Music duo set for TV show
PAIR HOPING TO MAKE THE JUDGES STAND UP IN ALL TOGETHER NOW
A music duo who have been honing their craft on Wearside and at other North East venues are set to hit TV screens this weekend in a bid for stardom.
Prince and Pearl, comprising Shannon Powell (Pearl) and boyfriend Afnan Iftikhar (Prince), will appear on new BBC talent programme All Together Now.
Saturday’s show is the third in a six-part series which sees conventional judging scrapped in favour of 100 music industry experts.
If any of the 100, which includes former Spice Girl Geri Horner, like what they hear being performed, they get up and join in, with the greater number of experts joining in adding to the contestant’s score.
Shannon, from Southwick, Sunderland, and Afnan, 29, who hails from North Shields, have been performing for years but only over the past year as a double act.
They made it through to the boot camp stage of last year’s X Factor competition, although footage of their progress was not broadcast.
Former Red House Academy pupil Shannon, 25, told the Echo: “It was amazing to get an opportunity like this.
“Together we’ve only been gigging for a little over a year, but separately we have been musicians for a decade.
“To be honest it feels like we’ve been doing this forever.”
Shannon is keeping tightlipped as to what number they will perform on the programme, but said it will be an “iconic song”.
“It’s something that most people know but it’s our version of it,” she said.
Prince and Pearl are set to appear on All Together Now at 7.15pm on BBC tomorrow.