Any Dream Will Do

2007

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7| 0h30m| NR| en
Synopsis

Any Dream Will Do, was a 2007 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. It searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a West End revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The show was hosted by Graham Norton, who announced Lee Mead as the winner of the final public telephone vote on 9 June 2007. It was the second West-End talent show to be produced by the BBC/Andrew Lloyd Webber, after How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?. Further Talent shows in the series have aired, with I'd Do Anything completing in 2008 and Over the Rainbow which ran in April/May 2010. A similar format has been used as well in The Netherlands in 2008, with the show Op zoek naar Joseph taking an unknown singer and placing the winner in the lead role for the 2009 performances in The Netherlands. On 26 October 2008, Freek Bartels was announced the winner of this show.

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SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Staci Frederick Blistering performances.
bob the moo Following on from the success of "How do you solve a Problem Like Maria", the BBC continued to use this new formula twist on the karaoke talent contest, even as ITV scrambled to get onto the bandwagon with "Grease is the Word". As usual ITV is losing in the ratings but the sheer number of people watching Any Dream Will Do made me curious to see what it was about this show was drawing them in.Essentially the show sees individual young men taking to stage to perform songs to the audience and panel to prove that they are worthy to take the role of Joseph in the West End production, which is the prize that awaits the ultimate winner. The panel give their feedback on each performer but it is the viewing public that select who they want via premium rate telephone lines. If it all sounds familiar then this is understandable because it is the same idea that has been clogging Saturday nights for many, many years. One could argue that "Stars in their Eyes" sowed the seeds by introducing the idea of people watching ordinary" people singing on television but it was most likely Pop Idol that launched the formula as it currently stands today. Of course any idea needs to be kept fresh and the cross between Pop Idol and the job addition aspect of The Apprentice was quite a good idea I suppose.In terms of delivery, it does just what you expect it to. The boys are mostly very samey. They can all sing reasonably well and in fairness they are being groomed for the stage rather than a music career; this means they are wanting to fit into a mould rather than break it (not that any of these musical reality shows are looking for a mould breaker). They do cry rather easily though! The numbers are belted out in great cabaret style and the audience lap it up, all dressed up in their costumes with their banners. The downside of this is that none of the boys stand out and it does feel like you're watching a conveyor belt; at least with Pop Idol (for example) you do get a range of people, characters and skills. Norton makes cheeky remarks and, like Maria, he fits this show because he belongs with camp silliness. The panel are so-so but as the series went on they ended up spending too much time gushing or damning rather than making helpful remarks. Lloyd-Webber swings wildly in his opinion and has been set up as some sort of "Nasty Nigel" type, sitting on his separate chair as the "chief judge" and looking a bit like someone has thrown lots of used teabags in a pile on top of a shirt. The panel don't really have that much interest in them but they at least are suitable for the material (having seen Torchwood I can confirm that Barrowman is proof that musical theatre acting and television acting is not the same thing).Overall then this is exactly what you expect it to be and I suppose that that means it depends on you. If you like these karaoke competitions then this is perfectly fine and in line with the standards of the formal. Personally it is not for me as I'm not really a "light entertainment" type of guy but if you are looking for a cabaret show in your front room on a Saturday night then I suppose this will do you.