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[0:00] Rich Hawkins: Do you remember those reality TV competition shows to find a West End star? You know the ones looking for a Nancy, a Dorothy, a Joseph or Jesus. They'd sing a musical theatre rendition of a song by Girls Aloud, and at the end someone would get voted off and have to give their shoes back before sailing off stage on a moon while crying their way through somewhere over the rainbow. Remember then? Well, they're back. There is a new show coming looking for a Sophie and a Sky to go into Mamma Mia in London. If that makes you as excited as it makes me, then A, you're a bit of a hun, and B, you are in exactly the right place. Welcome to I Can Sing, a podcast about the gorgeously camp absurdity of musical theatre meets reality TV.

This is the part of the trailer where I should probably put in an audio montage taken from some of those shows, but like this podcast is entirely unofficial and I can't afford to get sued. I've not got that Benny and Beyond Money, do you know what I mean? So that's all just imagine it. Um just a bit awkward, isn't it? Sorry. Anyway, each week I'll be joined by a star of stage and screen, many of whom got their start on one of those very shows. Together we'll recap every sequin, every high note, and every crushing defeat, episode by episode. We are starting with Mamma Mia I Have a Dream, but after that, who knows? Maybe we'll go back into the vaults. Episode one of I Can Sing drops on October 26th, exclusively on the Broadway Podcast Network. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts, and until then, keep your vocal cords healthy, and remember, if Cher can record an album of ABBA covers, you can do anything.