Let It Shine (2017 TV series)
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.
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
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)
Episode 2 (14 January)
Episode 3 (21 January)
Episode 4 (28 January)
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 | "Troublemaker"/ "Unpredictable" /"Heart Skips a Beat"/ "Wrapped Up" | Eliminated |
| Curtis T Johns | "Troublemaker"/ "Unpredictable" /"Heart Skips a Beat"/ "Wrapped Up" | Safe |
| Nick Carsberg | "Troublemaker"/ "Unpredictable" /"Heart Skips a Beat"/ "Wrapped Up" | Safe |
| Sario Solomon | "Troublemaker"/ "Unpredictable" /"Heart Skips a Beat"/ "Wrapped Up" | Safe |
| Scott Macaulay | "Troublemaker"/ "Unpredictable" /"Heart Skips a Beat"/ "Wrapped Up" | Eliminated |
| Tyler Jack Smith | "Troublemaker"/ "Unpredictable" /"Heart Skips a Beat"/ "Wrapped Up" | Eliminated |
| Yazdan Qafouri | "Troublemaker"/ "Unpredictable" /"Heart Skips a Beat"/ "Wrapped Up" | Safe |
Group 2
- Collaboration with Beverley Knight
| Artist | Song | Results |
| Alexis Gerred | "Twist and Shout"/ "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " /"Hold On, I'm Coming" | Safe |
| Clinton Elvis | "Twist and Shout"/ "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " /"Hold On, I'm Coming" | Safe |
| Damien Kivlehan | "Twist and Shout"/ "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " /"Hold On, I'm Coming" | Eliminated |
| Dylan Reid | "Twist and Shout"/ "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " /"Hold On, I'm Coming" | Eliminated |
| Harry Brown | "Twist and Shout"/ "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " /"Hold On, I'm Coming" | Safe |
| Jordan Harvey | "Twist and Shout"/ "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " /"Hold On, I'm Coming" | Safe |
| Matt Knight | "Twist and Shout"/ "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " /"Hold On, I'm Coming" | Safe |
| Veeraj Lutchman | "Twist and Shout"/ "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " /"Hold On, I'm Coming" | 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 | "Sleeping with the Light On"/ "On What You're On" /"Year 3000" | Safe |
| Craig Webb | "Sleeping with the Light On"/ "On What You're On" /"Year 3000" | Safe |
| Dan Budd | "Sleeping with the Light On"/ "On What You're On" /"Year 3000" | Eliminated |
| Deaglan Arthurs | "Sleeping with the Light On"/ "On What You're On" /"Year 3000" | Eliminated |
| Josh Bailey | "Sleeping with the Light On"/ "On What You're On" /"Year 3000" | Safe |
| Luke Stanley | "Sleeping with the Light On"/ "On What You're On" /"Year 3000" | Eliminated |
| Matt Thorpe | "Sleeping with the Light On"/ "On What You're On" /"Year 3000" | Safe |
Group 4
- Collaboration with Kaiser Chiefs
| Artist | Song | Results |
| Jamie Corner | "Ruby"/ "Hole In My Soul" /"I Predict a Riot" | Safe |
| Jazzie Mattis | "Ruby"/ "Hole In My Soul" /"I Predict a Riot" | Safe |
| Jonnie Halliwell | "Ruby"/ "Hole In My Soul" /"I Predict a Riot" | Safe |
| Jordan Charles | "Ruby"/ "Hole In My Soul" /"I Predict a Riot" | Eliminated |
| Keith Branic | "Ruby"/ "Hole In My Soul" /"I Predict a Riot" | Eliminated |
| Mark Angels | "Ruby"/ "Hole In My Soul" /"I Predict a Riot" | Safe |
| Ryan Butterworth | "Ruby"/ "Hole In My Soul" /"I Predict a Riot" | Safe |
| Sam Glen | "Ruby"/ "Hole In My Soul" /"I Predict a Riot" | 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 | "I Turn to You"/ "Anymore" /"When You're Gone" | Safe |
| Hercules Smith | "I Turn to You"/ "Anymore" /"When You're Gone" | Eliminated |
| Huw Roberts | "I Turn to You"/ "Anymore" /"When You're Gone" | Safe |
| Jason Brock | "I Turn to You"/ "Anymore" /"When You're Gone" | Safe |
| Julius Wright | "I Turn to You"/ "Anymore" /"When You're Gone" | Safe |
| Kyle Passmore | "I Turn to You"/ "Anymore" /"When You're Gone" | Eliminated |
| Nicky Price | "I Turn to You"/ "Anymore" /"When You're Gone" | Eliminated |
The Battle of the Bands
Live show details
Results summary
;Result's colour keyWeek 1: Quarter final (11 February)
- Guest judge: Ricki Lake
- Group performance: "This Is How We Do It"/ "Hot in Herre"/ " Shake Your Booty"/ "Eye of the Tiger"/ "What Makes You Beautiful"/ "Treasure"/ "Hey Ya!"/ "No Diggity"
- Guest performance: Jersey Boys
- 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"
- Guest performance: :
- 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: and Take That with Robbie Williams:
| 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
Promotion
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 | BBC One weekly 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 | 11 February | 4.30 | 25 | 18.0% |
| Battle of the Bands 2 | 18 February | 4.80 | 21 | 22.5% |
| Battle of the Bands Results 2 | 18 February | 4.27 | 26 | 18.0% |
| Battle of the Bands 3 | 25 February | 4.61 | 18 | 19.7% |
| Series average | 2017 | 5.24 |