Blind Auditions 1 The Voice UK

Wake up! Wake up!

Wake up!

WAKE UP! It's Season Five of The Voice. Ha-ha!

This is season five and we have faith. Paloma Faith.

And we have George. Boy George.

By golly, and Ricky is back. And of course the man. will.i.am

Season five is the jam.

Wham, bam. How ya like that?

LAUGHTER

Are we going to do it now?

All right, I'm ready.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Get up, g-get up

-# Get on up

-# Get up

-# Get on up

-# Stay on the scene

-# Get on up

-# Like a sex machine

-# Get on up, get up!

-# Get on up

-# Get up!

-# Get on up

-# Stay on the scene

-# Get on up

# Like a sex machine

# Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air

# I know I can count on you

# Sometimes I feel like saying, "Lord, I just don't care!"

# Get up

# You've got the love I need to see me through

# Sometimes it seems the going is just too rough

# And things go wrong no matter what I do

# Get up

# Now and then I feel like life is just too much

# But you've got the love I need to see me through

-# Yay!

-# Get on up

-# Get up!

-# Get on up. #

Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the legend, Boy George.

# You need cooling Baby, I'm not fooling

# Gonna take you back Back to schooling

# Way down inside Below, where you feel it

# I'm gonna give you my love

-TOGETHER:

-# I'm gonna give you my love

# Yay, yay!

# Wanna whole lotta love

# Wanna whole lotta love

# Wanna whole lotta love!... #

Fellas, let's take it to the next level.

# One, two, one-two-three-four!

# Wanna whole lotta love

# Wanna whole lotta love

# Wanna whole lotta love

# Wanna whole lotta love

# I'm gonna give you my love

# I'm gonna give you my love

# I'm gonna give you my love

# Wanna whole lotta love! #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, let's get started. This is the blind auditions.

Super-slick Ricky Wilson coached last year's winner

and he is getting his fighting talk in early this time.

I'm not going to get wrapped up in winning.

I'm going to get wrapped up in everyone else losing.

Bring the action.

Our old friend producer and space cadet will.i.am is back with a new plan.

I have a whole new method this season because I'm on a mission.

But he's not the only cat in a hat.

Boy George trying to come on the show wearing hats. Just kidding!

# Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon

# You come and go, you come and go... #

Yeah, he's made up and we're made up to have him.

The star who's sold over 100 million singles and 50 million albums.

Boy George has decades of experience and has earned the name icon.

So, hats off to Boy George.

I would love to find an Amy Winehouse or a Dylan or a Bowie,

singers that have that thing in their voice that makes you believe them.

There's a part of me that's eager to push that button. Ha-ha!

# I just can't rely on you! #

And completing the line-up with style and a serious dose of soul...

# Trouble with my baby! #

..is Brit-winner and multiplatinum-selling Paloma Faith.

She means business.

I'm not really interested in vocal gymnastics.

The first and foremost thing is the person's soul.

If I can hear their life in their voice, that's my priority.

I'm looking forward to sitting in that big red chair!

New faces, new voices. Let's go!

APPLAUSE

Yes!

-Nervous.

-It's their first one.

-Yes, baby.

'First to take to the stage is 25-year-old Beth Morris.'

Whenever I go on stage, I like to be daring and be different.

Boy George is never worried about what anybody thinks.

-I don't know how you're so calm.

-I'm not calm!

Paloma Faith, I adore her.

She doesn't follow the crowd. She just is who she is.

-Good luck.

-I'm going to struggle. I want to turn for everyone.

will.i.am and Ricky, they are both amazing.

-Are you guys ready?

-Let's pump it.

# I got the eye of the tiger, fire... #

So exciting. Now we're doing it, I'm excited.

# And you're going to hear me roar!

# Louder than a lion cos I am the champion... #

-It looks like she means business!

-Go on, girl!

GUITAR INTRO TO NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS

# Church house, gin house

# Schoolhouse, outhouse

# On highway number nineteen

# The people keep the city clean

# They call it Nutbush

# Oh, Nutbush

# They call it Nutbush city limits

# Come on!

# Nutbush city

# You go to the fields on weekdays

# And have a picnic on Labor Day

# You go to town on Saturday

# But go to church every Sunday

# They call it Nutbush

# Nutbush

# They call it Nutbush city limits

# Nutbush city

# No whiskey for sale

# You can't get no bail

# Salt pork and molasses

# Is all you get in jail

# They call it Nutbush

# Oh, Nutbush

# They call it Nutbush city limits

# Nutbush city

# Oh, Nutbush

# Nutbush! #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Wow!

Wow!

You are fierce on every level! What's your name?

My name is Beth Morris. Hi, guys.

-Where are you from?

-I'm from Maidenhead.

-Maidenhead?!

-I was rocking out in Maidenhead.

-You were?

What were you doing in Maidenhead?

Er, just hanging out with the heads.

LAUGHTER

Have you got all your friends and family out there?

-Yeah, they are all here.

-Cheering for you.

I understand why, because that was phenomenal.

And then, you know when you turn...?

APPLAUSE

And you are a vision.

You are so beautiful and even the touch of the different shoe

colours - don't think I didn't notice!

When you sing normally, what do you sing?

I sing sort of real old school, I love singing the blues and...

Oh! Let's just make musical babies now!

APPLAUSE

I don't know what the female version of bromance is, what is it?

Oh, this is it!

Will?

Amazing voice. And as you went on, you got better and better.

-That was like, freaking awesome.

-Thank you.

And then I was looking at Paloma's face and she was like...

I was like, "OK, this has to be cool," cos Paloma would be like...

if it wasn't.

So...

Are we pitching?

Well, I am, as you know, all about women for women

and I want to be empowered and when I look at a woman,

I love women so much...

-Me too.

-Yeah, but not...

Oh! Not in the same way as Will.

What I love about it is that your voice is so fierce

and I feel like you've got so much versatility,

like, that sort of ferocious, dominant thing

mixed with the vulnerability,

which all those amazing blues singers used to do,

like Etta James and Tina Turner,

-like, I'm just excited that you exist.

-Oh...

I'm slightly worried that Paloma might keep you in your comfort zone.

No, there's no comfort zone with that.

-With an outfit like that, I don't think so!

-I don't know.

Oh, honey, I wore stuff like that before she was born.

APPLAUSE

She's my child, Lady Gaga is the other one.

LAUGHTER

Ricky hasn't pitched. Then after Ricky pitches, I'll pitch.

Yeah... Sometimes it's really hard,

especially when there's such big characters in the room

-and I just sit back and listen to what they're saying.

-Oh, God!

-PALOMA: He's so humble(!)

-It's not that, no, I'm just saying,

cos you're all saying all the right things.

When I first heard the song, the band strike up

and I was a bit worried because it's a classic pubs and clubs song

and it's a brilliant song and it gets the crowd going,

but you did more than get the crowd going,

you got four people turning with just the voice.

APPLAUSE

So my pitch is this. Simple.

We're going to end up working with each other later on

whether it's on this show or later on in the future

cos I would work my hardest to try to work with you

cos you're one of those dynamic artists.

And then we're going to work together anyway, so... Whatever.

APPLAUSE

What career do you want? You know, do you want longevity like me...

Do you want to be sitting around in 30 years talking about

how fabulous your career is and how much more you've got to do?

LAUGHTER

You know, what kind of mentoring do you want?

Everybody here can offer something, you know.

OK, well, I did have someone in mind,

however, you know, Ricky, you're so charming and lovely

and genuine, you seem that.

Paloma, I just clicked with you straightaway.

Boy George, you are an icon.

You look amazing, by the way, you look really good.

And, Will, you know, you are just phenomenal

and I respect your work so much.

This is really hard.

I...

My instinct...

APPLAUSE

Um...

But I'm going to go with Paloma.

Yes!

APPLAUSE

-I'm so happy.

-Thank you.

-You're gorgeous.

-I really want to work with you.

And I think you're amazing.

APPLAUSE

Yes!

I'm worn out.

She was dope!

CHEERING

Chuffed to bits.

-Give it to me, let's go.

-Are we ready, guys? One, two, three...

THEY CHEER

Yes! Beth, congratulations.

Did you enjoy that?

-I did enjoy it, yeah.

-Wow.

At the end of this round, it's one point to Paloma Faith,

zero to the boys.

LAUGHTER

She's confident.

But it will wane as the hours pass. And her hair drops.

It's all pretend, deep down I'm vulnerable.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

-Hello!

-Hello!

-Yes!

-George?

-Hello!

-George!

-George!

-Hello.

-How are you settling in?

-I love it.

-Yeah?

-It's kind of surreal...

-Yeah?

-It's kind of surreal but it's just such fun.

-Comfy in the chair?

-Yeah, love it.

-Happy with your button?

-Yeah, it's not work, is it? It's just fun.

-It is.

-Paloma, my love?

-Yes, my sweet voice from behind.

How are you, you OK, are you enjoying yourself?

Yeah, I feel great.

I think everyone's lovely. It's like my new home.

Lovely, all right, shall we get on with it, then?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Think you could do better in my chair?

Download the Voice app and play along now.

Pick your own team by hitting your buttons.

Rate the performances, then challenge other fans too.

Who would you turn for?

Download the Voice UK app and be a homecoach now.

Next up, one man and his fish.

I'm Tom Rickels. I'm 22.

And I'm a fishmonger.

The fish are my best friends, which sounds incredibly sad, but they are.

I have a little pep talk with the fish.

"Going to have a great day, some of you won't be here at the end of it

"but we're going to do it, we're going to smash it."

Come on, team, all in.

Guys, stop it.

I'm constantly trying to think of new fish puns

to keep the customers happy.

Look at him, he's gutted.

He is actually gutted.

SHE CHUCKLES

For goodness "hake", I work on a fish counter.

It's the life and "sole" of the party.

We get up to a lot of "fin". Aah?

I absolutely love my job.

But I know it's not my calling.

I've always wanted to sing.

For me, today is everything. I just have to nail it.

MUSIC: Jaws theme

# It's too hard to sleep

# I got the sheets on the floor

# Nothing on me

# And I can't take it no more, it's a hundred degrees

# I got one foot out the door, wh-wh-wh-where are my keys? Yeah

# Cos I gotta leave, I gotta leave

# In the back of the cab, woohoo

# I tipped the driver 'head of time, get me there fast

# I got your body on my mind, I want it bad

# And just the thought of you gets me so high

# I'm so high, I'm so high... #

Yeah! Get in!

# Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do

# And love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do

# And touch me like you do, to-to-touch me like you do

# Do

# What are you waiting for? Hey! #

-Come on!

-Go on!

# You're the one I want to want me

# And if you want me, if you want me, girl, you got me

# There's nothing I, no, I wouldn't do

# What are you waiting for? #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-You all right? Hello, hello. How are we?

-Hi, how are you doing?

I was supposed to say, "Hey, what's your name?"

And I was just there going...

"That's something else, then, isn't it?"

I hit it so hard it didn't work, right? I was like...

-What's your name?

-Hello, I'm Tom Rickels.

I'm 22, from Bristol, and I'm a fishmonger.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Fishmonger's in the house!

I was just saying we don't have enough fishmongers on here.

Yeah, you know, I was thinking the same thing.

So, yeah, and what do you do?

He descales, he debones and prepares.

-I sing to the fish as well, the dead fish.

-"Tuner" fish?

GROANING

Oh, my "cod"!

-He knows his "scales"!

-Oh...

If you were a fish, what would you be?

I'm a Pisces.

LAUGHTER

And I'm a Gemini. Fish need air.

Water, water, they need water.

-They need air too.

-Fish need water.

-And air.

LAUGHTER

-I'd be a starfish.

-A starfish, OK.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-This is the moment of truth for you now.

-A cuddly fillet.

I'd be "brill".

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

So, my pitch is simple.

You're fresh,

dope,

I'm not going to promise you the world,

but I can promise you a fun time on Team Will.

And, if you don't pick me,

and these guys get rid of you during the battle rounds,

I'll probably snatch you up anyways, because we'll have saves.

So what you're saying is, there's many ways to fillet a fish?

LAUGHTER

I like this.

It's a competition, there's ups and downs. Sometimes...

Ricky will have somebody on his team, and I'll snatch him up.

So, you may think that you're not picking me,

but you might probably end up going with me, because you never know

what he's going to have later on in the competition.

Where he feels like, "Let me get rid of this fish later on."

Me being a fish myself.

LAUGHTER

I'm telling you -

you're probably going to end up on this team anyways.

-APPLAUSE

-So...

Boy George is talking! Boy George is talking!

My pitch - very simple, like Will's -

I've sold 50 million records.

I am the other Queen of England.

APPLAUSE

And I have experience, lots of it.

Over 30 years of experience.

I don't really know what to say,

it's really hard to compete with Will and George on this,

because I'm not a world-class producer,

and I haven't sold 50 million records.

But...

You are brill.

-I'm br...

-LAUGHTER

That's really a fish? A brill fish?

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

But I've never seen anything quite like you.

CHEERING

Erm...

I don't know where to go!

Thank you so much for thinking I'm good enough.

I think I'm going to...

..go with Pisces.

CHEERING

-PALOMA:

-It was amazing, so good! You're really good.

Good luck!

Congratulations.

The other Queen of England?

Yeah!

So stressful!

Ah, I didn't want him anyway.

LAUGHTER

Yes!

I'm getting into it now.

Yeah. It's good when we compete, isn't it?

It's not a competition, Paloma!

I think you'll find it is.

The Battle of the Pitches.

I think Paloma Faith will be fun to pitch against.

Guns a-blazing.

Fiery,

ferocious

pitches.

I'm quite well known for my honesty.

And I feel very ready.

Boy George is not just going to sit there like a bag of bricks.

He, too, will catch flame.

They are the enemy.

I love them all, but I want to take them down.

Ricky says to me, "I won last year, I don't need to win, really."

We'll see!

Slicky Tricky Ricky?

Ricky's sometimes too competitive.

Maybe it's because I want to beat Will.

-I don't know why.

-There'll be fireworks this year.

Pitch!

LAUGHTER

It's been a spin frenzy so far,

but can our next acts keep the coaches bashing their buttons?

My name is Brooklynne Richards, I'm 23 years old,

and I'm from Birmingham.

I work in a slots arcade.

It's got 52 slot machines, and every hour I will call the bingo.

Yellow, two and three, 23! Blue, five and four, 54!

Then I'll be like, two fat ladies, I'll say 77 - huh?

Two fat ladies, 77? I get so confused!

I sing practically every day.

One time I performed somewhere, the man asked me if I'd go back on

and sing more songs, because the audience wanted me to.

I was like, wow!

I've always wanted to be a singer, always.

The more people that tell me how good I am,

the more I'm like, "I'm doing it."

Nothing's stopping me.

-Yeah!

-Go on!

# When your baby leaves you all alone

# And nobody calls you on the phone

# Don't ya feel like crying?

# Don't ya feel like crying?

# Well, here I am, honey

# Come on, cry to me

# Well, nothing can be sadder than a glass of wine alone

# Loneliness, loneliness, such a waste of time

# You don't ever have to walk alone

# Oh, you see

# Come on, take my hand, baby, won't ya walk with me?

# When you're waiting for a voice to come

# In the night, when there is no-one

# Don't ya feel like crying?

# Crying, crying?

# Crying? #

APPLAUSE

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING CONTINUES

-Look at you, you're so cute!

-Thank you!

-Have we got each other, baby?

-Thank you.

# I got you, babe. #

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

That was really awesome, and I'm so happy that George turned for you

-and then sneaky little Ricky Tricky...

-Oh, you turned as well?

-Yeah.

-..last-minute, so now...

-You've got to work.

LAUGHTER

How old are you?

Hiya, my name's Brooklynne, I'm 23 and I'm from Birmingham.

CHEERING

-Brooklyn!

-Brooklyn, America, Brooklyn, New York, Brooklynne!

LAUGHTER

# Brooklynne's in the house. #

Nice, nice.

So, Brooks, now you have to decide. You have amazing tone.

-Your voice is incredible.

-Thank you.

-Great song selection.

Welcome on The Voice.

CHEERING

I love the whole '60s thing, and then when I saw you I was like,

-"Oh, my God." You're like a little firehouse, it's amazing.

-Thank you.

It's amazing. I love the fact that you're a little...

-CHEERING

-You know...

-Yeah, the tone was delicious.

-Thank you. Thank you so much.

CHEERING

# Brooklynne's in the house. #

Erm, so, George turned around really quite early. Great.

I thought, you know, he's on this.

I knew you were nervous at the beginning.

-Oh, OK.

-But that... No, that is the only thing we need to work on.

You know, George says he's not looking for perfection,

-he's looking for, you know...

-Heart and soul.

-..heart and soul,

and when you suddenly realised that's where you belonged,

on the stage,

that's when it started working out and by the end of it, I thought,

"If I don't turn for this, then I don't really deserve to be here."

AUDIENCE: Aww.

And we've only seen a handful of people,

but I think you're going to be there right at the end.

Oh, my God, thank you!

CHEERING

So now...now we have to...pitch.

I mean, if you go with me,

I'll make you so famous drag queens will impersonate you.

Oh, my gosh, that's the best way I've ever heard it!

Oh, my God.

Listen, I swear to God, I've heard a lot of pitches...

LAUGHTER

That was some real pitching right there.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

Erm, I'm not going to make you famous,

because you can do that all on your own and you've just done it, so...

Oh, that's nice!

CHEERING

That was pretty cool, but George was like a knockout,

that was a knockout!

CHEERING

This is like pitch ping-pong. Go on, George.

What does your mum say?

LAUGHTER

-That's a good one, that's a good one.

-What does your mum say?

-I know exactly what my mum would say.

-What would she say?

-Probably you, to be honest.

-Never argue with your mother.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

-Paloma, what would you do?

-Erm...

LAUGHTER

I love Ricky to bits, but I think I'd go with George.

CHEERING

Boy George could help her perform better on stage

cos he's more of a showman.

Will, what would you do?

Erm, OK, so...

George said,

"I'll make you so famous drag queens will impersonate you."

LAUGHTER

-He means it.

-LAUGHTER BUILDS

When Ricky says, "I don't need to make you famous cos you're going

"to do that yourself," I mean, that was cool,

but it's pretty much like, "You're going to do all the work."

LAUGHTER AND CHEERING

I would choose who you think is right for you, darling.

Your mum's always right.

CHEERING

OK, I think I've made up my mind.

Erm, I think...

I think it's Ricky.

# Oh, my God, I can't believe it... #

I'm so sorry, Boy George, I'm so sorry. I think it's Ricky.

CHEERING

CHEERING DROWNS OUT SPEECH

Oh, thank you so much. I really appreciate it.

-You're my first on my team.

-Oh, really?

-You're my first, yeah.

CHEERING

-Voice is amazing.

-Thank you.

He gets no drag-queen support.

-Don't worry, don't worry, you've got a great voice.

-Thank you.

-Whatever happens...

-Yeah, whatever happens(!)

When he ruins your life, don't come running to me!

-LAUGHTER

-When Ricky messes it up!

-I won't, I won't let you down.

-Thank you.

-I won't let YOU down.

-Maybe she doesn't even know what you've done.

-Probably doesn't know who I am!

-Yeah!

She thinks I'm one of The Wombles!

THEY SCREAM

The first time with just me, George and a pitch.

And...I thought I'd lost it.

She chose him because he won last year. It's obvious. She's young.

I don't think there was any more thought process to it than that, I really don't.

Why did you pick Ricky over George?

I think he's quite sexy, to be honest.

LAUGHTER

Easy. Your dad's standing next to you, you know.

I think she made a mistake.

Although Ricky is incredible, I just think that he wouldn't

understand where she was coming from as well as George would.

-It's interesting, isn't it?

-Yes.

-Because you do get offended when they don't choose you.

-Do you?

-Then you get over it.

-I don't know what that feels like.

-You will!

Early days yet, darling!

I like all sorts of voices.

Dolly Parton to Bob Dylan and Bowie.

I'm just really excited about what I'm going to hear.

Well, you've come to the right place, George.

If you want a mashup of singers and styles, The Voice has it all.

Try this from Keri-Ellah.

I love singing country music.

It tells a story.

I don't feel like I have to try to sing country music,

it just happens.

Country is where my heart lies.

# Ohhhhh

# Then I dug my key into the side

# Of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive

# Carved my name into his leather seats

# I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights

# Slashed a hole in all four tyres

# Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats. #

APPLAUSE

Didn't turn. Why not? I don't know.

I just didn't want to... I don't know.

What I loved about it was you were doing country

but you were doing it in your voice.

I think you started off a little bit too high

and then there's nowhere to go

but I think you've got a strong voice and the world is your oyster!

APPLAUSE

So the coaches pass on country but will they hit for something heavy?

Here's Dublin's very own John Bonham.

Ever since I was a kid, I sang metal music.

I think what hooked me in with metal is the energy in it,

the sort of songs that just make you just like, "YES!"

# Can I play with madness?

# The prophet stared at his crystal ball

# Can I play with madness?

# The prophet looked at me and laughed at me - ha!

# He said, "Can I play with madness?"

# He said, "You're blind, too blind to see"

# Ohhhh

# "Listen to me!"

# Said the prophet

# Yeahhhh! #

APPLAUSE

I'm not a rocker. I just wish I was.

You can certainly sing a rock song.

I thought it was like Jack Black, you know, from School Of Rock.

LAUGHTER

I liked it in the film but I don't think I would've bought the album.

Cheers.

If someone does come in very hard on a particular style,

it can overtake what you're listening for.

Sometimes, you know, the performance,

if it's too specific, it can be very off-putting.

If there's someone that's got a definite style,

they have to be the best you've ever heard.

Can our next act call on some higher help for a spin?

We join with them in heaven's song.

I'm Reverend John Barron.

I'm 49 and I'm a vicar in the diocese of Durham.

It can be very busy as a vicar.

We have three services in the morning

so it's at St Barnabas at eight o'clock.

Good morning.

At St Patrick's at nine.

He will rise again.

Back down again for another service at St Barnabas at 1030.

There's quite a bit of dashing round.

# Our God is a great big God and he holds us in his hands. #

Sundays can be busy old days.

May the joy of the Lord keep your heart singing.

The first time I heard John sing, I was just blown away.

-Dad, are you nervous about the audition?

-Do you know, I am a bit.

-Dad's a good singer.

-Really good.

-Yeah.

We are all passionate watchers of The Voice

and the kids would sit there and go, "Dad, you should do that."

And one night, we applied for him,

thinking, "That will shut them up." And here we are.

When I find out, it did come as a bit of a surprise.

But in truth, though, I was really excited.

I describe my voice as a musical theatre singer.

That's kind of home territory for me.

It's giving us the chance to just enjoy John singing again.

I'm very proud of him.

I'm proud of him when he walks through the streets

and the children shout, "Hello, Father John!"

I'm very proud of him.

When I take a bit of music, I turn that bit of music

into a performance - that makes me feel joyful.

-Oh, that's his nervous face!

-Nervous face on.

-Is it?

-Yes.

# This is the moment

# This is the day

# When I send all my doubts and demons on their way

# Every endeavour I have made ever

# Is coming into play

# Is here and now today

# This is the moment

# When all I've done

# All of the dreaming, scheming and screaming become one! #

Come on!

# I won't look down

# I will not fall

# This is the moment

# Of them all

# This is the moment

# Damn all the odds!

# This day, or never

# I'll sit forever with the gods!

# When I look back

# I will always recall

# Moment for moment

# This was the moment

# The greatest moment... #

Turn round!

# Of them all! #

LOUD APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Oh, he's a priest!

Guys, hi. I'm John Barron. I'm a vicar.

I'm 49 years old and I live in the north-east of England.

In the diocese of Durham, near Newcastle.

John, you were fabulous.

I don't think you guys get it.

We are all in spiritual trouble.

Oh, no! I'm so sorry to hear that.

I'm a Buddhist, so no, I'm not.

Are we going to hell?

No, not at all. I hope not!

LAUGHTER

So, you sing part time or...

Well, obviously I sing all the time in church.

And I've sung in the past in musical theatre productions.

I've always loved that.

I personally didn't turn, in all honesty,

-because I absolutely despise musicals with a passion.

-Oh!

I could never work with somebody who liked them, because...

LAUGHTER

Oh, Paloma, no!

The good news is that a lot of people do love musical theatre.

CHEERING

The reason I didn't turn is

-because it's not an area that I'm that good at.

-OK.

And do you perform? Do you go out and do this?

I don't do as much as I used to, I have to say.

I don't make enough time to do that.

You don't have time? You only work on Sundays!

LAUGHTER

Look, I think you've got what I would describe

as a very handsome voice

and we didn't stop dancing to it, because we were enjoying it.

I know you hate musical theatre but you were enjoying yourself.

I was enjoying myself. Thank you.

Oh, Will's saying something.

Thanks for coming and singing for us

and if you can pray for us, I will really...

LAUGHTER

-OK.

-You know what? You can't argue with a reaction like that.

CHEERING

And if you want to do this, get out and sing.

-Singing is good for your soul.

-OK.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-They loved you!

-They did, and that was wonderful.

I really appreciate it.

It was really lovely.

George. It's a real pleasure seeing you guys.

Nice to meet you.

It was absolutely fantastic.

-I do hate it.

-All of it? Lion King?

-I hate The Lion King.

I'm trying to think of something that you can't hate. Let's think.

The Sound Of Music?

-Not keen.

-She's wrong.

You can't persuade me to like musicals, George.

-Just accept our differences.

-No.

You know when you look out and they are all like...

# A place of my own... #

It's just like...

You'd clean up in musical theatre.

I take it to the clubs.

That's how I talk to girls at clubs.

-What, in the Little Mermaid voice?

-Like...

# What's up, chick?

# Can I drink wit' you? #

I do it like that.

Right, moving on swiftly.

Where is Emma?

Proud dad 30-year-old Dwaine Hayden is next up.

-Hello!

-How you doing?

-Good. How are you?

-I'm great.

Lovely to meet you. Who are you?

-Kingsley.

-Kingsley? Lovely to meet you.

My son Kingsley. Oh, wow. He's awesome. I love him so much.

Everything we talked about on the camera is going on telly.

-Is it?

-Yes.

-How old are you?

-Four and a half.

You know a lot, don't you? I like that.

He's so smart. He has just started school.

He sings as well. He sings with me sometimes around the house.

-Are you as good as Daddy or better?

-Better.

Is he auditioning, or you?

Hopefully I can go out there and show Kingsley that anything is possible.

He can be like, "Yeah, well done, Daddy."

There he is!

Daddy! Daddy!

It's so nerve-racking when it takes ages.

-Anticipation!

-Antici...pation.

It's so we get butterflies.

# I waited till I saw the sun

# I don't know why I didn't come

# Something has to make you run

# I don't know why I didn't come

# I feel as empty as a drum... #

THEY SCREAM

# I don't know why I didn't come

# But now my heart is drenched in wine

-# Whoa-oh-oh-oh... #

-Come on, Dad!

# But you'll be on my mind

# Forever

# I feel as empty as a drum, whoo

# I don't know why

# I didn't come. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much!

WHOOPING

CHEERING CONTINUES

How you doing?

Bangin'!

Thank you very much.

-What's your name?

-My name's Dwaine and I'm from Derby.

CHEERING

What do you do for a living?

I teach young people that aren't in education at the moment,

getting them back into education and stuff like that.

APPLAUSE

I really... I really, really liked it. I was just...

I was a little bit nervous, but I feel relaxed now.

-I'm so buzzing right now, it's crazy.

-I'm excited.

Relax, you haven't won him yet!

-Let me know when I can speak, by the way.

-I'm relaxed, enjoying...

-LAUGHTER

-Yes, you may proceed.

I think you started off a little bit wobbly in the lower key,

you could hear your nerves, you know.

I always look for tone rather than perfection,

but I think that's the area where you're most comfortable,

when you lift it up a bit, it was really quality.

-That's when I pushed the button.

-Thank you so much. Thank you.

-OK?

Like George said, you started off a little wobbly,

but then when you went up to that falsetto and Paloma turned around,

I was like, "Oh, OK!"

And then George turned around.

I was like, "Oh, OK!"

DWAINE LAUGHS

Then Ricky didn't turn around, I was like, "Oh, OK."

LAUGHTER

All right, you know what? Before I choose, my son is four...

-Where is he? Is he here?

-He's in the back somewhere.

-Let's get him out.

Shall we go and see him?

Shall we go and see him?

APPLAUSE

-What's he called?

-Kingsley.

-Kingsley! Come on, Kingsley!

-Hey, Kingsley!

This is going to make me cry, man.

Can we pitch for you while we're waiting?

-Yeah, you go.

-Yeah, I mean...

I think I can probably help you, you know, finding your tone,

and finding you the right songs for you to use that part of your voice

which is the best part of your voice.

-OK.

-You know that you're a wicked singer,

but for me what's more important is

about going into your heart and your soul and what makes you tick,

because I want to hear your feelings.

So that's what I want to do.

Maybe you need someone to take you out of your soul comfort zone.

Maybe, maybe!

Sometimes it's not advisable to go with somebody

who's going to just do what you do. I'm not saying that you will...

I have a very open mind and I'm quite notorious for that, George.

Not what I've heard!

LAUGHTER

But either way, I think Paloma can bring something to the table,

and I'm like, you know, my commitment is biblical, baby.

LAUGHTER AND CHEERING

There he is! Hello!

Kingsley!

-CHANTING:

-Kingsley! Kingsley!

Oh, he's so beautiful!

How you doing, big man?

You OK?

You OK? Give Daddy a cuddle.

Hello!

Kingsley! Do you know how to sing like your dad?

# I got to wait until I saw the sun

# Don't know why I didn't come... #

LAUGHTER AND CHEERING

# Don't know why I didn't come... #

Dwaine and Kingsley!

-Wow.

-He's stealing your limelight!

I know, I know, I know.

I'm so happy that, you know, you have to now make a tough decision

-between...

-I do. I don't want to upset nobody.

We're not going to take it personally, honestly!

Listen, I have had enough rejections in my career to take one now.

But I'm still here, so...!

CHEERING

Awesome, awesome.

Awesome. We need to liaise for a minute.

MUSIC, CROWD SHOUTS ADVICE

I've made my decision.

I'm going to go for...

..Team Paloma.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you! Really nice to meet you.

We probably know loads of the same people.

-Hello! Are you going to come and work with me and Daddy?

-Yeah.

Yeah, we can do some singing and dancing together.

My whole band's full of people with kids,

so when you hang out with us it's kids everywhere.

-Daddy can sing and we can dance!

-Yeah!

-Double five!

-High five, high five.

Double high five!

CHEERING

Good luck, good luck. You're going to need it!

-You sing good, Kingsley.

-Daddy was cool, wasn't he?

-Did you like it?

-Yeah.

-I saw him on telly!

-Did you?! Upstairs?

-Yeah.

-You're going to see more of him on telly now.

You're going to be on telly too.

-I'm already on telly.

-We're already on telly, aren't we?

Yeah, and Mummy can see me on telly as well.

-Wave, wave, then.

-Right there, right there, look.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

CHEERING DROWNS OUT SPEECH

THEY CHEER

So cute. Oh, my gosh.

-Kingsley was adorable.

-Adorable.

Beautiful.

Yeah. Cute little kid. Him and his dad

-had the same haircut.

-We could make a baby like him.

We could, huh.

I feel really happy to have Dwaine.

Well, he's yours now, Paloma.

'Felt like I could probably add something to what he was doing,'

but he chose someone else, so...

..blah.

When more than one of us turn, it's hell.

You've already kind of decided where you're going to take them

and how it's going to work and you're really excited about it.

And then if they don't go with you, you feel so awful.

"I've just literally embarrassed myself.

"I want to go home!"

Somebody makes you feel so small, you're deflated.

You try to do that face, you know,

when you don't get the award, like...

HE LAUGHS

This baby-faced hopeful is Ryan Willingham from Hull.

But all is not as it seems.

When people look at me, they probably think I'm 15

so when I tell them I'm 23,

probably a bit of a shock.

I love RnB, pop, soul music.

I used to take singing quite seriously,

basically singing on any stage I could get on.

-Is it Grandad?

-Yeah, that looks like me, don't it?

But I had to stop when my daughter came along

because I needed to get a job and put food on the table.

-Are you going to build a tower for Grandma and Grandad?

-Yeah.

I've got a two-year-old daughter called Annabel.

It's really, really, really big!

'And she's just the most precious thing in the world to me.'

She's just changed my life completely.

Can I have a cuddle as well?

As Annabel's got older

I've found that I'm craving doing some singing again.

Singing is what I was meant to do, I think.

# There

# Out in the darkness

# A fugitive running

# Fallen from God

# Fallen from grace

# You know your place in the sky

# You hold your course and your aim

# And each in your seasons returns and returns

# And is always the same

# And if you fall as Lucifer fell

# You fall in flame

# And so it must be

# For so it is written

# On the doorway to paradise

# That those who falter and those who fall

# Must pay the price

# I will never rest

# Till then, this I swear

# This I swear by the stars. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Aww!

-You...!

-Never mind.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Aw!

Yo, you tricked us all!

What?!

Wait a second, what's your name?

Ryan.

-How old are you?

-I'm 23 and I'm from Hull.

What?!

CHEERING

-First off...

-What?!

-..you tricked us two times.

First, I'm hearing you sing, I'm thinking,

you sound like you was old, like 78.

And then we turn around, I'm like, "Aw, man, he's 16."

-And then you're, like, 23?

-Yeah.

-Getting ID'd for scratchcards, that's the worst.

-Yeah!

-I'm a dad as well, got a two-year-old.

-Tricky, tricky, tricky.

-RICKY:

-You're a dad as well?

-PALOMA:

-You're a dad!

-How old's your baby?

-She's two, three in January.

Wow. You're, like, full of surprises.

Like, OK, so your baby has a baby baby-face then.

-Yeah, yeah.

-DNA...

You need a... I have some doctors,

we're going to take your DNA

and sequence it cos your genes are - not the pants - genetics.

-APPLAUSE

-Can I ask a question?

Why, though? Like, what...?

You just woke up one day, you was playing football or something

and like... # See you guys later! #

No, erm...

I did musical theatre for a lot of years

while I was sort of younger, erm,

and then did some classical music training and then

when my little girl came along, I stopped, got a job selling cars

and this was kind of me trying to come back

and do this for a living so... APPLAUSE

-Well, I think it's a really good move, you know?

-Yeah.

-That's what you should do. You do not look how you sound.

-Yeah.

Which is one of my favourite things. When I hear a voice coming out

of a body that just doesn't seem connected,

that's the sort of thing that excites me

and unfortunately for you, you need to be seen

because they were all going mental going, "Turn, turn!"

"What are they going mad at?"

And, of course, it was you because they adored you.

But I think you're interesting enough

and kind of unique enough to kind of make this work.

-You know, it's brilliant. Sorry we didn't turn.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Musical theatres, how many are going on right now?

Like, musical... Musical theatre.

-Lots.

-Lots, right.

-Yeah.

-It's an amazing career to have.

-Yeah.

-Every time I walk into a theatre I always think,

"I would love to be in one of those one day."

-PALOMA:

-But I also think as well that, like, honestly, as somebody

who does dislike musicals with a passion, if I had've seen you,

I would love musicals because, like, that's so unique.

Like, you've convinced me that musicals can be brilliant

so 100% you must never stop,

-like, I really think you can make a living out of this.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING Thank you.

Well done, you did really well.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

If we could've seen you, we would've all turned.

-RICKY:

-Definitely.

-Thank you.

-PALOMA:

-Well done.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-You did well.

-You did well. Never mind.

Never mind, son.

You're all right. You did really, really well

and we're really proud of you.

There was a buzz being on there.

I'm happy to have been on there

and got some really fantastic feedback.

However nobody pushed the button,

so I'm a little bit gutted but life goes on

and I'll keep going and I'll get there one day.

It was an absolute pleasure. I think you're absolutely brilliant.

-Thank you.

-It was lovely to meet you.

You never know what's coming

so what can we expect from our next act?

Can we get a rewind?

HE BEATBOXES

HE BEATBOXES

My name is Lyrickal.

My real name is Brian Bennett.

HE BEATBOXES

I'm 46 and I come from east London.

My outfit expresses a combination of, like, Gothic style and sci-fi style.

It's futuristic.

Gives me a certain edge.

I picked up beatboxing from listening to hip-hop.

HE BEATBOXES

It appealed to me musically to use my voice to express the music.

HE BEATBOXES

# Marvin on the beat

# Rocking it unique

# Every time that we go

# Ready to drop it, lock it Stop it. #

Yeah, that's what I'm saying, man. Double act. You ready?

I believe I'm ready to show the whole world

what Lyrickal is capable of.

When I get on stage,

it does transform me into a sort of vocal warrior.

Enjoy the show.

# Ooh

# Ooh-hoo-hoo

# Well, it's a wonder man can eat at all

# Things are big that should be small

# Who can tell what magic spells

# We'll be doing for us?

# But that's what they said yesterday

# There's nothing left to do but pray

# I think it's time I found a new religion

# Future's made of virtual insanity now

# Always seems to

# Be governed by this love we have

# We're useless Twisting

# Other new technology

# Oh, now there is now sound

# We all live underground... #

HE BEATBOXES

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

HE TRUMPETS

# Put the needle on the record when the dr-dr-drum beat goes like

# Goes like...

HE BEATBOXES

# Goes like this

# Woo-hoo-hoo

# Dee-dee-dee dee-dee

# Ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba-ba

# Ba-ba-da ba-ba-da ba-ba-da

# Woo-hoo-hoo. #

What's your name?

My name's Brian Bennett,

otherwise known as Lyrickal.

I'm 46 and I come from east London.

CHEERING

Do you have a real job?

I try and be a full-time musician.

Try my best to stay out there in the fight, gigging all the time,

trying to make a living, you know?

-And do you?

-I struggle.

But not after today.

APPLAUSE

All right, I'm going to be real with you right now

because you just raised the bar.

CHEERING

Thank you. Thank you.

Oh, can I ask something?

Throughout the whole show,

you got to give it up for the band.

APPLAUSE

These guys have been playing all these styles of music,

and keep in mind, to play all those styles of music,

they had to rehearse and learn all those styles, all the music

that they're playing today, so really give it up for the band.

APPLAUSE

It was a great performance and I'm really happy that Will turned

because the collaboration is going to happen

and we're going to watch it so that's wicked. Well done.

APPLAUSE

It's like real stuff. Like, you know, like...

You've been on tour before

and the people that opened up for you killed it and you're like...

And you go out on stage thinking like... You in the back,

you just laughing with your friends,

you ain't really paying attention to nothing

and somebody runs to the dressing room and be like,

-"Yo, you know the opening act just, like, is tearing it."

-Smashed it.

"They're smashing it, right, so you guys got to do work tonight."

What?

So you've got this, like, kind of like a little bit of anger

but love at the same time because you're not expecting somebody

to really tear the stage apart then ask the freaking stage crew

to fix it again.

That's what you just did right now.

That's what I came to do, man.

I really came to tear it down with love. Passion.

APPLAUSE

What's his name?

Oh, sorry, what's your name besides Wrecked the Stage?

Brian Bennett, otherwise known as Lyrickal.

Do you do that all the time?

-What? Tear the stage down?

-No, no, say your name in that order.

No!

It's like Bond, James Bond.

LAUGHTER

We have to find awesome songs

and then you're going to, like, twist them and turn them

and then I'll be there with suggestions.

You could be like, "Yo, Will, what's your suggestions?

"I'm Brian

"Turner, aka Lyrickal."

Like, "Yo, I already know your name, bro."

He was like, "I know, just in case you forgot. I'm Brian Turner,

-"aka Lyrickal, and Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal..."

-Is it Brian Bennett?

"..because I'm Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal."

Isn't Brian Turner a chef?

LAUGHTER

What? Huh?

You take for granted that Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal,

they rehearsed and he probably was like,

"No, no, and right here I'm going to do my bebops."

And then you was like, "Right here, I'm going to do my horn solo."

They were like, "What? We've got a trumpet in the back."

"No, no, I'm going to play the trumpet with my lips."

So, guess what, our rehearsals are going to be nuts.

We know it, right, and Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal,

is going to, like, really add

a whole bunch of, like, layers and roller-coasters

so I look forward to the roller-coaster you're going

to send us on. It's going to be awesome.

APPLAUSE

Hey, Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal.

It's great to meet you, Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal.

-It's Brian Bennett.

-Oh! Sorry, Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal!

Wait a second. I've been saying your name wrong all this time?

Sorry, Brian.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

For all the times I said Brian Turner, I'm going to say it here.

Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal. Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal.

Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal,

is an amazing singer and addition to Team Will, by the way.

Check out this watch he's got and he knows the time for me.

That says 10:25.

Dang, you could've been in The Matrix.

APPLAUSE

Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal. Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal.

-Brian Bennett.

-Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal.

HE BEATBOXES

Brian Turner's apparently a celebrity chef.

-No, it's Brian Bennett.

-I know, but you were saying Brian Turner.

I've been saying Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal, the whole time.

I totally messed up.

But I got the aka Lyrickal right, right?

But he was so polite.

He stood up there and just, like, let me call him Brian Turner.

I would be like, "Look, my name is..."

LAUGHTER

He stood there and let me call him Brian Turner, like, 1,000 times.

That's very British.

Oh, he's so polite.

Hold it together, Paloma.

That was really funny.

Over the water now to Cork in Ireland

and 16-year-old Aine Carroll.

I am still at school. I like school

and I'm not going to lie, like I'm one of them people. I like school.

I love, like, being with my friends and stuff like that.

My favourite subject is music because that's what I want to do.

THEY SING

I live at home with my mum and my brother.

On a scale of one to ten,

I love my mum

four million.

I don't think it's, like, sank in yet that I'm actually here.

I'm a mummy's girl. I'm not going to lie. Yeah, I am.

From a very young age, she was always like,

"You know, Aine, you can do this."

She gives me a lot of confidence in myself.

And what about if she does do really well in the competition

and she has to fly the nest, move away?

I've packed already. I'm ready to go.

I am scared to go on the stage

but my mum's always believed in me,

which I love,

and I think, because of her,

I can definitely do this.

THEY SHOUT

I ain't got no-one yet but I might get, you know...

Oh, yeah, they'll come.

# This is more than the typical kind of thing

# Felt the jones in my bones when you were touching me

# Ooh