Natalie Powers

Natalie Powers is an English singer. She is the lead vocalist of the pop group Scooch, who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.

Early career Natalie Powers began acting at the age of seven when she played the youngest orphan in the first run of the hit musical Annie. Natalie was brought up with her two brothers in Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. Natalie's parents, Peter and Gloria, recognised her talent and took her to audition for the lead role in Annie. Natalie toured around the country and between the ages of seven and 14 she starred in a number of musicals and pantomimes.

Natalie left school at 16 and moved to London to further her study. Upon leaving college, Natalie moved into the West End to take a principal role in Starlight Express at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. She later appeared alongside Kim Wilde in Tommy at the Shaftesbury Theatre before returning to Starlight.

Scooch

It was during this period that Natalie spotted an advert in The Stage newspaper for a new pop act. Natalie was called for an audition and after singing and dancing in front of Mike Stock, she was offered a place in the group. Caroline Barnes, David Ducasse and Russ Spencer completed the group.

After signing a recording contract with Accolade, the pop imprint of EMI, Scooch set about recording their debut single, "When My Baby" featuring Natalie on lead vocals. The song gave Scooch their first top 40 single. The group embarked on an arena tour supporting B*witched and later Five to promote their follow-up single "More Than I Needed to Know". this did, however, include a maximum score of twelve from Malta. The next day, their single reached number 5 in the UK singles UK Top 40.

After Eurovision Subsequent to their Eurovision exposure, the group embarked on a series of gigs across the UK & Ireland.

Natalie recorded a new track "Shattered Glass", originally a hit for Laura Brannigan which was released as a single via Liberty City Music in the Spring of 2008. The release of this new material along with a new club mix of Flying The Flag saw Natalie on a UK club and Gay Pride tour.

Following this brief return to recording, Natalie has since married and extended her family with the birth of a second son, Max, in December 2008. Throughout 2010 and into 2011, Natalie has now returned to vocal coaching and regularly performs along with the other original members of Scooch at clubs across the UK.

Natalie is currently a singing coach at All Stars Academy, a theatre school in the Hemel Hempstead area which she jointly owns and runs with Amanda Constantinou, She has also recently helped with the vocal coaching in the live action Pinocchio movie with Tom Hanks.