Claire Richards: Celebs Rumors

Popular show I Can See Your Voice is back for a brand new series and the first episode sees a Scots couple take on the challenge.

The Masked Singer's Fawn was finally unmasked during the grand finale of the hit ITV show, with 90s pop icon Natalie Appleton revealed to be behind the mask.The All Saints singer, 49, came in third place on the show, leaving Rhino and Phoenix to battle it out to be crowned the winner of the series. The judges were left shocked when Natalie took her mask off, with no one guessing her throughout the series.

Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora was revealed to have been the mystery celebrity singing in a jacket potato costume on The Masked Singer UK at the weekend.READ MORE: Mark, My Words: this is how The Masked Singer could become the greatest show ever made During his time on the show, Sambora had performed songs such as Elvis Presley‘s ‘Viva Las Vegas’, Leonard Cohen‘s ‘Hallelujah’, Fleetwood Mac‘s ‘Go Your Own Way’ and ‘Love Me Again’ by John Newman.After he was eliminated from the competition and duly unmasked, Sambora said: “I love being a guitar player and a songwriter. And of course I’m very privileged and honoured to have had so much success and the accolades of being a Grammy winner, an Ivor Novello Award winner and a Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee, but what I really love to do is sing!”“My hiatus from Bon Jovi and the Covid impact on my solo touring meant I could only do one thing which is make a new record until I saw The Masked Singer! I loved it and it was a lot of fun to watch it at a time where due to lockdowns and being forced to be at home the world was a little quieter than it had been since Bon Jovi kicked off 37 years ago.”Other musicians to have been ‘unmasked’ during this year’s competition include Lulu (Piece Of Cake), Claire Richards from Steps (Knitting) and Martin and Shirlie Kemp (Cat and Mouse).Sambora played guitar as part of Bon Jovi until 2013.

Glee star Amber Riley has become the latest celebrity eliminated on The Masked Singer.

THE BOOKIES have revealed some of the stars that are favourite to be hiding behind a contestant's mask on The Masked Singer as two more are eliminated in tonight's semi-final. Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora is 10/11 to be Jacket Potato while All Saints star Natalie Appleton is favourite for Fawn at 2/1. Charlie Simpson has remained the favourite to be hiding behind Rhino amongst the bookies and fans while the same goes for Amber Riley who's rumoured to be Jellyfish.

THE Masked Singer panel say the show’s charm is in the guessing game, rather than the celebrities’ skill. But the voting audience doesn’t seem to agree because every winner in the ITV show’s history has been a seasoned performer with an amazing voice.

THE Masked Singer fans were left gobsmacked tonight as two characters were named and dumped ahead of the series final. Viewers have been trying to guess for weeks who were behind the masks in the wacky celebrity talent show.

The Masked Singer returned to our TV screens on Saturday night and there was a double elimination ahead of the semi-final next weekend.

STEPS star Ian 'H' Watkins has fuelled speculation that his bandmate is Knitting in The Masked Singer. The fourth series of the ITV show returned to our screens earlier this month - and fans have become obsessed with trying to find out who the famous faces are behind the masks.

The Masked Singer UK fans believe they have figured out Knitting's identity after a star dropped a clue on social media. The well-loved ITV show returned to screens last night, as celebrity judges Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Rita Ora and Mo Gilligan came together to figure out the famous voices singing from underneath bizarre costumes.

This week, pop royalty Steps commemorate 25 years in music with the release of their Platinum Collection. Currently on course to become the band's fourth Number 1 album, ahead of competition from Aitch and actual Madonna midweek, it's a record positively bursting with bangers spanning a quarter of a decade.

A three-way midweek chart battle is underway on the Official Albums Chart with Steps, Madonna and rapper Aitch all vying for a taste of Number 1 success. 

Ian 'H' Watkins could have been the perfect casting for the upcoming Barbie movie as he channeled Ken on his latest visit to Manchester. The Steps star was in the city with his bandmates as they appeared on BBC Breakfast on Friday morning (August 19).

This week, Steps release Platinum Collection; a celebration of 25 years in music.

PRESENTER Richie Anderson has been confirmed as one of the stars taking part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing. Fans will know Richie for his work on Zoe Ball's Radio 2 breakfast show and he regularly rubs shoulders with the A-list off air. Snaps uploaded to Richie's Instagram show him hanging out with Spice Girls Mel B and Emma Bunton, Steps singer Claire Richards and The Saturdays stars Mollie King and Frankie Bridge.

This Morning viewers were surprised to see a new yet very familiar face take over a segment on the show. Claire Richards, who is best known for being one-fifth of pop group Steps, swapped the stage for the ITV studio on Thursday (August 4).

It’s hard to believe Steps have been around for 25 years, and as Claire Richards prepares to reunite with her bandmates to mark their milestone anniversary, she wonders where the time has gone too. Claire was just 19 when she joined Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, all now 46, and Lee Latchford-Evans, 47, to form the much-loved band in 1997. “I don’t think any of us knew or realised that it would be 25 years and we’re still going,” the 44 year old says.

Claire Richards has revealed her daughter Daisy, 12, is already dreaming of following in her mother’s footsteps by becoming a singer in the future. “Daisy keeps saying she wants to be a singer," the Steps star - who is also mum to Charlie, 14, with husband Reece Hill - told OK!. "She even said I’m going to be her momager." "I want the kids to be happy.

Duncan James has confessed he would be in a relationship with his best pal Denise Van Outen if he was straight. The former Big Breakfast presenter split from ex-boyfriend Eddie Boxshall back in January after seven years of dating when she discovered he had been sending intimate messages to other women behind her back.While the blonde bombshell was on the hunt for love, she dragged along the former Blue member to replace her ex-boyfriend on her sofa and join her on Celebrity Gogglebox.

Denise Van Outen "has her sparkle back" following her new romance, according to her good friend Duncan James. The 44-year-old Blue member has been close friends with The Only Way Is Essex voice over star Denise, from Basildon, for a number of years. The two have worked together on various projects, with Duncan even stepping in to replace Denise's parter Eddie Boxshall on Celebrity Gogglebox following their split at the end of the year.

Beyonce, and 'One Love', by Blue also featured.

Celebrity Gogglebox were left in tears after watching the coming out scene from Big Boys. Friday (1 July) night’s episode of the Channel 4 series was a Pride special and saw a group of LGBTQ+ celebrities and their loved ones tune into the week’s biggest shows. The episode closed off with the cast watching sitcom Big Boys, which is based on the life of comedian Jack Rooke (played by Dylan Llewellyn).

Steps singer H shocked some of his own bandmates after claiming they 'murdered' the Diana Ross classic Chain Reaction. He made the comment when the performers appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox this evening (Friday, July 1).

Gogglebox viewers were left baffled tonight as they failed to recognise some of the stars featuring on the show's Pride special.The hit Channel 4 reality series welcomed a host of new famous faces on Friday evening (July 1), including the cast of Netflix's LGBTQ+ show Heartstopper.Actors Kit Connor, Joe Locke, Yasmin Finney and William Gao joined the show to mark Pride month - a month dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ communities.READ MORE: How much do celebs get paid for Gogglebox? Staggering earnings for each episode Other new faces included Strictly Come Dancing's first male same-sex couple Johannes Radebe and John Whaite, as well as RuPaul's Drag Race UK stars Tia Kofi and Lawrence Chaney.In addition, Ian 'H' Watkins, Claire Richards and Faye Tozer from Steps also appeared on tonight's show.Joining them were Gogglebox favourites Rylan Clark and his mum Linda, Nick Grimshaw and his niece Liv, Clare Balding and her wife Alice Arnold, and Denise Van Outen with Blue star Duncan James.But as the special episode kicked off this evening, a number of viewers failed to recognise some of the new faces.Taking to Twitter, one fan said: "I’m not sure if I’m more confused that this is called Celebrity Googlebox or more confused in the fact I hardly recognise anyone on it." A second added: "I can’t keep up with all these different people on #Gogglebox."A third tweeted: "Who are Tia & Lawrence and can someone tell him it’s SHOVE yer granny off a bus no push! #Gogglebox." Another complained: "Where the hell have you got these Z list celebrities from? So few regulars left #Gogglebox." A fifth added: "7 mins in to Celeb Gogglebox and have not got a clue who half of them are #oldman." A sixth shared: "Could you give me a moment to work

Celebrity Gogglebox will air an episode to celebrate Pride with the cast of Netflix's LGBTQ+ show Heartstopper. Actors Kit Connor, Joe Locke, Yasmin Finney and William Gao – who play Nick, Charlie, Elle and Tao on the series, respectively – will join the show for a special airing tonight (July 1), sitting on their sofa and ready to dish on some telly.

K.J. Yossman “Heartstopper’s” Kit Connor, Joe Locke, Yasmin Finney and William Gao are set to appear in a Pride-themed episode of “Celebrity Gogglebox.”“Gogglebox” is the long-running Channel 4 unscripted series that sees regular people and their family and friends reacting to television shows that aired the previous week.

teps are looking to scale new heights with a Las Vegas residency – and we think it would be a, er, Tragedy if it didn’t happen.In an exclusive interview with Guilty Pleasures, Claire Richards, 44, Lisa Scott-Lee, 46, Faye Tozer, 46, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, also 46, and Lee Latchford-Evans, 47, revealed their grand ambitions to follow in the footsteps of Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga across the pond.‘Somebody suggested it to us recently and we thought that was the best idea,’ Faye teased.Lisa agreed, adding: ‘It would be great to do Vegas… People are saying we’re more popular than ever, we’re bigger than ever. ‘Everyone was very impressed with the comeback that we’ve had, and they equate it to – only Take That has had similar success.’Today, the group announced the release of The Platinum Collection, out August 19, a greatest hits record celebrating their 25 years together.Despite having had their fair share of ups and downs through the years, including splitting up in 2001, the pop faves insist they have no regrets – any low points are Better Best Forgotten.‘Regretting something is a waste of your time.

On November 10 1997 Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer, Ian 'H' Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans and Claire Richards burst onto the pop scene with their utterly bonkers, techno-pop-meets-country classic 5, 6, 7, 8. It would have been all too easy to write off Steps - a group formed with the brief of becoming 'ABBA on speed' - as one-hit wonders; destined for the Our Price bargain bin forever more.

On Friday June 3 Lisa Scott-Lee, Ian 'H' Watkins, Faye Tozer, Lee Latchford-Evans and Claire Richards will descend upon Mighty Hoopla to bring a party to London's Brockwell Park. Headlining the capital's most inclusive festival, Steps are ready to kick off their 25th anniversary celebrations in style; performing their biggest hits to a 25,000-strong crowd.

Spinnin' Plates podcast, the Wildest Dreams songstress said: "All my issues started when I got into the band."Not even Steps, the first band, we were put on a diet immediately and told to lose weight, I was 18, the things that I did from then on, all I ate was peas and fish fingers for ages."The mum-of-two continued: "The day of the audition for Steps, they said they wanted me but wanted me to lose weight."I'm better now but it is still something that is in my head every single day and I think also knowing the things that we had to deal with, was airbrush."I remember going for a meeting years ago and our record company were trying to persuade us to do FHM, the way they persuaded us, or tried to persuade us to do it was, they came and they brought two photographs and said this is the photo - the airbrushed photo - but this is what it looked like before, so look what we can do, we can make you look like this - and that was the selling point."The BRIT Award winner explained that she finds it "difficult" to comprehend that children have access to image editing apps on smartphones.Claire continued: "My relationship with food is very complicated, I don't remember it when I was a kid, we had three meals a day, I don't ever remember my mum being on a diet."It wasn't something I had growing up at all, I was quite sporty at school, I always had big legs and a big bum, I don't think it was an issue until I started working."I've gone from being dangerously thin to obese and I honestly do believe it's all part of the same, if it's an eating disorder, it's one extreme to the other."The singer went on to say that there seems to be a "lack of understanding" with people assuming those overweight may just be lazy and have no discipline –

Steps' What The Future Holds tour was bloody brilliant, was it not?

Some nineties moments really are better best forgotten. Geri Halliwell leaving the Spice Girls. That Take That press conference. Cartoons' Witch Doctor cruelly missing out on Number 1.

BBC show. The series returned with a celebrity special in aid of Red Nose Day on Wednesday night, March 16. Celebrity judges Claudia Winkleman, Chris Eubank, Harry Hill and Nina Wadia were tasked with working out the identity of the owner of a luxury four-bedroom house.

BBC for a second series on Wednesday night, March 16. Celebrity judges Claudia Winkleman, Chris Eubank, Harry Hill and Nina Wadia were on hand to work out which fellow famous face owned a luxury four-bedroom house. The panel had to work out whether the home belonged to Hatton, Claire Richards, Rob Rinder or Deborah Meaden.

If you'd told music critics in 1998 that Steps would still be around 25 years later, stronger than ever and still making smash hit albums, they'd have eaten their fluorescent yellow cowboy hats.

Can you believe it's almost 25 years since Steps unleashed 5, 6, 7, 8 upon an unassuming world? Twenty five. A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. Not that we're old enough to remember it, of course.