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| Any Dream Will Do | |
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| Created by | Andrew Lloyd Webber Bea Ballard |
| Presented by | Graham Norton |
| Judges | Andrew Lloyd Webber John Barrowman Denise van Outen Bill Kenwright Zoe Tyler |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Producer | BBC Entertainment |
| Running time | 30–90mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One, BBC HD |
| Release | 31 March – 9 June 2007 |
Any Dream Will Do, is a 2007 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. 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.
The show was hosted by Graham Norton, who announced Lee Mead as the winner of the final public telephone vote on 9 June 2007.
It was the second West-End talent show to be produced by the BBC/Andrew Lloyd Webber, after How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?. Further talent shows in the series have aired, with I'd Do Anything running in 2008 and Over the Rainbow which ran in April/May 2010.
Lloyd Webber, Zoe Tyler & John Barrowman returned as panelists and Graham Norton returned to host the show.
A similar format has been used as well in The Netherlands in 2008, with the show Op zoek naar Joseph (Looking for Joseph) taking an unknown singer and placing the winner in the lead role for the 2009 performances in The Netherlands.[1] On 26 October 2008, Freek Bartels was announced the winner of the show.
Format
Commissioned after the success of the similar BBC series How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?,[2] the series followed the same format to find a new, unknown lead for a revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The series was named after the song from the musical, "Any Dream Will Do".
Expert panel
David Ian did not appear on this show and was replaced by Bill Kenwright.
An expert panel provided advice to the contestants throughout the series, and provided comments during the live shows. As they appeared on screen from right to left, the panel was made up of:
- Zoe Tyler, vocal coach to the contestants (vocal coach, singer and performer)
- Bill Kenwright (theatre producer and co-producer of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi Theatre)
- Denise Van Outen (musical theatre actress and television presenter) who later went on to date and marry winner Lee Mead.
- John Barrowman (musical theatre and television actor)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber, head judge and composer of Joseph. Presenter Graham Norton referred to him differently each week, mostly using variations of "Lord" phrases. When he was announced as part of the expert panel, the chandeliers behind him flashed and a few bars from The Phantom of the Opera rang out. Usually, Lloyd Webber showed mock embarrassment or surprise, while Barrowman and Van Outen feigned either fright or worship of him.
Auditions
The first week of the show documented the initial auditions where 100 hopefuls, from thousands, were called back to London. This was further whittled down by the panel of judges to 50 contestants who would enter Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joseph School". However, two additional entrants were selected over this 50 contestant limit after they went to Lloyd Webber's personal studio for a second audition.
In the second week, the 52 individuals selected attended "Joseph School" where the coaches worked on singing, acting and choreography with the contestants. Former Joseph actor Jason Donovan, amongst others, visited to lend his advice and support for them. On the second day, one contestant left the competition, 23 were eliminated and only 28 remained. On the third day, another eight men were eliminated, leaving only 20 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 12 were then taken through to the live studio finals.
Finalists
Twelve potential Josephs were chosen, each wearing a unique coloured coat. At the end of every live show, the Joseph who was eliminated had his coat stripped off whilst singing a song of farewell (a combination of "Poor, Poor Joseph" and "Close Every Door to Me").
| Finalist | Age | From | Coat Colour | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Crosby[3] | 18 | Nottingham | Burgundy | Eliminated 1st in Week 1 |
| Johndeep More[4] | 23 | Birmingham | Lime green | Eliminated 2nd in Week 2 |
| Antony Hansen[5] | 17 | Abingdon, Oxon | Pastel blue | Eliminated 3rd in Week 3 |
| Seamus Cullen[6] | 35 | London | Green | Eliminated 4th in Week 3 |
| Chris Barton[7] | 20 | Ormskirk | Lilac | Eliminated 5th in Week 4 |
| Robert "Rob" McVeigh[8] | 23 | Rotherham | Turquoise | Eliminated 6th in Week 5 |
| Daniel Boys[9] | 28 | London | Purple | Eliminated 7th in Week 6 |
| Craig Chalmers[10] | 25 | Edinburgh | Dark blue | Eliminated 8th in Week 7 |
| Ben Ellis[11] | 18 | Scarborough | Orange | Eliminated 9th in Week 8 |
| Lewis Bradley[12] | 17 | Middlesbrough | Light blue | Eliminated 10th in Week 9 |
| Keith Jack[13] | 19 | Midlothian | Yellow | Runner-up |
| Lee Mead[14] | 25 | Southend-on-Sea | Red | Winner |
Results summary
- Colour key
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two and who was saved after the sing off |
| – | Contestant was eliminated after the sing off |
| – | Contestant who received the most public votes |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | ||||||||
| Lee Mead | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Winner (week 9) |
| Keith Jack | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | Runner-up (week 9) |
| Lewis Bradley | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated (week 9) |
| Ben Ellis | 11th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | Eliminated (week 8) | |
| Craig Chalmers | 10th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | Eliminated (week 7) | ||
| Daniel Boys | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 6th | Eliminated (week 6) | |||
| Rob McVeigh | 7th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 7th | Eliminated (week 5) | ||||
| Chris Barton | 3rd | 11th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Eliminated (week 4) | |||||
| Seamus Cullen | 6th | 8th | 8th | 9th | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||||
| Antony Hansen | 8th | 6th | 9th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||
| Johndeep More | 9th | 10th | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||||
| Chris Crosby | 12th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||
Live shows
The 12 finalists, (or "Josephs"), were announced on 7 April 2007, with the live studio finals starting a week later. Each week the "Josephs" were set various singing and performing tasks. They were introduced with clips summarising their past week before performing a solo song and hearing comments from the panel. Each week they also performed two group songs, one from Joseph at the start of each show, and one after the solo performances. All the performances were live in front of a studio audience, with a live band headed by Nigel Wright and backing singers.
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 fewest 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 "Poor, Poor Joseph/Close Every Door" together with the remaining Josephs, as his grand exit song, symbolically handing back his dreamcoat.
Week 1 (14 April 2007)
- Theme-No1s
- Group performances:
- "Any Dream Will Do"
- "Luck Be a Lady" (from Guys and Dolls)
| Contestant | Performance Pair | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob McVeigh | Pair 1 | 1 | "Summer of '69" | Safe |
| Lee Mead | 2 | "Mack the Knife" | Safe | |
| Lewis Bradley | Pair 2 | 3 | "Faith" | Safe |
| Ben Ellis | 4 | "Johnny B. Goode" | Bottom two | |
| Craig Chalmers | Pair 3 | 5 | "Try a Little Tenderness" | Safe |
| Johndeep More | 6 | "If There's Any Justice" | Safe | |
| Seamus Cullen | Pair 4 | 7 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | Safe |
| Antony Hansen | 8 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Safe | |
| Chris Crosby | Pair 5 | 9 | "This Love" | Bottom two |
| Daniel Boys | 10 | "You Give Me Something" | Safe | |
| Chris Barton | Pair 6 | 11 | "Walking in Memphis" | Safe |
| Keith Jack | 12 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Safe |
- Panel's verdict on who was not Joseph
- John Barrowman: Craig Chalmers
- Denise Van Outen: Craig Chalmers
- Bill Kenwright: Chris Crosby
- Zoe Tyler: Antony Hansen
Sing-off:
| Act | Sing Off Song | Results |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Ellis | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Saved by Lloyd Webber |
| Chris Crosby | Eliminated |
Week 2 (21 April 2007)
- Theme: Pop Classics
- Group performances:
- "Jacob & Sons/Joseph's Coat"
- "Pinball Wizard" (The Who)
- Mission:
- Coming on stage at a McFly concert