B Positive Choir

The B Positive Choir is a British chorus. It contains 60 singers who suffer with the sickle cell disease or who have close friends or family suffering from it. The choir is led by Colin Anderson and Lurine Cato and features members from across the UK.[1]

The choir was formed by the NHS Blood and Transplant as an initiative to help raise the awareness of the disease as well as attract new donors to give blood which is essential to treating the disease, particularly amongst black and Asian communities who the NHS feel are under-represented.[2][3]

The choir performed at the Boisdale of Canary Wharf restaurant as a warm-up show for the 2017 MOBO Awards.[4] They then performed to a well received audience at the awards show proper in Leeds with Gospel artist Lurine Cato on 29 November.[5] MOBO founder Kanya King later said she was happy to support and work with the B Positive Choir and pleased their televised performance was popular.[3]

Following the performance they were invited to perform Christmas songs before a captive audience at St Pancras railway station.[6] They also released a charity single, "Rise Up" in late 2017.[3]

The B Positive Choir starred in the 12th season of Britain's Got Talent. They were selected to appear in the live show, and came in the top 3 of the second semi-final. Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon voted for the choir, but Simon Cowell and David Walliams did not. The tie left it up to the audience, and the B Positive Choir was eliminated from the show. However, they were later chosen as the Judges' wildcard act, reinstating them into the final, after the voting stats were revealed Finished B Positive Choir in 11th place aka in last place.

In 2019 Bpositive performed before members of the Royal family at the annual commonwealth service at Westminster Abbey in London

References
  1. "MOBO Awards 2017 reveal hosts and live performers". Music Week. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. "B Positive Choir". NHS Blood and Transplant. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. "MOBO Awards choir B Positive release charity single "Rise Up"". NME. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. "10 Things You Should Know About Sickle Cell". Female First. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. "MOBO partners with us to launch B Positive choir". NHS Blood and Transplant. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. "MOBO star joins NHS "B Positive" choir for a festive lifesaving performance at St Pancras Station". St Pancras International. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

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