Posh only scored 5 out of 10 for singing at Spice Girls audition

VICTORIA Beckham only scored 5 out of 10 for singing in her Spice Girls audition.

The band’s founder Chris Herbert has spilt all the secrets of the formation of the iconic girl group – also comprising Geri Horner, Melanie C, Emma Bunton and Mel B – in 1994.

On Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed Britain, Chris, who put together the line-up with his father Bob, also of Heart Management, reveals all about the audition process for the Wannabe group, originally called Touch. Chris – who was replaced by Simon Fuller as their manager – has insisted Posh Spice, 47, now a fashion designer, didn’t have the best singing voice but there was something striking about her.

The audition revelations come after the band’s former voice coach previously slammed Mel B for saying Victoria had her mic turned down when they performed live.

Legendary British jazz star Pepi Lemer, who was the Viva Forever hitmakers’ original voice coach, felt it was “unfair” of the 46-year-old singer – also known as Scary Spice – to single out her bandmate because they all had their own individual vocal faults.

When they harmonised together, they were much stronger.

Pepi said in 2016: “I was surprised Mel did say that because each one of them had defects.

“They weren’t trained properly, and each one of them had weaknesses that had to be strengthened, but singing as a group they were strong.”

Pepi was full of praise for their unique singing qualities but admitted Posh had to be trained to “blend in” with the rest of them.

“They all had to be trained in their own way.

“Mel C (Sporty) had a good soul sound, Emma (Baby) had a pretty voice, a pretty vibrato.”

Pepi – who has also trained Madonna and The Beatles – helped the girls learn how to use their voices and made them practice daily. | Bang