Over the Rainbow (Canadian TV series)

Over the Rainbow is a Canadian reality talent competition, which premiered on CBC Television on September 16, 2012. Based on the 2010 series Over the Rainbow in the United Kingdom, the series auditioned aspiring musical theatre performers for the role of Dorothy for a Toronto production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.[1] The series was hosted by Daryn Jones.[1] Arlene Phillips, Thom Allison, and Louise Pitre served as judges alongside Webber.[2]

Over the Rainbow
GenreReality
Directed byJoan Tosoni
Presented byDaryn Jones
JudgesAndrew Lloyd Webber
Arlene Phillips
Thom Allison
Louise Pitre
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producersDon Weiner
Ivan Schneeberg
David Fortier
Gerry McKean
ProducerMel Balac
Running time40–90 minutes
Production companyTemple Street Productions
Release
Original networkCBC Television, CBC HD
Original releaseSeptember 16 (2012-09-16) 
November 5, 2012 (2012-11-05)
External links
Website

The competition began with a Dorothy "boot camp" run by Lloyd Webber, which trained contestants and eliminated all but 10 finalists. Following a public telephone vote on 4 November 2012, 20-year-old Danielle Wade was chosen as Dorothy to perform the role for Mirvish Productions in Toronto, which started on 20 December 2012.[3][4] Wade has played several leading roles in student and community theatre and is an acting major at the University of Windsor. The judges praised her as "a consistently solid performer with a big voice and girl-next-door likeability and charm".[5]

The show also auditioned Canadian dogs for the part of Toto. CBC and Weber did not restrict the breed of Toto to Cairn Terrier (as used in the 1939 film), but instead searched for a dog that embodies the spirit of Toto: One that is a "bright fun loving companion full of energy and charisma".[6] The winner was a small mixed breed dog named Linzy, that looks similar to the film's Toto, owned by Reta Thompson. However, Linzy did not appear in the stage production.[7]

Finalists

Ten contestants made it through the audition rounds and performed during the live shows.

Finalist Age* From Dress Color Status
Kelsey Verzotti 17 Calgary, Alberta Bubble Gum Pink Eliminated 1st in Week 1
Michelle Bouey 21 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Robin's Egg Blue Eliminated 2nd in Week 2
Julia Gartha 16 Unionville, Ontario Purple Eliminated 3rd in Week 3
Jennifer Gillis 16 Coquitlam, British Columbia Sky Blue Eliminated 4th in Week 4
Jessie Munro 17 Toronto, Ontario Teal Eliminated 5th in Week 5
Cassandra Hodgins 17 London, Ontario Yellow Eliminated 6th in Week 6
Colleen Furlan 19 Winnipeg, Manitoba Red Eliminated 7th in Week 7
A. J. Bridel 18 Kitchener, Ontario Orange Third place
Stephanie La Rochelle 17 Ottawa, Ontario Kelly Green Second place
Danielle Wade 20 LaSalle, Ontario Lime Green Winner

* at the start of the series

Results summary

Place Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Final
1 Danielle Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
2 Stephanie Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe Bottom 2 Safe Runner-up
3 AJ Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Third Place
4 Colleen Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated
5 Cassandra Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated Eliminated
6 Jessie Safe Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Safe Eliminated Eliminated
7 Jennifer Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated
8 Julia Bottom 2 Safe Eliminated Eliminated
9 Michelle Safe Eliminated Eliminated
10 Kelsey Eliminated Eliminated

Live shows

The live shows saw the finalists eliminated one by one following both individual and group performances. At the end of every live show, the losing Dorothy would have her shoes stripped by the Dorothy who survived the sing-off, and the shoes would be given to Lloyd Webber (week 1) and Phillips (weeks 2-7).

Week 1

Following the first week of the competition. The show performances were:

  • Group performances:
    • "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" (from the musical The Wizard of Oz)
    • "One" (from the musical A Chorus Line)
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Kelsey Verzotti 1 "Good Morning Baltimore" Eliminated
Julia Gartha 2 "Make You Feel My Love" Bottom 2
Cassandra Hodgins 3 "Fever" Safe
Michelle Bouey 4 "Love Song" Safe
Danielle Wade 5 "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" Safe
Jessie Munro 6 "Take That Look Off Your Face" Safe
Jennifer Gillis 7 "Whistle Down the Wind" Safe
Colleen Furlan 8 "Fallin'" Safe
Stephanie La Rochelle 9 "The Climb" Safe
AJ Bridel 10 "Mambo Italiano" Safe
  • Sing-off:
    • Kelsey Verzotti and Julia Gartha were in the sing-off, and performed "What I Did for Love" from the musical A Chorus Line.
    • Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to save Julia and send Kelsey home.

Week 2

The show performances were:

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Colleen Furlan 1 "Call Me Maybe" Safe
Cassandra Hodgins 2 "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" Safe
Julia Gartha 3 "Give Your Heart a Break" Safe
Danielle Wade 4 "There You'll Be" Safe
Jennifer Gillis 5 "I'll Stand by You" Safe
Stephanie La Rochelle 6 "Titanium" Safe
Jessie Munro 7 "Firework" Bottom 2
AJ Bridel 8 "Angel" Safe
Michelle Bouey 9 "When You Believe" Eliminated
  • Sing-off:
    • Jessie Munro and Michelle Bouey were in the sing-off, and performed "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" from the musical Evita.
    • Arlene Phillips chose to save Jessie and send Michelle home.

Week 3

The show performances were:

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
AJ Bridel 1 "One Night Only" Safe
Cassandra Hodgins 2 "Maybe This Time" Safe
Colleen Furlan 3 "Legally Blonde" Safe
Jennifer Gillis 4 "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Safe
Jessie Munro 5 "The Rose" Bottom 2
Stephanie La Rochelle 6 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Safe
Julia Gartha 7 "The Man That Got Away" Eliminated
Danielle Wade 8 "Big Spender" Safe
  • Sing-off:
    • Jessie Munro and Julia Gartha were in the sing-off, and performed "As Long as He Needs Me" from the musical Oliver!.
    • Arlene Phillips chose to save Jessie and send Julia home.

Week 4

The show performances were:

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song Result
Cassandra Hodgins 1 "Mercy" Safe
Jennifer Gillis 2 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Eliminated
Colleen Furlan 3 "If My Friends Could See Me Now" Safe
AJ Bridel 4 "True Colors" Safe
Danielle Wade 5 "Moon River" Safe
Stephanie La Rochelle 6 "Buenos Aires" Bottom 2
Jessie Gartha 7 "Rolling in the Deep" Safe
  • Sing-off:
    • Jennifer Gillis and Stephanie La Rochelle were in the sing-off, and performed "Tell Me on a Sunday" from the musical Tell Me on a Sunday.
    • Arlene Phillips chose to save Stephanie and send Jennifer home.

Week 5

The show performances were:

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result
Jessie Munro 1 "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Eliminated
Danielle Wade 2 "Valerie" Safe
AJ Bridel 3 "Feeling Good" Safe
Cassandra Hodgins 4 "Out Here on My Own" Bottom 2
Colleen Furlan 5 "Could It Be Magic" Safe
Stephanie La Rochelle 6 "Smile" Safe
  • Sing-off:
    • Jessie Munro and Cassandra Hodgins were in the sing-off, and performed "Tell Me It's Not True" from the musical Blood Brothers.
    • Arlene Phillips chose to save Cassandra and send Jessie home.

Week 6

The show performances were:

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song Result
Danielle Wade 1 "At Last" Safe
Stephanie La Rochelle 2 "Someone Like You" Bottom 2
AJ Bridel 3 "Nobody Does It Better" Safe
Colleen Furlan 4 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Safe
Cassandra Hodgins 5 "Your Song" Eliminated
  • Sing-off:
    • Stephanie La Rochelle and Cassandra Hodgins were in the sing-off, and performed "On My Own" from the musical Les Misérables.
    • Arlene Phillips chose to save Stephanie and send Cassandra home.

Week 7

The show performances were:

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order Song Result
Stephanie La Rochelle 1 "Cabaret" Safe
Colleen Furlan 2 "Somewhere" Eliminated
AJ Bridel 3 "All That Jazz" Bottom 2
Danielle Wade 4 "I Dreamed a Dream" Safe
  • Sing-off:
    • Colleen Furlan and AJ Bridel were in the sing-off, and performed "No Matter What" from the musical Whistle Down the Wind.
    • Arlene Phillips chose to save AJ and send Colleen home.

Week 8

For their individual performances, the contestants sang songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The show performances were:

  • Group performances:
    • "The Wizard of Oz Medley"
    • "Already Home" (from the musical The Wizard of Oz)
    • "Sing" (by Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band featuring Military Wives)
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Order Andrew Lloyd Webber song Order Song of the Series Result
AJ Bridel 1 "Memory" N/A N/A (already eliminated) Eliminated
Danielle Wade 2 "As If We Never Said Goodbye" 4 "Big Spender" Winner
Stephanie La Rochelle 3 "I Believe My Heart" 5 "Buenos Aires" Runner-up

References

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