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Vocabulary video finally, there is immense satisfaction in

realising an ambition. This is my music. It
Things I’ve learned about failure clicks a part of our brain that makes us
Ben: My name is Ben, I live in London and I satisfied to be alive. I want that for myself,
make vlogs about life. I’ve failed to do a lot and I want that for everyone. Thanks for
of things in my life. The more that time watching. Bye!
passes, the more you realise what lessons
you’ve taught yourself just by stumbling
through life. When things don’t go to plan,
Real-world speaking video
or go wrong, it sucks. But you learn from Dylan: Hi! Welcome to Park Challenges.
that. You don’t learn a lesson because
Ruth: Hi. We’ll try the bucket challenge. So, what
someone told you that was the truth. You
do we have to do?
learn it because you experienced it
yourself. That’s growing up. That being Dylan: The empty bucket goes down there. And the
said, here are some of the things I’ve team with the most water in their bucket at
learnt to be true. First thing. Do you have a the end wins.
dream? Before you fulfill your dreams, you Ruth: What? You mean we have to fill that bucket
have to have a dream. When I was somewhere so we have two full buckets?
younger I could never achieve any goals,
because I didn’t have any goals. To have a Dylan: No … What I meant was, you have five
dream or goal, you have to try different minutes to get as much water from this
things. I used to like music, but I never bucket into that one.
knew what I wanted to do with my music. Simon: No problem. We’ll just carry it quickly!
Then, I tried something new, making
Dylan: But you can’t move either bucket. If you
electronic music. It was strange at first, but
move them, you’ll lose. Are you following
I discovered that I really love it. Then I
me?
made a goal to release an album. And now
I have an album! Stepping out of your Ruth: So, you’re saying that we have to get water
comfort zone is really important to from here to there without moving either
achieving any goal. Second thing. A key bucket?
learning moment is in the hours spent
Dylan: Yes, that’s exactly what I meant.
thinking about a missed opportunity. We
often think it’s bad to ask the question
‘What if?’, but I’d argue it is a necessary
tool for our brains. Do you ever think back
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to a memory and realise ‘Oh, I missed a Scott: Hey Billie!
big opportunity there’. I guarantee the next Billie: Hi Scott! How are you?
time you’re in that situation you’ll be
reminded of that regret and know what to Scott: I’m good. Can you hear us Ash?
do the next time around. Third thing. It is Ash: Yep. All good! Shall we practise part of our
okay to give up on a dream. I tried to do presentation?
stand-up comedy recently. It went so
Scott: Let’s do it. I’ll start. Hi there! We’re Ash,
horribly that I realised I didn’t actually want
Scott and Billie and we’re here to pitch our
to do it. When something turns out badly,
idea for a brilliant new TV show – Rap Stars.
maybe that’s what you’re learning.
We’re sure you’ll love our show and wish you
Learning what you don’t want to do is just
could be on it! If you lend us just a few
as important as learning what you want to
moments of your time, we’ll take you through
do. It might even be more important.
the format, the audience and the key selling
Fourth thing. Everything takes time, a lot of
points. Then, at the end, we’ll give you a
it. You can’t mess up and always expect to
chance to ask questions.
immediately overcome the problem. Time
and repeated effort is all that it takes for Billie: Our show Rap Stars is a competition to find
your brain to learn something. Hofstadter’s the country’s next top rap artists. The
law says it best. It always takes longer contestants will all be between 14 and 18
than you expect, even when you take into and the audience will mainly be teenagers
account Hofstadter’s law. That’s it. And too. However, we believe a show like this

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could appeal to people of all ages, as long as

Unlike a lot of similar competitions, our contestants
they’re interested in the process of making
don’t just perform, they also write their own
music. You see, each contestant writes an
songs. This means young artists have the
original rap, which they perform in front of a
opportunity to improve their skills, audiences
panel of celebrity judges. These judges, who
are able to see them grow and develop, and
are all from the industry and interested in
record producers get to meet the next
helping talented young writers, vote on their
generation of talent. It’s a win-win for
favourite song. So too do the audience at
everyone involved!
home. The artist with the lowest score is
eliminated. This happens each week until Scott: And that brings us on to our final point – the
only one artist is left. prize. The winning artist will get to work with
a top producer and a world-famous rapper to
Ash: So, what makes our programme so special?
record, produce and release their very own
If you watch current music shows on TV,
track. This means our show really will
you’ll know there are plenty of shows out
introduce the world to the next big Rap Star!
there about singing and music, but this show
is different. Firstly, there are none that are Billie: Great ending Scott.
aimed at this age group, and none that give Scott: Thanks, Billie.
teenage rap fans the chance to write a hit
and improve their writing skills! Audiences Ash: Yeah, nice one guys. I think we’re ready for
get to see the creative process in action, the pitch!
something we think is a major selling point.

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