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Gareth Malone coaches ten shy children who love to sing.

Gareth Malone takes ten shy children who love to sing and attempts to build their confidence and turn them into stars.

The Big Performance: Series 2

Gareth Malone

Barney Harwood

The Big Performance: Series 2: Episode 1

Children's: Music

Episode 1

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Gareth challenges the shy singers to sing in front of each other.

Ten shy children who love to sing are put through their paces by choirmaster Gareth Malone. Their first challenge is to find the courage to sing in front of each other.

In the first series, Gareth Malone took ten terrified young singers and gave them the self-belief to perform in front of 40,000 people at Proms in the Park. Now the challenge is bigger than ever, as he takes a new group of kids, who have all been bullied because of their singing and are now too scared to sing even in front of family and friends, and helps them face up to their fears by performing live on Children in Need in front of millions. Can they do it live on Children in Need night?

Gareth is also under pressure because on the night, they will be joined via satellite by groups of singers from across the country. The children must learn performance skills and gain the confidence to lead Gareth's first ever nationwide choir.

It all kicks off in London, in the TV studios they will return to for their final performance, and Gareth introduces the all-important song - Avril Lavigne's hit Keep Holding On. But there is a long way to go before they are ready to sing in front of the nation. With just eleven weeks until Children in Need night, the newly formed group will take a musical tour of the country, compete for the coveted solo spot, and face increasingly difficult performance challenges until they are ready for their final big performance.

Their first challenge is to find the courage to sing in front of each other, so to ease them in gently, Gareth has chosen duets for the group to perform in pairs. To get them ready for this, Blue Peter star Barney Harwood is on hand to give the children a presenting masterclass to get them relaxed on camera. But will it help them find the strength to perform their songs in front of each other?

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Gareth Malone coaches takes ten shy children who love to sing.

Gareth Malone takes ten shy children who love to sing and attempts to build their confidence and turn them into stars capable of performing in front of a crowd of 40,000 people

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