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A 2007 revival of the London Palladium production at the Adelphi Theatre was the subject of BBC One's second search for a West End star, capitalizing on the success of the BBC's 2006 Lloyd Webber talent search series, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria ?.

This new talent search show, Any Dream Will Do, with the participation of Lloyd Webber and other theatre luminaries, sought a new leading man to play Joseph.

More than 3 million viewers cast votes during the 9 June 2007 series finale, and made 25-year-old Lee Mead " officially the people's Joseph ".

Mead had given up his ensemble role in The Phantom of the Opera, where he also understudied Raoul.

The new Joseph production, which began on 6 July 2007, used Steven Pimlott's ( who had died since staging the Palladium production ) original direction, with Bombay Dreams star Preeya Kalidas as the Narrator.