Of course it was all done with plenty of tongue in cheek. These are girls who love to laugh, and when they do it’s contagious.
The girls enter the arena and the crowd whoops with delight. They set about convincing us that they are natural women, just like Carole King, just like Aretha Franklin, just like ‘Voices With Soul’!
Kate: Sharon! (cheers and cries from the audience)
Sharon: Fabulous, just sensational. You get better and better every week. I just adore you. ‘The 3 divas.’ Divine!
Kate: Wow, she likes you! Simon?
Simon: Yeah, I think Louis you are very lucky you have these three on at the end, because you’ve had a terrible, terrible night tonight and you needed this. (Louis’ is open-mouthed in astonishment) ...Big time Louis. And you should kiss...I dunno, I’m not gonna say what I was gonna say...( laughter ) ... but er, you should be very thankful to these three.
Louis: Simon the girls are fantastic. Fantastic!
Kate: Ladies, it’s not often you hear praise like that. Except unless you’re called ‘Voices With Soul’ because this happened to you last week. Huge praise from the judges and then you fell into the bottom two. Have you done enough tonight to escape the final showdown?
Hilda: We hope we’ve done enough but we’re asking everyone just to vote...to get on your phones and vote for ‘Voices With Soul’! (she smiles, the audience applaud)
Kate: I can’t imagine there is a living soul in Luton who has not been instructed to vote; but why should people give you their vote over anyone else tonight girls? (Modesty gets the better of the girls!)
Louis: ...because they gave it everything!!! They gave it everything tonight these girls. That’s why they deserve to win! Absolutely.
Kate: So for now, ladies and gentlemen, it’s Voices With Soul and Louis Walsh!