Emma Bunton

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Emma Bunton

Profession: Singer
Place/Date of Birth: Finchley , 21 January 2021

"The paso doble is all about using your arms and the cha-cha is all about legs. So every dance has worked different bits of me - I’ve found muscles I never knew I had!"

Emma goes downtown for Pudsey - Oct 20 2006
Emma Bunton is releasing this year’s official Children in Need single.

The former Baby Spice is recording her own version of the Sixties classic Downtown, originally a hit for Petula Clarke.

Emma, 30, currently a favourite on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, said: "I am honoured and delighted to be asked to do this on behalf of Children in Need.

"I’ve always loved Downtown as a song and I’m really looking forward to putting my own stamp on it."

She added: "The track’s good fun and one everyone will know. The video should be a good laugh.

"I’ve asked all the Strictly guys to come along if they have time and show off all the hard work we’ve been doing and hopefully there will be a few other surprises in store too."

Emma will be performing the official song on the Children in Need night on November 17 on BBC1.

Last year, when Children in Need raised £33 million for charity, Liberty X released the official single A Night To Remember.

The new single is out on November 13 to buy or download.

Girls back together? July 2006
Gossip-mongers say that the long anticipated Spice Girls reunion is to take place this year. The Virgin represented Girls, who owe their record label a Greatest Hits record, are reportedly set to release the album featuring a new track, entitled W.O.M.A.N, later in 2006. In addition the rumour mill is working over time with reports that Mel, Mel, Geri, Victoria and Emma are to perform this year’s Comic Relief single…looks like this winter is to finally see the return of Girl Power.

The Spice Girls are secretly planning to reunite - Jan 16, 2021
The Spice Girls are secretly planning to reunite for a world tour, it has been claimed. Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton - who split for good in 2001, three years after Geri left the band in 1998 - have been organising rehearsal dates and plan to tour by the end of the year. The girls - formerly known as Posh, Ginger, Scary, Sporty and Baby - also hope to release a new single to coincide with their concerts.