''When Joseph Met Maria'' was a television Christmas special featuring several 'Maria' and 'Joseph' finalists from

Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End theatre, West End and on Broadway theatre, Broad ...

's BBC talent searches '' How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?'' (2006) and '' Any Dream Will Do'' (2007), including winners

Connie Fisher Connie Fisher (born 17 June 1983) is a British actress, singer and TV presenter, who won the BBC One talent contest '' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'' On 15 November 2006, she opened to excellent reviews in the part of Maria von Trapp i ...

and

Lee Mead Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July 1981) is an English musical theatre, television actor and occasional singer, best known for winning the title role in the 2007 West End revival of ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' through the BBC TV ...

. It was aired on BBC One on 24 December 2007 and was presented by

Graham Norton Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), known professionally as Graham Norton, is an Irish comedian, broadcaster, actor, and writer. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for the comedy chat show ''The Graham Norton Show'' (2007–present) ...

. ''When Joseph Met Maria'' showed what several of the finalists were up to since taking part in the live shows. It also featured several performances from the selected finalists, as well as judges

John Barrowman John Scot Barrowman MBE (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his roles as Captain Jack Harkness in ''Doctor Who'' (2005–2010; 2020–2021) and its spin-off ''Torc ...

, who performed with the Marias, and Denise Van Outen, who performed with the Josephs. Also present were judges

Bill Kenwright William Kenwright (4 September 1945 – 23 October 2023) was an English theatre and film producer. He was also the chairman of Everton Football Club for nearly two decades, from 2004 until his death in 2023. Early life Kenwright was born in ...

and

Zoe Tyler Zoe or variants may refer to: People * Zoe (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Zoë (British singer) (Zoë Pollock, born 1969) ** Zoë (Austrian singer) (Zoë Straub, born 1996) Arts and entertainment F ...

Finalists

The finalists from each series present were: Marias Josephs

Songs

''Kerst Met Joseph en Evita''

A similar special, entitled ''Kerst Met Joseph en Evita'' (''Christmas with Joseph and Evita'') was aired on Christmas Eve 2008, uniting several 'Evita' and 'Joseph' finalists from the Dutch versions, ''

Op zoek naar Evita ''Op zoek naar Evita'' (''Looking for Evita'') was a 2007 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands. It documented the search for a new, undiscovered musical theatre performer to play the role of Eva Peron in th ...

'' and ''

Op zoek naar Joseph ''Op zoek naar Joseph'' (''Looking for Joseph'') was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands. It searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a 2009 Dutch revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musi ...

'' including winners Brigitte Heitzer and Freek Bartels.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:When Joseph Met Maria BBC One original programming British reality television series Singing talent shows 2007 television specials British television specials