page_title: Lurine Cato
section_title: Career and Notable Performances
hierarchical_section_title: Lurine Cato / Career and Notable Performances
caption_attribution_description: English: Lurine at the NHS 70th Anniversary Celebrations in Yorkshire 2018
context_page_description: Lurine Cato is a British Gospel singer, songwriter and session vocalist who won the MOBO Award for Best Gospel Act in 2013 and was nominated in the same category in 2017. She was a finalist on the 12th Season of Britain's Got Talent 2018 with the B Positive Choir. She has a 5-octave vocal range.
context_section_description: As a backing singer she toured with Kylie Minogue in 2001 on her On A Night Like This tour and appeared in Kylie Minogue: Kylie Fever 2002 in Concert - Live in Manchester (2002) Cato also recorded vocals for Adele's debut album '19 in 2008
  In December 2016 Cato performed for a carol concert at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel in aid of the Demelza Hospice Care for Children Earlier that year she also performed for the MVISA Awards alongside other artists such as Chyna Whyne, Zara Zykes and Wayne Marshall
  As well as her MOBO Award and nomination, Cato has won other music awards including the Premier Gospel Award (Best Female Artist) in 2016 and 2017, GMA, Italy, (Best International Vocalist of the Year), BEFFTA Award 2013 (Best Gospel Act), Wise Woman Award 2012 (WWA Woman In Music Award), and an Honorary UK Entertainment Award 2017 (Outstanding Contribution to Gospel Music) Cato had the esteemed privilege to perform at the 2012 London Olympics for the Evening of Olympians celebration.
  Lurine was a featured artist at the first annual European  True Worship Summit a gospel conference held over a three-day period at the Dominion Centre in Wood Green.  Other notable gospel artists included Reverend Bazil Meade MBE, founder of the London Community Gospel Choir and Noel Robinson.  International guests included Londa Lamond, Israel Houghton, Kim Burrell, Donald Lawrence and Kirk Franklin.  The event culminated in a final concert where the B Positive Choir performed with Cato.
  Cato was recently invited by Sadiq Khan Mayor of London to sing at his campaign dinner held at the Museum of London and appointed as the official Vocal Coach for ITV's Sing It To Win It Competition 2018.  The competition presenters include former Girl's Aloud band member Kimberly Walsh and UK-based Afropop and Dancehall duo Reggie 'n' Bollie
  Cato and the B Positive Choir recently appeared on The One Show on the BBC continuing their campaign to raise awareness of sickle cell and blood donation. Cato and the B Positive Choir are contestants on the Britain's Got Talent 2018 competition.  They decided to audition for the competition in a bid to bring awareness of the campaign to a wider audience.  After a successful audition on 14 April 2018 on ITV they received a 'yes' vote from all 4 judges namely Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.  Amanda Holden specifically had a deep connection with the choir as blood donors saved her life and remarked that the National Health Service had an incredible impact on her life and her family. Although a powerful semi-final performance, the judges combined with a public vote ultimately sent Calum Courtney through to the finals.  A tough decision between Calum and the B Positive choir moved Simon Cowell to do his best to get B Positive a wild card.  After a week of performances, the wild card recipient was reported in OK Magazine sending B Positive to the finals of Britain's Got Talent.  With only 2 days to prepare Cato and the B Positive Choir reprised their audition song to a cheering and supportive audience to which Simon Cowell also remarked that "it was the best performance so far that night."  Though making it through to the finals they did not make it to the top three, namely Lost Voice Guy, Robert White and Donchez Dacres with Lost Voice Guy taking first place through a public vote
  Cato has been involved with the NHS 70th Celebrations performing at York Minster Cathedral.  Lurine was the featured soloist with the B Positive choir at Westminster Abbey a service of celebration for Common Wealth Day.  Other performers included the Dhol Foundation drummers, Clean Bandit, William Barton and Alfie Boe.
  On the 20 October 2019 Lurine performed at Rudolph Walker's OBE 80th birthday celebrations at the Hackney Empire.  On 17 and 24 November 2019 BBC1 aired its semi-final and final rounds of Songs of Praise' Gospel Choir of the Year where Lurine made a special guest appearance
caption: Lurine at the NHS 70th Celebration, York Minster Cathedral
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