Sultry half Filipino Vanessa White might be the youngest - and quietest - of the Sats at 19 years old, but she more than makes up for it with her big voice. Rochelle calls her 'our Christina Aguilera' and although she 'cringes' (her favourite word) at the compliment, it's actually pretty spot on. This is a girl who was singing lead in hit West End musical The Lion King when she was barely in her teens - even though now she's too modest to make a big deal about it - and so into big, dramatic voices she actually convinced her mum to name her baby sister Celine.
But despite the fact Vanessa had been on stages as soon as she could walk (she remembers her mum taking her Filipino singing contests when she was five) she was racked with nerves the first time she performed with THE SATURDAYS.
"Oh I was petrified to the point my legs were shaking!" she shudders. "I almost ran off stage."
Swept up in the Sats' whirlwind schedule, Vanessa quickly got over her nerves, she says, but is still regularly gobsmacked by events, recalling a recent 'random' (another of her favourite words) dinner with the man they call The Hoff in LA ("he gave us each these black vest tops with 'Don't Hassle The Hoff' written on them in diamantes with his face in the middle. It was a bit weird") and being overwhelmed during their Asian promo tour this summer.
"When we landed in Thailand there were so many fans waiting for us we had to have our own police escort, it was crazy," she recalls.
"And then this superfan gave us these books full of photos of himself dressed up like us doing different poses from the Chasing Lights album cover! Of course I've still got mine!"
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