Nancy Tara ('I'd Do Anything')

Bubbly Welsh actress Tara Bethan was the third Nancy hopeful to exit the BBC One reality show I'd Do Anything on Sunday. After performing 'Let's Here It For The Boy' on the performance show, Tara found herself facing Keisha to stay in the competition. The pair faced off with a joint rendition of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow', but Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to keep Keisha on the show for the second week running. DS caught up with Tara to talk about her time on the show, her future plans and being babysat by pro-wrestlers!

How are you feeling about your exit?
"I'm fine because I'm just so chuffed with the opportunity that I got. I didn't feel that I'd given my all, all the way through this competition. The audience didn't get to see the real me and what I could do until my leaving song and I finally felt pleased with my performance. If you're going to pull it out the bag at any point then at least do it towards the end, and I just about did."

Keisha showed how resilient she was last week by beating Cleo, so what were you thinking when you had to go up against her?
"It wasn't particularly great because we're room mates and you don't want to be up against your room mate. All you're thinking at that point is: 'nail this song, nail this song'. That's what I tried to do and I was happy with the way it went. There's no point in thinking 'who am I singing against? Are they better than me? Are the judges going to like me at all?' because it'll only go against you. All you have to think is 'just do it!'"

What was the Welsh message you said at the end of the show?
"It was saying, 'Thank you very much to everybody at home for voting for me'. There were no swear words in it, I promise!"

What did your dad make of the kissing scene you had to do with Ben from Hairspray?
"Oh my God, that was hideous, wasn't it? I've never really taken a boyfriend home to meet my dad. He knows I have them but he just doesn't really want to get involved. He's a bit old school when it comes to things like that. What he doesn't know won't kill him. That was horrific! At least now he knows what his daughter's really like."

Did the fact that he was a pro wrestler spark your interest in showbiz?
"I think whatever you grow up with, that is the norm for you. It was the norm for me to have loads of big, loud-mouthed, stinking wrestlers walking around my house. Giant Haystacks and Mad Monk Rasputin were my babysitters! I was used to wrestling and having a good time with a load of really amazing people and I think it prepared me for life and the industry I'm in."

What's your main ambition now? Are you focused on getting into musicals or do you want to carry on acting?
"Acting was what I was doing before and even though Andrew Lloyd Webber doesn't think I can last eight shows a week, I can't be that bad if I get down to the last ten! My confidence isn't knocked that badly. I hope to get a good agent who will be able to sign me up for something like Chicago, but then I'd also love to do something like Hollyoaks. Anything and everything! I said on BBC News this morning that I'm available for wedding and and bar mitzvahs, I do mean it! I'm just excited about what lies ahead so hopefully there is going to be something."

I'd Do Anything continues Saturday at 7.05pm on BBC One.