Fame: The Musical (Irish TV series)

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Fame: The Musical
Created by Robert C. Kelly
Presented by Derek Mooney
Judges Robert C Kelly
Erica Gimpel
Simon Delaney
Jacinta Whyte
Country of origin Ireland
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Executive producer(s) Larry Bass
Running time Varies
Release
Original network RTÉ ONE
Picture format SDTV:
Original release 11 April –
13 June 2010
External links
Website

Fame: The Musical is a singing and dance contest in Ireland, produced by Screentime ShinAwiL for RTÉ. The audition and Fame Bootcamp stages were filmed around Ireland and in London.

The shows aim was to find actors for the parts of "Nick" and "Serena" for the highly successful stage production of Fame.[1] On 13 June 2010 it was announced that Ben Morris would play the part of Nick and Jessica Cervi would play the part of Serena in the Irish tour of Fame.

Personnel

Judges
Judge Note
Robert C Kelly Producer of Fame the Musical seeking an actor & actress to play Nick & Serena
Erica Gimpel Present for the live shows only. Starred in the TV series Fame
Simon Delaney Irish television and theatre director
Jacinta Whyte Judge for the auditions and final only. Vocal coach Live Show 6
Host

Derek Mooney

The Show

Results Summary

Colour key:

N/A Indicates that the contestant did not perform and was immune from the vote
     Contestant was safe.
     Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final duet
     Contestant was in the bottom two and was immediately eliminated (no judges' vote)
Contestant Live Show 1 Live Show 2 Live Show 3 Live Show 4 Live Show 5 Live Show 6 Semi-Final Final
Jessica Cervi Safe N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Serena
Ben Morris Safe N/A Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Nick
Séan Carey N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runners Up
Sarah O'Conner Bottom two N/A Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Safe
Roísín Magee Safe N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (Semi-final)
Michael Joseph N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (Semi-final)
Conleth Kane N/A Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated (Week 6)
Caoimhe Garvey N/A Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (Week 5)
Hollie O'Donoghue N/A Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (Week 4)
Stuart Pollock Safe N/A Bottom two Eliminated (Week 3)
Philomena Fitzpatrick N/A Bottom two Eliminated (Week 2)
Drew Millar Bottom two Eliminated (Week 1)
Final Duet Drew Philomena Stuart Hollie Caoimhe Conleth No judges' vote or final duet;
public votes alone decide who is eliminated
and who ultimately wins
Sarah Conleth Sarah Ben Conleth Sarah
Simon's vote to save Drew Miller Conleth Kane Sarah O'Conner Ben Morris Conleth Kane Sarah O'Conner
Erica's vote to save Sarah O'Conner Conleth Kane Sarah O'Conner Ben Morris N/A Sarah O'Conner
Robert's vote to save Sarah O Conner Conleth Kane Stuart Pollock N/A Conleth Kane Conleth Kane
Eliminated Drew
1 of 3 votes		 Philomena
0 of 3 votes		 Stuart
1 of 3 votes		 Hollie
0 of 2 votes		 Caoimhe
0 of 2 votes		 Conleth
1 of 3 votes		 Michael Sarah & Séan
Roísín Ben & Jessica

Episode 1

Judges Robert C Kelly, Simon Delaney and Jacinta Whyte travel around Ireland looking for the next "Nick" and "Serena". 53 were chosen to go on to the Fame Bootcamp.

Episode 2

A group of young singers, actors and dancers attend The Fame Bootcamp. The three judges choose 12 to go forward for the live shows. Stuart Pollock, Ben Morris, Michael Joseph, Conleth Kane, Drew Millar and Séan Carey will battle it out for the role of "Nick", while Jessica Cervi, Philomena Fitzpatrick, Sarah O'Connor, Caoimhe Garvey, Hollie O'Donoghue and Susan Hall will audition for the role of "Serena". Susan Hall turn down the opportunity to audition for the role at the last minute leaving the 6th and final contestant to be revealed on the night of the first Live show.[2]

Live Show 1

Erica Gimpel replaced Jacinta Whyte and joined Simon and Robert for the live shows as a judge at the Helix. As Susan Hall dropped out in episode 2 the judges choose Róisín Magee to replace her.

  • Theme: Songs from musicals
  • Group performances: Fame and Starmaker (lead by Drew)
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Performer Order Song Musical Result
Róisín Magee 1 "Maybe This Time" Cabaret Safe
Stuart Pollock 2 Lady's Choice Hairspray Safe
Drew Millar 3 Empty Chairs and Empty Table Les Misérables Eliminated
Jessica Cervi 4 I Can Hear The Bells Hairspray Safe
Ben Morris 5 Who I'd Be Shrek the Musical Safe
Sarah O'Connor 6 Don't Rain on My Parade Funny Girl Bottom two
Final duet details
Performers Song Eliminated
Sarah & Drew Let's Play A Love Scene Drew
Judges' vote to save
  • Gimpel: Sarah O'Connor - thought that Sarah had performed better
  • Delaney: Drew Millar - avoided being parochial
  • Kelly: Sarah O'Connor - thought it would be unfair to keep Drew in a competition that he couldn't win.

Live Show 2

Michael Joseph, Conleth Kane, Séan Carey, Philomena Fitzpatrick, Caoimhe Garvey and Hollie O'Donoghue all take to the stage for the first time.

  • Theme: Songs from musicals
  • Group performances: Fame and Starmaker (lead by Philomena )
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Performer Order Song Musical Result
Conleth Kane 1 The Winner Takes It All Mamma Mia! Bottom two
Caoimhe Garvey 2 Let's Hear It for the Boy Footloose Safe
Hollie O'Donoghue 3 Astonishing Little Women Safe
Séan Carey 4 Ain't That a Kick in the Head? Fools Rush In Safe
Michael Joseph 5 Somewhere West Side Story Safe
Philomena Fitzpatrick 6 The Diva's Lament (Whatever Happened To My Part?) Monty Python's Spamalot Eliminated
Final duet details
Performers Song Eliminated
Philomena & Conleth Let's Play A Love Scene Philomena
Judges' vote to save
  • Kelly: Conleth Kane - based it on the whole rehearsals and live shows but ultimately on the final duet
  • Gimpel: Conleth Kane - already stated she had had issues with Philomena's pitching
  • Delaney; Conleth Kane - based it on the final duet

Live Show 3

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Performer Order Song Result
Hollie O'Donoghue 1 Never Forget You Safe
Sarah O'Connor 2 Chasing Cars Bottom two
Michael Joseph 3 Viva la Vida Safe
Stuart Pollock 4 Shine Eliminated
Séan Carey 5 Fight for this Love Safe
Caoimhe Garvey 6 Put Your Records On Safe
Conleth Kane 7 Broken Strings Safe
Jessica Cervi 8 Cry Me Out Safe
Ben Morris 9 Breakeven Safe
Róisín Magee 10 Rain on Your Parade Safe
Final duet details
Performers Song Eliminated
Stuart & Sarah Let's Play A Love Scene Stuart
  • As the results were called out by Derek Mooney mistakenly saved Stuart only to have stop the show the let the audience know that he had made a mistake and that Conleth had been saved by the public vote.
Judges' vote to save
  • Kelly: Stuart Pollock - gave no reason
  • Gimpel: Sarah O'Conner - gave no reason
  • Delaney: Sarah O'Conner - gave no reason

Live Show 4

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Performer Order Song Musical Result
Michael Joseph 1 Caberat Caberat Safe
Róisín Magee 2 I Cain't Say No Oklahoma! Safe
Conleth Kane 3 Some Enchanted Evening South Pacific Safe
Hollie O'Donoghue 4 Wherever He Ain't Mack & Mabel Eliminated
Caoimhe Garvey 5 There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This Sweet Charity Safe
Ben Morris 6 If I Loved You Carousel Bottom two
Sarah O'Conner 7 My Funny Valentine Babes in Arms Safe
Séan Carey 8 Miracle of Miracles Fiddler on the Roof Safe
Jessica Cervi 9 Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Show Boat Safe
Final duet details
Performers Song Eliminated
Ben & Hollie Let's Play A Love Scene Hollie
Judges' vote to save
  • Gimpel: Ben Morris - stated that Ben "put his heart on the stage"
  • Delaney: Ben Morris - stated that the it was a difficult choice
  • Kelly: was not required to vote as the judges reached a majority verdict but commended both contestants.

Live Show 5

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Performer Order Song Result
Conleth Kane 1 Dancin' Fool Bottom two
Jessica Cervi 2 At Last Safe
Caoimhe Garvey 3 Sway Eliminated
Michael Joseph 4 Secret Love Safe
Sarah O'Connor 5 Nobody Does It Like Me Safe
Séan Carey 6 The Lady Is a Tramp Safe
Róisín Magee 7 Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries Safe
Ben Morris 8 Cry Me a River Safe
Final duet details
Performers Song Eliminated
Conleth & Caoimhe Let's Play A Love Scene Caoimhe
Judges' vote to save
  • Delaney : Conleth Kane - gave no reason
  • Kelly : Conleth Kane - gave no reason
  • Gimpel: was not required to vote as the verdict was already declared but said that Caoimhe could hold her head high for getting this far

Live Show 6

  • Theme: Judges Choice
  • Group performance: Starmaker (lead by Conleth)
  • Vocal coach: Jancinta Whyte.
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Performer Order Song Introduced by Result
Séan Carey 1 Footloose Simon Safe
Ben Morris 2 Home Erica Safe
Róisín Magee 3 As Long as He Needs Me Robert Safe
Conleth Kane 4 Maria Erica Eliminated
Sarah O'Connor 5 Defying Gravity Simon Bottom two
Jessica Cervi 6 When You Got It, Flaunt It Erica Safe
Michael Joseph 7 The Impossible Dream Robert Safe
Final duet details
Performers Song Eliminated
Conleth & Sarah Let's Play A Love Scene Conleth
Judges' vote to save
  • Gimpel: Sarah O'Connor - said Conleth grew right throughout the series
  • Kelly: Conleth Kane - said he had always praised both Conleth and Sarah
  • Delaney: Sarah O'Connor - stated it was "an impossible choice" and there was nothing between them

Semi-final

Contestants' performances on the semi-final
Performer Order Song Result
Ben Morris 1 Somebody to Love Safe
Róisín Magee 2 Out Here on My Own Eliminated
Michael Joseph 3 Come What May Eliminated
Sarah O'Connor 4 Memory Safe
Jessica Cervi 5 And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going Safe
Séan Carey 6 This is the Moment Safe
  • Two acts were eliminated from the semi-final (one boy & one girl) and for the first time in the series, there was no final duet. The three remaining girls were brought out first and Róisín Magee was voted out by public vote. Then the three remaining boys were brought out and Michael Joseph was voted out by the public. After the announcements, Róisín and Michael bid farewell by leading a group performance of "Starmaker".

Final

  • Jacinta Whyte returned and joined Robert, Erica and Simon for the final show.
  • Themes: Westend Duet; Contestants favorite performance
  • Group performances;
  • Duet performances:
Contestants' performances on the final show
Performer First Song Second song Result
Sarah O'Connor Don't Rain on My Parade (Week 1) Suddenly, Seymour (duet with Noel) Runner-Up
Ben Morris Can You Feel the Love Tonight (duet with Susan) Cry Me a River (Week 5) Nick
Jessica Cervi You're the One that I Want (duet with Noel) At Last (Week 5) Serena
Séan Carey Fight for this Love (Week 3) Smile (duet with Susan) Runner-Up
  • All the finalists returned to the stage and Derek Mooney announced Ben & Jessica as the winners of the parts of Nick & Serena respectively. Ben & Jessica then closed the series with a performance of Let's Play A Love Scene.

Reception

The Evening Herald gave the show 3 out of 5 stars stating "The show has been criticised for putting the vote to the public, hence turning what should be a talent contest into a popularity contest. However, there's no doubt that the biggest voices in the competition made it to the final last night. Yes, it was cheesy and over-sentimental, but Fame: The Musical was the type of show that many tuned into in spite of themselves".[3]

Audience figures were below that of previous RTÉ reality talent shows, however the final was watched by over 500,000 viewers.

Finalists

Twelve contestants made it through the audition rounds and performed during the live shows.

The Boys

Finalist Age* From Status
Ben Morris 23 Tallaght, Dublin Nick
Séan Carey 18 Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath Runner-up
Michael Joseph 26 Waterford Third Place
Conleth Kane 26 Lurgan, Co. Armagh Eliminated (Week 6)
Stuart Pollock 20 Rathgar, Dublin Eliminated (Week 3)
Drew Millar 22 Glasgow, Scotland Eliminated (Week 1)

* at the start of the series

The Girls

Finalist Age* From Status
Jessica Cervi 19 East Wall, Dublin Serena
Sarah O'Connor 20 Lucan, Dublin Runner-up
Róisín Magee 24 Newry, Co. Down Third Place
Caoimhe Garvey 19 Tralee, Co. Kerry Eliminated (Week 5)
Hollie O'Donoghue 21 Limerick Eliminated (Week 4)
Philomena Fitzpatrick 22 Ballybrack, Dublin Eliminated (Week 2)
Susan Hall Withdrew

* at the start of the series

See also

References

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