Josh Groban to Perform On the Final of Dancing With the Stars

Multi-platinum recording artist, Josh Groban, will perform on Dancing With The Stars – grand final – on Sunday July 19 at 7.00pm on TV3.

Groban’s new album, Stages, is out now and is a collection of some of the greatest musical theatre songs of all time; including music from Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and more.

Groban will perform Pure Imagination from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory onthe final episode of New Zealand’s Dancing With The Stars.

Pure Imagination, originally sung by Gene Wilder in the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, which though best known as a film, is also a West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. “It’s a tiny bit of a cheat because it was from a film originally, but I really wanted to sing it,” Groban says. “The fans wanted me to as well. It’s one of my most requested songs to record ever. I am a huge fan of the original film, it was a part of my childhood. Gene Wilder will always be number one for me with this song. There’s a tenderness to the way he sang it that is just the essence of Wilder. It’s something in his soul that will never be duplicated.”

Stages is available now on iTunes.