Claire Richards would solely contemplate getting into the Eurovision Tune Contest if she was “able to chuck in” her profession.
The 45-year-old Steps star unveiled her second solo album ‘Euphoria’ in the present day (28.06.23) and shared the lead single, a canopy of Celine Dion’s ‘I Give up’.
The album is a follow-up of her 2019 debut studio album ‘My Wildest Goals’.
And the ‘One for Sorrow’ hitmaker says happening the world’s largest televised contest – which launched the profession of Swedish pop icons ABBA – is a large “danger” and he or she would not need to break her prolonged profession.
She informed The Solar newspaper’s Weird TV column: “It’s such an incredible present and Sam Ryder did so properly however poor Mae Muller didn’t accomplish that properly. I’m positive it’s a beautiful factor to be a part of however I’m undecided I’m able to chuck in my profession simply but. It’s such a danger and I’ve by no means been a danger taker, so I’m in all probability not the most suitable choice.”
In the meantime, 90s superstars Steps, who’re liable for tacky pop hits like ‘Tragedy’ and ‘5,6,7,8’, are on the brink of have a good time their twenty fifth anniversary.
Claire was simply 19 when she joined the remainder of the band – made up of Lisa Scott-Lee, 46, Faye Tozer, 46, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, 46, and Lee Latchford-Evans, 47, again in 1997.
Reminiscing on her time within the band, she informed OK! journal: “I don’t suppose any of us knew or realised that it could be 25 years and we’re nonetheless going.
“It’s over half my life that I’ve been in Steps. I’ve been in it longer than I haven’t been in it!
“I can’t really imagine it’s been 25 years – that’s a very long time. If you get to that time in your life and take a look at your profession, it’s fairly unbelievable as a result of I don’t really feel a day older than I did after we first began. And {our relationships} with one another are just about the identical as they had been 25 years in the past, too.”