Any Dream Will Do (TV series)

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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 originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes11
Production
ProducerBBC Entertainment
Running time30–90mins
Original release
Network BBC One, BBC HD
Release31 March (2007-03-31) 
9 June 2007 (2007-06-09)

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 .

Contents

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:

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

Graham Norton and the twelve contestants each wearing their 'dreamcoat', symbolically handed back once they were eliminated. Those pictured are (clockwise from top left) Chris B, Antony, Chris C, host Graham Norton, Keith, Lewis, Ben, Johndeep, Daniel, Seamus, Craig, Lee and Rob. Josephsandgraham.jpg
Graham Norton and the twelve contestants each wearing their 'dreamcoat', symbolically handed back once they were eliminated. Those pictured are (clockwise from top left) Chris B, Antony, Chris C, host Graham Norton, Keith, Lewis, Ben, Johndeep, Daniel, Seamus, Craig, Lee and Rob.

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").

FinalistAgeFromCoat ColourStatus
Chris Crosby [3] 18 Nottingham BurgundyEliminated 1st in Week 1
Johndeep More [4] 23 Birmingham Lime greenEliminated 2nd in Week 2
Antony Hansen [5] 17 Abingdon, Oxon Pastel blueEliminated 3rd in Week 3
Seamus Cullen [6] 35LondonGreenEliminated 4th in Week 3
Chris Barton [7] 20 Ormskirk LilacEliminated 5th in Week 4
Robert "Rob" McVeigh [8] 23 Rotherham TurquoiseEliminated 6th in Week 5
Daniel Boys [9] 28LondonPurpleEliminated 7th in Week 6
Craig Chalmers [10] 25 Edinburgh Dark blueEliminated 8th in Week 7
Ben Ellis [11] 18 Scarborough OrangeEliminated 9th in Week 8
Lewis Bradley [12] 17 Middlesbrough Light blueEliminated 10th in Week 9
Keith Jack [13] 19 Midlothian YellowRunner-up
Lee Mead [14] 25 Southend-on-Sea RedWinner

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
Weekly results per contestant
ContestantWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Final
Part 1Part 2Part 1Part 2
Lee Mead2nd1st1st1st3rd2nd1st1st1st1stWinner
(week 9)
Keith Jack5th3rd3rd2nd1st1st3rd2nd2nd2ndRunner-up
(week 9)
Lewis Bradley4th4th4th4th5th6th5th3rd3rd3rdEliminated
(week 9)
Ben Ellis11th9th7th8th6th4th2nd5th4thEliminated
(week 8)
Craig Chalmers10th7th10th6th7th3rd4th4thEliminated
(week 7)
Daniel Boys1st2nd2nd3rd2nd5th6thEliminated
(week 6)
Rob McVeigh7th5th5th5th4th7thEliminated
(week 5)
Chris Barton3rd11th6th7th8thEliminated
(week 4)
Seamus Cullen6th8th8th9thEliminated
(week 3)
Antony Hansen8th6th9thEliminated
(week 3)
Johndeep More9th10thEliminated
(week 2)
Chris Crosby12thEliminated
(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)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
ContestantPerformance PairOrderSongResult
Rob McVeighPair 11"Summer of '69"Safe
Lee Mead2"Mack the Knife"Safe
Lewis BradleyPair 23"Faith"Safe
Ben Ellis4"Johnny B. Goode"Bottom two
Craig ChalmersPair 35"Try a Little Tenderness"Safe
Johndeep More6"If There's Any Justice"Safe
Seamus CullenPair 47"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"Safe
Antony Hansen8"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"Safe
Chris CrosbyPair 59"This Love"Bottom two
Daniel Boys10"You Give Me Something"Safe
Chris BartonPair 611"Walking in Memphis"Safe
Keith Jack12"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"Safe

Sing-off:

ActSing Off SongResults
Ben Ellis"Bridge over Troubled Water"Saved by Lloyd Webber
Chris CrosbyEliminated

Week 2 (21 April 2007)

Contestants' performances on the second live show
ContestantPerformance PairOrderSongResult
Daniel BoysPair 11"Since U Been Gone"Safe
Craig Chalmers2"Home"Safe
Keith JackPair 23"Who Am I"Safe
Seamus Cullen4"Being Alive"Safe
Ben EllisSolo Performance5"All by Myself"Safe
Johndeep MorePair 36"Something's Coming"Bottom two
Chris Barton7"I'll Be There"Bottom two
Rob McVeighPair 48"Piano Man"Safe
Antony Hansen9"Light My Fire"Safe
Lewis BradleyPair 510"Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"Safe
Lee Mead11"Bad Day"Safe

Sing-off:

ActSing Off SongResults
Johndeep Moore"Let It Be".Eliminated
Chris BartonSaved by Lloyd Webber

Week 3 (28 April 2007)

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

Contestants' performances on the third live show
ContestantPerformance PairOrderSongResults Part 1Results Part 2
Seamus CullenPair 11"Start Me Up"SafeBottom two
Lewis Bradley2"I Saw Her Standing There"SafeSafe
Rob McVeighPair 23"Oh, Pretty Woman"SafeSafe
Antony Hansen4"Patience"Bottom two
Chris BartonPair 35"Tell Her About It"SafeSafe
Ben Ellis6"Life Is a Rollercoaster"SafeBottom two
Daniel BoysPair 47"The Lady Is a Tramp"SafeSafe
Lee Mead8"I Don't Want to Talk About It"SafeSafe
Keith JackPair 59"Crocodile Rock"SafeSafe
Craig Chalmers10"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"Bottom twoSafe

Sing-off 1:

ActSing Off SongResults
Antony Hansen"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"Eliminated
Craig ChalmersSaved by Lloyd Webber

Sing-off 2:

ActSing Off SongResults
Seamus Cullen"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"Eliminated
Ben EllisSaved by Lloyd Webber

Notes:

Week 4 (5 May 2007)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
ContestantPerformance PairOrderSongDecadeResults
Ben EllisPair 11"Addicted to Love"1980sSafe
Craig Chalmers2"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"1970sBottom two
Lee MeadPair 23"All Right Now"1970sSafe
Keith Jack4"Love Is All Around"1960sSafe
Lewis BradleyPair 35"Dancing in the Moonlight"2000sSafe
Rob McVeigh6"Back for Good"1990sSafe
Chris BartonPair 47"All Night Long"1980sBottom two
Daniel Boys8"All About You"2000sSafe

Sing-off:

ActSing Off SongResults
Craig Chalmers"The Long and Winding Road"Saved by Lloyd Webber
Chris BartonEliminated

Notes:

Week 5 (12 May 2007)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
ContestantPerformance PairOrderSongResults
Rob McVeighPair 11"Born to Run"Bottom two
Daniel Boys2"Maggie May"Safe
Lewis BradleyPair 23"I'm a Believer"Bottom two
Lee Mead4"Leave Right Now"Safe
Craig ChalmersSolo Performance5"This is the Moment"Safe
Ben EllisPair 36"Help Yourself"Safe
Keith Jack7"Always on My Mind"Safe

Sing-off:

ActSing Off SongResults
Rob McVeigh"Tell Me It's Not True" from Blood Brothers Eliminated
Lewis BradleySaved by Lloyd Webber

Week 6 (19 May 2007)

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

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
ContestantOrderSongResults
Keith Jack1"Brown Eyed Girl"Safe
Lewis Bradley2"The Rose"Bottom two
Ben Ellis3"Blue Suede Shoes"Safe
Craig Chalmers4"Black or White"Safe
Daniel Boys5"Evergreen"Bottom two
Lee Mead6"Paint it Black"Safe

Sing-off:

ActSing Off SongResults
Lewis Bradley"Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables Saved by Lloyd Webber
Daniel BoysEliminated

Notes:

Week 7 (26 May 2007)

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 were back-up singers.

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
ContestantOrderSongResults
Lee Mead1"Daydream Believer"Safe
Ben Ellis2"Crying"Bottom two
Craig Chalmers3"Suspicious Minds"Bottom two
Lewis Bradley4"Hero"Safe
Keith Jack5"Let Me Entertain You"Safe

Sing-off:

ActSing Off SongResults
Ben Ellis"I Made It Through the Rain"Saved by Lloyd Webber
Craig ChalmersEliminated

Week 8 (2 June 2007)

The semi-final was held on 2 June 2007, in which the remaining four Josephs competed for the three 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.

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
ContestantOrderSongResults
Keith Jack1"Could It Be Magic"Safe
Ben Ellis2"Ease on Down the Road"Bottom two
Lewis Bradley3"Sweet Caroline"Bottom two
Lee Mead4"Livin' on a Prayer"Safe

Sing-off:

ActSing Off SongResults
Ben Ellis"I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables Eliminated
Lewis BradleySaved by Lloyd Webber

Notes:

Week 9 (9 June 2007)

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. [15]

Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
ContestantOrderSongOrderBig Band SongOrderPrevious SongResult
Lewis Bradley1"Kiss"4"Beyond the Sea"N/AN/A (already eliminated)Eliminated
Keith Jack2"For Once in My Life"5"Moondance"7"Always on My Mind"Runner-up
Lee Mead3"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"6"Theme from New York, New York"8"Paint It Black"Winner

The success of the programme prompted the BBC to extend the series by an extra week (week nine), [16] 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 (an audience share of 23.5%). [17]

In the final, over three million votes were cast with Lee Mead being announced as the winner. [18] He sang "Any Dream Will Do" to close the series and his prize was six months (later extended to 18) in the lead role of a revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in London's West End.

After the series

Winner

Before the opening night of Joseph at London's Adelphi Theatre, publicity from the TV show had brought in £10 million in advance ticket sales, [19] leading to a five-month extension to the show's run and an extension of Mead's contract until June 2008. [20]

Mead's version of "Any Dream Will Do", along with "Close Every Door" performed by the three finalists, was released as a single to raise money for BBC Children in Need. It reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. He also opened the telethon, performing “any dream live in the BBC Television Centre with a choir of children onstage and 7 others around the country in: Blackpool, Lincoln, Basingstoke, Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff. The performance cut to these choirs for 10 seconds each throughout the song. [21]

His first public performance after the win was on 1 July 2007 at the Concert for Diana at London's Wembley Stadium, where he sang "Any Dream Will Do" with former Joseph actors Donny Osmond and Jason Donovan.

Mead, along with the winner, Connie Fisher and last five runners-up of the previous Lloyd-Webber reality show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? starred in a one-off Christmas Eve special on BBC One entitled When Joseph Met Maria . [22]

Other finalists

Fifth-placed Craig Chalmers was cast by Bill Kenwright as Joseph in the touring version of Joseph [23] from 20 August 2007. The tour was due to have its first night in Bromley, London, less than 24 km (about 15 miles) from the Adelphi, where Kenwright was co-producer. In Chalmers' last week before viewers voted him off the programme, Kenwright had told him: "You wowed the audience and please God you are here next week for the semi-final." [24] Chris Barton played Benjamin on the tour and at some matinees Joseph or the Narrator. He then went on to be a Swing in Spring Awakening in both Hammersmith and the Novello Theatre in the West End. Kenwright employed Chris Crosby on his national tour of Half a Sixpence opening on 28 August 2007 at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley.

Keith Jack joined the cast of the touring Joseph production with Chalmers and Barton. He played the Narrator, a part usually played by a woman though originally written for a male voice. His first official performance was on 1 October in Plymouth although he performed a couple of the final shows in High Wycombe on 28 and 29 September. In June 2010, Jack took the Dreamcoat from Chalmers and continued his role till May 2013.

In January 2008 Antony Hansen joined the cast of Kenwright's touring production of Joseph as a brother. During this time Kenwright formed a boy band named Dream On from the contestants on Any Dream Will Do. Hansen and fellow finalists Chalmers, Bradley, Crosby and Barton's debut album became a chart success in its first two weeks. In May 2008, Kenwright cast Hansen as Pharaoh in the national tour of Joseph. In January/February 2009 Hansen played the lead role of Joseph for Kenwright. Hansen joined the West End end cast of Les Misérables in June 2009 in the ensemble and first cover Marius. July 2009 saw Hansen and fellow Any Dream Will Do contestant Craig Chalmers finish recording their second album together with BK Productions – Saturday Night at the Movies.

Lewis Bradley was contracted by Lloyd Webber to play Joseph at the Adelphi Theatre during Mead's holiday absence, and possibly for an additional performance a week. Meanwhile, Ben James-Ellis (Ben Ellis, who adopted the name James-Ellis for Equity purposes) landed the role of Link Larkin in the UK premiere of Hairspray: The Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre from 11 October 2007. Daniel Boys went on to land many roles including performing in the Royal Festival Hall's concert production of Sweeney Todd , Landor Theatre's I Love You Because and the lead role of Princeton in Avenue Q at the Noël Coward Theatre. He also took part in the cabaret If You've Got It Flaunt It at the West End's Trafalgar Studios in September 2007.

Rob McVeigh entered the United Kingdom selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. In a unique Joseph vs. Maria showdown, he lost the heat to his Maria counterpart Simona Armstrong.

Johndeep More went on to appear in Nevermind The Broadway and a pantomime Cinderella (with Crosby). [25]

Craig Chalmers was to appear as Prince Charming in a pantomime, but was sacked when it came to light that he had previously appeared in porn films. [26]

Criticism

In an interview with The Stage , the then-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," [27] by pointing out that so far all the Josephs that were a bit outside of the traditional mould had been eliminated for exactly that reason. [28]

Ratings

Ratings taken from BARB.

ShowDateOfficial rating
(millions)
BBC1 weekly rankingShare
Auditions 131 March 20076.85630.8% [29]
Auditions 27 April 20076.031029.8% [30]
Live Show 114 April 20076.161029.3% [31]
Results 16.29930.7% [31]
Live Show 221 April 20075.481427.0% [32]
Results 25.521325.7% [32]
Live Show 328 April 20075.661129.1% [33]
Results 35.581224.0% [33]
Live Show 45 May 20075.661228.2% [34]
Results 45.191423.2% [34]
Live Show 512 May 20075.261727.7% [35]
Live Show 619 May 20076.141029.2% [36]
Results 66.17928.3% [36]
Live Show 726 May 20076.181028.9% [37]
Results 76.77731.5% [37]
Live Show 82 June 20076.45833.2% [38]
Results 86.71631.6% [38]
Final9 June 20076.80633.9% [39]
Final Results8.28336.8% [39]
Average6.1729.4%

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