Let It Shine’s 40 finalists have been whittled down to the last 25 – and here’s who made it

Let It Shine is finally poised to go live after the latest round of the show saw its 40 finalists whittled down to the last 25.

Saturday night’s show saw the 40 divided into groups, each having the chance to perform with a different star – with Olly Murs and Mel C among those taking part – as they made their bid to remain in the competition.

And by the end of the night each of the groups of eight had been become a group of five – with three from each group sadly missing out on the chance to appear in Gary Barlow’s boyband musical.

Here’s who made it through from each group and who they’ve been performing with:

AJ Bentley Nick Carsberg Curtis T Johns Yazdan Qafouri Sario Solomon

Group 2 - Busted

Josh Bailey Conor McLoughlin Anthony Sahota Matt Thorpe Craig Webb

Group 3 - Beverley Knight

Harry Fabulous Brown Clinton Elvis Alexis Gerred Jordan Harvey Matt Knight

Group 4 - Kaiser Chiefs

Mark Angels Ryan Butterworth Jamie Corner Jonnie Halliwell Jazzie Mattis

Group 5 - Mel C

Jason Brock Danny Colligan Bradley Johnson Huw Roberts Julius Wright

Eliminated singers

Group 1 Connor Cunningham Scott Macaulay Tyler Smith Group 2 Deaglan Arthurs Dan Budd Luke Stanley Group 3 Damien Kivlehan Veeraj Lutchman Dylan Reid Group 4 Keith Branic Jordan Charles Sam Glen Group 5 Kyle Passmore Nicky Price Hercules Smith The newly-formed groups have also now been given band names – Group 1 is Five To Five, Group 2 Neon Panda, Group 3 Iron Sun, Group 4 Drive and Group 5 Nightfall.

They’ll be taking to the stage in the Let It Shine live shows from next Saturday night…