GARETH Malone is the singing genius behind BBC reality show The Choir.
However, he is trading the chorus rehearsals for the Celebrity MasterChef kitchen when he competes in the 2022 series.
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Who is Gareth Malone?
Gareth is a choir director who was born on November 9, 1975 in London.
He studied drama at the University of East Anglia (UEA), during which time he was in the university choir.
He then completed postgraduate singing studies at the Royal Academy of Music with distinction.
Gareth then conducted the London Symphony Orchestra Youth and Community Choirs at LSO St Luke’s until the end of 2009.
Since then he has participated in several singing reality TV series.
In 2012 he was awarded an OBE for services to music.
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What TV Shows Was Gareth Malone In?
Choirmaster Gareth is known for his shows where he forms choirs with people who don’t have much singing experience.
The aim is to use music and performance arts to help them get through difficult times in their lives.
In 2007, Gareth was approached by a production company to host a series about singing in schools called The Choir.
One of his most famous projects was working with military women in 2011.
This led to a #1 hit in the UK Singles Chart with Wherever You Are.
Malone plunged into children’s television, presenting two seasons of The Big Performance on CBBC in 2011 and 2012.
In 2012 and 2013 he switched to workplace choirs with The Choir: Sing While You Work.
And Gareth hosted the American version of The Choir – It Takes A Choir in 2013.
“It Takes A Choir” followed in 2014, and “The Naked Choir” with Gareth Malone in 2015.
And a second No1 hit came in 2014 with the All Star Choir and the song Wake Me Up.
He took on the role of judge in BBC’s 2017 Pitch Battle, which pitted rival music groups against each other, and was inspired by the 2012 film of the same name.
He has competed on the quiz shows Richard Osman’s House Of Games and Celebrity Pointless, and has appeared on Songs Of Praise and Loose Women.
In 2022 he participated in Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer.
And in August of that year, he put his cooking skills to the test again, taking part in BBC’s Celebrity MasterChef.
Is Gareth Malone Married?
Gareth is married to English teacher Becky Malone.
The happy couple have two children together.
A daughter named Esther who was born in 2010 and a son Gilbert who was born in 2013.