The public have decided live on BBC One tonight, that Chris Barton will not be Joseph.

After last week’s shock double eviction, the theme of tonight’s Any Dream Will Do was decades – since Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was written in 1967, and is still going strong 40 years later.

The eight remaining finalists performed two songs taken from each intervening decade – the Seventies, Eighties, Nineties and Noughties – to show they have the power, range and charisma to land one of the best loved and most prized roles in the West End.

After performing their songs and receiving full and frank feedback from Andrew Lloyd Webber and the expert panel of Denise Van Outen, John Barrowman, Bill Kenwright and Zoe Tyler, the Josephs faced the agony of the public vote. Read more & comment »

Any Dream Will Do contestant, Chris Barton has vowed to wow viewers with his personality on tonights show.

“It annoys me that I can’t seem to get my personality across on TV - I do have one,” Chris told The Sun. “I’m confident I can sing, dance and act but now I need to build a fan base by letting people know what I’m really like. If I could get that over I think I’d stand a good chance of winning. I think my biggest threats are Daniel and Lee. I’ve tried to poison their tea.

“I’m not too worried about wearing a loincloth. Bigger arms would make me look a bit more manly but my torso’s quite nice, even if I do say so myself.”

Judge Zoe Tyler explained: “He wasn’t good last week. Being in the final two the week before had really knocked him for six. He always used to make me shiver when he sang so I’m disappointed it has gone downhill. But he knows how to hold a stage and I think he can get it back.”

Chris Barton, 19

A student from Ormskirk, Lancashire.

Chris lives in his childhood home in Ormskirk, Lancashire and is currently studying for a National Diploma in Musical Theatre at Liverpool Theatre College.

He started singing when he was just four years old, has made ends meet by working in a sunbed shop – which he claims was the worst job he has ever had – and says that he would be a “fresh and vibrant” Joseph.

Chris first auditioned in Manchester and sums up his journey as “mind-blowing – three weeks ago I was in college doing my own thing and now I’m at the BBC doing this huge programme.”