Nicola Roberts wrote a letter to Geri Halliwell in a bid to break into the music industry.

The Girls Aloud star reached out to the Spice Girl when she was just a child, asking her to listen to her tape and “pass it on” to industry bosses. 

“I wrote a letter to Geri when I was 11,” she told Laura Whitmore’s ‘Hear Her Voice‘ podcast. “I put the blonde bits in the front of my head and I wrote a letter because I used to sing, Say You’ll Be There, all the time in competitions. 

“I wrote a letter to say, ‘Hi Geri, I’m such a big fan, I really would love to be in the music industry. I’m a really good singer. I sing, Say You’ll Be There all the time and I win all the competitions. Please, if you could listen to my tape and pass it on to somebody, that could help me.’ 

“I don’t know where we sent the letter off, maybe my parents didn’t even send it, I don’t know, but I wrote the letter!”

In a turn of events, Nicola was mentored by the Bag It Up star when she appeared on ‘Popstars: The Rivals’ in 2002. 

She added: “Then for Geri to be so supportive of me and so encouraging and really championing me throughout ‘Popstars: The Rivals’ was just one of those moments where you’re just like, the universe…what is this? What is happening right now? You can’t write that!”

Nicola found success on the show after scoring a place in Girls Aloud alongside Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and the late Sarah Harding.