Ciaran sings for place in new musical stage show

A teenager from Chorley is shooting for the stars when he appears on BBC1's Let It Shine on Saturday.

Ciaran O’Brien, 16, of Whittle-le-Woods, auditioned for the new talent show, which will see Take That star Gary Barlow putting together a new boyband to appear in a theatre show.

Ciaran O'Brien on BBC's Let It Shineplaceholder image
Ciaran O'Brien on BBC's Let It Shine

Ciaran will be trying to impress Gary and fellow judges Dannii Minogue, Martin Kemp and a guest judge to win a place in the next round of the contest. Singers need to score 15 stars or more out of 20 to go through.

He said: “What an amazing week this week’s episode was. I can’t wait for what’s coming up.”

The show is on at 7pm.

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