A singer named Mel C has told how she was dumped from the Spice Girls to make way for Posh Spice. Not THE Mel C, of course, but NHS worker and part-time singer Mel Coloma – or “Nearly Spice”, as she will be forever known.
Just a week before the 25th anniversary of debut single Wannabe, Mel tells the Sunday People how she came agonisingly close to being a part of the girl group.
Ironically, she was told her voice was “too good” and that she would overpower the other girls. Mel’s blow meant good news for Victoria Adams – otherwise known as Posh Spice and now Victoria Beckham. What do you think?
Let us know in the comments below Mel was plucked from hundreds who auditioned to join a new girl group called Touch 27 back in March 1994.
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