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Ramin Karimloo beats Ball & Barrowman to win WOS leading men poll

Date: 21 August 2012

The results are in of our recent leading men poll, and it was a close run thing! Over 2,500 of you let us know your favourite West End leading man of recent times and submitted questions for our quiz (take part below).

Top of the pile was Ramin Karimloo, star of The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies (for which he won a 2011 Whatsonstage.com Award) and Les Miserables, who claimed 21 percent of the votes.

He was closely followed by fellow Whatsonstage.com Award winners Michael Ball (18%) and John Barrowman (17%), who were separated by a margin of just four votes in second and third place respectively.

The top ten was completed by: Lee Mead (12%), John Owen Jones (9%), Daniel Boys (6%), Michael Crawford (5%), Alex Gaumond (3%), Philip Quast and Bertie Carvel (2%).

We ran the poll in response to Andrew Lloyd Webber's comment on Superstar that there are "so few leading men in theatre" - and think it's fair to say we've proved him wrong!

Now for the next stage. How well do you know your leading men? In partnership with Quiz Factor, we've put together a quiz to sort the leading men from the boys. By completing the 20 questions (be warned that there's a time limit of 20 seconds on each one), you could be in with a chance to win a hamper.

Click here to take our leading men Quiz!

Related Content

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	Ramin Karimloo responds to WOS poll victory, joins The West End Men - 24th Aug 2012 News
	WOS Quiz: How well do you know your West End leading men? - 21st Aug 2012 Features
	Are there really 'few leading men' in the West End? - 25th Jul 2012 Features

Reader Comments

Comment	Date
I'm also seeing West End Men at De Montfort! Love Ramin and looking forward to seeing him live again. He truly is currently one of the best leading men around! - JRHP	01 Nov 12

Ramin is my leading man, can't wait to see him at De Montfort Hall. - Anne Gordon	31 Oct 12

Too bad I didn't vote, but it didn't matter...The person I would have voted for won anyway :) Congratulations, Ramin, and good luck, whatever you go on to do. - Casutama	25 Oct 12

The Lee Mead fans obviously didn't know about this one! Good. A true talent won. - Mary Smith	02 Sep 12

RAMIN WON!! YAYAY!! I voted for him!! Love him so much!! WELL DONE RAMIN! XD - -Ellen	27 Aug 12

Ball and Barrowman are more widely known to the general public because of tv work and their own recording careers, and therefore get higher fan votes. Ball for example, spent many years of his career concentrating on concerts rather than stage work. Actors whose careers are devoted to the stage, don't tend to have as wide a following in such polls. - Fran K	24 Aug 12

Congrats, Ramin: Can't wait to see you in Pittsburgh; Have Fun in the US-Andrea - Andrea	23 Aug 12

The Ballettes obviously didn't know about this one!!! - Sheila Cotton	22 Aug 12

just another feather in your cap!! Of course, you had my vote! Enjoy your trip to the US and your adoring fans! - julie renner	22 Aug 12

YAY, Ramin! I would have voted had I known about this. LOVE HIM! - Letara	22 Aug 12

go ramin!!!!! - mara	21 Aug 12

How have you proved him wrong? You've named all seven of them! ;) - George	21 Aug 12

Congratulations to Ramin. Glad my vote counted xx - Lynda Bower	21 Aug 12

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