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First Look: Last Choir Standing |
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Written by CASA NewsLink
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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Page 1 of 2 On paper, there’s no way it should work. A choral competition would be a no-brainer for BBC2, or Radio 3. Stick it on BBC1 on a Sunday evening as a summer replacement for Songs of Praise, and nobody would bat an eyelid. But primetime on Saturday night? How on Earth could that possibly work?
On the basis of last night’s press launch for Last Choir Standing, which starts on BBC1 on Saturday July 5 (TBC), I think there’s every chance that it will.
Produced by the same-house BBC Vision Studios production team behind I’d Do Anything and its ilk, Last Choir Standing is bursting at the seams with enthusiasm and passion. The first week’s show will see the initial audition stage, as 60 of the choirs who submitted videotaped applications are brought down to London’s Cadogan Hall to audition in front of judges Russell Watson, Sharon D Clarke and Suzi Digby.
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