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Radio Leicester,4 mins

Nuala Bennett-Wilford

Jim Davis and Jo Hayward

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A Leicestershire woman is 'freaking out' after being picked from thousands of singers across the country to work on a remix of 'Le Freak' by the 1970's band 'Chic'. Nuala Bennet-Wilford from Earl Shilton applied to work on the project, and successfully managed to pip everyone to the post of lead vocalist! Just last week the 21 year old got in the studio with writer Nile Rodgers himself and the drum'n'bass band Rudimental to work on a brand new version of the song. Nuala spoke to Jim & Jo and how she feels being picked from 3-and-a-half thousand other hopefuls...

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