Aaron reaches out and pats us all on the back and everyone mutters, ‘Good job’, before they give a quick wave and we head behind the curtain again.

The others squeeze me into a hug. ‘You did so well.’

All of them congratulate me as we hear the host pull out more suggestions for the other team.

The rest of the sessions pass by in such a blur that I can barely keep up. In between performing and watching the other team, I don’t have time to worry or get nervous about anything. I start to throw myself into the moment, ignoring the audience and just concentrating on the other members of my team. It’s only now that it’s all over that it’s truly hit me what’s happened tonight. I’m starting to feel light-headed and a little bit sick and the only thing keeping me upright are my fellow team members, who all have their arms around me as we celebrate the fact that they’re through to the next round.

‘You’re our lucky charm,’ Aaron tells me.

‘Oh, I didn’t really do anything,’ I say.

‘You did,’ says Yas. ‘When you were playing the rugby player at the dress fitting, it was genius.’

‘I honestly don’t where it came from,’ I say, still not quite believing I’d actually gone through with it.

‘You know you’ll have to do the next round too,’ says Dave. ‘We’re not letting a talent like yours go that easily.’

‘Won’t Hayley be back though?’

‘Yes, but we can have five members, and it actually works better with more of us participating as it takes the pressure off a bit.’

‘I’ll have to see; I don’t know if my heart can take it.’

‘You’ll get used to it, and that buzz, do you feel it?’

‘I do,’ I say.

The adrenaline rush is making me feel like I could do anything.

I’m dying to know what Miles thought of the performance, and I spot him by the entrance, searching the crowd for me; I give him a wave to let him know where I am.

‘Edie, I’m so sorry you had to sit through that alone,’ he says, taking hold of my hand.

‘Wait, you didn’t watch?’ I say, deflated. ‘Not any of it?’

‘No, sorry, the call went on for longer than I thought. Was it good?’

‘Uh-huh. Hayley was ill, so I took her place.’

‘You took her place?’ His eyebrows shoot up in surprise.

‘I know, and it went OK. I mean, I was nowhere near as good as the others, but I spoke a few times.’

I smile and my nose automatically wrinkles. I can’t remember the last time I experienced this kind of feeling.

‘I’m gutted I missed it. But you did it. That’s brilliant.’