While the Lloyd Webber shows were a short-lived phenomenon, the relationship between reality TV and musical theatre has continued.
Copycat series Grease is the Word and Superstar followed on ITV, the latter of which Lloyd Webber also worked on.
The stage was being democratised – for those willing to put themselves through the reality show ringer, at least.
The year is 2007 and he has been eliminated from Any Dream Will Do, a reality TV series to find the star of a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.