The third series of "The Alan Titchmarsh Show" featured the start of a competition to find a soprano to sing with Ansell in the "A Night at the Opera" tour. 8 ladies were selected to sing in front of a judging panel of David Grant, Ruthie Henshall and Jonathan Shalit. The 4 successful ladies Rosie Bell, Rosie Havel, Olivia Safe and Esther Dee faced a public vote on 15 September 2008 and Olivia Safe and Rosie Bell won through. They sang "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" with Ansell, from Verdi's "La Traviata" on 29 September 2008. Olivia Safe won the public vote to appear in the tour of "A Night at the Opera".