Five To Five have won ‘Let It Shine’.
The quintet – AJ Bentley, Sario Solomon, Curtis T Johns, Nick Carsberg and Yazdan Qafouri -beat off strong competition from the other finalists to emerge as the winners on Saturday’s (25.02.17) final of the BBC One show.
Five to Five will now go on to play a fictional boyband in Gary Barlow’s West End musical, ‘The Band’, based on the music of Take That.
And Robbie Williams reunited with his Take That bandmates Gary, Mark Owen and Howard Donald to perform ‘The Flood’ on Saturday’s final.
However, Robbie pulled out of a planned guest judge role due to an "ailment" and was replaced by Peter Kay.
A message on the BBC One Twitter account stated: "Peter Kay to step in for Robbie as guest judge on tomorrow’s #LetItShine. Robbie will still perform with Take That!"
And a message on the BBC website said: "As previously announced, Robbie Williams will reunite with Take That for a special performance for the Let It Shine live final. Sadly, due to an ailment he is unable to continue with the role of guest judge and we wish Robbie a very speedy recovery.
"However, we are thrilled to announce that Peter Kay will join as guest judge and sit on the panel alongside Gary Barlow, Danni Minogue and Martin Kemp for the live final."
Meanwhile, Gary has insisted that his latest musical will be a huge success.
He said previously: "It will be a hit. I’ve done two musicals now. The story is the key, not the music. You’ve got to have a good story to make it work."
‘The Band’ is due to open in the West End in September 2017.
Five To Five win Let It Shine
