24 Facts About Mel B

Melanie Janine Brown was born on 29 May 1975, and commonly known as Melanie B or Mel B, is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality.

Mel B's rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice.

Mel B released "For Once in My Life" in 2013, her first single in eight years; it peaked at No 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

Since 2007, Mel B has established herself as a television personality and talent-show judge.

Mel B's participated in the fifth season of the American dance-competition series Dancing with the Stars, finishing in second place with her professional partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

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Between 2011 and 2016, Mel B served as a guest and main judge on the Australian and British versions of The X Factor.

Mel B's co-presented the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars for one season.

Mel B judged on the NBC reality show America's Got Talent, served as a coach and mentor on The Voice Kids Australia (2014) and judged on The Masked Singer Australia (2022).

Mel B has appeared in various films, including Spice World, LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003), The Seat Filler (2005), Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014), Chocolate City: Vegas Strip (2017), Killing Hasselhoff (2017) and Love Should Not Hurt (2021).

Mel B's hosted the MOBO Awards on two occasions, in 1998 with Bill Bellamy and in 1999 with Wyclef Jean, and took part in a BBC-funded short film entitled Fish.

Mel B's hosted a number of TV shows such as This Is My Moment for ITV1 and shot a documentary called Voodoo Princess for Channel 4.

Mel B's took part in smaller projects as a presenter such as Top of the Pops, Party in the Park for The Prince's Trust and The All Star Animal Awards.

Mel B's has appeared as herself in an advert for the Yorkshire tourist board in a series which included contributions from other Yorkshire-born celebrities, and in the film Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde.

Mel B's appeared in a horror film entitled, LD 50 Lethal Dose, which was released directly to DVD in 2005.

Mel B's acted in a long run of shows as part of the cast for The Vagina Monologues.

Mel B's was in the movie The Seat Filler, co-produced by Will Smith and starring Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland.

Mel B's had a leading role in the thriller Telling Lies, and decided to release them a year later through an independent label, Amber Cafe.

Mel B's appeared for a week of shows during September 2009.

Mel B's had a small part in the final episode of the ITV2 drama series Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

Mel B's judged seasons 8 through 13, and the first season of America's Got Talent: The Champions before her departure was announced in February 2019 and replaced by Gabrielle Union.

Mel B's began presenting Lip Sync Battle UK, the British adaption of Lip Sync Battle, on Channel 5 in January 2016, alongside Professor Green.

Mel B later appeared on the panel of fourth season of the Australian version of The Masked Singer as a replacement for Dannii Minogue.

Mel B's was selected to replace Leona Lewis as a judge on the Paramount+ reality series Queen of the Universe.

Mel B's said: "It just happened, and we just giggled at it and that was it.