After some harsh comments from the judges in last week’s Any Dream Will Do, the seven remaining Josephs had to fight back to prove to the public that they have the power, range and charisma to land one of the best loved and most prized roles in the West End.

Once they had performed their songs and received 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.

When asked by host Graham Norton who was not Joseph, Zoe Tyler said Daniel Boys, while Bill Kenwright, Denise Van Outen and John Barrowman all said Rob McVeigh.

Rob McVeigh and Lewis Bradley gained the least public votes and had to perform a joint rendition of Tell Me It’s Not True from the musical Blood Brothers.

Then it was up to Andrew Lloyd Webber alone to choose which Joseph should be saved. He said: “I’m going to save Lewis.” He said to Rob: “We’ll all follow your career with huge interest.”

Rob McVeigh said after his eviction: “To be honest I’m shocked I got this far, I know I’ve got a long way to go but I’m going out with my head held high, its been amazing.”

Before leaving the stage Rob McVeigh joined the other Josephs for the now traditional rendition of Poor Poor Joseph/Close Every Door from Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, before taking his final bow.

This week’s group song was You Really Got Me by The Kinks.

The six remaining hopefuls go on to next week’s show where they will again audition for the nation to decide who could be Joseph in the new West End production of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, at the later time of 8.10pm.

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1: Lee Mead: This week saw a return to form when Lee sang I think I’d Better Leave Right Now. It was an emotional performance and his vocals were impeccable. Lee has always been one of my favourites and tonight I could really see him on a West End stage.

2: Keith Jack: Keith has never been a favourite of mine to win the show but each week he seems to get better and better. Tonight he sang You Were Always On My Mind, and the tears in his eyes would suggest he meant every word. Emotional and heart breaking. I loved it.

3: Lewis Bradley: Lewis gave a very convincing performance of I’m A Believer tonight. Great vocals and a very lively performance.

4: Daniel Boys: The judges raved but I actually didn’t like the mean and moody Daniel tonight. His vocals were as good as always but I felt that he looked like he was in pain for parts of the song. Not a great look!

5: Craig Chalmers: Craig gave his best performance to date tonight and the judges loved it. Andrew thought he was phenomenal and I thought he really moved into the realm of musical theatre for the first time.

6: Ben Ellis: Ben gave a very lively performance tonight and his vocals were much improved from last week. I still see a big gap between him and some of the others and I don’t think he will go much further in this show, not least because of his attitude. And they said Seamus was arrogant!

7: Rob McVeigh: Rob left tonight and rightfully so. His vocals were flat at times, he shouted quite often and he looked uncomfortable. Rob has talent but I could never imagine him as Joseph. He should have left weeks ago.

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A builder from Rotherham.

Builder Robert hails from Rotherham, and apart from a BTEC in drama hasn’t received any formal acting training.

He believes that getting to this stage in Any Dream Will Do is the greatest achievement of his life so far and thinks that it will make him re-think his career and life plans.

He has recently become engaged to Louise, 25, a teaching assistant who he met through a local operatic society.

Robert first auditioned in Manchester, and says that his route to the becoming one of the 12 has been “so surreal it feels like I’m watching over somebody!”

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