"Keep this up and the Lark will be singing her way to the West End" said John Barrowman last week, but Sarah Lark's journey

After Andrew Lloyd Webber's outburst last week the seven remaining Nancys are back as if nothing has happened.

Performance-wise we saw one of the worst shows this week with the girls singing 'modern pop classics', with the exception of Ashley who had 'Evergreen', and the bottom 2 really was hard to call.

We are now down to eight Nancys and the competition is stronger than ever with still no clear leader - unlike the predecessors of these shows.

A bit of a shock result tonight - Andrew Lloyd Webber made what he described as the hardest call he has had so far and sent Francesca home.

If it’s this hard to predict the bottom two now, how’s it going to be in a couple of weeks time?

Tonight Welsh girl Tara Bethan became the latest casualty of Cameron Mackintosh's search for a new Nancy for his forthcoming production of "Oliver!"

The third live show in the search to find the next Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh's forthcoming production of Oliver proved that we really shouldn't judge on previous performances as a lot of the girls seem to completely transform in one direction or the other from week to week.

BBC One has been rewarded for the high production values of Any Dream Will Do with increasing numbers of viewers.

Eleven Nancys were whittled down to ten tonight as Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Keisha over Cleopatra following the dreaded sing-off.