Amy Dowden asks Lorraine viewers to download Joss Stone’s ITV charity single Golden and make it a Christmas number one after her own battle with breast cancer
Amy Dowden has asked ITV viewers to download charity singer Golden to help get the festive song to the top of the Christmas charts.
The 33-year-old Strictly Come Dancing professional, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in May and underwent a mastectomy in July, is supporting Lorraine Kelly and the Change + Check Choir’s charity single.
The song, called Golden, features Grammy Award-winning singer Joss Stone and the 20-piece female choir, who discovered their breast cancer diagnosis after seeing the campaign on Lorraine’s ITV show.
The new charity single is dedicated to Lorraine producer Hannah Hawkins, who recently passed away from secondary breast cancer.
Last week the choir performed a very special live performance of the moving song on the ITV daytime show, in a bid to help the song reach the festive top spot.
Amy Dowden has urged ITV viewers to download charity singer Golden to help get the festive song to the top of the Christmas charts
The song, called Golden, features both Joss Stone and the 20-piece women’s choir, who discovered their breast cancer diagnosis after seeing the campaign on Lorraine’s ITV show.
Ahead of the moving performance, Amy urged viewers in a sweet video message to download the single to get it to the top of the Christmas list.
She said: “I absolutely admire you all. Thank you very much for everything you have done.
‘Come on guys, let’s take this to Christmas number one. Everyone download’.
Other stars supporting the song include Boy George, Rylan, Sarah Ferguson, Christine Lampard and Richard Madeley.
Lorraine also shared how ‘proud’ she is of her team who created the track and dedicated Golden to her late producer and her family.
She said: ‘I’m so proud of my amazing team and amazing choir who made this possible, and of course a huge thank you to Joss Stone and our brilliant songwriters.
‘My thanks especially go to Hannah, our fantastic producer who was taken from us far too early with secondary breast cancer.
“This is Hannah’s song and dedicated to her and her wonderful husband Tom and their baby Rory.”
Hannah’s widow Tom said: ‘The song meant so much to her. I was sent a version just a few hours before she died and one of the special memories I will take with me is playing it for her, with the three of us in the room.”
Ahead of the choir’s performance, Amy, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in May and underwent a mastectomy in July, urged viewers to download the single to get it to the top of the Christmas list.
Lorraine broke down in tears as she talked about how ‘proud’ she is of her team and dedicated Golden to her late producer Hannah Hawkins, 33, who passed away from secondary breast cancer.
Lorraine said: “My special thanks go to Hannah, our fantastic producer who was taken from us far too soon. This is Hannah’s song and dedicated to her and her wonderful husband Tom and their baby Rory (pictured)
Meanwhile, from Rome, Joss told Lorraine: ‘The song is really important. I have never been part of a song that has touched me as deeply as this one. I think it’s because of that [my cousin] Yoyo.
‘It means a lot to so many and it can really save people’s lives. So that has so much more meaning to me than a tune.”
Joss also invited the choir to sing with her at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall next year.
She added: “It cheers you up. It will make you feel better. That did it for me. I really hope that people will get the same out of it as we did. That’s what this time of year is all about. This is all positive, so I’m happy to be a part of it.”