Fame: The Musical (Irish TV series)
| 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 | www |
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. 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.
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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.
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.
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.
Michael Joseph, Conleth Kane, Séan Carey, Philomena Fitzpatrick, Caoimhe Garvey and Hollie O'Donoghue all take to the stage for the first time.
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".
Audience figures were below that of previous RTÉ reality talent shows, however the final was watched by over 500,000 viewers.
Twelve contestants made it through the audition rounds and performed during the live shows.
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