''Over the Rainbow'' is a British television talent series that aired on

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from 26 March to 22 May 2010. It documented the search for a new, undiscovered

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performer to play the role of Dorothy Gale in

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's 2011 stage production of the 1939 film '' The Wizard of Oz'' and a

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to play Toto for a one-off performance. Produced by

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, the series was presented by Graham Norton. It followed previous collaborations between the BBC and Lloyd Webber to find new musical theatre performers: '' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'', '' Any Dream Will Do'' and '' I'd Do Anything''. The series was named after the song " Over the Rainbow" and was also aired by

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. Following a public telephone vote, 18-year-old

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was crowned the winner of the series and was chosen to play Dorothy. Miniature Schnauzer Dangerous Dave was chosen to play Toto. A Canadian version of the show aired on

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in the autumn of 2012.

Format

Creation

Following the end of '' I'd Do Anything'' in 2008, Lloyd Webber announced he would not work on another talent show in 2009, so that he could work on the musical '' Love Never Dies'', the sequel to '' The Phantom of the Opera'', but that he would, however, return in 2010 to find a performer to play Dorothy Gale for a production of '' The Wizard of Oz''. In July 2009, it was reported that the 2010 series had been dropped and would not take place until at least 2011, so that Lloyd Webber would not be criticised for promoting ''Love Never Dies'', and that the series would be taken to commercial broadcaster

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. Lloyd Webber later said that it was a scheduling clash solved by moving the series to later in the year. The BBC announced the commission of the series in September 2009 with the title ''The Wizard of Oz''; it would search for a performer, cast by the public, to play Dorothy and a dog to play Toto. Following the announcement, Lloyd Webber told '' The Daily Telegraph'':

A big sticking point for me, this was. This is what the BBC wanted and I had to point out to them that as a cat man, this was not something that I was very happy about at all. The whole thing fills me with extreme concern. I might insist on having a cat on the programme, because I think the BBC as a public service broadcaster have got to give equal time in my view to cats.

Judges

A panel of judges assessed the contestants during the series. They were: *

–

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and

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, co-producer of the new stage production *

Charlotte Church Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress, television presenter and political activist from Cardiff. Church rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching i ...

– singer-Confirmed As Replacement For Denise Van Outen *

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– musical theatre performer and ''

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'' actor-Replaced John Barrowman *

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– television and stage actress-Replaced Barry Humphries The ''Daily Mail'' reported that Denise van Outen, a judge during previous series, had been dropped due to her pregnancy, however this was denied by the BBC. John Barrowman, also a judge for previous series, wanted to judge on the series and he says the BBC wanted him to do it. However, he was already planning to star in American series ''

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'' when

asked him, and he turned down the offer.

Auditions

Applications for the series were solicited in November 2009 and auditions took place in Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester and London from January 2010. 110 auditionees were invited to the callbacks at the Hackney Empire in London, where they performed in front of Hancock, Partridge and casting director

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. The group was then narrowed down to 50, and later increased to 54 when four eliminated contestants (including Jessica Robinson and

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) were brought back into the competition. The final 54 were invited to attend 'Dorothy Farm', where they received vocal, choreography and acting classes before performing in front of Church, Partridge and Hancock. The panel then selected 20 girls to move on to the final round of auditions. The top 20 performed in front of Lloyd Webber and the panel in a live show for a place in the final 10. The panel selected the final 10, with the public selecting one of the 10 contestants not chosen by the panel (Emilie Fleming) as the wildcard and eleventh finalist.

Live finals

The final eleven contestants competed in the live studio finals each Saturday from 3 April, with the results being announced in a pre-recorded results show on Sunday. Each week the contestants performed, receiving comments from the judges following their performance. The public would then get the chance to vote for their favourite Dorothy, and the two Dorothys with the fewest votes performed in a sing-off in front of Lloyd Webber during the results show. He would then decide which potential Dorothy to keep in the contest. To end the programme, the surviving Dorothys sang "We Thank You Very Sweetly", a verse from " Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead", while the leaving Dorothy handed her shoes to the saved Dorothy, who gave them to Lloyd Webber. The eliminated Dorothy would then lead a performance of " Over the Rainbow" whilst carried on a crescent moon across the stage. The live shows took place in the Fountain Studios in London. Profits from viewer votes went to the BBC Performing Arts Fund.

Toto

The series searched for a dog to play Toto for a one-off performance. The search was led by Jodie Prenger, winner of '' I'd Do Anything'', along with dog trainer

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and

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expert Sarah Fisher. The final 5 dogs were revealed on Sunday, 25 April. *at start of series

Contestants

Twenty contestants made it through the first audition rounds and performed in the first live show. Ten of them were selected as finalists by the judging panel, while Emilie Fleming was selected as the wildcard and eleventh contestant following the public vote after the final audition round. Each finalist wore a unique coloured dress and silver slippers with bows on them which matched the dress. At the end of every live show, the losing Dorothy would have her shoes stripped by the Dorothy who survived the sing-off, and the shoes would be given to Lloyd Webber. The winner of the series,

, claimed a pair of ruby slippers as her prize, as well as the starring role. Sophie Evans, the runner-up of the series, would later become the alternate Dorothy.

Semi-finalists

Finalists

*at start of series

Results summary

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Episodes

Auditions: Top 20 selection

The series started on Friday, 26 March, and the first programme followed the open auditions, call-backs and the contestants at 'Dorothy Farm', concluding with the selection of the top 20.

Auditions: Top 10 selection

Aired on Saturday, 27 March, the second episode saw the top 20 contestants perform in front of the panel to secure a place in the top 10. In groups of four, they performed a pop song and a musical song, coached by a West End performer. The show performances were: *Group performances: **"Yellow Brick Road /

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" (from '' The Wizard of Oz'') *Top 20 Performances

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Group 4

Group 5

After the panel chose Amy, Bronte, Dani, Danielle, Jenny, Jessica, Lauren, Sophie, Steph and Stephanie to be in their top 10, Camille, Claire Ha., Claire Hi., Emilie, Emma, Katie, Philippa, Sarah, Tasheka and Tegan performed "Over the Rainbow" to be chosen as the wildcard and eleventh contestant in the live finals. The studio guest was Jodie Prenger, who played Nancy in ''

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'' after winning ''I'd Do Anything'' in 2008, and she performed " As Long as He Needs Me" from ''Oliver!''.

Week 1 (3/4 April)

The first of the live finals on Saturday, 3 April saw the 11 finalists perform to stay in the competition. Emilie was announced as the wildcard contestant following the vote at the end of the previous programme. The girls' mission this week was to work on a farm, and they were judged by '' Countryfile'''s Adam Henson. He selected Bronte to win the mission; her prize was an extra performance during the results programme and she chose Amy, Emilie and Jessica to join her. *Top 20 contestants: " The Merry Old Land of Oz" (from '' The Wizard of Oz'') *Group mash-up: " Anything You Can Do /

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" ('' Annie Get Your Gun'' /

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) *Bronte (mission winner) with Amy, Emilie, Jessica and the remaining contestants: " Love Machine" ( Girls Aloud) *Panel's verdict on who was not Dorothy: **Hancock: Amy Diamond **Partridge: Sophie Evans **Church: Dani Rayner Sing-off:

Week 2 (10/11 April)

The second live show on Saturday, 10 April saw the remaining 10 finalists perform to stay in the competition. The contestants worked with Hancock during the week, and their mission was to perform, in front of Hancock, the scene in '' The Wizard of Oz'' where Dorothy meets the Scarecrow. Also, the search for a dog to play Toto saw the top 50 selected from the open auditions. *Group performances: **"It Really Was No Miracle / Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (from '' The Wizard of Oz'') **"

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" (from '' Hairspray'') **Group mash-up: "Money / Material Girl" ('' Cabaret'' /

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) **" Get Happy" ( Judy Garland) *Theme: Different sides of Dorothy *Panel's verdict on who was not Dorothy: **Hancock: Sophie Evans **Partridge: Jessica Robinson **Church: Emilie Fleming Sing-off:

Week 3 (17/18 April)

The third week of competition was dance week and the live show on Saturday 17 April 2010 saw the remaining nine finalists perform to stay in the competition. The contestants worked with John Partridge during the week, learning how to walk and perform in heels before performing with him in front of Lloyd Webber and choreographer

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. The search continued for a dog to play Toto narrowing it down to the Top 10. *Group performances: **" Ease on Down the Road" (from '' The Wiz'') **"

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" (from '' West Side Story'') **"Buenos Aires" (from ''

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'') **Group mash-up: " Losing My Mind / Crazy in Love /

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" ('' Follies'' / Beyoncé Knowles / Gnarls Barkley) *Panel's verdict on who was not Dorothy: **Sheila Hancock: Jessica Robinson **John Partridge: Emilie Fleming **Charlotte Church: Jenny Douglas Sing-off:

Week 4 (24/25 April)

The fourth live show on Saturday 24 April 2010 saw the remaining eight finalists perform to stay in the competition. Following a one-on-one session with Charlotte Church, the mission this week was learning to perform " No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)". In the search for a dog to play Toto, the final 10 auditioned in front of the Toto panel and Lloyd Webber and the final 5 were chosen. *Group performances: **"If I Only Had the Heart" (a version of "

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" from ''The Wizard of Oz'') **Emilie, Jenny, Lauren and Stephanie (The Deadwood Dames): "

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" (from '' Calamity Jane'') **Danielle, Jessica, Sophie and Steph (The Oklahoma Outlaws): "

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" (from ''

'') **Group mash-up: " A Fine Romance /

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/ Just Dance / Paparazzi" ('' Swing Time'' / Lady Gaga) **Charlotte Church and the eight contestants: " No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (

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& Barbra Streisand) *Panel's verdict on who was not Dorothy: **Sheila Hancock: Emilie Fleming **John Partridge: Emilie Fleming **Charlotte Church: Emilie Fleming Sing-off:

Week 5 (1/2 May)

The fifth week of competition was big band week and the live show on Saturday 1 May 2010 saw the remaining seven finalists perform to stay in the competition. Lloyd Webber worked with the contestants this week, and their mission (excluding Jessica who was ill) was to walk through a dark forest alone where they face a choice of going home or going to Oz. This week also saw the first task for the dogs vying to play Toto. After a master class, they performed a scene from '' Legally Blonde'' at the Savoy Theatre and the judges chose Missy as the task winner. *Group performances: ** " Don't Rain on My Parade" (from '' Funny Girl'') ** " The Trolley Song" (from '' Meet Me in St. Louis'') **Group mash-up: "

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/ Get the Party Started /

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" ('' DuBarry Was a Lady'' / Pink / The Troggs) ** " The Happening" ( The Supremes) *Panel's verdict on who was not Dorothy: **Sheila Hancock: Stephanie Davis **John Partridge: Stephanie Davis **Charlotte Church: Sophie Evans Sing-off:

Week 6 (8/9 May)

The sixth week and quarter-final stage of the competition, with the live show on Saturday 8 May 2010, saw the remaining six contestants perform musical theatre songs for four places in the semi-final. This week, the task for the Toto contestants was to see how they would get on with the potential Dorothys at the Richmond Theatre. The dogs chose the Dorothy they wished to perform with, and with six Dorothys and only five dogs, Lauren was not chosen. The pairs performed in front of the Toto panel and an audience of children; the panel chose Spider as their 'top dog' and the audience chose Dave. Also this week, the contestants went to the opening night of ''

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'' and met Tamzin Outhwaite backstage; during the results show Outhwaite performed "

If My Friends Could See Me Now "If My Friends Could See Me Now", with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, is a song from the 1966 Broadway musical ''Sweet Charity''. In the musical the character of Charity, played in the original New York cast by Gwen Verdon, ref ...

" from the musical. *Group performances: ** " Defying Gravity" (from '' Wicked'') ** "

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" (from '' Doctor Dolittle'') ** "The Actors" (by ''

'') **Group mash-up: "

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/ Rich Girl / I Gotta Feeling" (''

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/ The Black Eyed Peas) *Panel's verdict on who was not Dorothy: **Sheila Hancock: Sophie Evans **John Partridge: Sophie Evans **Charlotte Church: Jenny Douglas First sing-off: *After Jenny left the competition, the remaining contestants performed a medley of songs from ''The Wizard of Oz'' for viewer votes: *Group performances: ** "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" & "If I Only Had the Part" Second sing-off:

Week 7 (15/16 May)

The seventh week of competition was the semi-final stage of the series. On 15 May 2010 the four remaining contestants sang live for a place in the final. The final task for the Toto contestants was to pull back a curtain to reveal the Wizard (Lloyd Webber); he chose Troy as his task winner, and the panel chose Eddie.

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visited the contestants during rehearsals, and she performed "Love Never Dies" from '' Love Never Dies'' during the results show. *Group performances: **"

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" (from '' Oklahoma!'') **Group mash-up: "

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) *Duets: After each girl had performed solo they each paired up to sing a duet **Sophie & Steph - " I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" **Danielle & Lauren - " Popular" *Panel's verdict on who was not Dorothy: **Sheila Hancock: Steph Fearon **John Partridge: Steph Fearon **Charlotte Church: Steph Fearon Sing-off:

Week 8 (22 May)

In the run-up to the final, the three remaining contestants visited Lloyd Webber's estate. There, their mission was to perform a scene and sing "Over the Rainbow". Also during the week, the eight eliminated contestants went to see Hancock in '' Sister Act'' and met her and some of the cast (including Amy Booth-Steel, an '' I'd Do Anything'' finalist) backstage. *Group performances: **Finalists and former contestants: "'' Wizard of Oz'' Medley" **"

" (from ''The Wizard of Oz'') **Former eight contestants: " Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"with Olly Murs And Boy George ( Alicia Keys) *Winning Toto: **Dangerous Dave was revealed as the winning Toto. *The Final Vote **The final vote was then announced and it was revealed that the winner was Danielle with Lloyd Webber saying, "Well I'm really pleased with the result; the nation's never got it wrong yet. You're a most fantastically talented kid with a huge future ahead and now the hard work starts, but my goodness me, you can act from the soul and that's something that's very, very special." Danielle then collected her ruby slippers from Lloyd Webber and concluded the series with a performance of "Over the Rainbow".

Reception

The two audition episodes attracted 4.28 million (18.4% audience share) and 5.22 million viewers (23.9% share) according to unofficial overnight figures. The first live show attracted 5.417 million viewers (25.4% share). All ratings are taken from the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.

''Doctor Who'' controversy

The series attracted a different kind of media interest when an animated banner advertisement, also known as a "trail", depicting an animated Graham Norton dancing alongside the title of the series, aired during the climactic cliffhanger of the 24 April 2010 broadcast of the ''

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'' episode, " The Time of Angels". The BBC apologised after receiving over 5,000 complaints. Norton himself went on to parody the incident in his own show by placing a similar banner at the bottom of the screen and having a Dalek exterminate his own cartoon caricature.

References

External links

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