Watch the four travel agents battling it out to be named the winners of Princess Cruises’ variety show at this month’s Clia Conference.
Helen Pring of Tui, Kelly Marsh of Bolsover Cruise Club and duet Lauren Wood and Sara Creeney of Cruise118 will perform at the conference, taking place on May 24-26.
Each act will sing in the final of Princess Presents: The Variety Performance in Southampton on the Thursday evening and the winner will be picked by the audience of fellow agents and cruise delegates.
They will also perform in front judges Andy Harmer, senior vice-president, membership and director UK & Ireland, Clia; Tony Roberts, UK vice‑president, Princess Cruises; and Lucy Huxley, editor-in-chief, Travel Weekly Group.
Each act is backed by a judge and will be voted for on the night by agents. The winner will scoop a Caribbean cruise on Regal Princess at the end of this year. Second prize is tickets to Robbie Williams’ Heavy Entertainment Show in London and the third prize is a £200 Lifestyle Voucher.
They were picked from nine semi-finalists after battling it out in front of judges on board Caribbean Princess in Southampton last week.
Team Lucy
Team Lucy duo Lauren Wood, sales team leader, and Sara Creeney, sales concierge, both of Cruise118 in Chorley, made it to the final after entering and rehearsing at the last minute.
They performed Keane’s Somewhere Only We Know.
Team Tony
Bolsolver Cruise Club senior cruise consultant Kelly Marsh, who sang Don’t Rain on my Parade from the movie Funny Girl, said her colleagues and two daughters encouraged her to enter.
Team Andy
Amateur opera singer Helen Pring, 25, backed by Team Andy, performed the soprano aria Oh Mio Babbino Caro. A travel adviser for Thomson in Queen Street, Cardiff, she has been singing since the age of 19 as a hobby.