West End Eurovision

West End is an annual event held in London between top West End shows, loosely based on the Eurovision Song Contest. It is generally held at the Piccadilly theatre and the host show does not compete but rather is the opening act before the main event. This event is done for the charity theatremad and the format is divided between three competitions, one for the best performance, one for best creativity and another for the best video ident.
Each year a number of celebrity judges pick the winner of the Best Creative Award, while the Best Video Ident Award is chosen over social media.
The Best Performance Award is the biggest of the three and is awarded to the performance that gets the highest number of points combined from three categories: the best video ident points, phone votes from the audience (which are doubled) and points from the show representatives from each competing show.

2008

• Debuting Shows:

Avenue Q Buddy The Lion King Phantom of the Opera Mamma Mia! Grease Wicked

Draw	Show	Song	Country	Year	Place	Points
??	Wicked	Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit	United Kingdom	1996	1st	??
??	Grease	Making Your Mind Up	United Kingdom	1981		??
??	Avenue Q	??	??	??		??
??	Buddy	??	??	??		??
??	The Lion King	??	??	??		??
??	Phantom of the Opera	??	??	??		??
??	Mamma Mia!	??	??	??		??
??	??	Ding-A-Dong	Netherlands	1975		??
??	??	Waterloo	Sweden	1974		??
??	??	Save Your Kisses For Me	United Kingdom	1976		??

2009

Draw	Show	Song	Country	Year	Place	Points
01	Phantom of the Opera	Take Me To Your Heaven	Sweden	1999	8th	??
02	Mamma Mia	Las Vegas	Sweden	2005	1st	??
03	Lion King	Wild Dances	Ukraine	2004	5th	??
04	We Will Rock You	Love Shine A Light	United Kingdom	1997	3rd	??
05	Billy Elliot	I'm Never Giving Up	United Kingdom	1983	2nd	??
06	Wicked	Touch My Fire	United Kingdom	2005	4th	??
07	Dirty Dancing	Nel blu dipinto di blu	Italy	1958	7th	??
08	La Cage aux Folles	Diva	Israel	1998	6th	??

2010

This year's contest was judged by Toby Anstis, Sally Ann Triplet and Graham Norton

Draw	Show	Song	Country	Year	Place	Points
??	Dirty Dancing	Shake It	Greece	2004	1st	??
??	Les Misérables	Puppet on a String	United Kingdom	1967	??	??
??	Avenue Q	Better the Devil You Know	United Kingdom	1993	??	??
??	Phantom of the Opera	La Voix	Sweden	2009	??	??
??	Love Never Dies	Just Get Out of My Life	Montenegro	2009	??	??
??	Legally Blonde	Flying The Flag (For You)	United Kingdom	2007	??	??
??	We Will Rock You	The Balkan Girls	Romania	2009	??	??
??	Jermyn Street Theatre	My Number One	Greece	2005	??	??
??	Dreamboats and Petticoats	Miss Kiss Kiss Bang	Germany	2009	??	??
??	Mamma Mia	Song#1	Russia	2007	??	??
??	Billy Elliott	Let It Swing	Norway	1985	??	??

2011

West End Eurovision 2011
Host
Venue	Piccadilly Theatre London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)	Gaby Roslin
Participants
Number of entries	11
Debuting countries	Wizard of Oz 39 Steps Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Returning countries	Wicked
Non-returning countries	Dreamboats and Petticoats Jermyn Street Theatre Mamma Mia!
Vote
Winning song	Legally Blonde

This year, the contests pannelists were Legally Blonde leading lady Sheridan Smith, BBC Eurovision commentator Graham Norton and unsuccessful 2010 Irish Eurovision contestant Justin Lee Collins

Draw	Show	Song	Country	Year	Place	Points
??	Wizard of Oz	Je ne sais quoi	Iceland	2010	??	??
??	Les Misérables	Shady Lady	Ukraine	2008	??	??
??	Phantom of the Opera	Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley	Sweden	1984	??	??
??	We Will Rock You	In My Dreams	Norway	2005	??	??
??	Billy Elliot	Teenage Life	United Kingdom	2006	??	??
??	Priscilla Queen of the Desert	This Is My Life	Iceland	2008	??	??
??	Wicked	Aven Romale	Czech Republic	2009	??	??
??	Legally Blonde	Dancing Lasha Tumbai	Ukraine	2007	1st	??
??	Love Never Dies	It's All About You	Albania	2010	??	??
??	Dirty Dancing	Fångad av en stormvind	Sweden	1991	??	??
??	39 Steps	Pump-Pump	Finland	1976	2nd	??

2012

West End Eurovision 2012
Host
Venue	Dominion Theatre London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)	Gaby Roslin John Patridge
Participants
Number of entries	10
Vote
Winning song	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The celebrity judges this year were Kerry Ellis, Tony Blackburn and Stephanie Powers
Points are shown as follows: (Video ident points, Show judges points, Phone votes from the audience) = TOTAL

Draw	Show	Song	Country	Year	Place	Points
1	Mamma Mia!	Bonjour, Bonjour	Switzerland	1969	10th	(0,8,0) = 8
2	Shrek The Musical	Fly on the Wings of Love	Denmark	2000	9th	(2,13,0) = 15
3	Sweeney Todd	One Step Out of Time	United Kingdom	1992	1st	(4,92,24) = 120
4	Wizard of Oz	Boom Boom	Armenia	2011	5th	(0,54,4) = 58
5	The 39 Steps	Boom Boom Boomerang	Austria	1977	8th	(1,15,2) = 18
6	Rock of Ages	Wolves of the Sea	Latvia	2008	7th	(6,28,12) = 46
7	Phantom of the Opera	Fairytale	Norway	2009	5th	(10,32,16) = 58
8	Billy Elliot	Shir Habatlanim	Israel	1987	2nd	(0,88,9) = 88
9	Les Misérables	Ne partez pas sans moi	Switzerland	1988	3rd	(12,48,20) = 80
10	Wicked	Poupée de cire, poupée de son	Luxembourg	1965	4th	(8,52,8) = 68

Category	Show	Titel
Best Performance	Sweeney Todd	"One Step Out of Time"
Best Creative Award	Sweeney Todd	"One Step Out of Time"
Best Ident	Les Misérables	"A.R.S.E.D - Actors Rags to Sequins Eurovision Dream"