out there song.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43I wanted to do a song that was emotionally very,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46very different from the one that you've just done.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50How would you feel about something by Dolly Parton?
0:29:50 > 0:29:53I don't know if you'll know it, it's not as famous as some of her others.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55The song that we're going to do is called Bargain Store.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00So next time you sing, there will be judges present,
0:30:00 > 0:30:04so it needs to be really, really good.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Shall we have a go at it?
0:30:06 > 0:30:09# My life is like unto a bargain store... #
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Two, three, four.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15# My life is like unto a bargain store... #
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Three, four.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22# And I may have just what you're looking for... #
0:30:22 > 0:30:25We've got to get a little bit of style into there.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27We're not hitting the note, we're going "nnn-ever."
0:30:27 > 0:30:30So I need na-na-na.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31# Never
0:30:31 > 0:30:32# Never. #
0:30:32 > 0:30:33No, you're on the wrong note.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Something's happened to them. The spirit's gone out of them.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37I don't know what's going on.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40There's just a sort of lack of oomph in them.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44I don't know if I've crushed them or whether they've crushed themselves.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45# Never
0:30:45 > 0:30:46# Never. #
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Not together, is it?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50I get one thing and then we lose the other thing and then I get this
0:30:50 > 0:30:54and then we lose that, so really what I'm trying to do is build.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55Just sing me...
0:30:55 > 0:30:56# Ah-ah. #
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Together, three and...
0:30:58 > 0:31:00# Ah-ah. #
0:31:00 > 0:31:04A lot of them are very inhibited, and some of the depot staff
0:31:04 > 0:31:08are just sitting there like mice and not really going for it,
0:31:08 > 0:31:12not making much of a contribution and I think that's a real shame.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14It's not really what it's about.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16It's not the head office choir with a couple of token support men,
0:31:16 > 0:31:18support staff members.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20That's not the idea.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Despite the slump in confidence,
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Gareth must push ahead with the contest schedule.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29Importantly, when I next see you, I'm going to come back
0:31:29 > 0:31:32and I'm going to audition for a solo.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35So who thinks they should be doing a solo?
0:31:35 > 0:31:37I think Laura should do a solo.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Do you, Nav? Anyone else?
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Is it really just literally just you, Laura?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43That's going to be a very short audition.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Look, have a think about it, put your name forward
0:31:45 > 0:31:49and I will see as many of you as would like, you know,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51would seriously like to be the soloist.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53It's clear there's a really big divide in this choir
0:31:53 > 0:31:56between the head office people and the people from stores and depots.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58It's just plain as the nose on your face.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00It's my responsibility to build them up.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01I've got to get them out of this
0:32:01 > 0:32:04and I've got to make the team start to work.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Lorry driver John Eustace
0:32:09 > 0:32:13has been working out of the Waltham Point depot for 27 years.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15That's mine, that one there. That's yours?
0:32:15 > 0:32:16That one is mine.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Gareth wants to get his take on the choir's confidence levels.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26So how's the choir going? Really good. Yeah?
0:32:26 > 0:32:29So is that making you think you might like to go for the solo?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33If I'm honest, it's not on my mind.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35You don't see yourself as a Dolly Parton?
0:32:35 > 0:32:38A Dolly Parton. No, I don't see myself as a Dolly Parton, no.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Are any of the other guys from the depot going for the solo,
0:32:40 > 0:32:43do you think? The depot colleagues seem to be under the impression that
0:32:43 > 0:32:47it's sort of...there are stronger, more confident people
0:32:47 > 0:32:49that sort of... That want that role
0:32:49 > 0:32:52and take it forward and it's sort of... Yeah.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Well, it's not a case of... Office types.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Yeah. Yeah. Basically, yeah.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00We've always seen them as being sort of, erm...
0:33:00 > 0:33:02I don't mean it disrespectfully,
0:33:02 > 0:33:04but they're sort of stuck away in their ivory tower.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06I love that it's called the Store Support Centre
0:33:06 > 0:33:07instead of head office.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Unfortunately, I've always known it as head office so... Yeah.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I've only started calling it that recently because I was...
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Because of these guys. ..cos I've been corrected.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20It's interesting that John doesn't feel comfortable in the choir yet.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23He's definitely feeling like he's on the back foot.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Head office rule the roost in any business and this is no exception.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32Despite all their efforts to be colleagues and not bosses,
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I think there is a difference between the people that run the thing
0:33:35 > 0:33:36and the people that do the work.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46The next rehearsal is at company headquarters.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Gareth needs his choir to overcome their inhibitions
0:33:49 > 0:33:51and sing with one voice.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55I don't think it's anything that the head office staff are doing,
0:33:55 > 0:33:59it's that the workers from the depot and the store perceive
0:33:59 > 0:34:03the head office as being more confident, more experienced,
0:34:03 > 0:34:07go-getters, more competitive, and therefore they're shrinking!
0:34:10 > 0:34:11Hello!
0:34:11 > 0:34:13How are we doing?
0:34:13 > 0:34:15As you know, I'm going around lots of different companies,
0:34:15 > 0:34:17so I'm seeing lots of different workplaces,
0:34:17 > 0:34:19and I think you have a problem,
0:34:19 > 0:34:22which is that you've got people from here in head office,
0:34:22 > 0:34:25you've got people from the depot and you've got people in the stores.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28And I know that you're all like, you know, part of the great monolith
0:34:28 > 0:34:31that is the Sainsbury's family,
0:34:31 > 0:34:34but you don't really know each other very well
0:34:34 > 0:34:38and you're not yet, I don't think, one team.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Is this a fair comment? A fair comment, yeah.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Maybe it's...just speaking for myself, it's the fear of when
0:34:43 > 0:34:45you stand up singing dud notes and looking stupid,
0:34:45 > 0:34:47I think that's what it is.
0:34:47 > 0:34:48It's exactly the same for me.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50My confidence is, like, you need to believe.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53And for me, cos I've always had this deep, husky voice,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56I've never ever believed that I could do anything like this.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58So for me to get up, in front of everyone with this voice,
0:34:58 > 0:35:02even speaking now, I'm just like, "Everyone's hearing my voice."
0:35:02 > 0:35:06I mean, look, this is the first time you've spoken in a rehearsal, Starr,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08it's the first time I've heard your voice,
0:35:08 > 0:35:12and this is... It's as important that you feel like your voice is
0:35:12 > 0:35:14contributing just as much as anyone else's,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17that's going to show in your singing,
0:35:17 > 0:35:20because it'll show in your face and it'll show in the sound.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22You've got to take care of everyone and you've got to take
0:35:22 > 0:35:26the entire team with you, so I think you need to come together.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30Shirley and Jodi, would you come out the front and do it together, please?
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Would you mind?
0:35:33 > 0:35:34Yeah, is that OK? No.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37No? It's going to be all right.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Do you want to hold my hand? It's not. I'm shaking.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Really? No, this is... It's going to be good!
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Come on, ready, three...
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Three and one.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... #
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Section by section, Gareth brings his singers together.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59# Love is all you need to purchase all the merchandise... #
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Rah! Now that I like!
0:36:02 > 0:36:04# The bargain store is open
0:36:04 > 0:36:10# Come inside. #
0:36:10 > 0:36:14I love how the back row just ignored it and just watched them.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15I meant all of you!
0:36:15 > 0:36:19But for Starr, being put on the spot is unnerving.
0:36:19 > 0:36:25# My life is like unto a bargain store
0:36:25 > 0:36:26# And I may have just...
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Now look, Starr, I know you've...
0:36:28 > 0:36:30I am so nervous right now. Are you? Why?
0:36:31 > 0:36:32It's all right.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35She didn't join the choir to be in the limelight.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39When I came to say you were in the choir, you were screaming!
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Where's that Starr gone?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44She's still here. She really is.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Where? Where?
0:36:46 > 0:36:49You're worthy of being in this choir, you deserve your place,
0:36:49 > 0:36:50you really do!
0:36:50 > 0:36:53It's like believing is hard. It's so hard to believe in yourself.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55You might believe in yourself but for me...
0:36:55 > 0:36:56Yeah, I do. ..it's so hard.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Yeah, I know. I don't know, I don't understand why.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02I've always had that problem. Yeah. I don't think you're alone.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05I just don't feel like I've got there with this choir.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09What I don't know is whether it was wise to bring up all the problems
0:37:09 > 0:37:11that the choir clearly have...
0:37:12 > 0:37:14..or whether it was actually foolish.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Gareth decides there's only one thing for it -
0:37:21 > 0:37:24a good old-fashioned bonding session is in order.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28We're all going to the pub and this will be the most-needed pint
0:37:28 > 0:37:32in the history of choral music, and that's saying something.
0:37:32 > 0:37:33Hello!
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Are you drunk already?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Right, what's happening, Kimberley?
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Are you talking us through some cheese and wine?
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Going to do some cheese and wine matching.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49Can I just interrupt proceedings just to say one thing which is this,
0:37:49 > 0:37:52apart from Ben over there and Alex over here,
0:37:52 > 0:37:57we do have everyone from head office over there
0:37:57 > 0:38:00and everyone from the stores and the depots over here?
0:38:00 > 0:38:01Can we mix everyone up, please?
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Go and sit next to someone you haven't chatted to before, please.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08But there's one person missing From the festivities.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Yes!
0:38:10 > 0:38:14The deepest male voice in the choir has his own plan to boost his
0:38:14 > 0:38:16colleagues' morale... Oh, way-woo-woo.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19..and she goes by the name of Candy.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Hello, everyone! You all right?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Oh, my God!
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Oh, my God!
0:38:29 > 0:38:30I'm sorry, who are you?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Who am I? Your worst nightmare, Gareth.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I know. I mean, the voice is still quite deep.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38It's cos they're not quite tucked away.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Well, I think we're all bonded now, aren't we?
0:38:40 > 0:38:41Yeah, cracking.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Candy... Yes. ..could we have a bit of Bargain Store?
0:38:44 > 0:38:50# The bargain store is open, come inside
0:38:50 > 0:38:57# You can easily afford the price. #
0:38:57 > 0:39:00'Unbelievable. I mean, I asked for them to bond.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04'I did not expect that. That was amazing.'
0:39:04 > 0:39:05I think that's perfect.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08I think everyone's had a really rip-roaring night.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12It was raucous, it was naughty, it was great fun.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Really good. Slightly tipsy.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20It was amazing. It was a great night, yeah.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Candy, what an act. Ah! Candy. What an act.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Ah, it was so funny. It was really funny.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29And such a surprise seeing Jonathan come out.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Well, is it Jonathan? We still don't know.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33It is Jon. Candy.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35It's good cos it just loosens everyone up and...
0:39:35 > 0:39:36Yeah.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44If that doesn't bring them together, then I don't know what will.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47# That's the wonder
0:39:47 > 0:39:51# The wonder of you. #
0:39:56 > 0:40:03# My life is like unto a bargain store... #
0:40:03 > 0:40:06It's just seven days until the big performance.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10More than half of the choir have stepped up to audition for the solo,
0:40:10 > 0:40:14including Ben from the depot and Chris from the superstore.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15You saying Dolly Parton ain't soulful?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18You need to listen to her and then, you know,
0:40:18 > 0:40:19come back and tell me that.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21I love Dolly, man, she's good.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27I haven't done many songs before in a minor key.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30And this is very solemn, and very moving, I think,
0:40:30 > 0:40:33which is extremely different from their last song
0:40:33 > 0:40:35which was the Spice Girls.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38It's a beautiful song, but it requires a solo with emotion,
0:40:38 > 0:40:41it requires somebody who can connect with the lyrics, which are all about
0:40:41 > 0:40:46the past and moving on from disappointment and broken dreams.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52First up, it's Kimberley from beers, wines and spirits.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Hello! Hello, Kimberley. Hello. How are you?
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Good, thank you. Good.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Yes, not thinking about it.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59Don't think about it.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01No, I'm just going to look at all the lovely clothes.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06# Take these old used memories from the past
0:41:07 > 0:41:08# And these
0:41:08 > 0:41:14# Broken dreams and plans that didn't last
0:41:14 > 0:41:17# I'll trade them for a future
0:41:17 > 0:41:20# I can't use them any more
0:41:20 > 0:41:26# I've wasted love but I still have some more. #
0:41:26 > 0:41:30You're just beaming. Ha! It's still the sunshine.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31It's the sunshine.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34You're just so full of vitamin D, you're too happy for this song.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35So full of it! Bye.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38It's just not there. No, if you don't read those lyrics,
0:41:38 > 0:41:40"take these old used memories from the past,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43"and these broken dreams and plans that didn't last,
0:41:43 > 0:41:46"and think there was a time when..."
0:41:46 > 0:41:50If you can't connect with that, then, you know, it's just not there, is it?
0:41:50 > 0:41:51Next!
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Hello, Chris. You all right?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Very well. Really what I'm looking for is somebody that has
0:41:59 > 0:42:01some life experience,
0:42:01 > 0:42:05and I think you of all people have got life experience, right?
0:42:05 > 0:42:06Right. Yeah.
0:42:06 > 0:42:12Could you try and...open up that little compartment of your heart
0:42:12 > 0:42:15and put a bit of that into the song? OK.
0:42:18 > 0:42:25# Take these old used memories from the past
0:42:25 > 0:42:31# And these broken dreams and plans that didn't last... #
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Breathe.
0:42:32 > 0:42:39# I'll trade them for a future I won't waste them any more
0:42:39 > 0:42:44# I've wasted love but I still have some more... #
0:42:44 > 0:42:47I kind of expected Chris to be able to relate to this song
0:42:47 > 0:42:49knowing what he's been through.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52He's been in prison, he's, you know, obviously had quite
0:42:52 > 0:42:56an interesting life, and I got some of that when he was singing.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58He just, he has that...
0:42:58 > 0:43:00It's like there's a backline of experience
0:43:00 > 0:43:01that he's able to push against,
0:43:01 > 0:43:03so I think that's the best one so far, definitely.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10The last audition of the day is Alex Peal.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13In her teens, Alex was training to become an opera singer,
0:43:13 > 0:43:16but her hopes were dashed at a critical stage.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Tell me about your singing.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Sang a lot till I was 18 and then lost my voice completely
0:43:22 > 0:43:25and have just sort of started to get it back.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27How did your voice go? I was in a house fire,
0:43:27 > 0:43:31and I was very lucky not to be worse injured
0:43:31 > 0:43:33but I had to jump out of a second-storey window,
0:43:33 > 0:43:35but I lost my speaking voice.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Well, you seem to have dealt with what was potentially...
0:43:38 > 0:43:41would, for me, be the biggest loss of my entire life!
0:43:41 > 0:43:43You seem to be dealing with it very well.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46Probably quite a lot of not letting myself
0:43:46 > 0:43:49go down certain emotional avenues.
0:43:49 > 0:43:50Shall we have a listen?
0:43:51 > 0:43:55# Take these old used memories from the past
0:43:57 > 0:44:04# And these broken dreams and plans that didn't last
0:44:04 > 0:44:11# I'll trade them for a future I can't use them any more
0:44:11 > 0:44:16# I've wasted love but I still have some more. #
0:44:19 > 0:44:22Thank you. Thanks, Alex. See you later.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24It's so powerful what she said.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27It's so powerful for me, and I think for her...
0:44:27 > 0:44:29it's almost too...
0:44:29 > 0:44:33I think it's too painful for her to really describe to me.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35I think that's it. You know, I think it's almost too much.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43After five hours of auditions and 14 singers to choose from,
0:44:43 > 0:44:48Gareth is ready to announce who will open the performance.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51So, you probably want to know who's doing the solo, don't you?
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Is that tense enough?
0:44:55 > 0:44:57I would like the soloist to be...
0:44:59 > 0:45:00..Alex.
0:45:00 > 0:45:01What?
0:45:02 > 0:45:04..I'd like you as the soloist.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Will you come out, please, out to the front?
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Come and stand here next to me.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12My God! I'm really worried everyone's going to think I'm crap.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Don't be silly!
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Does everybody know what happened to Alex's voice? No.
0:45:17 > 0:45:18Alex, tell the choir.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20I used to do a lot of singing till I was 18.
0:45:20 > 0:45:24I was in a house fire and, erm...
0:45:24 > 0:45:26I'm sorry, I said I was going to cry today.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29And I haven't been able to sing really since.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32I had an operation three years ago
0:45:32 > 0:45:34that reconstructed all my vocal cords
0:45:34 > 0:45:37and now I've started being able to sing again, so...
0:45:38 > 0:45:41I've tried really hard never to lose the belief that I would
0:45:41 > 0:45:44sing again, erm...
0:45:44 > 0:45:46but it didn't look very likely.
0:45:48 > 0:45:49Oh, sorry.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56So, no, it's just...
0:45:56 > 0:45:57It's wonderful.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05The clock is ticking towards the performance in front of the judges.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13I just can't express in such a short time what a great experience
0:46:13 > 0:46:18it's been. Everything just feels positive about it.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20# The bargain store is open...
0:46:20 > 0:46:25# Come inside. #
0:46:25 > 0:46:27These people you never really get to see, you know,
0:46:27 > 0:46:30we work different departments, different areas,
0:46:30 > 0:46:32and that experience of working with people that you...
0:46:32 > 0:46:35that are part of your company,
0:46:35 > 0:46:37but a different aspect, is really good.
0:46:39 > 0:46:43After weeks of preparation, the moment of truth has arrived.
0:46:43 > 0:46:48And Store Support have set the stage for a spectacular show.
0:46:48 > 0:46:49Wow!
0:46:53 > 0:46:56What? There's my name!
0:46:56 > 0:46:58The name board, man, I feel like I'm famous.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00I'm on the top line, you know?
0:47:00 > 0:47:03It shows that even head office and all that, they're backing us
0:47:03 > 0:47:06100% and want us to go on and do well.
0:47:06 > 0:47:07Really nervous. Yeah.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10Really nervous. I've never sang in front of anybody...
0:47:10 > 0:47:13and then this is like overwhelming seeing this!
0:47:13 > 0:47:15It's amazing. It's giving me goose bumps!
0:47:15 > 0:47:20Just amazing. Just I'm generally... And then I think that's just...
0:47:20 > 0:47:23that's definitely put a lump in my throat so...
0:47:23 > 0:47:26For those who don't work in head office, which is half of the choir,
0:47:26 > 0:47:28to come here in the first place is intimidating,
0:47:28 > 0:47:32never mind stand up in front of half the workforce and sing like this.
0:47:32 > 0:47:33That's a big thing.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36So I hope that they're going to rise to that challenge
0:47:36 > 0:47:38and that their personality will come out and they don't sort of
0:47:38 > 0:47:41get squashed by fear. It can easily happen.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51So, this is Sainsbury's!
0:47:51 > 0:47:53It is! Look at this, here are the trolleys! Whoo-hoo!
0:47:53 > 0:47:56Judging the contest are three highly distinguished figures
0:47:56 > 0:47:58of the musical establishment.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00What do you make of this acoustic, though?
0:48:00 > 0:48:02I think it could be quite good.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04The first judge is Sarah Fox,
0:48:04 > 0:48:06one of Britain's most successful sopranos...
0:48:06 > 0:48:08I think if it's your first time performing
0:48:08 > 0:48:11and it's somewhere like this, I think this is a great acoustic
0:48:11 > 0:48:13for first time.
0:48:13 > 0:48:14..Professor Paul Mealor,
0:48:14 > 0:48:18recently voted the nation's favourite living composer...
0:48:18 > 0:48:20I'm slightly worried about the middle voices,
0:48:20 > 0:48:22because it's great...
0:48:22 > 0:48:25Top soprano notes can come through, low notes can kind of be heard,
0:48:25 > 0:48:28it's those middle voices and there's a lot of tenor in this.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30They could get lost. They might struggle getting the words across.
0:48:30 > 0:48:34..and finally, award-winning gospel composer, performer and conductor,
0:48:34 > 0:48:35Ken Burton.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38Going to have people from really different parts of the company,
0:48:38 > 0:48:40so those who might feel very confident in terms of their
0:48:40 > 0:48:43singing voices, those who might feel quite timid,
0:48:43 > 0:48:48and just to see how that all, you know, all meshes together.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53The choir's performance today will be taken into consideration
0:48:53 > 0:48:57as the contest progresses to the knockout phases.
0:48:57 > 0:49:01The audience of 300 colleagues, friends and family await.
0:49:05 > 0:49:06Hello!
0:49:06 > 0:49:09Is there a sense of excitement in the air?
0:49:09 > 0:49:11Is there a sense of nerves?
0:49:11 > 0:49:13Yeah? It's going to be great, I think. This is a home crowd.
0:49:13 > 0:49:17Remember, they're on your side, they want you to do well.
0:49:17 > 0:49:21If you have got a little bit of magic in your back pocket,
0:49:21 > 0:49:23this is the time to deploy it.
0:49:23 > 0:49:28Get into the feeling of the song, the heartbreak, the triumph.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31If you can show a bit of that grit...
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Yes, that would be really, really beneficial.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36Be yourselves, enjoy it and let your personality shine.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39It's going to be great. Shall we go for it?
0:49:39 > 0:49:40Come on, let's go!
0:49:56 > 0:49:58APPLAUSE
0:50:01 > 0:50:02Hello.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06Good evening!
0:50:06 > 0:50:12It is wonderful to be here in this absolutely incredible room.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14Babe, she's going to be great.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17You're going to be fab. Thanks, babe.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21EXCITED CHATTER
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Calm. Calm thoughts. Calm.
0:50:27 > 0:50:28Relaxed. Shake it all out.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32I'm just going to go and have a shower and sing in the shower.
0:50:32 > 0:50:33That's all I'm doing.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Yes. Just going to sing in the shower.
0:50:35 > 0:50:40It's been quite an amazing experience for me,
0:50:40 > 0:50:43going somewhere that I thought I knew everything about
0:50:43 > 0:50:44and actually I didn't.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50Without further ado,
0:50:50 > 0:50:53it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to
0:50:53 > 0:50:54the Sainsbury's Choir!
0:51:03 > 0:51:05Here we are, the Sainsbury's Choir,
0:51:05 > 0:51:08performing Dolly Parton's Bargain Store.
0:51:21 > 0:51:27# My life is like unto a bargain store
0:51:27 > 0:51:33# And I may have just what you're looking for
0:51:33 > 0:51:40# You would be surprised to find how good it really is
0:51:40 > 0:51:47# Take it and you never will be sorry that you did
0:51:47 > 0:51:53# Take these old used memories from the past
0:51:53 > 0:52:00# And these broken dreams and plans that didn't last
0:52:00 > 0:52:03# I'll trade them for a future
0:52:03 > 0:52:06# I can't use them any more
0:52:06 > 0:52:12# I've wasted love but I still have some more
0:52:13 > 0:52:19# The bargain store is open, come inside
0:52:19 > 0:52:24# You can easily afford the price
0:52:26 > 0:52:31# Love is all you need to purchase all the merchandise
0:52:31 > 0:52:34# And I will guarantee
0:52:34 > 0:52:39# You'll be completely satisfied
0:52:39 > 0:52:45# The bargain store is open Come inside
0:52:45 > 0:52:51# You can easily afford the price
0:52:51 > 0:52:57# Love is all you need to purchase all the merchandise
0:52:57 > 0:53:05# And I will guarantee you'll be completely satisfied
0:53:05 > 0:53:08# Oooooh
0:53:09 > 0:53:14# Oooooh. #
0:53:32 > 0:53:33There they are!
0:53:33 > 0:53:36Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back our judges!
0:53:38 > 0:53:42First of all, congratulations, we all loved it.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46I think your performance was magnificent and I really mean that.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50You captured the mood of the song for me brilliantly.
0:53:50 > 0:53:51I was very moved by it.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53The only thing that spoilt it,
0:53:53 > 0:53:57and I am going to sound quite critical now because it was so good,
0:53:57 > 0:54:02there were a few of you who just didn't look at Gareth all the time.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05I'm looking at the technical side of your singing.
0:54:05 > 0:54:11My first point is soloist. Alex, fabulous singing.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13Real emotional intelligence.
0:54:13 > 0:54:14I was moved by your singing,
0:54:14 > 0:54:17in fact, we were all moved by your singing, it was beautiful.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25My main criticism was, when the full choir comes in together
0:54:25 > 0:54:29singing at the same time, you are never together.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31When Gareth gives a very solid downbeat, which he does,
0:54:31 > 0:54:33you don't sing on it, it goes daga-daga-daga
0:54:33 > 0:54:35and we hear lots of different starts.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38And that is such a basic, basic aspect of singing
0:54:38 > 0:54:41and I would not like to see a choir of this calibre go out
0:54:41 > 0:54:43on something as basic as that.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47So besides that, I really enjoyed myself!
0:54:47 > 0:54:48Your sound was really very attractive
0:54:48 > 0:54:54and specifically the alto sound, for me, was extremely attractive.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57It wasn't just strong and confident, but there was something about it.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00Now that is going to go to their heads!
0:55:00 > 0:55:02APPLAUSE
0:55:07 > 0:55:09But I must say, there's something in choirs,
0:55:09 > 0:55:12we're always talking about we never have enough men.
0:55:12 > 0:55:16The male sound was absolutely terrific
0:55:16 > 0:55:18so give it up to the males as well.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22APPLAUSE
0:55:22 > 0:55:23Thank you very much to the judges.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28Well done, Raul. Good man. Thank you.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35That was so much better than I thought it was going to be.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38It was so good! It was really good!
0:55:38 > 0:55:40We just want to go out and do it again!
0:55:40 > 0:55:41And again and again.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43It's given us a really, really big lift.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45I can't ask for any more so.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48We done good. Everyone, look at everyone, you know, all excited.
0:55:48 > 0:55:52Yeah, man, come on, bring it on, bring on this whole competition.
0:55:52 > 0:55:53We're ready, we're ready.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55We were awesome. We was awesome.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58We were...we were a proper choir. We were. We were awesome.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01For me this is the gateway that means that I will sing
0:56:01 > 0:56:04for the rest of my life and it will just be a part of my life again,
0:56:04 > 0:56:06which is wonderful.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08So how did she do? What did you think?
0:56:08 > 0:56:09Yeah, good. Yes.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12Oh, well, it was just fabulous to hear her singing again!
0:56:12 > 0:56:13I thought she was amazing.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16Honestly, I didn't know she could sing like that!
0:56:16 > 0:56:18What did you do to her? I just...
0:56:18 > 0:56:19Nothing, it was there!
0:56:19 > 0:56:21Well, your husband in a choir! Fantastic!
0:56:21 > 0:56:24What have you done to him, eh? I turned him into a chorister.
0:56:24 > 0:56:25A new man!
0:56:25 > 0:56:29I thought it was amazing and I'm really proud of Christopher!
0:56:29 > 0:56:32Yeah, like I said, fruits of our labour, you know, so... Yeah.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34Well done. Good job. Are you happy? Yes, definitely.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36Yeah, really good.
0:56:36 > 0:56:37Hello!
0:56:37 > 0:56:40Ah! Well done. What did you think?
0:56:40 > 0:56:41Yeah, good.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43That's good. Yeah. I thought it was great.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46That was really excellent feedback from the judges
0:56:46 > 0:56:47and well deserved, I thought.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50You have come a long way since your first Spice Girls performance.
0:56:50 > 0:56:54That was a good, mature, solid sound that you made in there.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57Well done, Alex.
0:56:57 > 0:56:58Really good.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03We talked about getting the emotional side of the performance,
0:57:03 > 0:57:06I thought you really did! I thought it was beautiful.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Nothing like terror to get emotional. Yeah.
0:57:09 > 0:57:10Yeah, that's an emotion too, so...
0:57:10 > 0:57:12No, but it was full of everything we said
0:57:12 > 0:57:14and that really applies to the whole choir.
0:57:14 > 0:57:18I felt like you didn't look like a lot of separate people
0:57:18 > 0:57:20and that was always my worry with this choir,
0:57:20 > 0:57:23that you were going to be a little bit splintered.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25You've got one in the tank now,
0:57:25 > 0:57:27you've got one really successful performance.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29That's going to stand you in great stead,
0:57:29 > 0:57:32because that will be considered at the next stage,
0:57:32 > 0:57:33which is the knockout stage.
0:57:33 > 0:57:38So, good, well done everyone! Round of applause, Sainsbury's Choir!
0:57:38 > 0:57:41There were some moments in the rehearsals where they felt
0:57:41 > 0:57:44so divided and I wondered if we'd get over that,
0:57:44 > 0:57:47and it feels very satisfying to have got to the point where
0:57:47 > 0:57:49they actually looked like a unit on stage tonight.
0:57:49 > 0:57:51But I think they can go further.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54They've got a good, solid sound and...
0:57:54 > 0:57:57..there's more work, there's more work to be done but I think
0:57:57 > 0:57:59that was a very solid start for them.
0:58:00 > 0:58:03Next time, Gareth feels the heat...
0:58:03 > 0:58:06That's my choir! Don't look like choristers, do they?
0:58:06 > 0:58:10..when he heads to Cheshire to get the fire service singing...
0:58:10 > 0:58:11# Fire, fire. #
0:58:11 > 0:58:12ALARM RINGS
0:58:12 > 0:58:13There's a fire!
0:58:13 > 0:58:15..where the fire-fighters have big voices...
0:58:15 > 0:58:17# And about to give up... #
0:58:17 > 0:58:19..but the support staff can't be heard.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22Doesn't sound confident. They are the weak link in this choir.
0:58:24 > 0:58:29And the song that unites them stirs everyone's emotions.
0:58:29 > 0:58:30Yeah, I feel really quite choked up.
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