Where Andrew Lloyd Webber BBC talent show stars are now from Jessie Buckley to Samantha Barks

Between 2006 and 2010, Andrew Lloyd Webber launched 4 philharmonic theatre shows with the BBC, and they proved to beryllium a smash deed with audiences.

With unrecorded performances, a star-studded sheet of judges and caller acting challenges each week, the endowment amusement bid launched galore aboriginal careers successful some euphony and acting.

The shows were presented by Graham Norton, and stars to grace the judging sheet included John Barrowman, Denise Van Outen, the precocious Barry Humphries and, of course, Lloyd Webber himself.

The archetypal bid successful 2006, entitled How Do You Solve a Problem similar Maria?, aimed to find the West End’s adjacent Maria von Trapp successful Lloyd Webber and David Ian’s signifier accumulation of The Sound of Music.

In 2007’s Any Dream Will Do, the hunt was connected to find the adjacent Joseph successful the revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

2008’s I’d Do Anything aimed to find 2 antithetic stars for the upcoming revival of Oliver!, arsenic they needed to formed some Nancy and Oliver.

The last bid successful 2010, called Over the Rainbow, enactment retired a casting telephone for an histrion to play Dorothy successful The Wizard of Oz, arsenic good arsenic a canine to play Toto.

Despite the endowment show’s abbreviated run, immense names person emerged from its 4 seasons, including the likes of Jessie Buckley, Samantha Barks and Lee Mead.

Without further ado, let’s instrumentality a look backmost astatine immoderate of Lloyd Webber’s biggest stars.

Connie Fisher - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?

Connie Fisher won the archetypal ever BBC endowment amusement to find Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adjacent West End star.

In 2006, she earned stellar reviews for her relation arsenic Maria von Trapp successful The Sound of Music, and her West End declaration was extended until 2008, earlier she resumed the relation to articulation the UK circuit successful 2009.

Casualty fans mightiness besides recognise Fisher for her recurring relation arsenic diligent Amanda successful the BBC One aesculapian play series.

Sadly, she was diagnosed with congenital sulcus vocalis successful 2011 and was told she would ne'er sing again, which led her to prosecute different roles.

Lee Mead - Any Dream Will Do

Lee Mead was the fashionable victor of 2008’s Any Dream Will Do, going connected to prima arsenic Joseph successful the West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Since past helium has enjoyed plentifulness of occurrence successful the theatre world, starring successful musicals similar Wicked, Legally Blonde and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

In 2014, helium besides joined the formed of Casualty, playing the relation of Ben 'Lofty' Chiltern, a portion helium reprised for Holby City successful 2017. His different TV credits see Motherland and The Dumping Ground.

Jodie Prenger - I’d Do Anything

After a adjacent contention for the relation of Nancy successful 2008’s I’d Do Anything, it was Jodie Prenger who came retired victorious, going connected to prima successful Oliver! connected the West End.

Before I’d Do Anything, Jodie won the 2nd bid of The Biggest Loser successful 2006, making her the archetypal pistillate successful the satellite to triumph the amusement aft losing a staggering 9 stone.

In 2022, Jodie began playing Glenda Shuttleworth successful ITV’s Coronation Street, and she has besides appeared successful Waterloo Road and arsenic a impermanent panellist connected Loose Women.

Her different theatre credits see Calamity Jane, Annie and One Man, Two Guvnors.

Jessie Buckley - I’d Do Anything

While she was lone the runner-up successful I’d Do Anything, Jessie Buckley has since go a Hollywood prima since then

Her breakthrough relation was successful 2018 philharmonic movie Wild Rose, wherever she received a information for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress successful a Leading Role.

Buckley’s show successful The Lost Daughter besides earned her nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress successful a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2021, she besides earned a Laurence Olivier Award for her unthinkable show arsenic Sally Bowles successful Cabaret connected the West End.

Her different notable roles see War & Peace, Chernobyl, Women Talking and Fargo.

Samantha Barks - I’d Do Anything

Samantha Barks placed 3rd connected BBC’s I’d Do Anything, but went connected to beryllium 1 of the show’s biggest successes. She made her Hollywood movie debut conscionable a fewer years aboriginal successful 2012, wherever she starred arsenic Éponine successful the Tom Hooper-directed Les Misérables.

She starred other Jonathan Bailey successful the Disney Channel musical-comedy Groove High and was besides a justice connected ITV’s Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream.

Barks has besides continued to spot a batch of occurrence successful the theatre world, originating the relation of Vivian Ward successful Pretty Woman: The Musical connected Broadway successful 2016. Since 2021, she has played Elsa successful the West End accumulation of Frozen.

Danielle Hope - Over the Rainbow

Danielle Hope was the victor of Lloyd Webber’s last BBC series, Over the Rainbow, which launched her into stardom arsenic Dorothy successful the West End’s Wizard of Oz.

A twelvemonth later, she was formed arsenic Éponine successful Les Misérables successful the West End, starting successful June 2012.

Her different theatre credits see The Last Five Years, The Sound of Music, Grease and Kinky Boots.

Sophie Evans - Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow’s Sophie Evans was a runner-up connected the BBC series, but she ended up inactive playing the alternate relation of Dorothy successful 2011’s The Wizard of Oz, going connected to instrumentality it up full-time successful 2012.

She besides went connected to container the portion of Glinda successful the West End accumulation of Wicked successful 2017 and again successful 2021.

Her movie and TV credits see The World’s End, Pride, Gangs of London and Under Milk Wood.

Stephanie Davis - Over the Rainbow

Soap prima Stephanie Davis whitethorn person started her TV travel connected Over the Rainbow, lone coming successful 7th connected the BBC show, but her vocation has gone successful a antithetic absorption since then.

Stephanie is champion known for playing Sinead O'Connor successful Channel 4’s Hollyoaks betwixt 2010 and 2019.

She besides joined the formed of Coronation Street arsenic Courtney Vance successful May 2023.

Additionally, she was the runner-up successful the seventeenth bid of Celebrity Big Brother successful 2016.