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The intervirw is also on GMB's YouTube channel. So lovely that Gareth is getting the positive reaction we know he deserves xx

Wow! Amazing performance throughout. Well done, Gareth - you truly deserved to pass selection. So proud of you xx

I found what I think is the whole interview on YouTube. I searched 'bbc breakfast gareth gates' on YouTube and it was the first result that came up. Sorry I don't know how to link it xx

I was just about to post that Gareth had been on BBC Breakfast but Doris beat me to it. He was on at 8.50 with Davina de Campo for nearly 10 mins. Programme available for next 24 hours only. He faced his fear of live interviews like he said he would on Instagram. He looked and sounded wonderful xx

He was there last night with several of his family and friends, including Missy, Chloe, Wendy, Matt and Arran, according to Arran's Instagram story. All looked to be having fun xx

Thanks for posting the link, Heather. Lovely to see and hear Gareth and Missy singing together, beautiful voices.

Thanks for your reports of the show and for the set list - it's very hard to remember all the songs Gareth sang and especially the order, so well done spotting Gareth's list on stage and taking pics. (I assume you weren't brave enough to take the actual pieces of paper ) Would have particularly liked to have heard 'Bad Habits' in full, but actually hearing and seeing him live after all this time (whatever he sang) would have been amazing. Very pleased you had a good night but I expected nothing less. Edits to say the photos are great (I love seeing Gareth playing the piano, he seems to caress the keys) - thanks for them too.

Pretty sure that Gareth was taking extensions out of Chloe's hair. He seems to be concentrating very hard. Now wouldn't that be lovely! Can just imagine him singing softly as he worked (you're getting carried away there, Linda). Don't know when I'll get to a hairdresser for a much needed cut, but luckily my daughter was able to colour it last week. I'm sure they're going to be very busy once they can open up again.

Beautiful new video went live just after 5pm. It's a mash-up of 'I can't make you love me' and 'All of me' with Gareth playing keys. Short intro by Gareth and thanks for watching at end. Another one next week.

Thanks for this. It's on at 9pm for 1 hpur.

Christmas greetings everyone - hope you can all have the best day possible in the present circumstances and very best wishes for a more settled new year xx

Thanks for letting us know. Will be lovely to see him

Lovely - thanks so much.

It was superb seeing Gareth on 'Jane & Friends' last night. I loved that his duet with Jane was something I'd never heard Gareth sing before (in fact something I ddn't know at all). He sounded fantastic and his voice went well with Jane's. I've rewatched his performances several times this morning and became quite emotional when thinking tthat this is what he should be doing more often. 'One Day More' was a fitting finale for a programme celebrating musicals and again showcased Gareth's beautiful voice. As I didn't recognise the duet, I had to do a bit of detective work this morning. I quite quickly found the song that Gareth started with - 'You Will Be Found' from 'Dear Evan Hansen' but then realised that this doesn't include all the lyrics they were singing. More searching led to 'The Story Of Tonight' from 'Hamilton' which is what Jane began with. These are two musicals that Gareth was very impressed with when they first came out. The duet was therefore a clever rearrangement of the two songs. Good to see some lovely comments online too. Love xx

Thanks for posting about the panto. I'm not at all surprised that it won't be happening this year. It's a great shame for everyone involved and, with almost all pantos cancelled, yet another thing that will make Christmas very different this year. I hope that Gareth will still do the show next year, as I really enjoyed Aladdin in Milton Keynes several years ago. Gareth did his first panto (Cinderella in Wimbledon) in 2008-9. Then in 2009-10 he was in the 25th anniversary tour of 'Les Miserables', so did not do panto. Since then he has performed every year, so this year will be the first for a very long time that he won't have been in any show. I imagine that his (& his family's) Christmas will be very different in this way too.