The second UK series of Popstar to Operastar

Popstar to Operastar

Popstar to Operastar is a British television programme singing competition based around the training of pop stars of current to be able to sing opera. The show began airing on ITV on 15 January 2010 at 9pm. The show is repeated on TV3 Ireland on Saturday evening. The programme is produced by...

began on 4 June 2011, with eight celebrities in competition to become an opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

 singer, after acheving success as a popstar. The judges were confirmed; with Rolando Villazón

Rolando Villazón

Emilio Rolando Villazón Mauleón is a Mexican tenor. He settled in France and in 2007 became a French citizen.-Early life and education:...

 and Katherine Jenkins

Katherine Jenkins

Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh mezzo-soprano. She is a classical-popular crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns.-Early life and education:...

 and two new judges Vanessa-Mae

Vanessa-Mae

Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson , known professionally as Vanessa-Mae , is an internationally known British violinist. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion", as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style...

 and Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Simon Phillip Hugh Callow, CBE is an English actor, writer and theatre director. He is also currently a judge on Popstar to Operastar.-Early years:...

, who took over the places of Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...

 and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is a successful homestyle consultant best known for his appearances on the BBC television programme Changing Rooms...

. Myleene Klass

Myleene Klass

Myleene Angela Quinn is an English singer, pianist, media personality and occasional model. She was formerly a member of the defunct British pop band Hear'Say.-Early life:...

 returned as the presenter taking on sole presenting duties as Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Fred Titchmarsh, MBE DL is an English gardener, broadcaster and novelist. After working as a professional gardener and a garden journalist, he established himself as a media personality through appearances on gardening programmes...

 did not return.

Background

On 4 August 2010 Group Finance Manager, Ian Griffiths, confirmed at ITV's Interim Results Meeting that Popstar to Operastar had been recommissioned for a second series.

On 12 May 2011, Digital Spy

Digital Spy

Digital Spy is a British entertainment and media news website. According to Alexa Internet traffic statistics, as of February 2011, Digital Spy is the 93rd most popular website in the United Kingdom, with an overall Alexa ranking of 2,088....

 revealed the full line-up for series 2: X Factor winner 2009 Joe McElderry

Joe McElderry

Joseph "Joe" McElderry is an English singer and model. He won the sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009. His first single "The Climb" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Charts. He was also crowned the winner of the second series of Popstar to Operastar, two...

, Ultravox frontman Midge Ure

Midge Ure

James "Midge" Ure, OBE is a Scottish guitarist, singer, keyboard player, and songwriter...

, Toploader's Joe Washbourn

Toploader

Toploader are an English band from Eastbourne who formed in 1997, with over two million album sales to their name and a string of top 20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album, Onka's Big Moka, sold over 1 million units and remained in the Top 5 of the UK album chart for over six months...

, Erasure's Andy Bell

Andy Bell

Andy Bell may refer to:*Andy Bell , British professional boxer*Andy Bell , English footballer*Andy Bell , English footballer*Andy Bell *Andy Bell...

, Bucks Fizz's Cheryl Baker

Cheryl Baker

Cheryl Baker is an English television presenter and singer. She is most famous for being a member of 1980s pop group Bucks Fizz, and has performed for the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, winning it the second time.-Early career:After leaving school and a series of secretarial jobs, Cheryl...

, The Pussycat Dolls' Melody Thornton

Melody Thornton

Melody Thornton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, Soprano vocalist, dancer, model, showgirl and television personality who rose to stardom as a member of the successful pop group the Pussycat Dolls...

, Steps' Claire Richards

Claire Richards

Claire Ann Richards is an English singer best known for being the lead singer of Steps from 1997 to 2001. She was a contestant on the second series of Popstar to Operastar before being voted off in the Semi Finals...

 and US soul singer Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer...

.

In the same article it was confirmed that Myleene Klass

Myleene Klass

Myleene Angela Quinn is an English singer, pianist, media personality and occasional model. She was formerly a member of the defunct British pop band Hear'Say.-Early life:...

 would present Series 2 alone. Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...

 and Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen would be replaced as judges by Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Simon Phillip Hugh Callow, CBE is an English actor, writer and theatre director. He is also currently a judge on Popstar to Operastar.-Early years:...

 and Vanessa Mae.

The second series aired on Sundays at 8pm. It began Sunday 5th of June, 2011, finishing its run on Sunday 10th of July, 2011.

Popstars

The results came with no particular order.

Popstar	Solo/Group/Band	Status
Midge Ure Midge Ure James "Midge" Ure, OBE is a Scottish guitarist, singer, keyboard player, and songwriter...	Ultravox Ultravox Ultravox is a British New Wave rock band. They were one of the primary exponents of the British electronic pop music movement of the late 1970s/early 1980s. The band was particularly associated with the New Romantic and New Wave movements....	Eliminated (Week 1)
Jocelyn Brown Jocelyn Brown Jocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer...	Soloist Solo (music) In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...	Eliminated (Week 2)
Melody Thornton Melody Thornton Melody Thornton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, Soprano vocalist, dancer, model, showgirl and television personality who rose to stardom as a member of the successful pop group the Pussycat Dolls...	Pussycat Dolls Pussycat Dolls The Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble based in Los Angeles; currently consisting of Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Kristal "Lyndriette" Smith, Tiffany "Taz" Zavala, Kia Hampton and Paula Van Oppen. The Pussycat Dolls were founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995...	Eliminated (Week 3)
Andy Bell Andy Bell (singer) Andrew Ivan "Andy" Bell is the lead singer of the English synthpop duo Erasure. He also has a solo career, with the albums Non-Stop and Electric Blue.-Early life:Andy Bell originates from the Dogsthorpe area in Peterborough...	Erasure	Eliminated (Week 4)
Joseph Washbourn Toploader Toploader are an English band from Eastbourne who formed in 1997, with over two million album sales to their name and a string of top 20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album, Onka's Big Moka, sold over 1 million units and remained in the Top 5 of the UK album chart for over six months...	Toploader Toploader Toploader are an English band from Eastbourne who formed in 1997, with over two million album sales to their name and a string of top 20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album, Onka's Big Moka, sold over 1 million units and remained in the Top 5 of the UK album chart for over six months...	Eliminated (Week 5)
Claire Richards Claire Richards Claire Ann Richards is an English singer best known for being the lead singer of Steps from 1997 to 2001. She was a contestant on the second series of Popstar to Operastar before being voted off in the Semi Finals...	Steps	Third Place (Week 5)
Cheryl Baker Cheryl Baker Cheryl Baker is an English television presenter and singer. She is most famous for being a member of 1980s pop group Bucks Fizz, and has performed for the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, winning it the second time.-Early career:After leaving school and a series of secretarial jobs, Cheryl...	Bucks Fizz Bucks Fizz (band) Bucks Fizz are an English pop group who achieved success in the 1980s, most notably for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Making Your Mind Up". The group was formed in January 1981 specifically for the contest and comprised four vocalists: Bobby G, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and...	Runner-Up
Joe McElderry Joe McElderry Joseph "Joe" McElderry is an English singer and model. He won the sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009. His first single "The Climb" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Charts. He was also crowned the winner of the second series of Popstar to Operastar, two...	Soloist Solo (music) In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...	Winner

Results summary

Colour key:

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Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6
Joe McElderry	1st 63.2%	Immune Did not perform	1st 60.8%	1st 62.7%	1st 58.2%	Winner 77.1%
Cheryl Baker	2nd 29.1%	Immune Did not perform	3rd 13.0%	2nd 18.2%	2nd 19.2%	Runner-Up 22.9%
Claire Richards	Immune Did not perform	1st 54.5%	2nd 14.0%	3rd 7.7%	3rd 18.7%	Third Place (Week 5)
Joseph Washbourn	Immune Did not perform	3rd 13.2%	5th 3.5%	4th 6.3%	4th 4.0%	Eliminated (Week 5)
Andy Bell	Immune Did not perform	2nd 21.6%	4th 6.6%	5th 5.1%	Eliminated (Week 4)
Melody Thornton	4th 2.1%	Immune Did not perform	6th 2.2%	Eliminated (Week 3)
Jocelyn Brown	Immune Did not perform	4th 10.7%	Eliminated (Week 2)
Midge Ure	3rd 5.7%	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom two	Midge Ure Melody Thornton	Jocelyn Brown Joseph Washbourn	Joseph Washbourn Melody Thornton	Andy Bell Joseph Washbourn	No judges' vote: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins
Simon's vote to save	Melody Thornton	Jocelyn Brown	Joseph Washbourn	Joseph Washbourn
Vanessa's vote to save	Midge Ure	Joseph Washbourn	Melody Thornton	Joseph Washbourn
Rolando's vote to save	Midge Ure	Joseph Washbourn	Joseph Washbourn	Joseph Washbourn
Katherine's vote to save	Melody Thornton	Joseph Washbourn	Joseph Washbourn	Joseph Washbourn
Eliminated	Midge Ure 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Jocelyn Brown 1 of 4 votes Majority	Melody Thornton 1 of 4 votes Majority	Andy Bell 0 of 4 votes Majority	Joseph Washbourn 4.0% to save	Cheryl Baker 22.9% to win
					Claire Richards 18.7% to save	Joe McElderry 77.1% to win

Indicates that the casting vote would lie with that judge if the panel reached a split decision.

Indicates that the casting vote was required as the panel failed to reach a majority decision

Episodes

Voting percentages are from ITV.com

Most Public Votes

Eliminated

Bottom two

Week 1

Performances

• Cheryl Baker: "Barcarole (Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour)" from Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach
  Jacques Offenbach
  Jacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr....
  
  
• Joe McElderry: "Una furtiva lagrima
  Una furtiva lagrima
  Una furtiva lagrima is the romanza taken from Act II, Scene VIII of the Italian opera, L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti. It is sung by Nemorino when he finds that the love potion he bought to win his dream lady’s heart, Adina, works.Nemorino is in love with Adina, but she isn't interested in...
  
  " from Gaetano Donizetti
  Gaetano Donizetti
  Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. His best-known works are the operas L'elisir d'amore , Lucia di Lammermoor , and Don Pasquale , all in Italian, and the French operas La favorite and La fille du régiment...
  
  
• Melody Thornton: "Habanera (L'amour est un oiseau rebelle)
  Habanera (aria)
  In the form of habanera, there is a famous aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It is sometimes referred to as "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle." . Its score was adapted from the habanera "El Arreglito," originally composed by the Spanish musician Sebastián Yradier...
  
  " from Carmen
  Carmen
  Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
  
  by Georges Bizet
  Georges Bizet
  Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...
  
  
• Midge Ure: "Questa O Quella" of Rigoletto
  Rigoletto
  Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851...
  
   by Giuseppe Verdi
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
  
  

Did not perform (immune for week 1)

• Andy Bell
• Jocelyn Brown
• Claire Richards
• Joseph Washburn

Bottom two

• Midge Ure - Eliminated on judges tied 2-2, with deciding vote given to Katherine Jenkins to save Melody Thornton
• Melody Thornton

Voting Results
Rolando Villazón and Vanessa-Mae saved Midge Ure. Simon Callow and Katherine Jenkins saved Melody Thornton.

Guest Performers

Week 2

Performances

• Andy Bell: "'O Sole Mio
  'O Sole Mio
  "O sole mio" is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the melody was composed by Eduardo di Capua. Though there are versions in other languages, "'O sole mio" is usually sung in the original Neapolitan language...
  
  " by Eduardo di Capua
  Eduardo di Capua
  Eduardo di Capua was an Italian singer and songwriter.-Biography:He was born in Naples in 1865. Together with the poet Giovanni Capurro, di Capua wrote the song "'O Sole Mio", which has since been recorded by many singers, both classical and popular...
  
   and Giovanni Capurro
  Giovanni Capurro
  Giovanni Capurro was an Italian poet, best remembered today as the co-creator, with singer/composer Eduardo di Capua, of the world famous song, "'O Sole Mio"....
  
  
• Jocelyn Brown: "Chanson Bohème (Les tringles des sistres tintaient" from Carmen
  Carmen
  Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
  
  by Georges Bizet
  Georges Bizet
  Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...
  
  
• Claire Richards: "O Mio Babbino Caro
  O mio babbino caro
  "O mio babbino caro" is a soprano aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi , by Giacomo Puccini, to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between her father Schicchi and the family of Rinuccio, the boy she loves, have reached a breaking point that threatens to...
  
  " from Gianni Schicchi
  Gianni Schicchi
  Gianni Schicchi is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy. The work is the third and final part of Puccini's Il trittico —three one-act operas with...
  
  by Giacomo Puccini
  Giacomo Puccini
  Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
  
  
• Joseph Washbourn: "Toreador Song (Votre toast je peux vous le rendre)
  Toreador Song
  The Toreador Song is one of the most famous arias from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. Sung by the matador Escamillo, it describes various situations in the ring, the cheering of the crowds and the fame that comes with victory.-Text:-In popular culture:* The song is mocked during the "I lost my...
  
  " from Carmen
  Carmen
  Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
  
   by Georges Bizet
  Georges Bizet
  Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...
  
  

Did not perform (immune for week 2)

• Cheryl Baker
• Joe McElderry
• Melody Thornton

Bottom two

• Jocelyn Brown - Eliminated on judges decision 3-1
• Joseph Washbourn

Voting Results
Only Simon Callow voted to save Jocelyn Brown, with remaining three judges saving Joseph Washbourn

Guest Performers

• Rolando Villazon - "No Puede Sur"

Week 3

Performances

• Cheryl Baker: "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette
  Roméo et Juliette
  Roméo et Juliette is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique , Paris on 27 April 1867...
  
  by Charles Gounod
  Charles Gounod
  Charles-François Gounod was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.-Biography:...
  
  
• Andy Bell: "Non più andrai" from Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
  
  
• Joe McElderry: "La donna è mobile
  La donna è mobile
  "La donna è mobile" is the cynical Duke of Mantua's canzone from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto . The inherent irony is that it is the callous playboy Duke himself who is mobile...
  
  " from Rigoletto
  Rigoletto
  Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851...
  
   by Giuseppe Verdi
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
  
  
• Claire Richards: "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata
  La traviata
  La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
  
  by Giuseppe Verdi
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
  
  
• Melody Thornton: "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" from Samson et Dalila
  Samson and Delilah (opera)
  Samson and Delilah , Op. 47, is a grand opera in three acts and four scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire...
  
  by Camille Saint-Saëns
  Camille Saint-Saëns
  Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
  
  
• Joseph Washbourn: "Madamina, il catalogo è questo
  Madamina, il catalogo è questo
  "" is a bass aria from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.It is sung in scene 5 of the first act of the opera, by Leporello, to Donna Elvira. It consists of a description and count of his master's lovers and is sung to a light-hearted tune...
  
  " from Don Giovanni
  Don Giovanni
  Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
  
  by by Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
  
  

Bottom two

• Melody Thornton - Eliminated on judges decision 3-1
• Joseph Washbourn

Voting Results
Only Vanessa-Mae voted to save Melody Thornton, with remaining three judges saving Joseph Washbourn

Guest Performers

Week 4

Performances

• Cheryl Baker: "Mein Herr Marquis (Adele's Laughing Song)" from Die Fledermaus
  Die Fledermaus
  Die Fledermaus is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée.- Literary sources :...
  
  by Johann Strauss II
  Johann Strauss II
  Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
  
  
• Andy Bell: "Largo al factotum
  Largo al factotum
  Largo al factotum is an aria from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini, sung at the first entrance of the title character; the repeated "Figaro"s before the final patter section are an icon in popular culture of operatic singing...
  
  " from The Barber of Seville
  The Barber of Seville
  The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music...
  
  by Rossini
• Joe McElderry: "Nessun dorma
  Nessun dorma
  Nessun dorma is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto , who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot...
  
  " from Turandot
  Turandot
  Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot...
  
  by Giacomo Puccini
  Giacomo Puccini
  Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
  
  
• Claire Richards: "Casta Diva" from Norma
  Norma (opera)
  Norma is a tragedia lirica or opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after Norma, ossia L'infanticidio by Alexandre Soumet. First produced at La Scala on December 26, 1831, it is generally regarded as an example of the supreme height of the bel canto tradition...
  
  by Vincenzo Bellini
  Vincenzo Bellini
  Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...
  
  
• Joseph Washbourn: "Torna a Surriento
  Torna a Surriento
  “Torna a Surriento” is a Neapolitan song said to have been composed in 1902 by Ernesto De Curtis to words by his brother, Giambattista. The song was copyrighted officially in 1905; it has since become wildly popular, and has been sung by performers as diverse as Beniamino Gigli, Elvis Presley,...
  
  " by Giambattista De Curtis
  Giambattista De Curtis
  Giambattista de Curtis was an Italian painter and poet remembered today for his song lyrics.-Biography:Born into a noble family in Naples, de Curtis was the firstborn of the fresco painter Giuseppe de Curtis and his wife, Elisabetta Minnon, and was a great-grandson of composer Saverio Mercadante...
  
   and Ernesto De Curtis
  Ernesto De Curtis
  Ernesto De Curtis was an Italian composer.Born in Naples, the son of Giuseppe De Curtis and Elisabetta Minnon, he was a great-grandson of composer Saverio Mercadante and the brother of poet Giambattista De Curtis, with whom he wrote the song "Torna a Surriento"...
  
  

Bottom two

• Andy Bell - Eliminated by unanimous vote of the judges 4-0
• Joseph Washbourn

Guest Performers

Week 5 (Semi Final)

Performances

• Cheryl Baker: "Un bel di vedremo" from Madama Butterfly
  Madama Butterfly
  Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco...
  
  by Giacomo Puccini
  Giacomo Puccini
  Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
  
  
• Joe McElderry: "Granada
  Granada (song)
  "Granada" is a Mexican song written in 1932 by Agustín Lara. The song is about the Spanish city of Granada and has become a "standard" in music repertoire....
  
  " by Agustín Lara
  Agustín Lara
  Agustín Lara was a Mexican singer and songwriter.-Biography:Lara was born in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz. Later, the Lara family had to move again to Mexico City, establishing their house in the borough of Coyoacán. After Lara's mother died, Agustín and his siblings lived in a hospice run by their...
  
  
• Claire Richards: "Der Holle Rache (The Queen of the Night Aria
  Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
  "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" is the second aria sung by a coloratura soprano role Queen of the Night in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute .-The aria:...
  
  " from The Magic Flute
  The Magic Flute
  The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
  
  by Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
  
  
• Joseph Washbourn: "Fin ch'han dal vino (The Champagne Aria)" from Don Giovanni
  Don Giovanni
  Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
  
  by Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
  
  
• Cheryl Baker / Joe McElderry (duet): "Canto della Terra
  Canto della Terra
  "Canto della Terra" is the second single from Italian pop tenor Andrea Bocelli's 1999 album, Sogno. The song was written by Francesco Sartori and Lucio Quarantotto, the same writers of Bocelli's biggest hit "Con te partirò", and is among Bocelli's most popular and well-known songs.Like "Con te...
  
  " by Francesco Sartori
  Francesco Sartori
  Francesco Sartori is an Italian composer and piano and trumpet player best known for composing "Con te partirò" with Lucio Quarantotto for Andrea Bocelli. The song was also recorded as a duet entitled "Time to Say Goodbye" with Bocelli and Sarah Brightman...
  
   and Lucio Quarantotto
  Lucio Quarantotto
  Lucio Quarantotto is an Italian songwriter best known for writing the lyrics for "Con te partirò" with music composed by Francesco Sartori for Andrea Bocelli...
  
  
• Claire Richards / Joseph Washbourn (duet): Con te partirò
  Con te Partiró
  - History :The song's original single release by Polydor Records was not commercially successful in Italy, and received little radio airplay there. Elsewhere, however, it was a massive hit. In France and Switzerland, the single topped the charts for 6 weeks, earning a triple Gold sales award. In...
  
   by Francesco Sartori and Lucio Quarantotto

Result

• Joseph Washbourn - Eliminated by public after receiving the fewest votes
• Claire Richards - Eliminated after finishing third in the public vote

Guest Performers

• Alfie Boe
  Alfie Boe
  Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe, known professionally initially as Alf or Alfred Boe and now as Alfie Boe, , is an English tenor.-Background:...
  
   - "Who Am I" from Les Miserables

Note: Rolando Villazon was absent as a judge in this episode because of a concert he had in Switzerland. Therefore, Opera tenor, Alfie Boe filled in for him.

Week 6 (Final)

Performances

• Cheryl Baker: "The Flower Duet (Sous le dôme épais)
  The Flower Duet
  The Flower Duet is a famous duet for sopranos from Léo Delibes' opera Lakmé, first performed in Paris in 1883. The duet takes place in Act 1 of the three act opera, between characters Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to gather flowers by a river...
  
  " from Lakmé
  Lakmé
  Lakmé is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. Delibes wrote the score during 1881–82 with its first performance on 14 April 1883 at the Opéra Comique in Paris. Set in British India in the mid 19th century, Lakmé is based on the 1880 novel...
  
  by Léo Delibes
  Léo Delibes
  Clément Philibert Léo Delibes was a French composer of ballets, operas, and other works for the stage...
  
   (a duet with Katherine Jenkins) and "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette
  Roméo et Juliette
  Roméo et Juliette is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique , Paris on 27 April 1867...
  
  by Charles Gounod
  Charles Gounod
  Charles-François Gounod was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.-Biography:...
  
   (solo)
• Joe McElderry: "Musica proibita" (duet with Rolando Villazon
  Rolando Villazón
  Emilio Rolando Villazón Mauleón is a Mexican tenor. He settled in France and in 2007 became a French citizen.-Early life and education:...
  
  ) and "Nessun dorma" by Giacomo Puccini
  Giacomo Puccini
  Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
  
   (solo)

Result

• Joe McElderry - Winner by public vote receiving 77.1% of the votes
• Cheryl Baker - Runner-up by public vote receiving 22.9% of the votes

Guest Performers

• Andrea Bocelli
  Andrea Bocelli
  Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
  
  

Ratings

Viewing figures taken from BARB- British Audience Research Board.

• Preview Show: 6.28 Million
• Live show one: 4.26 Million
• Live results one: 3.02 Million
• Live show two: 3.79 Million
• Live results two: 2.51 Million
• Live show three: 3.07 Million
• Live results three: 2.71 Million
• Live show four: 2.87 Million
• Live results four: 2.98 Million
• Live show five: 3.01 Million
• Live results five: 3.45 Million
• Live Final performances: 3.47 Million
• Live Final results: 4.22 Million

• Series average: 3.51 million

Impact

After the show, Joe McElderry signed a record deal with label Decca, and it was announced he was to release an album of classics, to expose his operatic voice. The album was titled 'Classic' and it was released in August 2011 and charted at no.2, the highest chart position for an album Joe has ever released.