Lee Mead Children In Need charity appeal. The single, featuring "Any Dream Will Do" (performed by Mead) and "Close Every Door" (performed by all three finalists) reached number 2 in the official UK singles chart. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" opened in the West End on 17 July 2007 to generally good reviews: "Lee Mead… turns out to be both talented and enthusiastic… what distinguishes him is an attractive singing voice and, coming from beneath hair that owes more to Uncle Esau than father Jacob, lots of affable charisma… last night’s audience seemed enchanted" wrote Benedict Nightingale in "The Times". "Lee…
Bill Buckley (radio presenter) the South, The Midlands, London, Manchester and now in Plymouth. Buckley's acting experience includes playing Joseph in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" at Leatherhead. He also toured in the black comedy Widow's Weeds, and starred in numerous pantomimes, playing King in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. He was also an extra in the Birmingham-based soap opera "Crossroads". On hearing of the sacking of one of the programme's leading cast members Noele Gordon, Bill led a campaign outside the studios of "Crossroads"' producer ATV in Birmingham demanding her reinstatement and performed a protest song entitled "Meg