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Revision as of 16:59, 25 April 2013
| Superstar | |
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| Created by | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Presented by | Amanda Holden |
| Judges | Andrew Lloyd Webber Melanie Chisholm Jason Donovan Dawn French David Grindrod |
| Composer | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Peter Davey |
| Producer | ITV Studios |
| Production locations | Various cities (auditions) Osea Island, Essex (Superstar Island) The Fountain Studios (live shows) |
| Running time | 60–90 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 7 July – 25 July 2012 |
| Related | |
| How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria? (2006) Any Dream Will Do (2007) I'd Do Anything (2008) Over the Rainbow (2010) Mamma Mia Here i go again (2013) | |
Superstar is a UK talent search, looking for the lead role in the production Jesus Christ Superstar. The series started on 7 July 2012 on ITV and was presented by Amanda Holden.
In the final, on 25 July 2012, 31-year-old Ben Forster was chosen as Jesus to perform the role in the UK arena tour starting in September 2012.[1]
The Team
| Role | Team |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Amanda Holden |
| The Panel | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Jason Donovan | |
| Dawn French | |
| Melanie Chisholm | |
| Casting Team | David Grindrod |
| Vocal Coach | Yvie Burnett |
Format
Nationwide auditions
The Nationwide auditions began in March 2012 visiting London, Dublin, Belfast, Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff. The judges are Andrew Lloyd Webber, Melanie Chisholm, Jason Donovan and David Grindrod. Host Amanda Holden was on hand for the auditionees.[2]
Grindrod judged the nationwide auditions and was joined by Donovan and Chilsholm at the 'Callback' round held at the O2 Academy in Brixton, London. Over 100 contestants were invited to the 'Callback' round in London. Lloyd Webber watched all the performances from a balcony at the side of the stage.
Cities that auditions were held in.
Superstar Island
The final 41 contestants are invited to 'Superstar Island' (Osea Island in Essex) for a week of training. Jonathan Ansell is a notable contestant who failed to pass this stage of the show.[3]
Final rounds
The final 30 contestants were invited to Lloyd Webber's villa in Majorca. After 10 were eliminated on arrival, the remaining contestants performed again in front of Lloyd Webber.
The next day, the contestants travelled back to Great Britain via coach (with the journey taking 25 hours) and performed a final time in front of the panel, with an accompanying band onstage, for a place in the live shows.
Live shows
The Live show stages of the search were judged by Melanie Chisholm, Jason Donovan, Dawn French and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The live shows were broadcast live from Fountain Studios in Wembley and took place over nine nights (excluding Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 July). The final was held on 25 July 2012.
The contestants perform on the first live show with the results of the public vote announced during the following night's show. The two contestants with the lowest votes competed in the Sing-Off to stay in the competition. After the performance, Lloyd Webber then decided which potential Jesus to keep in the contest. The saved Jesuses could be seen on the "Stairway to Heaven". The eliminated Jesus(es) then "walks into the light" and leaves the stage.
Live show details
Night 1 (15 July 2012)
- Group performance: "Superstar" (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
| Contestant | Order | Song (artist) | Result (Night 2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| David | 1 | "Forget You" (Cee Lo Green) | Safe |
| Dirk | 2 | "Make You Feel My Love" (Adele) | Bottom two |
| Nathan | 3 | "Sign Your Name" (Terence Trent D'Arby) | Safe |
| Ben | 4 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Gotye) | Safe |
| Niall | 5 | "Stay" (Hurts) | Safe |
| Tim | 6 | "Stone Cold Sober" (Paloma Faith) | Safe |
| Roger | 7 | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Procul Harum) | Safe |
| Jon | 8 | "Since U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson) | Safe |
| Afnan | 9 | "Next to Me" (Emeli Sandé) | Eliminated |
| Jeff | 10 | "Red" (Daniel Merriweather) | Safe |
| Rory | 11 | "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Lenny Kravitz) | Safe |
- Sing-Off (Night 2): Afnan and Dirk were in the bottom two; they performed the song "Memory" from the musical Cats. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Dirk.
Night 2 (16 July 2012)
| Contestant | Order | Song (artist) | Result (Night 3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | 1 | "She Said" (Plan B) | Safe |
| Tim | 2 | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Cat Stevens) | Bottom two |
| Rory | 3 | "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" (Kelly Clarkson) | Safe |
| Nathan | 4 | "Dedication to My Ex" (Lloyd ft. André 3000 & Lil Wayne) | Safe |
| Roger | 5 | "Part of Me" (Katy Perry) | Safe |
| Dirk | 6 | "Titanium" (Sia) | Eliminated |
| Jeff | 7 | "Mr Brightside" (The Killers) | Safe |
| Niall | 8 | "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" (The Script) | Safe |
| Jon | 9 | "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Bonnie Raitt) | Safe |
| David | 10 | "Nothing's Real But Love" (Rebecca Ferguson) | Safe |
- Sing-Off (Night 3): Tim and Dirk were in the bottom two; they performed the song "Hurt" by Christina Aguilera. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Tim.
Night 3 (17 July 2012)
- Group performance: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (The Beatles)
| Contestant | Order | Song (artist) | Result (Night 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roger | 1 | "More Than Words" (Extreme) | Safe |
| Nathan | 2 | "To Be With You" (Mr. Big) | Safe |
| Rory | 3 | "Dakota" (Stereophonics) | Safe |
| Jon | 4 | "I Want To Know What Love Is" (Foreigner) | Safe |
| David | 5 | "You've Got The Love" (The Source and Candi Staton) | Bottom two |
| Ben | 6 | "Everybody Hurts" (R.E.M.) | Safe |
| Tim | 7 | "Time Is Running Out" (Muse) | Eliminated |
| Jeff | 8 | "How You Remind Me" (Nickelback) | Safe |
| Niall | 9 | "Dirty Diana" (Michael Jackson) | Safe |
- Sing-Off (Night 4): David and Tim were in the bottom two; they performed "The Long and Winding Road" by The Beatles. Before the performance, Lloyd Webber decided not to eliminate either of them until he had seen the solo performances they had prepared for the night. They both performed on Night 4 with the elimination at the end of the show.[4] Lloyd Webber chose to save David.
Night 4 (18 July 2012)
- Group performance: "Viva la Vida" (Coldplay)
- Guest performance: "Ruby" (Kaiser Chiefs)
| Contestant | Order | Song (artist) | Result (Night 5) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niall | 1 | "One" (U2) | Safe |
| Rory | 2 | "Roxanne" (The Police) | Safe |
| David | 3 | "One Day Like This" (Elbow) | Bottom two |
| Ben | 4 | "This Love" (Maroon 5) | Safe |
| Jon | 5 | "I Won't Let You Go" (James Morrison) | Safe |
| Nathan | 6 | "How to Save a Life" (The Fray) | Safe |
| Roger | 7 | "Here I Go Again" (Whitesnake) | Safe |
| Tim | 8 | "Dream On" (Aerosmith) | Eliminated (Night 4) |
| Jeff | 9 | "Kiss from a Rose" (Seal) | Safe |
Night 5 (19 July 2012)
- Group performance: "Livin' on a Prayer" (Bon Jovi)
- Guest performance: "Baby Come Home" (Scissor Sisters)
| Contestant | Order | Song (artist) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff | 1 | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (The Rolling Stones) | Safe |
| David | 2 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Sinéad O'Connor) | Safe |
| Rory | 3 | "Fix You" (Coldplay) | Bottom two |
| Nathan | 4 | "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers) | Safe |
| Ben | 5 | "Fast Car" (Tracy Chapman) | Safe |
| Niall | 6 | "Wherever You Will Go" (The Calling) | Eliminated |
| Jon | 7 | "Feel" (Robbie Williams) | Safe |
| Roger | 8 | "Rolling in the Deep" (Adele) | Safe |
- Sing-Off: Rory and Niall were in the bottom two; they performed "Alone" by Heart. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Rory.
Night 6 (20 July 2012)
- Group performance: "Pinball Wizard" (The Who)
- Guest performance: "30 Minute Love Affair" (Paloma Faith)
| Contestant | Order | Song (artist) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon | 1 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (U2) | Eliminated |
| Jeff | 2 | "Whole Lotta Love" (Led Zeppelin) | |
| Roger | 3 | "Feeling Good" (Nina Simone) | Bottom three |
| Ben | 4 | "Cold As Ice" (Foreigner) | Safe |
| Rory | 5 | "Silenced by the Night" (Keane) | Safe |
| David | 6 | "Apologize" (OneRepublic) | Safe |
| Nathan | 7 | "Sweet Child o' Mine" (Guns N' Roses) | Safe |
- Sing-Off: Jon, Jeff and Roger were in the bottom three; they performed the song "Could We Start Again Please?" from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Roger.
Night 7 (23 July 2012)
- Group performance: "We Are Young" (fun.)
- Guest performance: "Greatest Day" (Gary Barlow, featuring Final 5)
| Contestant | Order | Song (artist) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan | 1 | "Born This Way" (Lady Gaga) | Eliminated |
| Roger | 2 | "Handbags and Gladrags" (Chris Farlowe) | Bottom two |
| David | 3 | "Too Close" (Alex Clare) | Safe |
| Rory | 4 | "Under Pressure" (Queen and David Bowie) | Safe |
| Ben | 5 | "It Must Have Been Love" (Roxette) | Safe |
- Sing-Off: Nathan and Roger were in the bottom two; they performed the song "Love Changes Everything" from the musical Aspects of Love. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Roger.
Night 8: Semi-final (24 July 2012)
- Group performance: "What's the Buzz" (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice)
- Guest performance: "Habanera" (Katherine Jenkins)
| Contestant | Order | Song (artist) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rory | 1 | "In the Air Tonight" (Phil Collins) | Bottom two |
| Ben | 2 | "Run" (Snow Patrol) | Safe |
| Roger | 3 | "Hard to Handle" (Otis Redding) | Safe |
| David | 4 | "I Try" (Macy Gray) | Eliminated |
- Sing-Off: Rory and David were in the bottom two; they performed "No Matter What" from the musical Whistle Down the Wind by Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman, famously covered by Boyzone. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Rory.
Night 9: Final (25 July 2012)
- Group performances: "Hosanna" and "Gethsemane" (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice)
- Guest performance: "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Melanie Chisholm, featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber)
| Contestant | Order | Song (artist) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | 1 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Queen) | Winner |
| Rory | 2 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith) | Runner Up |
| Roger | 3 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (Elton John) | Third place |
Finalists
| Key | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
|---|
| Name | Age* | From | Position reached |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Forster | 31 | Sunderland | Winner - won the role of Jesus Christ |
| Rory Taylor | 24 | Wirral | Runner Up - Eliminated 9th on Night 9 (25 July) |
| Roger Wright[5] | 41 | East London | Third place - Elminated 8th on Night 9 (25 July) |
| David Hunter | 27 | Warrington | 4th - Eliminated 7th on Night 8 (24 July) |
| Nathan James | 23 | Reading | 5th - Eliminated 6th on Night 7 (23 July) |
| Jeff Anderson | 21 | Belfast | Joint 7th/6th - Eliminated 5th on Night 6 (20 July) |
| Jon Moses | 28 | Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Niall Sheehy | 31 | County Wicklow | 8th - Eliminated 4th on Night 5 (19 July) |
| Tim Prottey-Jones | 32 | Birmingham | 9th - Eliminated 3rd on Night 4 (18 July) |
| Dirk Johnson | 24 | Scotland | 10th - Eliminated 2nd on Night 3 (17 July) |
| Afnan Iftikhar | 23 | North Shields | 11th - Eliminated 1st on Night 2 (16 July) |
* at time of competition
The Arena Tour
After the show has been aired, and the winner crowned, the show will go on tour.
The tour will travel across the country from 21 September until 21 October 2012 and will tour in the following venues: London O2 Arena, Glasgow SECC, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Manchester Arena, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, National Indoor Arena Birmingham, Belfast Odyssey, The O2 Dublin, Echo Arena Liverpool, Nottingham Capital FM and Motorpoint Arena Sheffield.[6]
Cast List
| Role | Cast |
|---|---|
| Jesus Christ | Ben Forster |
| Judas Iscariot | Tim Minchin |
| Mary Magdalene | Melanie Chisholm |
| King Herod | Chris Moyles |
| Pilate | Alexander Hanson |
| Caiaphas | Pete Gallagher |
| Annas | Gerard Bentall |
| Peter | Michael Pickering |
| Simon Zealotes | Giovanni Spano |
Reception
Official ratings are supplied by the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.[7]
Ratings
| Episode | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings (millions) |
Official ratings (millions) |
Weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditions | 7 July | 19:25 | 3.04[8] | 3.03 | #18 |
| Superstar Island | 8 July | 20:00 | 3.11[9] | 3.16 | #16 |
| Show 3 | 14 July | 20:00 | 2.89[10] | 2.95 | #29 |
| Live show 1 | 15 July | 20:00 | 3.08[11] | 2.99 | #27 |
| Live show 2 | 16 July | 21:00 | 2.83[12] | 2.81 | #26 |
| Live show 3 | 17 July | 21:00 | 2.37[13] | Under 2.66 | Outside Top 30 |
| Live show 4 | 18 July | 21:00 | 2.69[14] | 2.67 | #29 |
| Live show 5 | 19 July | 21:00 | 2.90[15] | 2.83 | #25 |
| Live show 6 | 20 July | 21:00 | 2.64[16] | 2.66 | #30 |
| Live show 7 | 23 July | 21:00 | 2.59[17] | 2.49 | #22 |
| Semi-final | 24 July | 21:00 | 2.54[18] | 2.54 | #21 |
| Final | 25 July | 21:00 | 3.17[19] | 3.11 | #13 |
| Series average | 2012 | N/A | 2.82 | 2.82 | N/A |
References
- ^ "Ben Forster crowned as Jesus in ITV's 'Superstar'". Digital Spy. 25 July 2012.
- ^ "The panel and host announced". itv.com. May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ X Factor G4 singer auditions for Lord Lloyd Webber's 'Superstar' - Superstar News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
- ^ Andrew decreed that Tim should leave the competition - Superstar - Article
- ^ Superstar Finalists: Meet Roger Wright Unreality TV
- ^ Jesus Christ Superstar Tickets
- ^ "Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week)". BARB.
- ^ "Andrew Lloyd Webber's Superstar launches with 3.2m on ITV1". Digital Spy. 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Andy Murray's tearful Wimbledon final defeat serves up 16.9m peak". Digital Spy. 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Big Brother slumps to 870,000 on Saturday night". Digital Spy. 15 July 2012.
- ^ "'Family Guy' rockets to 1.2m on BBC Three after 'Shrek' boost". Digital Spy. 16 July 2012.
- ^ "'Superstar' first live show stumbles along with 2.9m". Digital Spy. 17 July 2012.
- ^ "BBC Two's 'Line of Duty' beats ITV's struggling 'Superstar'". Digital Spy. 18 July 2012.
- ^ "'24 Hours in A and E' tops 9pm slot for Channel 4". Digital Spy. 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Dynamo continues to perform strongly for Watch". Digital Spy. 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Olympics fever boosts BBC Three ratings". Digital Spy. 22 July 2012.
- ^ "'Absolutely Fabulous' Olympics special grabs 5.6 million". Digital Spy. 24 July 2012.
- ^ "'Superstar' latest episode attracts more than 2.5 million". Digital Spy. 25 July 2012.
- ^ "'Superstar' soars to series high for Ben Forster's finale win". Digital Spy. 26 July 2012.