Fame: The Musical (Irish TV series)

Fame: The Musical
Format Interactive music talent show
Created by Robert C. Kelly
Presented by Derek Mooney
Judges Robert C Kelly
Erica Gimpel
Simon Delaney
Jacinta Whyte
Country of origin Ireland
Language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Executive producer(s) Larry Bass
Location(s) Various (auditions)
The Helix (live shows)
Running time Varies
Broadcast
Original channel RTÉ ONE
Picture format SDTV:
Original run 11 April 2010 – 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.

Contents

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:

     – 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 4 Semi-Final Final
Jessica Cervi Safe Did not perform Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Serena
Ben Morris Safe Did not perform Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Nick
Séan Carey Did not perform Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runners Up
Sarah O'Conner Bottom two Did not perform Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Safe
Roísín Magee Safe Did not perform Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (Semi-final)
Michael Joseph Did not perform Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe
Conleth Kane Did not perform Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated (Week 6)
Caoimhe Garvey Did not perform Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (Week 5)
Hollie O'Donoghue Did not perform Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (Week 4)
Stuart Pollock Safe Did not perform Bottom two Eliminated (Week 3)
Philomena Fitzpatrick Did not perform 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.

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Artist 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
Artist Order Song Musical Eliminated
Sarah & Drew 1 Let's Play A Love Scene Fame Drew
Judge's vote to save

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.

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Artist 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
Artist Order Song Musical Eliminated
Philomena & Conleth 1 Let's Play A Love Scene Fame Philomena
Judge's vote to save

Live Show 3

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Artist 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
Artist Order Song Eliminated
Stuart & Sarah 1 Let's Play A Love Scene Stuart
Judge's vote to save

Live Show 4

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Artist 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
Artist Order Song Musical Eliminated
Ben & Hollie 1 Let's Play A Love Scene Fame Hollie
Judge's vote to save

Live Show 5

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Artist 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
Artist Order Song Eliminated
Conleth & Caoimhe 1 Let's Play A Love Scene Caoimhe
Judge's vote to save

Live Show 6

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Artist 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
Artist Order Song Musical Eliminated
Conleth & Sarah 1 Let's Play A Love Scene Fame Conleth
Judge's vote to save

Semi-final

Contestants' performances on the semi-final
Artist 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

Final

Contestants' performances on the final show
Artist 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

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

  1. ^ http://www.rte.ie/tv/fame/
  2. ^ "Finalists for Fame The Musical Revealed". RTÉ. 18 April 2010. http://www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2010/0418/famefinalists18042010.html. Retrieved 20 April 2010. 
  3. ^ Byrne, George (13 June 2010). "Tears and a sad farewell to fame". The Evening Herald. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/tears-and-a-sad-farewell-to-fame-2219931.html. Retrieved 23 June 2010.