Greatest Dancer Studio.
Dancers from all over the country,
of any age or dance style,
are getting ready for the biggest audition of their lives.
And it starts here,
in the Greatest Dancer Studio.
But this is an audition, and a studio,
like no other.
SHE EXHALES DEEPLY
# If you're ready Heart is open
# I'll be waiting
# Come find me...
Because voting from behind the mirror is an audience
deciding on their fate.
Can the dancers win 75% of their vote...
..and open the mirror?
# Come find me
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Come find me...
Watching their every move are three superstar dance captains.
Strictly professional and eight-time Latin American champion Oti Mabuse.
Star of Glee and Broadway legend Matthew Morrison.
And multiplatinum British artist Cheryl.
These dance icons will choose three acts each to captain
through to the live challenge shows.
Who will open the mirror and become
one step closer to winning £50,000...
..perform on Strictly Come Dancing...
..and become the Greatest Dancer?
# Come find me
# If you're ready Heart is open... #
The competition has officially begun!
MUSIC: Pure Imagination Instrumental
Let's go do this.
Are you excited? Yeah!
Where are you travelling to?
We're going to Birmingham for an audition for The Greatest Dancer.
Oh, my God, I can't believe we're actually here. I know.
Greatest Dancer Studio!
I don't know what to make of this, I really don't know what to expect.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
ANNOUNCER: Please welcome your hosts,
singer and winner of Strictly Come Dancing Alesha Dixon!
And Diversity's own Jordan Banjo!
Welcome to The Greatest Dancer!
Now, guys, you lot have all the power.
It is completely down to you who this mirror opens for,
so make sure that you're making the right decisions.
Oh, so we have voting pads.
This is going to be sick!
If 75% of the room lights up, the mirror opens
and our dancers have made it through
to the next stage of the competition - the call-backs -
where our dance captains will each choose three dance acts to mentor
all the way to the grand final.
CHEERING
Let's bring out our amazing dance captains.
Oti Mabuse!
MUSIC: Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez
I'm over the moon that I get to be a dance captain on this show.
This will be the first time that I'm the other side of the table,
helping someone reach their dream,
so I'm really, really excited!
Next up, Matthew Morrison.
MUSIC: Puttin' on the Ritz
Dancing is a true love of mine.
I first started when I was ten years old, break dancing, and then
I got into ballet, tap and jazz and became a leading man on Broadway.
This dance show is so important to me because the people are
dancing for the people and it's in the people's hands.
Go crazy for multiplatinum-selling artist Cheryl.
MUSIC: Love Made Me Do It by Cheryl
I love dance, I'm passionate about it.
I was three when I got into doing tap, ballet, modern jazz,
and then I went on to be a ballerina and I went to the Royal Ballet.
I cannot wait to see the audience light up for a dancer and
the mirror to open, cos we haven't experienced anything like this yet.
If the audience don't vote for a dancer I like the look of,
I'm sure as hell going to run around
and tell them to put their lights on.