Singer who almost became a Spice Girl reveals moment she realised what she’d missed
Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This A singer who reached the final eight candidates during auditions for the Spice Girls has spoken of feeling “gutted” to miss out on the pop sensation, despite correctly predicting that Geri Halliwell-Horner and Melanie Brown would secure their spots. Melanie Coloma responded to a listing in The Stage three decades ago for a then-unnamed female act, successfully navigating several callback rounds before just missing out on the final selection. Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Coloma recalled the unusual process: “It was something quite different compared to the normal sort of auditions you see, so it was quite exciting. “There were hundreds of girls, and we all had to sing at the first audition, and then lots of names got called back, and I didn’t, so I was like, “Oh, OK, I’m done.” “I was about to leave, and then somebody ran out …
