Sonia
b. 13 February 1971, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Another Stock, Aitken And Waterman (SAW) pop protegee, Sonia had been singing around Liverpool clubs since leaving school and was a well known starlet in Merseyside having appeared as Adrian Boswell's girlfriend in the hit UK television situation comedy BREAD. She also regularly hosted the STARS OF THE FUTURE SHOW at the Liverpool Empire in aid of underprivileged children. In her bid to make it as a singer she cajoled Waterman in to allowing her to sing live on his regular RADIO CITY programme. He was impressed enough to get her on his televison show THE HITMAN AND HER and shortly afterwards she recorded her debut single, You'll Never Stop Me Loving You. Written and produced by the entire SAW team it was a UK number 1. Follow-up singles included Can't Forget You, Listen To Your Heart, and a cover of the Skeeter Davis hit End Of The World. In 1990 she recorded a version of James Taylor's You've Got A Friend with new SAW heroes Big Fun. In 1993 Sonia represented Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest, with Better The Devil You Know, but was beaten to the number one position by the Irish entry.