Anastacia reveals she was part of a girl group with famous Strictly star before solo success

Singer-songwriter left fans stunned this week after she revealed she was in a girl group with a famous reality star before her solo career took off.

In the year 2000 you couldn't turn on the radio without being greeted by Anastacia's soulful vocals in her hit song I'm Outta Love. Just two years later Anastacia was achieving worldwide fame with her hits Paid My Dues and One Day In Your Life - but her career came to a sudden halt when she was diagnosed with

The star took two years off for gruelling radiotherapy, and when she had recovered she returned with a pop-rock album led by single Left Outside Alone, which was a major success. But long before Anastacia was known for her solo talent she was part of a girl band with

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Speaking to on his Tracks Of My Years show on on Wednesday, the 56-year-old hitmaker spilled the beans on her musical past with Michelle. She explained: "Michelle Visage and I were in a girl group that was put together... Spotting Vernon's shocked expression, she exclaimed: 'I know! I love that I'm giving all of you this content."

She continued: "Michelle and I have known each other forever! She was in Seduction and I was a background dancer for a Latin Group called Tony Moran [The Latin Rascals] and I was also a background dancer for Coro. And these were all freestyle."

Going on to explain their similarities, Anastacia said: 'We are three days apart of birthdays and we are the same year. We are separated at birth! In a way, we are, but her and I talk all the time. I'm like "you're finishing my sentence, shut up!". She's like "you shut up!"' Yeah it's really interesting."

Michelle Visage is an American radio DJ, Singer, Actress and Media Personality, who took part in Series 17 of . While Michelle is best known among fans as a reality show judge, she started off her career in a girl group called Seduction with Idalis DeLeón, and April Harris before then going on to sing lead vocals for R&B group The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.

Though she didn't reveal the name of the group or when they were formed, Michelle responded to a fan in the comments, writing: "We were going to be called BAZAAR", suggesting that the group didn't make it very far, reports .

Taking to the comments on the video shared to , fans expressed their love for the ladies, noting their similarities while also calling for a collaboration. They penned: 'I always thought they have similar vibes', 'I love both of them!!! She’s the blonde Michelle visage twin sister! They have the same attitude, their speaking voices are similar too!'

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