Faye Tozer
Faye Louise Tozer (born 14 November 1975)[2] is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress, best known a member of British pop group Steps.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Faye Louise Tozer |
Born | Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | November 14, 1975
Origin | Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England;[1] |
Genres | Pop, musical theatre |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, dancer, stage actress, |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1997–present |
Labels | Jive, Sony, Steps, Warner Steps Recordings |
Associated acts | Steps |
Website | www |
Career
Music
Steps are a pop group that have had a series of charted singles between 1997 and 2020. Their name is based on the gimmick: each of their music videos are choreographed, and the dance steps are included with most of their single releases. Steps have sold over 25 million records, including 15 million albums.
During Steps split Tozer returned to the pop charts once, duetting with Russell Watson. Their UK single "Someone Like You" charted at No. 10 in May 2002 and she joined him on his UK tour around the same time. In 2006, Tozer was featured as a guest vocalist for Plastic Cinema for two songs: "Take Me Under" and "Any Minute Now".
Steps released their Ultimate Collection in 2011 which became the band's third number one album.
Film and theatre
Tozer has combined a pop career with theatre work and acting. In 2004 she made her professional musical-theatre debut in a national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman musical Tell Me on a Sunday. She and Patsy Palmer alternated in the role. Tozer toured with the musical Love Shack, which also featured former pop singers Jon Lee and Noel Sullivan, and soon after starred as Jubilee Climax in a production of Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens at The Venue Leicester Square in London's West End.
In 2006 she toured in a production of Me and My Girl, acted in the film Lady Godiva Back in the Saddle and appeared in the charity fitness DVD The Allstar Workout. In 2007, Tozer appeared in a production of Dial M for Murder and in October began touring with the production Over the Rainbow - the Eva Cassidy Story playing Eva Cassidy. At Christmas 2007, she appeared in the pantomime Aladdin at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
Over Christmas 2008, Tozer played alongside X Factor finalist Ray Quinn in Aladdin, at the Broadway Theatre in Peterborough. Tozer has filmed roles in the independent films Kung Fu Flid & Mixed Up. In 2010, Tozer appeared in "In The Spotlight - Songs From The Musicals" which completed a UK tour, directed by Karen Edwards and choreographed by Tom Gribby. In December 2010 she starred in Aladdin at the Grove Theatre in her home town of Dunstable.
In 2011 Tozer starred alongside her fellow Steps group member Ian "H" Watkins in a UK premier tour of Rhinestone Mondays. The musical was the first Country and Western to be produced with Tozer playing the part of Annie. In 2013 Tozer starred in the musical The Tailor-Made Man at the Arts Theatre in London's West End for a limited 8-week run. She played the part of silent movie star Marion Davies. Tozer is played the role of Miss Hedge in Everybody's Talking About Jamie in London's Apollo Theatre in the West End.
Television
Tozer appeared on the fifth series of Big Star's Little Star with her son Benjamin. She also placed third in a celebrity edition of Four Weddings losing out to Michelle Marsh. From September 2018, Tozer participated in the sixteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing where her professional dance partner was Giovanni Pernice. The couple were joint runners up in the final.[3] She appeared on a celebrity special of the classic game show Catchphrase, with Sir Chris Hoy, Martine McCutcheon and hosted by Stephen Mulhern all trying to guess the familiar phrases.
Week No. | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | |||
Revel Horwood | Bussell | Ballas | Tonioli* | ||||
1 | Cha-cha-cha / "Lullaby" | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 | No Elimination |
2 | Viennese Waltz / "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 | Safe |
3 | Quickstep / "You're the One That I Want" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 | Safe |
4 | Rumba / "Chandelier" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | Safe |
5 | Foxtrot / "Just the Way You Are" | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | Safe |
6 | Jazz / "Fever" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | Safe |
7 | Tango/ "Call Me" | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 38 | Safe |
8 | Jive/ "Reet Petite" | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 36 | Safe |
9 | Paso Doble/ "Unstoppable" | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 38 | Safe |
10 | Waltz / "See the Day" Lindy Hop-a-thon / "Do Your Thing" |
9 Awarded |
10 6 |
10 extra |
10 points |
39 45 |
Safe |
11 | Charleston/ "The Lonely Goatherd" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | Safe |
12 | Samba/ "I Go to Rio" Argentine Tango/ "La cumparsita" |
9 9 |
9 10 |
9 10 |
10 10 |
37 39 |
Safe |
13 | Viennese Waltz / "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Showdance / "Lullaby of Broadway" Jazz / "Fever" |
10 10 10 |
10 10 10 |
10 10 10 |
10 10 10 |
40 40 40 |
Runners-Up |
- Green number indicates Faye & Giovanni were at the top of the leaderboard.
- Score awarded by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro
Personal life
In 2002, she married her longtime Danish boyfriend Jesper Irn at the Priory Church in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. They divorced after five years.[6]
On 24 February 2009, she gave birth to her first child, named Benjamin Barrington Tozer-Smith.[7] On 5 December 2009, Tozer married Michael Smith in a ceremony at Beamish Hall, televised on an episode of Celebrity Four Weddings.[8]
References
- https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1155882104422414&id=264724370204863
- "Steps Biography: Faye". Zomba Records. 2015. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- "Strictly Come Dancing - Faye Tozer - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- "UK Charts > Russell Watson & Faye Tozer". Official Charts Company.
- "Irish Charts > Russell Watson". Irish-charts.com.
- Robert Weatherall (25 November 2007). "Ask: Faye Tozer". Sunday Sun. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- "Faye Tozer official website". Archived from the original on 27 February 2009.
- Fletcher, Alex (1 April 2010). "Faye Tozer ('Celebrity Four Weddings')". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 November 2018.