[1] Arlene Phillips, Thom Allison, and Louise Pitre served as judges alongside Webber.
[2] The competition began with a Dorothy "boot camp" run by Lloyd Webber, which trained contestants and eliminated all but 10 finalists.
Following a public telephone vote on 4 November 2012, 20-year-old Danielle Wade was chosen as Dorothy to perform the role for Mirvish Productions in Toronto, which started on 20 December 2012.
[3][4] Wade has played several leading roles in student and community theatre and is an acting major at the University of Windsor.
[6] The winner was a small mixed breed dog named Linzy, that looks similar to the film's Toto, owned by Reta Thompson.