Only 6 remained, and one had to go on last week's Any Dream Will Do but the wrong guy got sent home and the standard of the show took another dip.
I really do feel like a broken record now, but it's got to the stage that I can't be bothered watching one karaoke programme after another. OK I know some of these guys have brilliant voices and at least one of them is a West End star but the songs are, quite frankly, boring same 0ld same old renditions of Sunfly number 593 (or whatever).
The only saving grace of the show was the group numbers - That's Life and Don't Rain On My Parade - well at least one of them was a "proper" musical theatre song and they were both very entertaining.
Gobsmacked doesn't quite cover the esteemed Lord Webber's decision to keep Lewis and get rid of Daniel. Going on the sing-off alone, Daniel Boys walked it while Lewis's participation in Bring Him Home from Les Miserable was just that, miserable.
I'm now at the stage where I'm only watching this rather pointless search for the Joseph lead in the hope that the TV audience vote for the right person in the end. No one else but Lee Mead can pull this part off; the rest are OK sometimes, good occasionally and bordering on hopeless at the best of times.
Who knows though, maybe tonight will surprise us all and we'll get some real musical theatre... but I doubt it. My prediction for tonight's sharp exit has to be Craig, but that's based on my wish to see him leave rather than any faith I have in the public vote, or some of the judges comments. I have a feeling that Keith's luck will run out though, since Ben's dramatic turnaround seemed to do something for the judges last week. And Lewis, well I guess we'll see, his energy has definitely taken a dip, and if he can't stand the heat once a week then putting him in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat would be one huge gamble.
Saturday 26 May 2007
Sunday 13 May 2007
Lee Mead Gets "Awesome" reviews on Any Dream Will Do
Finally, we start to see a real star emerging through the dross this programme has offered so far. Lee Mead is not only a likely winner, he's the only winner going on this week's performance.
Described as "awesome" and "phenomenal" by the judges, Lee's performance of Leave Right Now (Will Young), was breathtaking. He captured the song perfectly, and delivered it like the professional he obviously is. Now, I know there is a bit of controversy about Lee being in the show in the first place, as he does have experience in the West End already. But more fool to the producers who have overlooked this guy's talent before, he really does have everything.
Apart from Lee, the only other person who came near was Keith, again. Singing Always On My Mind to show his "maturity", I'm still not sure that he has the right persona for Joseph. His first West End role could certainly be one of the brothers though.
Lewis gave a decent performance of I'm A Believer and didn't really deserve to be in the sing-off, and while Daniel's Maggie May was good from the vocal perspective, his overall stage presence lacks that certain spark needed to be a West End lead.
Poor little Ben is really trying his best isn't he? Singing Help Yourself, a Tom Jones number, he did entertain the audience and would have been fantastic in a cabaret bar or cruise ship, but he is not Joseph by the biggest stretch of the imagination. Craig, too, is trying to move away from the cabaret sound; unfortunately that is probably about as far as he'll ever get.
Rob had to go sometime, and though I probably would have put him above Craig and Ben this week it will spare him the pain of struggling through another show. Once again, he was given the wrong song, Born To Run. I just don't see how he could have proved his musical theatre potential with yet another rock number.
While I'm on a rant about the musical theatre genre, my Grease Is The Word review delves into the opinion that songs by Abba or Queen are NOT musical theatre!
All that's left to say about Any Dream Will Do for this week though, is ... Lee Mead could start seriously learning all the Joseph songs and the script now. He should play the leading role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!
Described as "awesome" and "phenomenal" by the judges, Lee's performance of Leave Right Now (Will Young), was breathtaking. He captured the song perfectly, and delivered it like the professional he obviously is. Now, I know there is a bit of controversy about Lee being in the show in the first place, as he does have experience in the West End already. But more fool to the producers who have overlooked this guy's talent before, he really does have everything.
Apart from Lee, the only other person who came near was Keith, again. Singing Always On My Mind to show his "maturity", I'm still not sure that he has the right persona for Joseph. His first West End role could certainly be one of the brothers though.
Lewis gave a decent performance of I'm A Believer and didn't really deserve to be in the sing-off, and while Daniel's Maggie May was good from the vocal perspective, his overall stage presence lacks that certain spark needed to be a West End lead.
Poor little Ben is really trying his best isn't he? Singing Help Yourself, a Tom Jones number, he did entertain the audience and would have been fantastic in a cabaret bar or cruise ship, but he is not Joseph by the biggest stretch of the imagination. Craig, too, is trying to move away from the cabaret sound; unfortunately that is probably about as far as he'll ever get.
Rob had to go sometime, and though I probably would have put him above Craig and Ben this week it will spare him the pain of struggling through another show. Once again, he was given the wrong song, Born To Run. I just don't see how he could have proved his musical theatre potential with yet another rock number.
While I'm on a rant about the musical theatre genre, my Grease Is The Word review delves into the opinion that songs by Abba or Queen are NOT musical theatre!
All that's left to say about Any Dream Will Do for this week though, is ... Lee Mead could start seriously learning all the Joseph songs and the script now. He should play the leading role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!
Saturday 12 May 2007
Any Dream Will Do - Tickets are on sale for Joseph!
I only discovered this the other day, but the tickets are already on sale for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the West End. I'm sure that whoever wins will do a very good job, and it would be fantastic to see the show again.
I've never managed to make it to London for The Sound of Music to see Connie Fisher playing Maria so I'm not taking the chance of missing Joseph!
I've never managed to make it to London for The Sound of Music to see Connie Fisher playing Maria so I'm not taking the chance of missing Joseph!
Any Dream Will Do - Fourth Show Review
Another week, another let down!
I've said this before, but if I was in Andrew Lloyd Webber's shoes right now I'd be worried, extremely worried. Apart from Keith - who probably doesn't quite look the part - there wasn't much to shout about last week, never mind pay £70 a ticket for.
Ben is hanging on with the skin of his teeth, Craig isn't doing much better and Rob will be lucky to make through the next couple of weeks.
As for the rest, if they had decent songs to sing we might get a better perspective. I feel like a broken record for saying this again, but if I wanted to hear All Night Long and December 1963 I'd go and dig out my old 7" singles! This show is supposed to be about musical theatre, but right from the beginning it has drifted toward cheesy, bordering on boring, pop tunes.
Lewis is still in with a decent chance, not in my top 3 last week but could still turn it around. Keith had a great week and I can see him getting stronger and more confident as the show goes on. My favourite is still Lee, at the moment, but we'll see.
I shouldn't forget to mention that Chris Barton went home and not before time. Sorry Chris but you just didn't fill my world with Technicolor dreams!
Roll on the next show, but please give us some musicals - that's why we tuned in at the beginning, is it not?
I've said this before, but if I was in Andrew Lloyd Webber's shoes right now I'd be worried, extremely worried. Apart from Keith - who probably doesn't quite look the part - there wasn't much to shout about last week, never mind pay £70 a ticket for.
Ben is hanging on with the skin of his teeth, Craig isn't doing much better and Rob will be lucky to make through the next couple of weeks.
As for the rest, if they had decent songs to sing we might get a better perspective. I feel like a broken record for saying this again, but if I wanted to hear All Night Long and December 1963 I'd go and dig out my old 7" singles! This show is supposed to be about musical theatre, but right from the beginning it has drifted toward cheesy, bordering on boring, pop tunes.
Lewis is still in with a decent chance, not in my top 3 last week but could still turn it around. Keith had a great week and I can see him getting stronger and more confident as the show goes on. My favourite is still Lee, at the moment, but we'll see.
I shouldn't forget to mention that Chris Barton went home and not before time. Sorry Chris but you just didn't fill my world with Technicolor dreams!
Roll on the next show, but please give us some musicals - that's why we tuned in at the beginning, is it not?
Saturday 5 May 2007
Will Any Dream Will Do beat Grease Is The Word again?
Last week, 28th April, a huge audience of 6.8 million people tuned into Any Dream Will Do versus Grease Is The Word which pulled in 4.5 million viewers, according to the TV ratings.
I wouldn't be surprised if Grease beats Joseph tonight though. After last Saturday's dull offering, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat just wasn't cutting the cloth.
The two shows going head to head is a pointless exercise anyway, the real fans will watch one and record one, or pick up Grease Is The Word on the repeats. Any Dream Will Do is also being shown on the TV replay service, so the strength and accuracy of the ratings is debatable.
Tonight, I'd like to see Ben going out, but predict that Craig may not win over the home voting audience.
I wouldn't be surprised if Grease beats Joseph tonight though. After last Saturday's dull offering, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat just wasn't cutting the cloth.
The two shows going head to head is a pointless exercise anyway, the real fans will watch one and record one, or pick up Grease Is The Word on the repeats. Any Dream Will Do is also being shown on the TV replay service, so the strength and accuracy of the ratings is debatable.
Tonight, I'd like to see Ben going out, but predict that Craig may not win over the home voting audience.
Monday 30 April 2007
Curtain down for Antony and Seamus
Two sing-offs, two contestants sent home - dreams were shattered for Seamus and Antony on Any Dream Will Do's third live week.
It was certainly a show of two-halves, with a double elimination over the course of both parts of the program.
In the earlier show, Antony found himself up against Craig in the first sing-off. The challenge for this week was the Bryan Adams class, Everything I Do (I Do It For You). Andrew Lloyd Webber could have saved himself the trouble of coming back later and just got rid of both of them at this point, as neither lived up to the level needed to perform in the kids' choir, never mind the leading role. He couldn't do that though, could he, so rightly picked the worse of the two and got rid of Antony, soft-soaping him by saying he will one day be "performing eight times a week in a West End show". It sounds to me not so much like high hopes, more like false hopes.
The second person to get the axe was the unfortunate Seamus. Now despite all the things I said before about this guy, he absolutely did not deserve to go home. Going head-to-head with Ben, they sang He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother. ALW saved Ben, without giving much of a decent explanation behind his decision, and Seamus got the boot. While I don't agree, Seamus didn't do himself any favours by his not so subtle hint about a "conspiracy" in the camp.
And so there were eight. Do us a favour please, quit the cheesy pop tunes and give us some musical theatre. After all, isn't this what the show is supposed to be about?
Week 3 main review
It was certainly a show of two-halves, with a double elimination over the course of both parts of the program.
In the earlier show, Antony found himself up against Craig in the first sing-off. The challenge for this week was the Bryan Adams class, Everything I Do (I Do It For You). Andrew Lloyd Webber could have saved himself the trouble of coming back later and just got rid of both of them at this point, as neither lived up to the level needed to perform in the kids' choir, never mind the leading role. He couldn't do that though, could he, so rightly picked the worse of the two and got rid of Antony, soft-soaping him by saying he will one day be "performing eight times a week in a West End show". It sounds to me not so much like high hopes, more like false hopes.
The second person to get the axe was the unfortunate Seamus. Now despite all the things I said before about this guy, he absolutely did not deserve to go home. Going head-to-head with Ben, they sang He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother. ALW saved Ben, without giving much of a decent explanation behind his decision, and Seamus got the boot. While I don't agree, Seamus didn't do himself any favours by his not so subtle hint about a "conspiracy" in the camp.
And so there were eight. Do us a favour please, quit the cheesy pop tunes and give us some musical theatre. After all, isn't this what the show is supposed to be about?
Week 3 main review
Sunday 29 April 2007
Not impressed - my dream is nearly over.
I'm afraid the third live show in the Any Dream Will Do series completely failed to impress me last night. It's not just the standard, I'm sure some of the contestants have a lot more to give than we've seen, and this is part of the problem.
A prime example of this was the prattle about the home audience disagreeing with the judges views last week. Of course this is going to happen, the viewing public are being short changed on seeing the real journey the boys are taking from one week to the next. The judges are seeing the whole thing from a different perspective; the rehearsals, what the singing coaches are saying; the dance practice and acting classes.
If you remember the first series of Pop Idol, this was one of the best things about the programme. The viewers got to see the finalists actually working, from the vocal warm-ups right through to the finished performance. This is where Joseph, Maria, Grease Is The Word - and all the rest - fail to deliver, giving instead an increasingly dumbed down experience.
Rant over, now for the quicker-than-usual review!
Since there were two knockouts over the course of the two shows, I'll cover them both in my results review.
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A prime example of this was the prattle about the home audience disagreeing with the judges views last week. Of course this is going to happen, the viewing public are being short changed on seeing the real journey the boys are taking from one week to the next. The judges are seeing the whole thing from a different perspective; the rehearsals, what the singing coaches are saying; the dance practice and acting classes.
If you remember the first series of Pop Idol, this was one of the best things about the programme. The viewers got to see the finalists actually working, from the vocal warm-ups right through to the finished performance. This is where Joseph, Maria, Grease Is The Word - and all the rest - fail to deliver, giving instead an increasingly dumbed down experience.
Rant over, now for the quicker-than-usual review!
- Seamus - I thought he did a very good job of Start Me Up, I was beginning to warm to him.
- Lewis - not as good as last week, the song (I Saw Her Standing There) is much too karaoke-esque for my liking and didn't do him any favours
- Rob - an ok attempt at Pretty Woman, but if I wanted more karaoke I'd have gone down the local pub.
- Antony - sorry but it was awful. Take That would be cringing at his woeful attempt at Patience.
- Chris - average, trying-hard-not-to-be-in-the-bottom-two, performance of Tell Her About It. Don't bother Chris, it wasn't worth listening to.
- Ben - Life Is A Rollercoaster. "Best performance of the series" according to Mr Barrowman..mmm... whatever, he won't last much longer.
- Daniel - One of the best of a mediocre bunch. His number, The Lady Is A Tramp, at least gave us a rest from the now familiar, but boring, pop song direction the show has taken.
- Lee - I'm not sure about "perfection" as Bill commented, but Lee was easily the front runner with his rendition of Rod Stewart's I Don't Want To Talk About It.
- Keith - fantastic! While he might not be exactly right as Joseph, this boy really works hard and you could see a huge difference from last week. Ok, his dance moves during Crocodile Rock leave a little room for improvement, but what a voice this wee lad has!
- Craig - one word, cabaret. Not that I'm running down cabaret singers, I love them, but this is a West End audition show, and I would not be rushing out to buy a ticket if he was to win the part.
Since there were two knockouts over the course of the two shows, I'll cover them both in my results review.
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Saturday 21 April 2007
"Whatcha gonna do?". No more Joseph for Johndeep.
The green coat is no longer the dreamcoat for Johndeep More, after being sent home when Lord Webber picked Chris Barton to stay on tonight's Any Dream Will Do results show.
Johndeep's interpretation of Something's Coming from West Side Story didn't win any points with the judges earlier in the main programme. He and Chris performed Let It Be in the singoff, and whilst I felt Chris didn't particularly deserve to be in the bottom two, neither of them did very much for the song at all.
After the judges comments, I really didn't expect Chris to be there. He's not my favourite, but he's still way in front of Ben (who I expect got the sympathy vote after his close call last week). It does happen in this type of show, the middle of the road guys don't get the votes and that's where I'd put Chris this week.
Johndeep could have a musical theatre career, he just needs to pick the right musicals. Joseph's too airy fairy for him, and he does have that terribly serious expression!
Earlier tonight - Dreamcoat or Drearycoat?
Johndeep's interpretation of Something's Coming from West Side Story didn't win any points with the judges earlier in the main programme. He and Chris performed Let It Be in the singoff, and whilst I felt Chris didn't particularly deserve to be in the bottom two, neither of them did very much for the song at all.
After the judges comments, I really didn't expect Chris to be there. He's not my favourite, but he's still way in front of Ben (who I expect got the sympathy vote after his close call last week). It does happen in this type of show, the middle of the road guys don't get the votes and that's where I'd put Chris this week.
Johndeep could have a musical theatre career, he just needs to pick the right musicals. Joseph's too airy fairy for him, and he does have that terribly serious expression!
Earlier tonight - Dreamcoat or Drearycoat?
Tonight in Joseph, dreamcoat or drearycoat?
Did it seem for a while tonight that there was no potential Joseph stars on this show? Starting off with Daniel and Craig, it was mediocre to say the least. Bill Kenwright, for some reason I can't figure, described Daniel's performance as "fantastic", not for me it wasn't.
Keith and Seamus didn't do much better either as far as I'm concerned. Keith was dissed for his diction, and whilst Seamus was advised to embrace his talent I think he may need some coaching in people skills first!
Then came poor Ben; you could tell from the first note that this wee boy couldn't cope with a big song like All By Myself. Zoe called his vocals "flat" and ALW "didn't think you were handling that song well tonight". Couldn't have said it better myself, well not without using bad language anyway.
The mediocrity continued with Johndeep, singing a number from West Side Story. Something's Coming sounded more like something's missing I'm afraid. Bill Kenwright's comment was "wrong interpretation"
Now before I continue this week's rant, yes I'm writing this after the event so the results have been announced. But since I don't run to my computer straight after the live show I'm not apologising for my after-the-event opinion. Believe it or not, I really don't mind.
Ok, Chris. I must be on a different planet from the judges. I didn't like him much last week, and this week hasn't changed my opinion. JB might think he's his Joseph, but he is definitely not mine.
Rob did slightly better with Piano Man, but came in from a bit of criticism from the Lord himself. Although I do believe the audience were a bit confused by the question - "did you know this song was sung by two people?". Was it? I thought Billy Joel sang it himself (!)
Denise Van Outen said to Antony "you rocked my world". Well happy as I am for her, he didn't rock my kitchen table. I do love his voice, there's no doubt he can sing but I wasn't convinced at all by the acting. Her next comment was hilarious though, and will no doubt be quoted many times over the next few days - see my Quote of the Show.
And so to Lewis and Lee. Finally, something worth watching for. Lewis gave a fantastic rendition of Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word. I know he had a slight problem with the falsetto, but a bit of help from Zoe will hopefully fix that. Lee finished the show with Bad Day, and it certainly wasn't a bad day for him after that. He was brilliant!
Disappointments:
Daniel - I am waiting for something much better from him. I do feel a bit sorry for Keith, he can work on his diction forever but this isn't the right part for him.
Highlights:
Without question Lee gave the best performance for me tonight, with Lewis a close second.
Quote of the Show:
Antony was given a bit of back up with a female dancer in his Light My Fire number. Denise, in her wisdom commented "You sometimes look a little stiff on stage". And before the watershed too!
I hate to admit it, as this show was looking very promising, but for me it's a bit more Any Dream Will Don't than Any Dream Will Do tonight.
Results Show
Keith and Seamus didn't do much better either as far as I'm concerned. Keith was dissed for his diction, and whilst Seamus was advised to embrace his talent I think he may need some coaching in people skills first!
Then came poor Ben; you could tell from the first note that this wee boy couldn't cope with a big song like All By Myself. Zoe called his vocals "flat" and ALW "didn't think you were handling that song well tonight". Couldn't have said it better myself, well not without using bad language anyway.
The mediocrity continued with Johndeep, singing a number from West Side Story. Something's Coming sounded more like something's missing I'm afraid. Bill Kenwright's comment was "wrong interpretation"
Now before I continue this week's rant, yes I'm writing this after the event so the results have been announced. But since I don't run to my computer straight after the live show I'm not apologising for my after-the-event opinion. Believe it or not, I really don't mind.
Ok, Chris. I must be on a different planet from the judges. I didn't like him much last week, and this week hasn't changed my opinion. JB might think he's his Joseph, but he is definitely not mine.
Rob did slightly better with Piano Man, but came in from a bit of criticism from the Lord himself. Although I do believe the audience were a bit confused by the question - "did you know this song was sung by two people?". Was it? I thought Billy Joel sang it himself (!)
Denise Van Outen said to Antony "you rocked my world". Well happy as I am for her, he didn't rock my kitchen table. I do love his voice, there's no doubt he can sing but I wasn't convinced at all by the acting. Her next comment was hilarious though, and will no doubt be quoted many times over the next few days - see my Quote of the Show.
And so to Lewis and Lee. Finally, something worth watching for. Lewis gave a fantastic rendition of Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word. I know he had a slight problem with the falsetto, but a bit of help from Zoe will hopefully fix that. Lee finished the show with Bad Day, and it certainly wasn't a bad day for him after that. He was brilliant!
Disappointments:
Daniel - I am waiting for something much better from him. I do feel a bit sorry for Keith, he can work on his diction forever but this isn't the right part for him.
Highlights:
Without question Lee gave the best performance for me tonight, with Lewis a close second.
Quote of the Show:
Antony was given a bit of back up with a female dancer in his Light My Fire number. Denise, in her wisdom commented "You sometimes look a little stiff on stage". And before the watershed too!
I hate to admit it, as this show was looking very promising, but for me it's a bit more Any Dream Will Don't than Any Dream Will Do tonight.
Results Show
Saturday 14 April 2007
Poor Poor Joseph - Chris C first to go go go!
Chris Crosby was the first Joseph to be stripped of his dreamcoat tonight on Any Dream Will Do.
His earlier performance of This Love didn't do enough to win over the judges, or the viewing public. In a showdown with Ben for survival in the bottom two, the pair had to sing Bridge Over Troubled Water, which neither handled particularly well.
However Ben's voice did overpower him and Chris struggled to hit the notes. Andrew Lloyd Webber saved Ben for his "better vocal range".
The treat of the show was definitely the group performance, Luck Be A Lady (Guys and Dolls).
Ironically, Chris showed off his real talent in the exit song, introduced by the remaining hopefuls with the predictable Poor Poor Joseph, and finally Close Every Door.
Emotional, entertaining, sensational!
Main show review
His earlier performance of This Love didn't do enough to win over the judges, or the viewing public. In a showdown with Ben for survival in the bottom two, the pair had to sing Bridge Over Troubled Water, which neither handled particularly well.
However Ben's voice did overpower him and Chris struggled to hit the notes. Andrew Lloyd Webber saved Ben for his "better vocal range".
The treat of the show was definitely the group performance, Luck Be A Lady (Guys and Dolls).
Ironically, Chris showed off his real talent in the exit song, introduced by the remaining hopefuls with the predictable Poor Poor Joseph, and finally Close Every Door.
Emotional, entertaining, sensational!
Main show review
A Real Technicolor Peformance on Joseph Show
Wow! The first live show was fantastic, opening with the Josephs all singing Any Dream Will Do and going on to perform brilliantly in their solos.
Highlights
The opening number was a fine display of the talent of the 12 Joseph hopefuls. If the nerves were there at that point they didn't show, it was spectacular.
Lowlights
Too much screaming from the audience at the beginning of the programme, effectively drowning out much of the vocals.
Backing vocals on some of the songs were a bit too much in some of the numbers.
Top 3
Daniel: What a voice this guy has! He just took my breath away with his version of James Morrison's You Give Me Something. Zoe described it as "truly mesmerising".
Antony: Tuning issues aside, I Don't Want To Miss A Thing was beautiful. John Barrowman said "wow.. blew me away"
Keith: Delighted the judges with Crazy Little Thing Called Love. This boy could be a dark horse. Denise Van Outen called him "a theatrical ball of fire".
Disappointments
Rob: Whilst his personality came across well, he picked the wrong song (Summer of 69). Too much jumping about on stage and could have shown off his voice better. Still, as Bill Kenright commented, Rob is "the epitome of the show".
Craig: Proved that looks aren't everything. Try A Little Tenderness was ok, perhaps a bit pub singer-ish (which he is admittedly). I just think there's a lot more in there.
Quote of the show
"...concerned you'll look like baby Joseph in a nappy"
Denise VO, about Chris C "
Results show review
Highlights
The opening number was a fine display of the talent of the 12 Joseph hopefuls. If the nerves were there at that point they didn't show, it was spectacular.
Lowlights
Too much screaming from the audience at the beginning of the programme, effectively drowning out much of the vocals.
Backing vocals on some of the songs were a bit too much in some of the numbers.
Top 3
Daniel: What a voice this guy has! He just took my breath away with his version of James Morrison's You Give Me Something. Zoe described it as "truly mesmerising".
Antony: Tuning issues aside, I Don't Want To Miss A Thing was beautiful. John Barrowman said "wow.. blew me away"
Keith: Delighted the judges with Crazy Little Thing Called Love. This boy could be a dark horse. Denise Van Outen called him "a theatrical ball of fire".
Disappointments
Rob: Whilst his personality came across well, he picked the wrong song (Summer of 69). Too much jumping about on stage and could have shown off his voice better. Still, as Bill Kenright commented, Rob is "the epitome of the show".
Craig: Proved that looks aren't everything. Try A Little Tenderness was ok, perhaps a bit pub singer-ish (which he is admittedly). I just think there's a lot more in there.
Quote of the show
"...concerned you'll look like baby Joseph in a nappy"
Denise VO, about Chris C "
Results show review
Battle of the Scots on Any Dream Will Do
Craig Chalmers v Keith Jack - who'll be the the best in the Joseph battle?
The Joseph hopefuls sing live for the first time tonight on BBC1, and the boys are having a nerve-racking time. Forgetting the words seems to be their biggest worry, though I can understand why.
The ALW musicals tend to have a similar theme running through the music, and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is no exception. When you hear the music for say Go Go Go Joseph - "Tell me of your dreams my friends.." and Who's The Thief - "Benjamin you nasty youth..." it's the same tune!
For Craig & Keith, not only both from Scotland but also from the Edinburgh area, all they can do is give it their best shot. And don't worry about forgetting the words, only the diehard Joseph fans will notice if they use the wrong lyric anyway!
The Joseph hopefuls sing live for the first time tonight on BBC1, and the boys are having a nerve-racking time. Forgetting the words seems to be their biggest worry, though I can understand why.
The ALW musicals tend to have a similar theme running through the music, and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is no exception. When you hear the music for say Go Go Go Joseph - "Tell me of your dreams my friends.." and Who's The Thief - "Benjamin you nasty youth..." it's the same tune!
For Craig & Keith, not only both from Scotland but also from the Edinburgh area, all they can do is give it their best shot. And don't worry about forgetting the words, only the diehard Joseph fans will notice if they use the wrong lyric anyway!
Tuesday 10 April 2007
Josephs Brothers
Josephs Brothers (Jacob and Sons):
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Napthali
Isaachar
Asher
Dan
Zebulun
Gad
Benjamin
Judah
Trivia - Common misquotes of the production title:
Joseph and HIS Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Joseph and HIS Amazing TechniCOLOR Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing TechniCOLOUR Dreamcoat
The correct version is of course
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat.
Sunday 8 April 2007
The 12 Joseph hopefuls - a crying game!
What a load of big softies! The "Josephs" were worse than the girls when it came to the emotional bits - of which there were many - I've never seen so many men crying in a tv show before!
Tonight's programme was slightly better, though still not nearly enough coverage of the boys singing. It's pretty impossible to make any predictions when all you're hearing is Graham Norton's voiceover throughout the whole show.
From the bits I have managed to glean though, my favourite at the moment is Rob The Builder. I love the fact that he hasn't had formal training - and that he's the sexiest Joseph on the show.
It was nice to see Jason Donovan making an appearance, he really was fantastic in the West End and the boys could learn heaps from him. I reckon that the big test in the vocals is the end of "Close Every Door". None of them really went for it and I hope it comes up in the live shows. I remember being really disappointed when Philip Schofield played the lead, and looked like he wasn't going to attempt the high note, and then a few minutes later he did it in the reprise. It was amazing!
Roll on next week, when the real talent will hopefully shine through.
12 Finalists:
Rob
Seamus
Antony
Ben
Johndeep
Lewis
Chris B
Daniel
Chris C
Keith
Lee
Craig
Tonight's programme was slightly better, though still not nearly enough coverage of the boys singing. It's pretty impossible to make any predictions when all you're hearing is Graham Norton's voiceover throughout the whole show.
From the bits I have managed to glean though, my favourite at the moment is Rob The Builder. I love the fact that he hasn't had formal training - and that he's the sexiest Joseph on the show.
It was nice to see Jason Donovan making an appearance, he really was fantastic in the West End and the boys could learn heaps from him. I reckon that the big test in the vocals is the end of "Close Every Door". None of them really went for it and I hope it comes up in the live shows. I remember being really disappointed when Philip Schofield played the lead, and looked like he wasn't going to attempt the high note, and then a few minutes later he did it in the reprise. It was amazing!
Roll on next week, when the real talent will hopefully shine through.
12 Finalists:
Rob
Seamus
Antony
Ben
Johndeep
Lewis
Chris B
Daniel
Chris C
Keith
Lee
Craig
Tuesday 3 April 2007
First Joseph show a bit disappointing?
I was away from home at the weekend so recorded the first Any Dream Will Do show on BBC1. I couldn't wait to get home to watch the programme last night, but tbh I was a bit disappointed. Not in the standard of the talent as such, but as usual with this type of show, it was full of chitchat and not nearly enough coverage of the auditions themselves.
Alright, I know we want a bit of background but the programme is supposed to be about a talent search - how on earth can the viewers tell from a 10 second snippet? I reckon (without timing it all I admit) that there was about 5 minutes of singing in the full hour.
However after a heavy (!) weekend in London I was still feeling a bit disorientated last night, so I will need to watch it again later when I'm a bit more awake! Predictions are a wee bit difficult at this early stage but will do my best to make a stab at it .
Alright, I know we want a bit of background but the programme is supposed to be about a talent search - how on earth can the viewers tell from a 10 second snippet? I reckon (without timing it all I admit) that there was about 5 minutes of singing in the full hour.
However after a heavy (!) weekend in London I was still feeling a bit disorientated last night, so I will need to watch it again later when I'm a bit more awake! Predictions are a wee bit difficult at this early stage but will do my best to make a stab at it .
Wednesday 28 March 2007
The first production of Joseph
In 1967, Andrew Lloyd Webber was approached by a music teacher, Alan Doggett and asked to write a pop cantata for his school choir. But the idea for Joseph actually came from Tim Rice after Andrew asked if he would write the lyrics for the songs.
Only available on vinyl, and out of print now, the first recording of Joseph was in 1969.
The performance was only 20 minutes long, and the "premier" of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat was on 1st March 1968 at the Old Assembly Hall, Colet Court, Hammersmith.
Trivia: ALW & his pal Tim Rice sold the copyright back then for 100 guineas between them, and bought in back in 1989 for £1 million!
Only available on vinyl, and out of print now, the first recording of Joseph was in 1969.
The colours of Joseph's Coat - I know them all!
Not being one to repeat myself, this blog started in a different spot - here - but I reckon it deserves a place of its own.
I'm so looking forward to the new series Any Dream Will Do, starts this Saturday 31st March on BBC1. I hope it lives up to Maria School, and it should, there are a multitude of excellent songs in this musical masterpiece.
Will any of the hopefuls live up to Jason Donovan, Philip Schofield, Darren Day, Donnie Osmond or any of the other leading men who played the role in the West End?
Roll on Saturday!
I'm so looking forward to the new series Any Dream Will Do, starts this Saturday 31st March on BBC1. I hope it lives up to Maria School, and it should, there are a multitude of excellent songs in this musical masterpiece.
Will any of the hopefuls live up to Jason Donovan, Philip Schofield, Darren Day, Donnie Osmond or any of the other leading men who played the role in the West End?
Roll on Saturday!
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