I’ve just finished chatting with Holly Willoughby about the ITV2 show Greased Lightning. While presenting Dancing On Ice, Holly’s also found the time to attend the auditions for Grease Is The Word.

Holly told me that Greased Lightning will:

dig deeper into the contestants and also have a little bit of fun.

From the auditions, Holly says we’ll see a mix of hopeful stage schoolers as well as talented amateurs and the usual contingent of zany auditionees. “Just when you think that all the [I think we can say eccentric - Ed] people in Britain have appeared on reality TV shows!”

I imagined that there might be tension between serious performers and the zanier auditionees. Holly says that this wasn’t the case at all, and most people were similar in how nervous they were - sitting round the waiting room, listening to songs in their earphones for some last-minute rehearsal.

She says that the main difference was that many of the amateurs went all-out for the occassion. “While the stage school boys and girls were dressed discreetly in character, there were some amateurs that came in full 50’s dress, as Teddy Boys with the hair and everything!”

Unfortunately, we still don’t know much more about those who have been shortlisted, but we’re looking forward to another talent based reality TV show. Grease Is The Word promises to be excellent Saturday night TV! The show kicks off on ITV1 and ITV2 on Saturday 7 April.

Thanks again to Holly Willoughby for taking the time out to talk to Unreality TV!