What a traumatic time in the Joseph School for both the judges and Josephs, but the final 12 have been chosen and shall perform for a BBC audience next Saturday.

The week started with badly with two unsuccessful Josephs being allowed into the school after going straight to Webber like school kids, their arrival went down like a sack of potatoes and caused an uproar among the chosen ones which resulted in them upping their game. At Joseph School the budding actors were put through their singing, dancing and acting paces with many trying to woo Denise in their performance. The boys were later graced by Andrew himself and the ultimate Joseph - Jason Donovan, Jason gave the boys some solid advice before showing them how the part of Joseph should be done.
After a few hours of workshops the boys were put to the test and had to perform their new skills to the judges and Josephs, some cracked under pressure and some stood strong and showed no fear to the talent thirsty critics. The overly dramatic and amusing selection process was a terrible way to let the unsuccessful Joes go in my opinion. They all stood in rows and were made to sing whilst John Barrowman walked slowly round them tapping the “no-Joes” on the shoulder and sending them packing. After this firing-line process the lucky 28 cried and the unlucky 22 cried, but the lucky few had to pull themselves together as the following day Webber decided to drop 8 more Joes. Once again the Joseph’s sang and danced their hearts out and more tears were shed, but the final two reduced the judges to tears as Webber made the tough choice to break one boys dream and give the other a chance of West End stardom.
The tears were barely dry on their hankies as the 20 Josephs were jetted out to Webber’s castle to perform for his friends in his local village hall, far from the West End stage but real enough for some of the Josephs as they all performed nervously and cracks began to show. The following day 20 became 12 and as you guessed it there was tears and heartbreak as 8 averages Joes were sent home.
So the final 12 remain and as predicted some of the favorites from the first show are still hanging in there, Seamus and Lee are our favorites in the office and we shall be voting for them next Saturday in the Live showdown and every Saturday after as one Joseph will leave each week. We can only hope that the boys will stop crying for five minutes so they can perform and that the panel of judges have more juicy arguments to spice up the show.

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