And her efforts paid off, as the judges awarded her top marks. Both the judges from BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing - Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli - gave Mel eight out of a possible 10, as her husband Stephen Belafonte watched proudly from the audience.

Len said: "You held the floor beautifully," and Bruno added gushingly: "You have the twinkle-toes of Ginger Rogers. What a makeover. It worked!"

Mel’s response? "Keeping it all together was difficult, but I’m happy. I’m very very happy!"



Mel B ’happy’ with new hubby - Sept 24 2007
Melanie Brown has revealed she is "very happy" with married life and her new husband Stephen Belafonte.

"We’ve been through a very similar roller coaster with life, friends and experience," the 32-year-old Spice Girl says in the October issue of Jet magazine. "You know how someone makes themselves a better person every time you see them? That’s him.

"I have complete respect for someone that can take the best bits out of the crap bits and make it all blossom," she adds.

The singer also seems to be putting her row with former boyfriend and dad of her baby Angel Iris, behind her.

"I have nothing bad to say about him," she says. "For the guy that he was when I was with him. He was nice. Really nice. Since I’ve left, I don’t know that person so I can’t comment on that."

And she’s looking forward to her upcoming stint on the US TV version of Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing with The Stars, which begins next week.

"If I’m going to do something I’m going to get involved it in and engrossed in it," she says. "We’re just enjoying ourselves and having fun."


Mel Slams Eddie - Aug 10 2007
Mel B has slammed ex-lover Eddie Murphy in a TV interview - labelling his behaviour ’appalling’.

Earlier this week, the Spice Girl launched legal proceedings against Eddie to establish he was the father of their four-month-old daughter, Angel Iris.  "I think he’s been extremely disrespectful and I don’t think anybody should be allowed to get away with saying what he said whilst I was pregnant," The Sun quoted her as saying, "even when the DNA test results were in, there was still nothing further said, which I found baffling.  After all this, and still nothing? It’s unacceptable."

Speaking on American TV Show Larry King Live, she confessed that she has hated all the publicity.  She explained: "I wish we could handle it privately. But when my name is thrown out there when I’m four months pregnant, with the, ’Is it mine, I don’t know,’ of course I’m going to stand up for myself.

"At the end of the day the person that I fell in love with was amazing. The person I know now... I’m kind of appalled.  I was waiting and hoping that he would do what he said he was going to do which was take care of the situation and be responsible. I believed that."

Mel B’s secret wedding - Aug 9 2007
Mel B secretly married boyfriend Stephen Belafonte in Las Vegas two months ago, her spokeswoman confirmed today.

The couple appeared to become romantically involved following Scary Spice’s sudden and bitter split with Hollywood comedian Eddie Murphy.

But the Spice Girl’s spokeswoman said today that Mel B - real name Melanie Brown - and film producer Stephen had "been good friends for many years".

The pair married at the Special Memory Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas as they wanted to "make a private commitment to each other", she said.