To be fair, the show looks like being a cracker from the moment wee Lauren Fitzpatrick marches out on to the stage on her own for the opening number.

Like many of the offerings, particularly in the first half, it might not have been worthy of a perfect ten. But, as with the rest of them, Lauren gives a performance which contains two vital elements: she has confidence and she has passion. She also has no little amount of style.

Only one number in the whole evening ever looks in danger of dropping off. At The Copa!, a collection of Brazilian style songs and dances, just doesn't click with either the performers or the audience in the way that every other one of the 18 big numbers do.

Indeed, the beauty of the format is that there is something to suit most tastes.

Visiting Day mixes a load of very bad doctor jokes with some great sight-gags in a routine that carries a near Benny Hill sense of the risqué. While That's How You Know sees Hannah Cowie carry a series of songs from the recent Disney hit, Enchanted, with a completely appropriate sense of innocence.

Director Andy Johnston's writing skills are shown off to great advantage in Lithuania Mania. The number sees the always memorable Fraser Jamieson play Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov in a series of songs that move from traditional Romany, through Russian to 1920s Charleston styles.