POP icon Sonia's voice will be instantly recognisable to music fans of a certain age, thanks to her hits throughout the 80s and 90s.
Decades on, you might not instantly recognise her at first glance – though she looks far younger than her 51 years.
The star recently appeared on BBC Breakfast to campaign for Liverpool to bag the job of hosting Eurovision.
It comes just shy of three decades after her own storming run in the competition.
The singer – whose full name is Sonia Evans – shot to fame in 1989 with No1 hit You'll Never Stop Me Loving You.
She also came second at Eurovision in 1993 with Better the Devil You Know and was the first female artist to achieve five Top 20 singles from one album.
Sonia also appeared with Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Bananarama and Cliff Richard in the Band Aid II version of charity single Do They Know It's Christmas?
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Appearing on the BBC last month she insisted her home city should be the location for Eurovision 2023 after the UK took on hosting duties from war-torn Ukraine.
There are seven possible locations in the running – Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.
Sonia said: "I'm absolutely over the moon, it's going to be fab.
"We tick all the boxes don't we? You've got to come and see our beautiful, beautiful city.
"We've got the arena. We've got all the criteria – the atmosphere, the buzz. It'll be one big massive party, it would be absolutely brilliant."
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