Come Back Again to Me Evans Lloyd
| Superstar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Presented by | Amanda Holden |
| Judges | Andrew Lloyd Webber Melanie Chisholm Jason Donovan Dawn French David Grindrod |
| Composer | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Peter Davey |
| Production locations | Various cities (auditions) Osea Island (Superstar Island) The Fountain Studios (live shows) |
| Running time | 60–90 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9 (HDTV) |
| Original release | 7 July (2012-07-07) – 25 July 2012 (2012-07-25) |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Let it Shine |
| Related shows | How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria? (2006) Any Dream Will Do (2007) I'd Do Anything (2008) Over the Rainbow (2010) |
Superstar is a UK talent search, looking for the lead role in a production of the 1971 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. The series started on 7 July 2012 on ITV and was presented by Amanda Holden.
In the final, on 25 July 2012, 31-year-old Ben Forster was chosen as Jesus to perform the role in the UK arena tour starting in September 2012.[1] 24-year-old Rory Taylor came in second place.
The Team [edit]
| Role | Team |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Amanda Holden |
| The Panel | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Jason Donovan | |
| Dawn French | |
| Melanie Chisholm | |
| Casting Team | David Grindrod Will Burton |
| Vocal Coach | Yvie Burnett |
Format [edit]
Nationwide auditions [edit]
Cities that auditions were held in.
The Nationwide auditions began in March 2012 visiting London, Dublin, Belfast, Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff. The judges are Andrew Lloyd Webber, Melanie Chisholm, Jason Donovan and David Grindrod. Host Amanda Holden was on hand for the auditionees.[2]
Grindrod judged the nationwide auditions and was joined by Donovan and Chisholm at the 'Callback' round held at the O2 Academy in Brixton, London. Over 100 contestants were invited to the 'Callback' round in London. Lloyd Webber watched all the performances from a balcony at the side of the stage.
Superstar Island [edit]
The final 41 contestants are invited to 'Superstar Island' (Osea Island in Essex) for a week of training. Jonathan Ansell is a notable contestant who failed to pass this stage of the show.[3]
Final rounds [edit]
The final 30 contestants were invited to Lloyd Webber's villa in Majorca. After 10 were eliminated on arrival, the remaining contestants performed again in front of Lloyd Webber.
The next day, the contestants travelled back to Great Britain via coach (with the journey taking 25 hours) and performed a final time in front of the panel, with an accompanying band onstage, for a place in the live shows.
Live shows [edit]
The Live show stages of the search were judged by Melanie Chisholm, Jason Donovan, Dawn French and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The live shows were broadcast live from Fountain Studios in Wembley and took place over nine nights (excluding Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 July). The final was held on 25 July 2012.
The contestants perform on the first live show with the results of the public vote announced during the following night's show. The two contestants with the lowest votes competed in the Sing-Off to stay in the competition. After the performance, Lloyd Webber then decided which potential Jesus to keep in the contest. The saved Jesuses could be seen on the "Stairway to Heaven". The eliminated Jesus(es) then "walks into the light" and leaves the stage.
Finalists [edit]
| Finalist | Age* | From | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afnan Iftikhar | 23 | North Shields | Eliminated 1st on Night 1 |
| Dirk Johnson | 24 | Scotland | Eliminated 2nd on Night 2 |
| Tim Prottey-Jones | 32 | Birmingham | Eliminated 3rd on Night 4 |
| Niall Sheehy | 31 | County Wicklow | Eliminated 4th on Night 5 |
| Jon Moses | 37 | York | Eliminated 5th on Night 6 |
| Jeff Anderson | 21 | Belfast | Eliminated 6th on Night 6 |
| Nathan James | 23 | Reading | Eliminated 7th on Night 7 |
| David Hunter | 27 | Warrington | Eliminated 8th on Night 8 |
| Roger Wright | 41 | London | Eliminated 9th on Night 9 |
| Rory Taylor | 24 | Wirral | Runner-up |
| Ben Forster | 31 | Sunderland | Winner |
* at time of competition
Results summary [edit]
- 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 | Night 1 | Night 2 | Night 3 | Night 5 | Night 6 | Night 7 | Night 8 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night 3 | Night 4 | ||||||||||
| Ben Forster | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner (night 9) | ||
| Rory Taylor | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Runner-up (night 9) | ||
| Roger Wright | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Bottom two | Safe | Eliminated (night 9) | ||
| David Hunter | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (night 8) | ||
| Nathan James | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (night 7) | |||
| Jeff Anderson | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (night 6) | ||||
| Jon Moses | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (night 6) | ||||
| Niall Sheehy | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (night 5) | |||||
| Tim Prottey-Jones | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated | Eliminated (night 4) | ||||||
| Dirk Johnson | Bottom two | Eliminated | Eliminated (night 2) | ||||||||
| Afnan Iftikhar | Eliminated | Eliminated (night 1) | |||||||||
Live show details [edit]
Night 1 (15 July 2012) [edit]
- Group performance: "Superstar" (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
- Sing-Off (Night 2)
Night 2 (16 July 2012) [edit]
- Sing-Off (Night 3)
Night 3 (17 July 2012) [edit]
- Group performance: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (The Beatles)
- Sing-Off (Night 4)
^1 Before the performance, Lloyd Webber decided not to eliminate either of them until he had seen the solo performances they had prepared for the night. They both performed on Night 4 with the elimination at the end of the show.[4]
Night 4 (18 July 2012) [edit]
- Group performance: "Viva la Vida" (Coldplay)
- Guest performance: "Ruby" (Kaiser Chiefs)
Night 5 (19 July 2012) [edit]
- Group performance: "Livin' on a Prayer" (Bon Jovi)
- Guest performance: "Baby Come Home" (Scissor Sisters)
- Sing-Off:
Night 6 (20 July 2012) [edit]
- Group performance: "Pinball Wizard" (The Who)
- Guest performance: "30 Minute Love Affair" (Paloma Faith)
- Sing-Off:
Night 7 (23 July 2012) [edit]
- Group performance: "We Are Young" (fun.)
- Guest performance: "Greatest Day" (Gary Barlow, featuring Final 5)
- Sing-Off
Night 8: Semi-final (24 July 2012) [edit]
- Group performance: "What's the Buzz" (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice)
- Guest performance: "Habanera" (Katherine Jenkins)
Sing-Off
Night 9: Final (25 July 2012) [edit]
- Group performances: "Hosanna" and "Gethsemane" (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice)
- Guest performance: "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (Melanie Chisholm, featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber)
The Arena Tour [edit]
The tour travelled across the country from 21 September until 21 October 2012 and toured in the following venues: London O2 Arena, Glasgow SECC, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Manchester Arena, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, National Indoor Arena Birmingham, Belfast Odyssey, The O2 Dublin, Echo Arena Liverpool, Nottingham Capital FM and Motorpoint Arena Sheffield.[5] Joining Forster was comedian Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, Melanie Chisholm as Mary Magdalene, BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles as King Herod Antipas, Alexander Hanson as Pontius Pilate, Pete Gallagher as Caiaphas, Gerard Bentall as Annas, Michael Pickering as Peter, and Giovanni Spano as Simon Zealotes.
The tour resumed in March 2013 in Australia with Forster, Minchin, and Chisholm reprising their respective roles. Australian TV personality Andrew O'Keefe played the role of King Herod for the Australian leg of the tour, with New Zealand born Jon Stevens (who played Judas in the 1992 Australian arena tour and the 1994 theatre production) playing Pilate.[6] Superstar runner-up Rory Taylor appeared as Simon Zealotes.
The North American tour was to commence on 9 June starting in New Orleans, with stops including Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and more before ending in Philadelphia on 17 August. This leg of the tour was to feature Forster reprising his role as Jesus, Brandon Boyd of rock band Incubus as Judas, Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams as Mary Magdalene, former 'N Sync singer JC Chasez as Pilate, and former Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd lead singer John Lydon as King Herod.[7] On 30 May 2014, the tour was cancelled, mostly due to poor ticket sales.[8]
Reception [edit]
Official ratings are supplied by the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.[9]
Ratings [edit]
| Episode | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings (millions) | Official ratings (millions) | Weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditions | 7 July | 19:25 | 3.04 [10] | 3.03 | #18 |
| Superstar Island | 8 July | 20:00 | 3.11 [11] | 3.16 | #16 |
| The Final 30 | 14 July | 20:00 | 2.89 [12] | 2.95 | #29 |
| Live show 1 | 15 July | 20:00 | 3.08 [13] | 2.99 | #27 |
| Live show 2 | 16 July | 21:00 | 2.83 [14] | 2.81 | #26 |
| Live show 3 | 17 July | 21:00 | 2.37 [15] | Under 2.66 | Outside Top 30 |
| Live show 4 | 18 July | 21:00 | 2.69 [16] | 2.67 | #29 |
| Live show 5 | 19 July | 21:00 | 2.90 [17] | 2.83 | #25 |
| Live show 6 | 20 July | 21:00 | 2.64 [18] | 2.66 | #30 |
| Live show 7 | 23 July | 21:00 | 2.59 [19] | 2.49 | #22 |
| Semi-final | 24 July | 21:00 | 2.54 [20] | 2.54 | #21 |
| Final | 25 July | 21:00 | 3.17 [21] | 3.11 | #13 |
| Series average | 2012 | N/A | 2.82 | 2.82 | N/A |
References [edit]
- ^ "Ben Forster crowned as Jesus in ITV's 'Superstar'". Digital Spy. 25 July 2012.
- ^ "The panel and host announced". itv.com. May 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "X Factor singer auditions for Superstar". 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Andrew decreed that Tim should leave the competition". Superstar. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Jesus Christ Superstar Tickets".
- ^ DEBORAH JONES (1 June 2013). "Jesus Christ Superstar songs shine with Tim Minchin, Melanie C". The Australian. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Itzkoff, Dave (31 May 2014). "Anger for 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Cast, and a Black Eye for Its Promoter" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week)". BARB.
- ^ "Andrew Lloyd Webber's Superstar launches with 3.2m on ITV1". Digital Spy. 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Andy Murray's tearful Wimbledon final defeat serves up 16.9m peak". Digital Spy. 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Big Brother slumps to 870,000 on Saturday night". Digital Spy. 15 July 2012.
- ^ "'Family Guy' rockets to 1.2m on BBC Three after 'Shrek' boost". Digital Spy. 16 July 2012.
- ^ "'Superstar' first live show stumbles along with 2.9m". Digital Spy. 17 July 2012.
- ^ "BBC Two's 'Line of Duty' beats ITV's struggling 'Superstar'". Digital Spy. 18 July 2012.
- ^ "'24 Hours in A and E' tops 9pm slot for Channel 4". Digital Spy. 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Dynamo continues to perform strongly for Watch". Digital Spy. 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Olympics fever boosts BBC Three ratings". Digital Spy. 22 July 2012.
- ^ "'Absolutely Fabulous' Olympics special grabs 5.6 million". Digital Spy. 24 July 2012.
- ^ "'Superstar' latest episode attracts more than 2.5 million". Digital Spy. 25 July 2012.
- ^ "'Superstar' soars to series high for Ben Forster's finale win". Digital Spy. 26 July 2012.
External links [edit]
- Superstar at itv.com
- Superstar at stv.tv
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar_(British_TV_series)
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