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Any Dream Will Do
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Created byLord Lloyd-Webber
Presented byGraham Norton
StarringJudges:
John Barrowman
Denise Van Outen
Bill Kenwright
Zoe Tyler
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes11
Production
ProducerBBC Entertainment
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release31 March 2007 –
9 June 2007
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Any Dream Will Do, often known as 'Joseph', was a 2007 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The series was commissioned after the success of the similar BBC series How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?. It searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a West End revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.[1]

The show was hosted by Graham Norton, who announced Lee Mead as the winner of the final tele-vote on 9 June 2007

Format

The first week of the show documented the initial auditions where one hundred hopefuls, from thousands, were called back to London. This was further whittled-down to fifty contestants who would enter Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "Joseph School". However, two additional entrants were selected over this fifty contestant limit after they went to Lloyd Webber's personal studio for a second audition.

In the second week, the fifty individuals selected attended "Joseph School" where the coaches worked on singing, acting and choreography with the contestants. Jason Donovan, amongst others, popped in to lend his advice and support for them. On the second day, one contestant left the competition, twenty-three were eliminated and only twenty eight remained. On the third day, another eight men were eliminated, leaving only twenty contestants in the competition. These men were taken to Lloyd Webber's castle in Ireland, where they performed live in front of a packed house of locals and industry professionals including Louis Walsh. The best twelve were taken through to the finals.

These twelve finalists, the "Josephs", were announced on 7 April 2007. Starting from Week One on 14 April 2007, the "Josephs" were set various singing and performing tasks each week, performing one song per show live in front of a studio audience. They were introduced with clips summarizing their past week and announced by Graham Norton in sets of two, then performed back to back and were judged by the panel at the same time.

Every week, a Joseph was eliminated from the competition. The public got a chance to vote for their favourite Joseph by calling in after all the finalists' solo performances. The two Josephs with the least votes in a given week performed a sing-off in front of Lloyd-Webber, who then decided which contestant to keep, based upon how well he felt that contender would fill the Joseph role. The eliminated Joseph then performed "Close Every Door" together with the remaining Josephs as his grand exit song, symbolically handing back his dreamcoat.

The Winner

The winner of Any Dream Will Do! was Lee Mead. His prize was six months in the lead of a revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in London's West End. In his first performance since his 9 June win, on 1 July 2007 Mead sang Any Dream Will Do with movie Joseph Donny Osmond and 1991 Joseph Jason Donovan at the Concert for Diana at London's Wembley Stadium. Before his opening night at London's Adelphi Theatre, publicity from the TV show had brought in £10 million in advance ticket sales[2] That success won the revived musical a five-month extension to its run – and Mead's contract was extended June 2008.[3]

The success of the programme prompted the BBC to extend the series by an extra week,[4] removing the need for a double eviction prior to the final. The new date for the final, 9 June 2007, ensured it would air directly opposite the final of ITV's competing show, Grease is the Word. This move paid off as the final of Any Dream Will Do! managed to secure the upper hand over Grease is the Word in viewing figures with a peak of 8.5 million viewers and an audience share of 39.6% – compared with ITV's high of 4.9 million viewers (for an audience share of 23.5%).[5]


Weekly variations

Week Three: In a double elimination, two Josephs were voted off the series.

Week Six: With only six finalists remaining, the Josephs were announced in sets of three and performed in a trio as well as their individual performances.

Week Seven: One of the finalists was chosen by Josh Groban to perform "You Raise Me Up" with him live in front of the audience. Lee Mead was the lucky one while the remaining four acted as back-up singers.

Week Eight: The semi-final was held on 2 June 2007, in which the remaining four Josephs competed for the three remaining spots in the final. Again announced in sets of two, the contestants performed duets of Andrew Lloyd Webber songs with another Joseph in addition to their solo performance. At the end of the show, the three finalists were announced: Lee Mead, Keith Jack and Lewis Bradley.

Week Nine: The final, held on 9 June 2007, featured three songs from each of the Josephs: in addition to their regular performance, each performed a big band number and the final two repeated their favourite song from the series. The opening song was performed by all 12 Josephs, supported by the winner of a national Joseph Choir search – the choir of East Ham's Brampton Primary School in east London.[6]

Finalists

Standing from left to right: Chris B, Antony, Chris C, Graham Norton, Keith, Lewis, Ben. Sitting from left to right: Rob, Lee, Craig, Seamus, Daniel, Johndeep

The following is in reverse chronological order by elimination date.

  1. "Mack the Knife" (from The Threepenny Opera)
  2. "Bad Day" (Daniel Powter)
  3. "I Don't Want To Talk About It" (Rod Stewart)
  4. "All Right Now" (Free)
  5. "Leave Right Now" (Will Young)
  6. "Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones)
  7. "Daydream Believer" (The Monkees)
  8. "Livin' On A Prayer" (Bon Jovi)
  9. "(You're The) Devil In Disguise" (Elvis Presley)
Big Band: "New York, New York" (Frank Sinatra)
Favourite from the series: "Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones)
  1. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen)
  2. "Who Am I" (Will Young)
  3. "Crocodile Rock" (Elton John)
  4. "Love Is All Around" (Wet Wet Wet)
  5. "Always on My Mind" (Elvis Presley)
  6. "Brown Eyed Girl" (Van Morrison)
  7. "Let Me Entertain You" (Robbie Williams)
  8. "Could It Be Magic" (Barry Manilow)
  9. "For Once in My Life" (Stevie Wonder)
Big Band: "Moondance" (Van Morrison)
Favourite from the series: "Always on My Mind" (Elvis Presley)
  1. "Faith" (George Michael)
  2. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John)
  3. "I Saw Her Standing There" (The Beatles)
  4. "Dancing in the Moonlight" (Toploader)
  5. "I'm a Believer" (The Monkees)
  6. "The Rose" (Westlife)
  7. "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias)
  8. "Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond)
  9. "Kiss" (Tom Jones)
Big Band: "Beyond the Sea" (Bobby Darin)
  • Ben Ellis (18 years old from Scarborough) Eliminated 9th
  1. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry)
  2. "All By Myself" (Eric Carmen)
  3. "Life Is a Rollercoaster" (Ronan Keating)
  4. "Addicted to Love" (Robert Palmer)
  5. "Help Yourself" (Tom Jones)
  6. "Blue Suede Shoes" (Elvis Presley)
  7. "Crying" (Roy Orbison)
  8. "Ease On Down the Road" (from "The Wiz)
  • Craig Chalmers (25 years old from Edinburgh) Eliminated 8th
  1. "Try a Little Tenderness" (Bing Crosby)
  2. "Home" (Michael Bublé)
  3. "Signed Sealed Delivered" (Stevie Wonder)
  4. "December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)" (from "Jersey Boys")
  5. "This Is The Moment" (from Jekyll & Hyde)
  6. "Black Or White" (Michael Jackson)
  7. "Suspicious Minds" (Elvis Presley)
  1. "You Give Me Something" (James Morrison)
  2. "Since U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson)
  3. "The Lady is a Tramp" (Frank Sinatra)
  4. "All About You" (McFly)
  5. "Maggie May" (Rod Stewart)
  6. "Evergreen" (Will Young)
  • Rob McVeigh (24 years old from Rotherham) Eliminated 6th
  1. "Summer of '69" (Bryan Adams)
  2. "Piano Man" (Billy Joel)
  3. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison)
  4. "Back for Good" (Take That)
  5. "Born to Run" (Bruce Springsteen)
  • Chris Barton (20 years old from Ormskirk) Eliminated 5th
  1. "Walking in Memphis" (Marc Cohn)
  2. "I'll Be There" (The Jackson 5)
  3. "Tell Her About It" (Billy Joel)
  4. "All Night Long" (Lionel Richie)
  • Seamus Cullen (35 years old from London) Eliminated 4th
  1. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (U2)
  2. "Being Alive" (from Company)
  3. "Start Me Up" (The Rolling Stones)
  • Antony Hansen (17 years old from Abingdon, Oxon) Eliminated 3rd
  1. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith)
  2. "Light My Fire" (The Doors)
  3. "Patience" (Take That)
  • Johndeep More (23 years old from Birmingham) Eliminated 2nd
  1. "If There's Any Justice" (Lemar)
  2. "Something's Coming" (from West Side Story)
  • Chris Crosby (18 years old from Nottingham) Eliminated 1st
  1. "This Love" (Maroon 5)

Group performances

Week One

  1. "Any Dream Will Do" (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
  2. "Luck Be a Lady" (from Guys and Dolls)

Week Two

  1. "Jacob & Sons/Joseph's Coat" (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
  2. "Pinball Wizard" (The Who)

Week Three

  1. "Go, Go, Go Joseph" (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
  2. "One Vision" (Queen)

Week Four

  1. "Song of the King" (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
  2. "Dead Ringer For Love" (Meat Loaf)

Week Five

  1. "One More Angel in Heaven" (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
  2. "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks)

Week Six

  1. "Go, Go, Go Joseph" (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
  2. Keith, Lewis and Ben: "That's Life" (Frank Sinatra)
  3. Craig, Daniel and Lee: "Don't Rain on My Parade" (from Funny Girl)
  4. "She Loves You" (The Beatles)

Week Seven

  1. "A Pharaoh Story" (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
  2. "Do You Love Me" (The Contours)
  3. "Born to Be Wild" (Steppenwolf)
  4. Lee & the Josephs with Josh Groban: "You Raise Me Up"

Week Eight

  1. "Jacob & Sons/Joseph's Coat" (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
  2. Keith and Ben: "Only You" (from Starlight Express)
  3. Lewis and Lee: "Oh What a Circus" (from Evita)
  4. "Under Pressure" (Queen & David Bowie)

Week Nine

  1. All Josephs with the Brampton Primary School Choir: "Go, Go, Go Joseph" (from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
  2. Lee, Keith and Lewis: "Maria" (from West Side Story)
  3. The Former Josephs: "The Boys Are Back in Town" (Thin Lizzy)
  4. Keith and Lee: "Superstar" (from Jesus Christ Superstar)

Eliminations

Week One (14 April 2007)
Bottom two were Ben Ellis and Chris Crosby, with Chris receiving the lowest number of votes from the public. In the sing-off, they had to sing the Simon and Garfunkel song "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Ben and send Chris home.

Week Two (21 April 2007)
Bottom two were Chris Barton and Johndeep More, with Chris receiving the lowest number of votes from the public. In the sing-off, they had to sing The Beatles song "Let It Be". Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Chris and send Johndeep home.

Week Three (28 April 2007)
Show one, Bottom two were Antony Hansen and Craig Chalmers, with Craig receiving the lowest number of votes from the public. In the sing-off, they had to sing the song "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams. Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Craig and send Antony home.

Show two, Bottom two were Seamus Cullen and Ben Ellis, with Seamus receiving the lowest number of votes from the public. In the sing-off, they had to sing "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" by The Hollies. Ben was saved by Lord Lloyd-Webber due to his emotional performance and Seamus was sent home. Upon hearing that he was being sent home, a clearly surprised Seamus said: "The words 'conspiracy theory' spring to mind." Then, during his farewell song, he changed the line "I have been promised a land of my own" to "I have been promised a show of my own."

Week Four (5 May 2007)
Bottom two were Chris Barton and Craig Chalmers, with Chris receiving the lowest number of votes from the public. In the sing-off, they had to sing The Beatles song "The Long and Winding Road". Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Craig and send Chris home. Chris successfully sang the farewell song but later said he was disappointed that Lloyd Webber chose Craig over him. Lloyd Webber said that the public may not wish to pay the price to watch Joseph if Chris had won the part.

Week Five (12 May 2007)
Bottom two were Rob McVeigh and Lewis Bradley, with Rob receiving the lowest number of votes from the public. In the sing-off, they had to sing "Tell Me It's Not True" from the musical Blood Brothers. Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Lewis and send Rob home.

Week Six (19 May 2007)
Bottom two were Daniel Boys and Lewis Bradley, with Daniel receiving the lowest number of votes from the public. In the sing-off, they had to sing "Bring Him Home" from the musical Les Misérables. Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Lewis and send Daniel home.

Week Seven (26 May 2007)
Bottom two were Ben Ellis and Craig Chalmers, with Ben receiving the lowest number of votes from the public. In the sing-off, they had to sing Barry Manilow's "I Made It Through The Rain". Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Ben and send Craig home.

Week Eight (2 June 2007)
Bottom two were Ben Ellis and Lewis Bradley, with Ben receiving the lowest number of votes from the public. In the sing-off, they had to sing I Dreamed a Dream from the musical Les Misérables. Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Lewis and send Ben home.

Week Nine (9 June 2007)
First to go out and finishing in third place was Lewis Bradley.[7] Keith Jack was the second to be voted out of the final, confirming Lee Mead as the winner of the competition.[8]

The Other Josephs

The show had found a second Joseph, it emerged later[9] Impresario Bill Kenwright cast fifth-placed Craig Chalmers in a touring version of the Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat from 20 August 2007, when the tour was due to have its first night in Bromley in southeastern suburban London, less than 24 km (about 15 miles) from ther Adelphi, where Kenwright was co-producer. In Chalmers's last week before viewers voted him off the search-for-a-star, Kenwright had told him: "You wowed the audience and please God you are here next week for the semi-final."[10] The tour would take Chalmers – the former singer for an Edinburgh male stripping troupe[11] – to Bath, Brighton, Cheltenham, Kings Lynn, High Wycombe, Plymouth, Derry, Dublin, Aberdeen, Cardiff and Sheffield after Bromley. Chris Barton, anothert finalist will also play Benjamin on the tour and Joseph at certain venues during the run. Kenwright has also employed Chris Chalmers on his new national tour of Half A Sixpence, opening on 28 August 2007 at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley.

Lewis Bradley has since been contracted by Lloyd Webber to play Joseph at the Adelphi Theatre during Mead's holiday absence, and possibly an additional performance a week to commence soon. Meanwhile Ben James-Ellis (new stage name for Equity purposes) has landed the role of Link Larkin in the UK premiere of Hairspray: The Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre from 11 October 2007. Daniel Boys has gone on to land many roles including performing in the Royal Festival Hall's concert production of Sweeney Todd and the Landor Theatre's I Love You Because. He will also take part in the cabaret If You've Got It Flaunt It at the West End's Trafalgar Studios in September 2007, before beginning rehearsals for the new musical Jersey Boys which he opens in in February 2008 at the Prince Edward Theatre. Keith Jack is currently in the recording studio with his first solo album.

Expert panel

As they appeared on screen from right to left, the panel was made up of:

Criticism

  • In an interview with The Stage on 25 May, 2007, the recently eliminated Daniel Boys questioned Andrew Lloyd Webber's stated aim of casting a Joseph outside the stereotype, "who's a bit of a Justin Timberlake, tiny touch of the Michael Jacksons and a bit of the Jude Laws,"[12] by pointing out that so far all the Josephs that were a bit outside of the traditional mould have been eliminated for exactly that reason.[13]
  • In a brief interview from 22 May 2007 with The Guardian, theatrical actress Elaine Paige named Any Dream Will Do! as the greatest threat to theatre today, saying that "actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows".[14] But the winner of Any Dream Will Do! and the part of Joseph Lee Mead, who had quit his role in the ensemble at The Phantom of the Opera and understudying the part of Raoul, had told June 20 2007's edition of the performing arts weekly The Stage: "Those chances don’t come up very often – so I thought I would go along and see what happened. When I got to last 12, I had to make the decision to stay with Phantom or go with the programme. I am a strong believer that you need to take risks in your career and that is what has brought me this far...Friends in the industry were surprised because I may have got my first lead from Phantom. But I never knew if that would come and when that would be."[15] (Paige had been speaking during the previews of The Drowsy Chaperone, a Canadian musical which had transferred from Broadway to the Novello Theatre with Paige in the title role. Within two weeks of its opening, the cost of the priciest seats was slashed by 35 percent. A month later, its producers decided to close the show on 4 August, instead of 23 February 2008.)[16] [17]

See also

References

  1. ^ "BBC One announces Any Dream Will Do". BBC News. 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Nigel (2007-07-19). "Joseph and the Amazing £10 million Sales". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  3. ^ Really Useful/See Tickets.Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
  4. ^ Hemley, Matthew (2007-05-17). "Any Dream Will Do takes on Grease for final show clash". The Stage. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  5. ^ Rogers, Jon (2007-06-11). "BBC1's Dream pays off". Broadcast magazine. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  6. ^ "Joseph Choir Search final list announced". BBC. 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  7. ^ "The Final". BBC. 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  8. ^ "The Final Result". BBC. 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  9. ^ Smith, Alistair (2007-07-04). "Second Joseph emerges from Any Dream Will Do". The Stage. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  10. ^ "You're Not Joseph! Public vote Craig Chalmers off BBC One's Any Dream Will Do". BBC. 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  11. ^ Biography at BBC's Any Dream Will Do! page.Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
  12. ^ Andrew Lloyd Webber on Any Dream Will Do, 14 April 2007, explaining what he's looking for in this show.
  13. ^ Matthewman, Scott (2007-05-25). "Daniel Boys: More Mr Nice Guy". The Stage. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
  14. ^ Barnett, Laura (2007-05-22). "Portrait of the artist: Elaine Paige, actor". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
  15. ^ Hemley, Matthew (2007-06-20). "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Lee Mead and Preeya Kalidas". The Stage. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
  16. ^ West End’s The Drowsy Chaperone to close in August – The Stage 10 July 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-10].
  17. ^ Drowsy closes early in the capital, Society of London Theatre, 9 July 2007.Retrieved on 2007-07-09.

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