Let It Shine is a British reality television music competition to find young men to star in The Band, a new stage musical featuring the songs of Take That. It aired in January and February 2017 on BBC One. In 2018, the BBC announced that Let It Shine has been cancelled after one series.
The show was presented by Graham Norton and Mel Giedroyc, with Gary Barlow, Dannii Minogue and Martin Kemp serving as judges throughout the series. Amber Riley was the guest judge for the auditions, followed by Lulu for the group round. Ricki Lake was the guest judge for the first live show, Ashley Roberts for the semi-final and Peter Kay for the final.
The show was won by the band Five to Five, who won the part as the band in the new musical The Band, which began touring in September 2017.
Production The show's title comes from Take That's 2007 single "Shine". Amber Riley, Lulu, Ricki Lake, Ashley Roberts and Peter Kay acted as guest judges of the competition, respectively. Busted, Beverley Knight, Melanie C, Olly Murs and Kaiser Chiefs performed with the contestants split into groups as part of the second round of the competition, which was filmed at Dock10, MediaCityUK in November 2016.
Format There are three stages to the competition: "The Starway" (auditions) "The Collaborations" (group stage) "The Battle of the Bands" (live shows)
The Starway The judges each have 5 stars and each contestant is scored out of 20 stars; in order to proceed onto the next round they needed 15 stars.
Episode 1 (7 January)
Act Order Age Song Stars Clinton Elvis 1 23 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" 16 Deaglan Arthurs 2 18 "New York, New York" 18 Jamie-Ryan Taylor 3 21 "Last Request" 11 Jazzie Mattis 4 24 "Uptown Funk" 17 Tyler Jack Smith 5 19 "You Are So Beautiful" 17 Hector Mitchell-Turner 6 21 "You Get What You Give" 11 Zak Robinson 7 17 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" 14 Bobby Foord 8 16 "7 Days" 11 Nicky Price 9 17 "Say Something" 20 Nick Carsberg 10 17 "Dance with Me Tonight" 16 Wayne Thurtell 11 25 "My Girl" 11 Jason Brock 12 30 "Run to You" 20
Episode 2 (14 January)
Act Order Age Song Stars Jonnie Halliwell 1 25 "Reet Petite" 20 Dylan Reid 2 20 "Roar" 16 Lee Stinchcombe 3 35 "The Power of Love" 8 Samm Hewitt 4 23 "Dear Darlin'" 12 Keith Branic 5 16 "Treasure" 15 Ciaran O'Brien 6 16 "Dancing On My Own" 15 Craig Webb 7 27 "Jealous" 18 Damien Kivlehan 8 26 "You Give Love a Bad Name" 16 Curtis T Johns 9 23 "Put Your Records On" 19 Julius Wright 10 20 "All Night Long (All Night)" 16 Jamie Corner 11 24 "Johnny B. Goode" 17 Scott Sutcliffe 12 23 "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" 14 Huw Roberts 13 16 "Don't Look Back in Anger" 16 Harry Neale 14 26 "Beggin'" 16
Episode 3 (21 January)
Act Order Age Song Stars Jordan Harvey 1 24 "Blame It on Me" 18 AJ Bentley 2 21 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" 18 Dion McGrath 3 23 "All About You" 13 Matt Thorpe 4 30 "If I Ain't Got You" 20 Dan Budd 5 27 "No Regrets" 16 Elijah Holloway 6 18 "Greased Lightnin'" 11 Mark Angels 7 21 "Mirrors" 17 Harry Brown 8 17 "Love Yourself" 17 Jordan Charles 9 24 "Pompeii" 15 Danny Colligan 10 23 "Stitches" 15 Kyle Passmore 11 27 "You Give Me Something 19 Josh Bailey 12 17 "Jealous" 19 Matt Knight 13 27 "Wake Me Up" 16 Tayler Davis 14 21 "Faith" 14 Hercules Smith 15 33 "Iris" 16
Episode 4 (28 January)
Act Order Age Song Stars Callum Howells 1 17 "You'll Be Back" 16 Scott Macaulay 2 18 "Laura" 19 Luke Stanley 3 27 "All of Me" 15 Travis Kerry 4 19 "Feel So Close" 11 Alexis Gerred 5 27 "Come Together" 18 Robert Evans 6 20 "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" 12 Andrew Mott 7 22 "More Than Words" 12 Kieran McManus 8 18 "Little Things" 12 Sam Glen 9 23 "Torn" 16 Connor Cunningham 10 21 "Brown Eyed Girl" 15 Ryan Butterworth 11 21 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 16 Sario Solomon 12 19 "Tainted Love" 16 Anthony Sahota 13 22 "Ordinary People" 16 Liam Holmes 14 27 "Let's Get It On" 13 Conor McLoughlin 15 20 "Your Song" 17 Yazdan Qafouri 16 17 "Ain't No Sunshine" 15 Jimmy Haggar 17 19 "That's Life" 13 Veeraj Lutchman 18 37 "Take Me to Church" 16 Jack Hinton 19 22 "Viva Forever" 15 Bradley Johnson 20 19 "Bring Him Home" 20
The Collaborations After the episode, a clip was made available on BBC iPlayer which revealed the new names of the bands. Group 1 was named Five to Five, Group 2 was named Iron Sun, Group 3 was named Neon Panda, Group 4 was named Drive and Group 5 was named Nightfall.
Episode 5 (4 February) Guest judge: Lulu Group performance: "Kidz"/ "Hangin' Tough"/ "When Will I Be Famous?"/ "Sing"
Group 1 Collaboration with Olly Murs + Artist Song Results AJ Bentley "Troublemaker"/ "Unpredictable" /"Heart Skips a Beat"/ "Wrapped Up" Safe Connor Cunningham Eliminated Curtis T Johns Safe Nick Carsberg Safe Sario Solomon Safe Scott Macaulay Eliminated Tyler Jack Smith Eliminated Yazdan Qafouri Safe
Group 2 Collaboration with Beverley Knight + Artist Song Results Alexis Gerred "Twist and Shout"/ "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" /"Hold On, I'm Coming" Safe Clinton Elvis Safe Damien Kivlehan Eliminated Dylan Reid Eliminated Harry Brown Safe Jordan Harvey Safe Matt Knight Safe Veeraj Lutchman Eliminated
Group 3 Collaboration with Busted + Artist Song Results Anthony Sahota "Sleeping with the Light On"/ "On What You're On" /"Year 3000" Safe Conor McLoughlin Safe Craig Webb Safe Dan Budd Eliminated Deaglan Arthurs Eliminated Josh Bailey Safe Luke Stanley Eliminated Matt Thorpe Safe
Group 4 Collaboration with Kaiser Chiefs + Artist Song Results Jamie Corner "Ruby"/ "Hole In My Soul" /"I Predict a Riot" Safe Jazzie Mattis Safe Jonnie Halliwell Safe Jordan Charles Eliminated Keith Branic Eliminated Mark Angels Safe Ryan Butterworth Safe Sam Glen Eliminated
Originally Callum Howells & Harry Neale were part of Group 4 but decided to withdraw from the competition, they were replaced by reserves Keith Branic & Jordan Charles.
Group 5 Collaboration with Melanie C + Artist Song Results Bradley Johnson "I Turn to You"/ "Anymore" /"When You're Gone" Safe Danny Colligan Safe Hercules Smith Eliminated Huw Roberts Safe Jason Brock Safe Julius Wright Safe Kyle Passmore Eliminated Nicky Price Eliminated
The Battle of the Bands Live show details Results summary
Result's colour key Artist was part of the Band in bottom two Artist was eliminated Artist qualified for the band
+ Weekly results per artist Artist Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 AJ Bentley Safe SafeWinners(week 3) Curtis T Johns Safe SafeWinners(week 3) Nick Carsberg Safe SafeWinners(week 3) Sario Solomon Safe SafeWinners(week 3) Yazdan Qafouri Safe SafeWinners(week 3) Bradley Johnson Safe SafeRunners-up(week 3) Conor McLoughlinBottom twoBottom twoRunners-up(week 3) Danny Colligan Safe SafeRunners-up(week 3) Huw Roberts Safe SafeRunners-up(week 3) Jason Brock Safe SafeRunners-up(week 3) Jazzie MattisBottom twoBottom twoRunners-up(week 3) Jonnie HalliwellBottom two Bottom twoRunners-up(week 3) Julius Wright Safe SafeRunners-up(week 3) Mark AngelsBottom twoBottom twoRunners-up(week 3) Matt ThorpeBottom twoBottom twoRunners-up(week 3) Alexis Gerred Safe Eliminated Eliminated(week 2) Clinton Elvis Safe Eliminated Eliminated(week 2) Harry Brown Safe Eliminated Eliminated(week 2) Jordan Harvey Safe Eliminated Eliminated(week 2) Matt Knight Safe Eliminated Eliminated(week 2) Anthony Sahota Eliminated Eliminated(week 1) Craig Webb Eliminated Eliminated(week 1) Jamie Corner Eliminated Eliminated(week 1) Josh Bailey Eliminated Eliminated(week 1) Ryan Butterworth Eliminated Eliminated(week 1)
Week 1: Quarter final (11 February) Guest judge: Ricki Lake Group performance: "This Is How We Do It"/ "Hot in Herre"/ "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"/ "Eye of the Tiger"/ "What Makes You Beautiful"/ "Treasure"/ "Hey Ya!"/ "No Diggity" Guest performance: Jersey Boys ("Sherry"/ "Big Girls Don't Cry"/ "Walk Like a Man"/ "Beggin'"/ "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)")
Band Order Song Results Iron Sun 1 "Shut Up and Dance" Safe Drive 2 "Everybody Get Up"/ "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Bottom two Nightfall 3 "The Scientist" Safe Neon Panda 4 "Marry You" Bottom two Five to Five 5 "MMMBop" Safe Sing-off Drive 1 "A Million Love Songs" Neon Panda 2 "Greatest Day"
Mark Angels, Jazzie Mattis, Matt Thorpe, Jonnie Halliwell & Conor McLoughlin were saved by the judges and through to Semi-final. As Drive had 3 of the 5 members saved and Neon Panda only had 2 of the 5 the saved artist would continue as Drive. Anthony Sahota, Craig Webb, Jamie Corner, Josh Bailey & Ryan Butterworth were not saved and therefore were eliminated from the competition.
Week 2: Semi-final (18 February) Guest judge: Ashley Roberts Group performance: "It Only Takes a Minute"/ "Could It Be Magic"/ "Relight My Fire"/ "Pray"/ "Shine" (with Take That) Guest performance: Motown: The Musical: ("Do You Love Me"/ "Dancing in the Street")
Band Order Song Results Five to Five 1 "Tell Her About It" Safe Iron Sun 2 "Born This Way" Bottom two Drive 3 "Girls on Film" Bottom two Nightfall 4 "Without You" Safe Sing-off Iron Sun 1 "The Long and Winding Road" Drive 2 "Something"
Mark Angels, Matt Thorpe, Jonnie Halliwell, Conor McLoughlin & Jazzie Mattis were saved by the judges and through to Final and continue as Drive. Alexis Gerred, Clinton Elvis, Harry Brown, Jordan Harvey and Matt Knight were not saved and therefore were eliminated from the competition.
Week 3: Final (25 February) Guest judge: Peter Kay Theme: Musical classic & pop number Guest performance: Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: ("Les Misérables Medley") and Take That with Robbie Williams: ("The Flood")
Band Order First song Order Second song Result Nightfall 1 "Footloose" 4 "End of the Road" Runners-up Five to Five 2 "You Can't Stop the Beat" 5 "Wrecking Ball" Winners Drive 3 "Grease" 6 "Thinking Out Loud" Runners-up Winning group: Five to Five (Yazdan Qafouri, Curtis T Johns, Nick Carsberg, Sario Solomon, AJ Bentley)
Promotion During an appearance on Alan Carr: Chatty Man in December, Barlow, Minogue and Kemp confirmed the show's launch date as 7 January 2017, the same date as The Voice UK's sixth series' premiere on ITV; and also showed a sneak-peek of one of the auditionees, and revealed the series' format and stages.
Broadcast Internationally, the series began airing in Australia on BBC UKTV from 22 January 2017.
Ratings All ratings are sourced from BARB. Episode Air date Viewers(millions) BBC Oneweekly ranking Viewing share The Starway 1 7 January 7.13 10 29.9% The Starway 2 14 January 6.00 14 26.7% The Starway 3 21 January 5.83 14 25.9% The Starway 4 28 January 5.08 20 23.6% The Collaborations 4 February 5.25 17 23.9% Battle of the Bands 1 11 February 5.10 16 23.4% Battle of the Bands Results 1 4.30 25 18.0% Battle of the Bands 2 18 February 4.80 21 22.5% Battle of the Bands Results 2 4.27 26 18.0% Battle of the Bands 3 25 February 4.61 18 19.7% Series average 2017 5.24
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