Michelle Stephenson
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Birth name | Michelle Stephenson |
Born | Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England | 3 January 1977
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Years active | 1990s |
Michelle Stephenson (born 3 January 1977) is a British pop singer and television presenter. At the age of 17, she was briefly a member of the girl group that would go on to become the Spice Girls.[1]
Touch (Spice Girls)
Alongside
Stephenson has given several conflicting interviews about her time with the group, stating that she both does and does not regret leaving them.[6][7] She has also joked she would have been known as Mel S and it would have been confusing if the band also had a Mel C and a Mel B, and has also asserted she was going to be known as Sexy Spice. (The nicknames were given by Top of the Pops magazine after launch.)[8] Stephenson claims she was very close with Geri whilst in the band and wishes they had remained friends, but noted in an interview that she and Beckham did not always see eye to eye.
Stephenson's boldest claim was that the reason Beckham does not have any solo lines in the group's first song "Wannabe" is due to the single being written with Stephenson as part of the group, Beckham subsequently refusing to take Stephenson's solo lines.[9] However, many other accounts suggest that "Wannabe" was written after Stephenson had left the group, and that Beckham's absence from the track was due to a scheduling conflict during the writing sessions.[10]
Presenting and music
Stephenson worked briefly as a television presenter for
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | London Weekend Television | Presenter | 5 episodes[11] |
2001 | Raw Spice | Herself | Documentary[12] |
2008 | E! True Hollywood Story' | Herself | Documentary'[12] |
Albums
- 1997: Spice Girls – Old Spice the Early Years (Interview)
- 2003: SHEsongs (EP)
See also
References
- ^ Vanoli, Lisa (27 February 1997). "News: Now it's time for the Spice Boys!". The Stage.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7119-8643-5.
- ^ "Meet the 'Raw' Spice Girl". Entertainment. People. 24 April 1998.
- OCLC 1338652042.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ "Timeline: Spice Girls". Entertainment. BBC. 28 June 2007.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "'No regrets' about leaving Spice Girls". News24. 22 March 2001.
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- ^ a b Kempster, Doug (4 March 2001). "Forgotten Spice Girl; What happened to the one who turned her back on". Sunday Mirror – via Find Articles.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Michelle Stephenson". British Film Institute.
- ^ a b IMDB. "Michelle Stephenson".