New Hope Choir

The New Hope Choir is St. John Secondary School's official choir and the rivals of Annika's mean girl group and allies of the theatre and orchestra clubs.

History
When Reece was 13 and was in Year 7(in the year 2015), Ms. Jackson assigned him to form a choir to make the school's official choir along with assigning him to be the choir director and leader. He invited his best friend, tenor 2 Blake to join along with baritone(tenor in solos) James, bass Tristan, Australian baritenor Luke, New Zealand-Australian tenor Calum, Australian tenor Michael and Australian tenor Ashton. They were the founding members of New Hope Choir.

A year after the group was formed in 2016, nobody auditioned for the choir. This is due to their peer pressure at that time and they were just starting their teens.

A year later in 2017, Blake's younger brother, tenor Brad, Scottish tenor Connor and South African-Australian baritone Troy auditioned along with some other students. Brad, Connor and Troy were soon qualified to join the choir. Connor became the first member of Scottish descent to join and Troy became the first of South African Jewish descent.

Another year later in 2018, Reece founded a shy blonde boy on oxygen and asked him to join the choir. The boy revealed that his name is George and he accepted. He later auditioned to join the choir and because of his angelic voice, he made it in. Since he is shy, he decided to be a bass singer but in solos, he is a baritone. He also went off oxygen by the time he joined the choir.

Then when the show started in 2019, Blake and Brad suggested to Zoe that she should join the choir. At first she was shy but when the siblings encountered Reece after Zoe sang in the basketball/football court, she is finally able to audition. At first all of her classmates who decided to audition(including Annika) were disqualified but when Zoe auditioned, she has the best vocals even as an alto which made Annika jealous. This causes her rivalry against Zoe and the choir. Zoe became the first girl to join since New Hope Choir were a boys' choir.

In the episode 'Fitting In,' the main 6 of the choir(Reece, Blake, Troy, Brad, George and Zoe) were studying in the library when they saw a kid studying by himself. The kid revealed to be a Year 11 boy named Shawn and he was an exchange student from Canada. He was asked to join the choir but at first, he wasn't sure until he auditioned. Shawn became qualified and he became the first Canadian to join.

In 'The Briefcase,' in the flashback sequence, a mean girl named Shannon attempted to audition but Reece disqualified her. She thought Reece wouldn't let her join because she thought he is sexist but it turns out that Reece doesn't want mean girls in his choir.

In 'New Recruits,' Reece held auditions for 12-year-olds and a 17-year-old to join his choir. So far, Aiden Cowell, a 12-year-old from London and Harvey Cantwell, a 17-year-old from Kent were qualified to join. They are also the new protagonists of the series.

In 'Whatever Happened To A Former Member,' Reece revealed that there used to be a member that joined him along with the other founding members. His name is Dominic and he vanished into thin air and Reece got him out for good.

In 'The Award,' New Hope Choir barely got any rewards because the mean girls always gets them in March, May, July and September every year. So they decided to team up with the Theatre and Orchestra kids to perform in the ceremony. This results in getting their reward together as a super group.

Sub Groups
The only sub group formed in the choir is called 'The Main Six' consisting of the main protagonists of The Secondary School Choir having Reece as de facto leader. Then when Harvey and Aiden joined, it became 'The Main Eight.'

Songs Sung By The Group

 * 1) Bohemian Rhapsody(Solos by by Zoe Tria, Brad Simpson, Blake Richardson, Troye Sivan, Connor Ball, James McVey, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Tristan Evans, Michael Clifford and Ashton Irwin)(Episode 'New Powers')
 * 2) IDGAF(Solos by Zoe Tria, Brad Simpson, Blake Richardson, Troye Sivan and George Smith)(Episode 'Bullied Online')
 * 3) We're All In This Together(Solos by George Smith, Zoe Tria, Reece Bibby and Gun)(Episode 'The Power Of An Alto)
 * 4) Who Let The Dogs Out(Solos by Zoe Tria, George Smith, Brad Simpson, Troye Sivan, Blake Richardson and Reece Bibby)(Episode 'Missing Pets')
 * 5) Keep Holding On(Solos by Zoe Tria, George Smith, Brad Simpson, Blake Richardson and Troye Sivan)(Episode 'Missing Pets')
 * 6) Deliver Us(Solos by Blake Richardson, Troye Sivan, Brad Simpson, George Smith, Sheryl Lau and Pixie Davies)(Episode 'The Play Part 1')
 * 7) Through Heaven's Eyes(Solo by Thaiyo Kido)(Episode 'The Play Part 1)
 * 8) Playing With The Big Boys(Solos by Alfie Clarke and TBA)(Episode 'The Play Part 2')
 * 9) The Plagues(Solos by Raphael Lau and Ankit Mishera)(Episode 'The Play Part 2')
 * 10) When You Believe(Solos by Pixie Davies, Daisy Liu Waite, Zoe Tria and George Smith)(Episode 'The Play Part 2')
 * 11) Kung Fu Fighting(Solos by Brad Simpson, Blake Richardson, Zoe Tria, George Smith, Troye Sivan, Reece Bibby and Lou Jean)(Episode 'Trip To Singapore Part 3)
 * 12) We Will Rock You(Solos by Zoe Tria, George Smith and Brad Simpson)(Episode 'Takedown')
 * 13) We Are The Champions(Solos by Zoe Tria, George Smith, Brad Simpson and Blake Richardson)(Episode 'Takedown')
 * 14) Another Brick In The Wall(Solos by Zoe Tria, George Smith, Brad Simpson, Troye Sivan and Blake Richardson)(Episode 'Takedown')
 * 15) Don't Stop Believing(Solos by Zoe Tria, George Smith, Brad Simpson, Blake Richardson, Reece Bibby, Troye Sivan, Calum Hood, Luke Hemmings and Michael Clifford)(Episodes 'The Bone' and 'Singing Along)
 * 16) All I Want For Christmas Is You(Solos by Zoe Tria, George Smith, Brad Simpson, Troye Sivan, Blake Richardson, Connor Ball, James McVey, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Michael Clifford, Ashton Irwin and Shawn Mendes)(Episode 'Merry Christmas')
 * 17) Feliz Navidad(Solos by Zoe Tria and George Smith)(Episode 'Merry Christmas')
 * 18) Birthday(Solos by Zoe Tria, Brad Simpson, Troye Sivan, Blake Richardson and Reece Bibby)(Episode 'Zero Effect')
 * 19) Live While We're Young(Solos by Brad Simpson, Troye Sivan, Zoe Tria, Reece Bibby, George Smith and Blake Richardson)(Episode 'Zero Effect')
 * 20) Set It Off(Solos by George Smith, Zoe Tria, Gun, Daisy Liu Waite, Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson and Lou Jean) (Episode 'Bad Luck')
 * 21) Some Things Never Change(Solos by Zoe Tria, Brad Simpson, George Smith, Reece Bibby and Lou Jean)(Episode 'New Year')
 * 22) Auld Lang Syne(Solos by Zoe Tria, Brad Simpson, Blake Richardson, Reece Bibby, Lou Jean, George Smith and Troye Sivan)(Episode 'New Year')
 * 23) Do They Know It's Christmas(Solos by Blake Richardson, Troye Sivan, Zoe Tria, Brad Simpson, George Smith, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, James McVey, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Michael Clifford and Ashton Irwin)(Episode 'Reindeer')
 * 24) Jingle Bell Rock(Solos by Blake Richardson, Troye Sivan, Brad Simpson, George Smith, Zoe Tria, Reece Bibby, Connor Ball, Tristan Evans,  James McVey, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Michael Clifford, Ashton Irwin, Shawn Mendes, Lou Jean, Gun, Raphael Lau and Yuto Yoshida) (Episode 'Reindeer')
 * 25) Treat You Better(Solos by Shawn Mendes, Zoe Tria, George Smith, Brad Simpson, Troye Sivan, Blake Richardson and George Smith)(Episode 'Singing Along')
 * 26) When I Grow Up(Solos by Alfie Clarke, Aidan Harney, Thaiyo Kido, Emily Carey, Sheryl Lau and Zoe Tria)(Episode 'Singing Along')
 * 27) Water(Solos by Blake Richardson, Brad Simpson and Zoe Tria)(Episode 'Uh Oh')
 * 28) Cups(Solos by Zoe Tria, Gun, George Smith, Blake Richardson, Brad Simpson and Reece Bibby)(Episode 'The Great Magician')
 * 29) Fixed(Solos by George Smith, Blake Richardson, Reece Bibby, Zoe Tria, Brad Simpson, Troye Sivan, Raphael Lau and Gun)(Episode 'The Great Magician')
 * 30) Hurricane(Solos by Brad Simpson, Zoe Tria, Blake Richardson and George Smith)(Episode 'Trouble With The Tattletales')
 * 31) Born This Way(Solos by Reece Bibby, Zoe Tria, Danna Paola, George Smith, Gun, Lou Jean, Luke Hemmings, Daisy Liu Waite, Pixie Davies and Blake Richardson)(Episode 'Trouble With The Tattletales')
 * 32) Take On Me(Solos by Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson, Troy Sivan, Brad Simpson, George Smith and Zoe Tria)(Episode 'Totally New Hope Choir')
 * 33) Tiger Feet(Solos by Reece Bibby, Lou Jean, Blake Blake Richardson, George Smith, Zoe Tria, Danna Paola, Gun, Raphael Lau and Brad Simpson)(Episode 'Totally New Hope Choir')
 * 34) Who Do You Love(Solos by Luke Hemmings, Zoe Tria, George Smith, Calum Hood, Brad Simpson, Blake Richardson, Danna Paola, Michael Clifford, Reece Bibby and Lou Jean)(Episode 'The Briefcase')
 * 35) We're All In This Together(Solos by Blake Richardson, Danna Paola, Reece Bibby and Lou Jean)(Episode 'The Briefcase')
 * 36) High School Musical(Solos by George Smith, Zoe Tria, Reece Bibby, Lou Jean, Danna Paola and Blake Richardson)(Episode 'The Briefcase')
 * 37) Irresistible(Solos by Reece Bibby, Brad Simpson, Zoe Tria, George Smith, Danna Paola and Blake Richardson)(Episode 'Best Seats In The School')
 * 38) Good Time(Solos by Zoe Tria, George Smith, Reece Bibby, Brad Simpson, Danna Paola, Blake Richardson and Lou Jean)(Episode 'Best Seats In The School')
 * 39) Total Eclipse Of The Heart(Solos by Connor Ball, Aiden Cowell, James McVey, Tristan Evans, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Michael Clifford, Ashton Irwin and Shawn Mendes)(Episode 'New Recruits')
 * 40) Personal(Solos by HRVY)(Episode 'New Recruits')
 * 41) We Are Young(Solos by Zoe Tria, George Smith, HRVY, Gun, Tanya Leong, Pixie Davies, Danna Paola, Aiden Cowell, Daisy Liu Waite, Lou Jean, Reece Bibby, Emily Carey and Brad Simpson)(Episode 'New Recruits')
 * 42) Missing You(Solos by George Smith and Zoe Tria)(Episode 'Life Of A Newbie')
 * 43) Empire State Of Mind(Solos by Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson, Yungblud, Tristan Evans, James McVey, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin)(Episode 'Whatever Happened To A Former Member(Flashback')
 * 44) Let Me Down Slow(Solos by George Smith, Blake Richardson, Reece Bibby, Zoe Tria, Troye Sivan, Brad Simpson, HRVY and Aiden Cowell)(Episode 'The Award')
 * 45) Heart Attack(Solos by Reece Bibby, Zoe Tria, George Smith, Brad Simpson, Troye Sivan, Blake Richardson, Aiden Cowell and HRVY)(Episode 'The Award')
 * 46) No Shame(Solos by Luke Hemmings, Blake Richardson, HRVY, Calum Hood, Brad Simpson, George Smith, Troye Sivan and Zoe Tria)(Episode 'Switch Bodies')
 * 47) Viva la Vida(Solos by HRVY, Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson, George Smith, Troye Sivan, Brad Simpson and Zoe Tria)(Episode 'The Antidote')

Auditions
Basically every member auditioned but only George, Zoe, Shawn, Harvey and Aiden's auditions were shown on screen. Here are the songs they auditioned in each episode.
 * 1) Zoe Thomson: Speechless by Naomi Scott(Episode 'How It All Started Part 1')
 * 2) George Smith: Wonderwall by Oasis(Episode 'Back To The Old Days'(Flashback))
 * 3) Shawn Mendes: In My Blood by Shawn Mendes(Episode 'Fitting In')
 * 4) 'Harvey Cantwell': Personal by HRVY(Episode 'New Recruits')
 * 5) Aiden Cowell: Total Eclipse Of The Heart by Bonnie Tyler(Episode 'New Recruits')

Trivia

 * The name 'New Hope Choir' is a play on British band 'New Hope Club' whose members are part of the series and are also the main protagonists
 * The first 8 founding members joined as one group while the others who were recruited joined separately
 * Though they have meetings every afternoon, they seem to be meeting during the school hours, including the theatre and orchestra kids
 * Because this was a boys' choir, most of the members are tenors(Reece, Blake, James, Luke, Calum, Michael, Ashton, Shawn, Harvey, Brad and Connor)
 * Altos aren't supposed to get solos in a choir but because Zoe is the only girl, this is going to slide
 * So far, 4 members in the choir are dating, they include Reece(who is with Jenny), Blake(who is with Danna) and Zoe and George who are dating
 * Though the choir is not treated very kindly by Annika and her gang, they are applauded for every performance they did which causes their rivalry
 * The main 8 mainly gets solos in every song though some solos are given to the rest of the choir and sometimes the theatre kids
 * The New Hope Club is one of the most diverse clubs like the theatre club(and they are also a super group so the theatre club's members will be added here)
 * Reece is of Norwegian, Finnish and French descent
 * Blake is of Norwegian, German, Irish, French, Greek, British and Chinese descent
 * Calum is Australian of Scottish and Maori descent
 * Michael is Australian of British, Irish, Scottish and German descent
 * Ashton is Australian of American and Irish descent
 * Shawn is Canadian of Portuguese and British descent
 * Brad is of Norwegian, German, Irish, French, Greek, British and Chinese descent
 * Troy is South African-Australian of ethnic Jewish descent and is an LGBT(Gay) character
 * Connor is of Scottish descent
 * Zoe is of Norwegian, German, Irish, French, Greek, British and Chinese descent
 * George is of Swedish descent
 * Kandace is of Chinese and British descent
 * Yuto is Canadian of Japanese and French-Canadian descent
 * Aidan is American of French, Irish and Caucasian descent
 * Molly is Chinese-British
 * Thaiyo is British of Japanese and Chinese descent
 * Oakley is of British and Malaysian descent
 * Alicia is of British and Italian descent
 * Poe is of Korean descent and his parents are refugees from North Korea
 * Tanya is Malaysian of Chinese-Malay descent
 * Ken is Russian of Chinese and Russian descent
 * Anya is of Chinese, Russian and British descent
 * Raphael is of Chinese and British descent
 * Sheryl is of Chinese and British descent
 * Ankit is of Indian and British descent
 * Devan is American
 * Jenny is of Vietnamese and French descent
 * Danna is of Mexican descent
 * Collins is American
 * However, all of them are Protestant/Anglican Christian with the exception of Aidan, Collins, Devan and Danna who are Catholics, Troy who is Jewish, Oakley who is Islam and Aiden is Buddhist
 * The New Hope Choir is inspired by the New Directions from American TV Series, Glee
 * However the difference is that the members are mostly male and the only female is Zoe
 * The New Hope Choir currently lacks juniors, this is mostly because juniors are just entering their teens and might be experiencing teenage pressure
 * Also they are lacking awards along with the theatre and orchestra troupe but this is resolved in 'The Award'