Songs of Praise: Gospel Choir of the Year

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Songs of Praise: Gospel Choir of the Year - Part 2

Gospel Choir of the Year - Part 2

BBC One - Songs of Praise, Gospel Choir of the Year - Part 2

YolanDa Brown hosts the second of two programmes to find the Gospel Choir of the Year.

Join YolanDa Brown to see which of the five choirs wins the Gospel Choir of the Year competition 2019, judged by Mark De-Lisser, Brenda Edwards and Rick Astley.

YolanDa Brown hosts the grand final of the Gospel Choir of the Year competition 2019. Five of the best amateur choirs in the country perform at Reading Town Hall. Our choirs have to impress leading vocal coach Mark De-Lisser, West End musical theatre star Brenda Edwards and pop icon Rick Astley. The choirs are G Choir from Hull, One Voice Community Choir from Preston, Cambridge University Gospel Choir, Nexus ICA Gospel Choir from Coventry and Reading Community Gospel Choir, and the highlight of the programme comes when all five choirs join together to perform I Go to the Rock, led by one of the biggest names in British gospel music, Lurine Cato.

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Down by the Riverside performed by One Voice Community Choir 
For Every Mountain performed by  Nexsus ICA Gospel choir 
Total Praise performed by Cambridge University Gospel Choir 
Ride On King Jesus performed by Reading Community Gospel Choir 
Giants performed by G Choir 
I Go to the Rock performed by Lurine Cato and all five choirs. 



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