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The Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year is back! In the first of two programmes hosted by Mark De-Lisser, five of the best amateur choirs from across the UK take to the stage at The Monastery in Manchester.

Listening to every note are three celebrity judges – the godmother of UK gospel and director of The Kingdom Choir, Karen Gibson, singer and broadcaster Muyiwa Olarewaju and TV’s favourite choir master, Gareth Malone.

The five choirs have their first opportunity to impress the judges with their choice of song. From London, we have Faithworks Gospel Choir, who sing The Storm Is Passing Over; Nottingham’s Sing It Bold Community Gospel Choir perform Holy; Oxford Gospel Choir sing Praise The Lord; Soul of the City Gospel Choir from Exeter perform In the Sanctuary; and from London, Kudos Gospel Choir sing Count Your Blessings. Five fantastic choirs, but which one will be your favourite?