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West End Eurovision is an annual fundraising event held in London between top West End shows, loosely based on the Eurovision Song Contest. It is generally held at the Piccadilly theatre and the host show does not compete but rather is the opening act before the main event. This event is done for the charity The Make A Difference Trust [1] and the format is divided between three competitions, one for the best performance, one for best creativity and another for the best video ident.
Each year a number of celebrity judges pick the winner of the Best Creative Award, while the Best Video Ident Award is chosen over social media.
The Best Performance Award is the biggest of the three and is awarded to the performance that gets the highest number of points combined from three categories: the best video ident points, phone votes from the audience (which are doubled) and points from the show representatives from each competing show.

2008

  • Debuting Shows:

Avenue Q Buddy The Lion King Phantom of the Opera Mamma Mia! Grease Wicked

Draw Show Song Country Year Place Points
?? Wicked Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit   United Kingdom 1996 1st ??
?? Grease Making Your Mind Up   United Kingdom 1981 ??
?? Avenue Q ?? ?? ?? ??
?? Buddy ?? ?? ?? ??
?? The Lion King ?? ?? ?? ??
?? Phantom of the Opera ?? ?? ?? ??
?? Mamma Mia! ?? ?? ?? ??
?? ?? Ding-A-Dong   Netherlands 1975 ??
?? ?? Waterloo   Sweden 1974 ??
?? ?? Save Your Kisses For Me   United Kingdom 1976 ??

2009

Draw Show Song Country Year Place Points
01 Phantom of the Opera Take Me To Your Heaven   Sweden 1999 8th ??
02 Mamma Mia Las Vegas   Sweden 2005 1st ??
03 Lion King Wild Dances   Ukraine 2004 5th ??
04 We Will Rock You Love Shine A Light   United Kingdom 1997 3rd ??
05 Billy Elliot I'm Never Giving Up   United Kingdom 1983 2nd ??
06 Wicked Touch My Fire   United Kingdom 2005 4th ??
07 Dirty Dancing Nel blu dipinto di blu   Italy 1958 7th ??
08 La Cage aux Folles Diva   Israel 1998 6th ??

2010

This year's contest was judged by Toby Anstis, Sally Ann Triplet and Graham Norton

Draw Show Song Country Year Place Points
?? Dirty Dancing Shake It   Greece 2004 1st ??
?? Les Misérables Puppet on a String   United Kingdom 1967 ?? ??
?? Avenue Q Better the Devil You Know   United Kingdom 1993 ?? ??
?? Phantom of the Opera La Voix   Sweden 2009 ?? ??
?? Love Never Dies Just Get Out of My Life   Montenegro 2009 ?? ??
?? Legally Blonde Flying The Flag (For You)   United Kingdom 2007 ?? ??
?? We Will Rock You The Balkan Girls   Romania 2009 ?? ??
?? Jermyn Street Theatre My Number One   Greece 2005 ?? ??
?? Dreamboats and Petticoats Miss Kiss Kiss Bang   Germany 2009 ?? ??
?? Mamma Mia Song #1   Russia 2007 ?? ??
?? Billy Elliott Let It Swing   Norway 1985 ?? ??

2011

West End Eurovision 2011
Host
Venue Piccadilly Theatre
London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Gaby Roslin
Participants
Number of entries11
Debuting countries Wizard of Oz
39 Steps
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Returning countries Wicked
Non-returning countries Dreamboats and Petticoats
Jermyn Street Theatre
Mamma Mia!
Vote
Winning song Legally Blonde
West End Eurovision

This year, the contest panelists were Legally Blonde leading lady Sheridan Smith, BBC Eurovision commentator Graham Norton and unsuccessful 2010 Irish Eurovision contestant Justin Lee Collins

Draw Show Song Country Year Place Points
?? Wizard of Oz Je ne sais quoi   Iceland 2010 ?? ??
?? Les Misérables Shady Lady   Ukraine 2008 ?? ??
?? Phantom of the Opera Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley   Sweden 1984 ?? ??
?? We Will Rock You In My Dreams   Norway 2005 ?? ??
?? Billy Elliot Teenage Life   United Kingdom 2006 ?? ??
?? Priscilla Queen of the Desert This Is My Life   Iceland 2008 ?? ??
?? Wicked Aven Romale   Czech Republic 2009 ?? ??
?? Legally Blonde Dancing Lasha Tumbai   Ukraine 2007 1st ??
?? Love Never Dies It's All About You   Albania 2010 ?? ??
?? Dirty Dancing Fångad av en stormvind   Sweden 1991 ?? ??
?? 39 Steps Pump-Pump   Finland 1976 2nd ??

2012

West End Eurovision 2012
Host
Venue Dominion Theatre
London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Gaby Roslin
John Partridge
Participants
Number of entries10
Vote
Winning song Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
West End Eurovision

The celebrity judges this year were Kerry Ellis, Tony Blackburn and Stefanie Powers
Points are shown as follows: (Video ident points, Show judges points, Phone votes from the audience) = TOTAL

Draw Show Song Country Year Place Points
1 Mamma Mia! Bonjour, Bonjour    Switzerland 1969 10th (0,8,0) = 8
2 Shrek The Musical Fly on the Wings of Love   Denmark 2000 9th (2,13,0) = 15
3 Sweeney Todd One Step Out of Time   United Kingdom 1992 1st (4,92,24) = 120
4 Wizard of Oz Boom Boom   Armenia 2011 5th (0,54,4) = 58
5 The 39 Steps Boom Boom Boomerang   Austria 1977 8th (1,15,2) = 18
6 Rock of Ages Wolves of the Sea   Latvia 2008 7th (6,28,12) = 46
7 Phantom of the Opera Fairytale   Norway 2009 5th (10,32,16) = 58
8 Billy Elliot Shir Habatlanim   Israel 1987 2nd (0,88,9) = 88
9 Les Misérables Ne partez pas sans moi    Switzerland 1988 3rd (12,48,20) = 80
10 Wicked Poupée de cire, poupée de son   Luxembourg 1965 4th (8,52,8) = 68
Category Show Title
Best Performance Sweeney Todd " One Step Out of Time"
Best Creative Award Sweeney Todd " One Step Out of Time"
Best Ident Les Misérables "A.R.S.E.D - Actors Rags to Sequins Eurovision Dream"

2013

Draw Show Song Country Year Place Points
?? Rock of Ages Medley What's Another Year Why Me? Hold Me Now   Ireland various ?? ??
?? Billy Elliott I Can   United Kingdom 2011 ?? ??
?? A Chorus Line Party For Everybody   Russia 2012 ?? ??
?? Mamma Mia! Euphoria   Sweden 2013 ?? ??
?? Wicked Wir Geben 'ne Party   Germany 1994 ?? ??
?? Phantom of the Opera Hard Rock Hallelujah   Finland 2006 ?? ??
?? Spamalot Playback   Portugal 1981 ?? ??
?? Top Hat Dschinghis Khan   Germany 1979 ?? ??
?? Once All Kinds of Everything   Ireland 1970 ?? 1st
?? Viva Forever! This is the Night   Malta 2012 ?? ??

References

  1. ^ "West End Eurovision". The Make A Difference Trust. Retrieved 10 March 2018.