Tony Blair could have been in the “Wannabe” music video.
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1. Mel B, Victoria, Geri, and Mel C became members of The Spice Girls after they responded to a casting call for a girl group in a magazine in March 1993.
2. It read, "R.U. 18-23 with the ability to sing/dance. R.U. streetwise, outgoing, ambitious and dedicated?"
3. Mel B's audition song was Whitney Houston's "The Greatest Love Of All".
4. Victoria's was "Mein Herr" from Cabaret, because she had a musical theatre background.
5. Mel C sang "I'm So Excited" by The Pointer Sisters.
6. And Geri missed the audition because she was visiting her grandmother in Spain. She rung the casting agent a couple of months later to see if they were still looking for someone and arranged a late audition.
7. Initially, the fifth member of the band was Michelle Stevenson.
8. Back then, the band was called Touch.
9. But Michelle left because of a family illness and the fact that she wanted to go to college.
10. She was replaced by Emma Bunton, who Victoria already knew.
11. Emma had attended stage school since the age of 11.
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