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"Britney Spears" is not The One and Only.
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Tonight the third act to be voted off ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One's The One And Only. was Tara Stafford-Allen after she failed to impress with her tribute to Britney Spears.
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In the third live show of the series, the remaining ten tribute acts each sang a solo song as they set out to prove that they were every inch the musical superstar that they were paying tribute to.
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Following candid feedback from vocal experts Carrie and David Grant the acts waited patiently for the results of the all-important viewers' vote.
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After a tense wait the two tribute acts with the least number of viewers' votes were Tara Stafford-Allen as Britney Spears and Victoria Jones as Kylie Minogue.
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Singing for their survival, Victoria and Tara had to perform once again in the Superstar Sing-off to keep their place for another week.
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Then it was down to the Superstar Vote where the eight surviving tributes voted to save the act they wanted to keep in the contest.
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Victoria won five votes from the tributes to Cher, Elton John, Dusty Springfield, Diana Ross and Robbie Williams while, with three votes from the tributes to Lionel Richie, Frank Sinatra and Tom Jones, Tara was left to say goodbye, her hopes of making it to Vegas shattered.
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On losing out, an emotional Tara said: "I've absolutely loved it. Can I keep the bike?"
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Commenting on Tara's first performance as Britney Spears on tonight's show, vocal coaches to the stars Carrie and David Grant said: "You needed to give it energy tonight. It's hard, it's angry, it's sexy, it's Britney – you gave it all these things."
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The remaining nine tribute acts through to next week's show will be battling it out once again for the once in a lifetime opportunity of performing live on the Las Vegas stage with the renowned Legends In Concert – the world's longest running tribute show.
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Notes to Editors
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The songs which the tribute acts performed on tonight's live show were:
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Kylie – Can't Get You Out Of My Head
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Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
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Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time
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Tom Jones – It's Not Unusual
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Elton John – Candle In The Wind
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Dusty Springfield – You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
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Lionel Richie – Dancing On The Ceiling
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Britney Spears – Toxic
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Robbie Williams – She's The One
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Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning
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In the results show all of the acts also performed a group rendition of the Four Tops classic hit, Reach Out, I'll Be There, while there was a special guest performance from top tribute band, Buddy Holly and the Cricketers. Ìý
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