Ed Sheeran was rejected from Britannia High TV series because of inept dancing
Ed Sheeran was rejected from 'Britannia High' because of his inept dancing. The 30-year-old superstar auditioned for the musical drama series when he was 16, but Arlene Phillips turned him down. He said: "This was a TV show I did for ITV when I was 16 and it was a show where you had to be a triple threat. You had to be able to act, dance and sing – two of which I couldn’t do. There is a girl who was at my high school and she was an incredible dancer. She taught me this dance which looked amazing when she did it…so I just copied what she did." But for the teenage Ed - who went on to earn a mult...