First birthday party at the O2

On Tuesday 13th July, The Transformation Trust hosted a star-studded event at The O2 arena in London to celebrate its first birthday. Around 12,000 pupils and teachers had a fantastic time singing, dancing and screaming at the free end-of-term party for schools from across the country.

The party, which was hosted by kiss 100's breakfast show presenters Rickie, Melvin and Charlie, kicked off with headliners The Saturdays, closely followed by X factor finalist Stacey Solomon who sang 'happy birthday' to the Trust – with thousands of backing singers!

Five times Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave presented the Young Designer Competition and the Young Filmmaker Competition awards to the wining pupils, and later in the afternoon the six Blastbeat battle of the bands finalists performed two of their own two songs before MT-Heads were named the national winners.

Up-and-coming boyband Twenty Twenty took to the stage singing their latest single, and The Wanted were up next who went down a storm with everyone.

Street dance crews Unity and Status busted some awesome moves, and the crowd was wowed by performances from Eliza Doolittle and Ironik.

Concluding the celebration was Tinchy Stryder, who performed a set including of all his hits and even offered the pupils a chance to meet him backstage!

Read our full report of the day here

Here's what people have been saying about the event:

• Music News gave the party a four-star review
• The Daily Mail were interested in the Saturday's stage outfits
• The Guardian wrote a piece on the Blastbeat finals
• Teen Today interviewed Twenty Twenty backstage
• Metro featured a picture of Tinchy Stryder before his performance
• Xposure have a report from the event
• Now magazine features a picture gallery on their website
• This Is Local London also feature a story about Ifield School in Gravesend, who won the Best Performance/Voice Over category in The Young Filmmaker Competition

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