Helena Blackman (born 10 December 1982 in

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) is a British musical theatre actress, best known for being the runner-up in the hit

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Reality TV programme '' How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?''. She trained at the

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Biography

On 29 October 2006, Blackman was seen as Gypsy Rose Lee in a production of ''

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'' which was performed at the Wales Millennium Centre as part of the ''Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre''. In December 2006, Blackman played Dorothy in an acclaimed run of '' The Wizard of Oz'' at the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester. Blackman is a cabaret performer at

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events, she has been featured as a soloist in ''The Night of a Thousand Voices'' at the Royal Albert Hall and in Tim McArthur's one-man show ''Sister Mary McArthur Comin' At-Cha!'' at the

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. In May 2007, Blackman was seen mentoring contestant Ben Ellis in an episode of '' Any Dream Will Do'' and in July 2007 she appeared as a soloist on BBC Radio 2's long-running '' Friday Night is Music Night'' opposite

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. Blackman toured the UK extensively as the lead role of "Nellie Forbush" in a successful run of

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's '' South Pacific'' from 2007 - 2008. On Christmas Eve 2007, Blackman performed with

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and

Connie Fisher Connie Fisher (born 17 June 1983) is a British actress, singer and TV presenter, who won the BBC One talent contest, '' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'' On 15 November 2006, she opened to excellent reviews in the part of Maria von Trapp ...

and some of the other 'Maria' and 'Joseph' finalists in a BBC special 'festive' reunion show called '' When Joseph met Maria!'' - celebrating both the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber BBC shows - it was recorded earlier on 2 December 2007. The BBC show, HDYSAPLM, featuring Blackman, won an international Emmy Award in New York (2007) for best non-scripted entertainment. From 10 February - 14 March 2009, Helena Blackman played the lead role of Helen in Stephen Sondheim's '' Saturday Night'' at the

in London. On 14 February 2011, Blackman released her debut album, The Sound of

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, consisting of classic

material, as well as some of their lesser known songs. From 5 to 31 December 2011, Blackman appeared in the title role of ''Snow White'' at the Redditch Palace Theatre. From September 2013 to May 2014 she played the leading role of Milly in

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on the UK and Ireland tour. From 7 to 20 August 2017 Blackman starred alongside

and Sherman Brothers' musical scion, composer Robert J. Sherman in '' A Spoonful of Sherman'' at "Live At Zedel" in London.

Reviews

Blackman has been reviewed by several print and web publications. ''

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Jeremy Kingston said of her performance in '' The Wizard of Oz'' "Helena Blackman's voice soars to the yearning high notes, and yet she is not afraid to sing in the softest whisper. Every word is clear and cuts to the heart." Alfred Hickling of ''

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'' also gave Blackman praise in the role saying "She gives a sparklingly assured performance, marred only by the usual drawback of appearing at least 20 years too old for a pinafore dress." ''

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'' said of her performance as Nellie Forbrush in '' South Pacific'' "...she exudes enthusiasm in the....numbers - especially the excellent Thanksgiving Follies scenes - and she looks perfectly 1940s."

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