A young dancer from South Oxhey will be performing on millions of television screens across the country tomorrow night.

Charlotte Scally is one of 20 dancers featuring in the first live-round of the BBC's "So You Think You Can Dance" series.

The programme follows a talent show format where contestants perform a variety of dances each week for a panel of judges, including Nigel Lythgoe and Arlene Phillips.

The 20-year-old said she was “excited and nervous” about her first ever television performance.

After a tough series of auditions, and tomorrow's live showcase, Ms Scally will face being one of two contestants voted off the programme each week.

She added: “The rehearsals have been going really well, it's the hardest thing I've ever had to do but will pay off for the live shows.”

Ms Scally first learned Irish dancing in Watford, and is now in her second year at the prestigious Urdang Performing Arts College in the West End of London.

She said: “I didn't start dancing at a young age, I attended KliKs Dance Academy in South Oxhey when I was eleven, and then Collective Dance College in Rickmansworth when I was 16.

“I heard about the programme through a friend but wasn't going for it until my nan heard about it and persuaded me. I went in as a jazz dancer because I'd recently been studying it.

“I didn't think I'd get through the first round, so I was really surprised. Normally if I'm going on holiday I'd take loads of suitcases, but I only took half a case because I didn't think I'd be here long.

“I just took it day by day, and kept telling my mum to be free to pick me up but they kept asking me to come back.”

You can see Ms Scally tomorrow night at 7.10pm, on BBC One.