I thought it was about time we had a rundown of the Over The Rainbow contestants who were reduced from 20 girls down to 10 last Weekend. They were split into 5 groups of 4 and each allocated a West End Leading Lady to help prepare a song from one of the current London shows. The groups each sang a pop song and then met with some of our favourite West End leading ladies to work on a show song. Here are some of the notes and opinion from Linda over at London Theatre Breaks.

Tamzin Outhwaite – Sweet Charity

If They Could See Me Now – some of the group worked really well. I think Dorothy might be in this group.
Andrew Lloyd Webber made Tamzin blush by saying how fabulous he thought she was in Sweet Charity.

Sheridan Smith – Legally Blonde

Good group but a bit static in their show song.

Kerry Ellis – We Will Rock You

Kerry Ellis is famous for being a popular witch Wicked and is going to replace Jodie Prenger in Oliver! soon.
Her group didn’t do very well. Found the rock number tricky.

Ruthie Henshall – Chicago

They sang All That Jazz and made quite a success of it. Her group were probably the best dancers.

Mel C – Blood Brothers

Told her group to keep their song ‘small’, they did and it was OK. One of them forgot what the song was about and kept grinning, not good.

The final 10 +1

The format is that the judges picked their 10 with the ‘help’ of ALW and then the other 10 sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow so the public could decide who they wanted to bring back.

So, the final 10 Dorothy Contestants from Over The Rainbow are as follows

Danielle Hope, 17, from Manchester
I quite like Danielle. I think she’ll do well but I’m not sure she’s right for Dorothy.

Jenny Douglas, 18, from Scotland
Not bad at all, she stood out in what was not that strong a group. I’m not sure what her dancing is like and we’re told they need a Dorothy that can dance as well as sing.

Lauren Samuels, 22, from London
Again, lovely and talented but not maybe not Dorothy. I might be wrong and I would like to see more of her.

Bronte Barbe, 18, from Cheshire
She’s definitely got some sort of charisma, nice voice but I’m just not sure. Need to see more of her.

Sophie Evans, 17, from Wales
As Andy said “She’s Welsh, of course she can sing” and I think she can act a bit too. I’m not sure about the dancing though…

Stephanie Davis, 17, from Merseyside
Very pretty, she’d make a charming Dorothy. I’d like to see more of her acting though.

Amy Diamond, 22, from Cheshire
Oh dear. I’m sure she’s got a great voice and is talented but er, she’s too grown up to be Dorothy. She’s a woman and she will have to be an amazing actress to make me believe she is a child.

Jessica Robinson, 18, from Middlesborough
Great face, something of the Liza Minnelli there. Little bit gawky and awkward in the pop song but she was totally at home in her show tune. She could be Dorothy.

Steph Fearon, 21, from London
Good voice, tended to be a little bit too R&B sometimes. She’s a possible I think.

Dani Rayner, 16, from Cheshire
Youngest in the competition Dani really could be Dorothy. AWL likes her, she’s got a great voice and she seems to be a good actress. I was impressed.

Over The Rainbow – The Search for Dorothy Continues

The competition continues over Easter with knockout editions of Over The Rainbow on Saturday and Easter Sunday.