Superstar (UK TV series)

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Not to be confused with Superstar (TV series) or Superstars.
Superstar
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Genre Reality
Created by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Presented by Amanda Holden
Judges Andrew Lloyd Webber
Melanie Chisholm
Jason Donovan
Dawn French
David Grindrod
Composer(s) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 12
Production
Executive producer(s) Peter Davey
Production location(s) Various cities (auditions)
Osea Island (Superstar Island)
The Fountain Studios (live shows)
Running time 60–90 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) 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
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)
External links
Website

Superstar was a UK talent search, looking for the lead role in the production 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]

The Team

Role Team
Presenter Amanda Holden (Replaced Graham Norton)
The Panel Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jason Donovan (Replaced John Partridge)
Dawn French (Replaced Sheila Hancock)
Melanie Chisholm (Replaced Charlotte Church)
Casting Team David Grindrod
Anne Vosser
Vocal Coach Yvie Burnett

Format

Nationwide auditions

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 Chilsholm 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.

Cities that auditions were held in.

Superstar Island

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

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

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

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 28 Newcastle upon Tyne 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[4] 41 London Eliminated 9th on Night 9
Rory Taylor 24 Wirral Runner-up
Ben Forster 31 Sunderland Winner

* at time of competition

Results summary

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
Weekly results per contestant
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

Night 1 (15 July 2012)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Contestant Order Song (artist) Result (Night 2)
David Hunter 1 "Forget You" Safe
Dirk Johnson 2 "Make You Feel My Love" Bottom two
Nathan James 3 "Sign Your Name" Safe
Ben Forster 4 "Somebody That I Used to Know" Safe
Niall Sheehy 5 "Stay" Safe
Tim Prottey-Jones 6 "Stone Cold Sober" Safe
Roger Wright 7 "A Whiter Shade of Pale" Safe
Jon Moses 8 "Since U Been Gone" Safe
Afnan Iftikhar 9 "Next to Me" Eliminated
Jeff Anderson 10 "Red" Safe
Rory Taylor 11 "Are You Gonna Go My Way" Safe
  • Sing-Off (Night 2): Afnan and Dirk were in the bottom two; they performed the song "Memory" from the musical Cats. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Dirk.

Night 2 (16 July 2012)

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Contestant Order Song (artist) Result (Night 3)
Ben Forster 1 "She Said" Safe
Tim Prottey-Jones 2 "The First Cut Is the Deepest" Bottom two
Rory Taylor 3 "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Safe
Nathan James 4 "Dedication to My Ex" Safe
Roger Wright 5 "Part of Me" Safe
Dirk Johnson 6 "Titanium" Eliminated
Jeff Anderson 7 "Mr Brightside" Safe
Niall Sheehy 8 "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" Safe
Jon Moses 9 "I Can't Make You Love Me" Safe
David Hunter 10 "Nothing's Real But Love" Safe
  • Sing-Off (Night 3): Tim and Dirk were in the bottom two; they performed the song "Hurt" by Christina Aguilera. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Tim.

Night 3 (17 July 2012)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Contestant Order Song (artist) Result (Night 4)
Roger Wright 1 "More Than Words" Safe
Nathan James 2 "To Be With You" Safe
Rory Taylor 3 "Dakota" Safe
Jon Moses 4 "I Want To Know What Love Is" Safe
David Hunter 5 "You've Got The Love" Bottom two
Ben Forster 6 "Everybody Hurts" Safe
Tim Prottey-Jones 7 "Time Is Running Out" Eliminated
Jeff Anderson 8 "How You Remind Me" Safe
Niall Sheehy 9 "Dirty Diana" Safe
  • Sing-Off (Night 4): David and Tim were in the bottom two; they performed "The Long and Winding Road" by The Beatles. 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.[5] Lloyd Webber chose to save David.

Night 4 (18 July 2012)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Contestant Order Song (artist) Result (Night 5)
Niall Sheehy 1 "One" Safe
Rory Taylor 2 "Roxanne" Safe
David Hunter 3 "One Day Like This" Bottom two
Ben Forster 4 "This Love" Safe
Jon Moses 5 "I Won't Let You Go" Safe
Nathan James 6 "How to Save a Life" Safe
Roger Wright 7 "Here I Go Again" Safe
Tim Prottey-Jones 8 "Dream On" Eliminated (Night 4)
Jeff Anderson 9 "Kiss from a Rose" Safe

Night 5 (19 July 2012)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Contestant Order Song (artist) Result
Jeff Anderson 1 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Safe
David Hunter 2 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Safe
Rory Taylor 3 "Fix You" Bottom two
Nathan James 4 "Ain't No Sunshine" Safe
Ben Forster 5 "Fast Car" Safe
Niall Sheehy 6 "Wherever You Will Go" Eliminated
Jon Moses 7 "Feel" Safe
Roger Wright 8 "Rolling in the Deep" Safe
  • Sing-Off: Rory and Niall were in the bottom two; they performed "Alone" by Heart. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Rory.

Night 6 (20 July 2012)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Contestant Order Song (artist) Result
Jon Moses 1 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Eliminated
Jeff Anderson 2 "Whole Lotta Love" Eliminated
Roger Wright 3 "Feeling Good" Bottom three
Ben Forster 4 "Cold As Ice" Safe
Rory Taylor 5 "Silenced by the Night" Safe
David Hunter 6 "Apologize" Safe
Nathan James 7 "Sweet Child o' Mine" Safe
  • Sing-Off: Jon, Jeff and Roger were in the bottom three; they performed the song "Could We Start Again Please?" from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Roger.

Night 7 (23 July 2012)

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Contestant Order Song (artist) Result
Nathan James 1 "Born This Way" Eliminated
Roger Wright 2 "Handbags and Gladrags" Bottom two
David Hunter 3 "Too Close" Safe
Rory Taylor 4 "Under Pressure" Safe
Ben Forster 5 "It Must Have Been Love" Safe
  • Sing-Off: Nathan and Roger were in the bottom two; they performed the song "Love Changes Everything" from the musical Aspects of Love. After the performance, Lloyd Webber chose to save Roger.

Night 8: Semi-final (24 July 2012)

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Contestant Order Song (artist) Result
Rory Taylor 1 "In the Air Tonight" Bottom two
Ben Forster 2 "Run" Safe
Roger Wright 3 "Hard to Handle" Safe
David Hunter 4 "I Try" Eliminated

Night 9: Final (25 July 2012)

Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Contestant Order Song (artist) Result
Ben Forster 1 "Who Wants to Live Forever" Winner
Rory Taylor 2 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Runner-up
Roger Wright 3 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Eliminated

The Arena Tour

The tour traveled 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.[6] Joining Forster was comedian Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, Melanie Chisholm as Mary Magdalene, BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles as King Herod, 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.[7] 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.[8] On 30 May 2014, the tour was canceled, mostly due to poor ticket sales.[9]

Reception

Official ratings are supplied by the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.[10]

Ratings

Episode Air date Timeslot Overnight ratings
(millions)		 Official ratings
(millions)		 Weekly rank
Auditions 7 July 19:25 3.04[11] 3.03 #18
Superstar Island 8 July 20:00 3.11[12] 3.16 #16
Show 3 14 July 20:00 2.89[13] 2.95 #29
Live show 1 15 July 20:00 3.08[14] 2.99 #27
Live show 2 16 July 21:00 2.83[15] 2.81 #26
Live show 3 17 July 21:00 2.37[16] Under 2.66 Outside Top 30
Live show 4 18 July 21:00 2.69[17] 2.67 #29
Live show 5 19 July 21:00 2.90[18] 2.83 #25
Live show 6 20 July 21:00 2.64[19] 2.66 #30
Live show 7 23 July 21:00 2.59[20] 2.49 #22
Semi-final 24 July 21:00 2.54[21] 2.54 #21
Final 25 July 21:00 3.17[22] 3.11 #13
Series average 2012 N/A 2.82 2.82 N/A

References

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  3. ↑ X Factor G4 singer auditions for Lord Lloyd Webber's 'Superstar' - Superstar News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
  4. ↑ Superstar Finalists: Meet Roger Wright Unreality TV
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  6. ↑ Jesus Christ Superstar Tickets
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  8. ↑ http://www.jesuschristsuperstar.com/north-america-arena-spectacular/
  9. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/arts/music/anger-for-jesus-christ-superstar-cast-and-a-black-eye-for-its-promoter.html
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