Added: Sep 28, 2009
From: vkathirvel
Duration: 1:31
Out of the Blue (OOTB) is an all-male a cappella vocal group at Oxford University in England. The group concentrates on covers of modern rock and pop songs, though also perform soul, folk, hip hop, dance and regularly perform their own comedy sketches. They regularly perform in Oxford and travel extensively around the UK having performed in schools all over the country. In recent year gigs have included performances at Edinburgh Castle, Nassau Coliseum at an NHL match between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Islanders and for guests the world-famous Gleneagles Hotel. As pioneers of college a cappella in Europe, they have travelled to the USA and were instrumental in starting the first European regional competition for the International Championship of College A Cappella. Not only did they host the first competition, in April 2006, having beaten all other UK groups to be named European Champions of Collegiate A Cappella Out of the Blue were invited to sing in New York's Lincoln Center in the World Finals and were placed second in the International Championship of College A CappellaSee 2006 Results. With that achievement they became the only non-US group to place in the top three in the competition's history. That same month, Out of the Blue went on tour around the West Coast of the United States, with performances in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon and Seattle. In March 2008 the group were named European Champions again, taking home the award for Best Choreography for the second year running and following a tour of California including San Francisco and Los Angeles over Easter they represented Europe once more in the International Finals of the ICCAs in New York, performing in the 3000-seater Avery Fisher Hall in the Lincoln Center. In November 2006, Out of the Blue featured on the 8th Episode of The Slammer, a children's television programme broadcast throughout the UK on BBC1, failing to win their freedom from the fictional prison. Episode Guide from BBC-run website This followed appearances on both Central News (ITV) and South Today (BBC) in May 2006. On April 20th 2008, Out of the Blue performed in Helen and Douglas House Hospice's Childish Things 4 alongside the likes of Bill Bailey, Jimmy Carr and Rowan Atkinson. The group now supports this charity with their annual profits. OOTB's live performances at the Edinburgh Fringe were recommended by the Daily Telegraph (link), and The Scotsman (link). In addition, positive reviews from critics have been posted on several influential websites covering the Edinburgh Fringe, including Edinburgh Guide, and publications on the Fringe such as Broadway Baby, who judged OOTB as one of their top-rated shows on the Fringe in 2006. ThreeWeeks magazine gave OOTB a maximum five-star rating. [1] In 2007 they once again received the maximum five-star ratings from ThreeWeeks and Broadway Baby publications and were given a Fringe Sell-Out Award for their month run. The group has produced several CDs [2]. The most recent, Redshift, was met with critical acclaim by the Recorded A Cappella Review Board in 2007. In 2009, Out Of The Blue won the UK Voice Festival and came second in the international finals of the ICCA awards, Edmund Jones winning the award for outstanding arrangement for his rendition of Damien Rice's "Cold Water" -- Source Wikipedia.org
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Rating: 4.8536587' max='5' min='1' numRaters='82' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#overall ( ratings) Views: 39256 Comments: 46
Chlooable Says:
Apr 30, 2011 - Wow totally awesome!!
samthemoron Says:
May 1, 2011 - fake
loopynutcase Says:
May 1, 2011 - This isn't the line up that was on BGT was it? O.o
greensprat Says:
May 1, 2011 - @loopynutcase They're uni students, and this is an old video
cmouat10 Says:
May 1, 2011 - i saw these guys at the fringe in 2010 and spoke to some of them after, cos they are all at uni they said that they have a bunch of people who sing in the group but depending on deadlines, exams etc they sometimes have more or less people that are available on certain days. also uni is 3 years long so the turn around is gonna be pretty regular. and @samthemoron what do you mean fake ?? these guys are amazing AND very friendly.
cmouat10 Says:
May 1, 2011 - also @Vereonis, they didnt upload this video themselves so they didnt put the comment approval on, maybe the guy who uploaded it has that filter on all of this videos.
SportmanCrew Says:
May 1, 2011 - @loopynutcase Yes they are, just that they look totally different without the oxford suit.
vkathirvel Says:
May 1, 2011 - @cmouat10 Yes, I have a comment approval system on. There are some videos of mine where people go ballistic.
cmouat10 Says:
May 1, 2011 - @vkathirvel totally understandable. i love these guys and they are actually the only thing iv seen at the edinburgh fringe, despite living in edinburgh since i were born haha
cmouat10 Says:
May 1, 2011 - @SportmanCrew these arnt the same guys. most stay in it 3 years tops cos when they leave uni they have to leave the group and this video is over a year old, some of the guys are the same but a lot are different.
MarrrlyZ Says:
May 2, 2011 - you guys are REALLY good. best of luck with BGT! you're like the british (and real life) version of the Warblers!
xxxar0wxxx Says:
May 2, 2011 - ikr, doesnt look anything like them, and no.. it wouldnt help if they were wearing suits
londonpie72 Says:
May 2, 2011 - I like them so much they were brilliant on BGT they are definitely talented although some of the ppl here are different.
foxwearinggolfhat Says:
May 2, 2011 - @loopynutcase No, they change over time, as students leave uni, so after about 3/4 years the whole group will have changed, also, these guys are AMAZING live when busking in Oxford. I'll see if I can upload their rendition of Bad boys by Alexandra Burke
1989Gez1989 Says:
May 7, 2011 - @SportmanCrew no it's a different line up. They're more a club than an act/band. It's basically the "Oxford Acepella Club" so there's new members every term depending on whether they have the time to commit to the practises (and can pass the internal auditions).
1989Gez1989 Says:
May 7, 2011 - @loopynutcase nope.the line up changes continuously
alicee1234yahoo Says:
May 16, 2011 - Amazing 5 stars x
buttonbo93 Says:
May 25, 2011 - the guy who does the womans part of the song is gorgeous! i love them!
radsb Says:
Jun 3, 2011 - Most universities in the US have all-male accapella groups and they're quite good. Glad to see that the Brits have something similar too. :)
theophillia1992 Says:
Jun 3, 2011 - love it :)
leahlovesroses Says:
Jun 4, 2011 - oh these guys were amazing!! its a bloody travesty that they didnt get through the other night!!
woozgirl12 Says:
Jun 12, 2011 - They r amazing.I just LOVE the way the sing and the sounds.............WOW.............And in the britain`s got talent........Don`t even make me start...
CuddlyBadger Says:
Jun 28, 2011 - Song choice is everything for your act, guys. You really can't pick cheesy crap or else your talent will be lost in cheesy crap. Think about it.
Symmetryful Says:
Nov 4, 2011 - DAMN! That percussionist is going AT IT!
Chlooable Says:
Apr 30, 2011 - After Britain got talent tonight thought I'd look you guys up!! You guys are totally awesome ad like sooooo clever nice to see fellow maths and science peeps do artistic things too... See guys you don't have to choose between, brains and creativeness!! Love you xxxxx