Jenny loses out on Over The Rainbow - because she didn't get on with Toto

By Daily Mail Reporter

Voted off: Graham Norton comforts Jenny Douglas after she learns she will not be progressing on BBC1's Over The Rainbow


Jenny Douglas saw her dreams of landing the lead in The Wizard Of Oz shattered when she was booted off Over The Rainbow.

The 18-year-old from Edinburgh became the sixth contestant to leave the BBC One show last night and the first casualty of this weekend's double elimination.

Douglas found herself in the bottom two alongside fellow Dorothy hopeful Lauren Samuels after they received the fewest viewers' votes.

Vying to stay in the competition, the pair sang Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water.

But Douglas's rendition of the classic song failed to convince musical impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber he should keep her in the show.

Describing the Scottish teenager as 'very talented', Lord Lloyd-Webber said his decision had nothing to do with her singing ability.


Last chance: Jenny and fellow contestant Lauren Samuels singing for survival last night.


She had lost out, he said, because of her lack of rapport with the terrier playing Dorothy's dog Toto.

Lord Lloyd-Webber said: 'You were, let's face it, a bit at sea with Toto. It made me think, my goodness, in a great big theatre like the Palladium it all could go a bit wrong for you.

'But I think that's the reason, nothing to do with your singing. I think you are a very very strong performer and you've got a long way to go.'

Earlier in the show, Douglas faced criticism from panellist John Partridge after she sang Send In The Clowns, from the Broadway hit A Little Night Music.

He said: 'When you perform an up-tempo number I love it, when you sing a song like this that has emotional content I just feel that the acting feels a bit half-baked.

I want to pop you back in the oven for another 20 minutes.

'Did it move me, did it touch me? If I'm honest, no.'

But fellow panellist Charlotte Church disagreed, saying there were 'moments of real magic' in the performance.

After losing out to Samuels in the sing-off, Douglas, whose father once sang on stage with Stevie Wonder, said her time on the show had been 'brilliant'.

She said: 'It's really really tough, but the toughest thing about it is leaving my girls up there. We've had such an amazing journey together. What can I say, it's been brilliant.'

Five hopefuls - Samuels, Jessica Robinson, Danielle Hope, Sophie Evans and Steph Fearon - now remain.

One more contestant will be eliminated on tonight's show ahead of next weekend's semi-finals.


source: dailymail