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| Tam Mutu |
The performer picks up the prize for his rendition of 'Stars' in the West End production of Les Miserables.
Speaking to West End Frame, Tam said: "Wow! What a wonderful surprise! Thank you so much to everyone who voted. It is a huge honour to get to sing a song that has been performed by so many great artists over the years. To be given this award is very humbling. I am truly overwhelmed. Thank you!"
Tam, who stars as Javert in the West End's longest running musical, wins with 34% of the final vote. We received over 14,500 votes making Best Performance of a Song 2014 the biggest West End Frame Award to date.
Tam's co-star Carrie Hope Fletcher (‘On My Own’) comes second, marking the first time performers from the same show have dominated the two top spots in a West End Frame Award. This is also the first time Les Mis has won a WEF Award. The Phantom of the Opera's Gerónimo Rauch (‘The Music of the Night’) comes third, Wicked's Savannah Stevenson ('Popular') comes fourth and Once's Arthur Darvill (‘Say It To Me Now’) comes fifth. Click here for the full result.
As well as previously playing Anatoly in Craig Revel Horwood's production of Chess (Princess of Wales, Toronto), just a few of Tam's extensive theatre credits include alternate Phantom in Love Never Dies (Adelphi), Longaville in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Anything Goes, South Pacific and The Royal Hunt of the Sun (National Theatre) and Orange Peel (Royal Court) as well as Romeo and Juliet, King Lear (RSC).
Best Performance of a Song in a Musical is part of the 2014 West End Frame Awards. Unlike other theatre awards, West End Frame only opens voting for one category at a time and combines male and female actors from musicals and plays into the same categories (where applicable).
The 2014 West End Frame Awards began in March, with The Book of Mormon winning Funniest West End Show. In 2012 Rachel Tucker won Best Performance of a Song in a Musical for her performance of 'Defying Gravity' in Wicked and last year the award was won by Sofia Escobar for her performance of 'Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again' in The Phantom of the Opera.
We would like to thank everyone who voted! It has been incredible to see so much dedicated support for the West End's top performers. Best Performance of a Song in a Musical is about recognising and celebrating performers who blow audiences away night after night with their tremendous talents. We received countless Tweets, comments and messages about the phenomenally high standard of the nominees, all of whom would have been worthy winners.
Voting for the next 2014 West End Frame Award, Understudy of the Year, opens later this month. Further information will be announced shortly.
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