{"id":243402,"date":"2023-12-09T23:56:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T23:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=243402"},"modified":"2023-12-09T23:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T23:56:12","slug":"i-want-to-win-mamma-mia-to-thank-my-beloved-late-mum-for-the-music-says-stevie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/celebrities\/i-want-to-win-mamma-mia-to-thank-my-beloved-late-mum-for-the-music-says-stevie\/","title":{"rendered":"I want to win Mamma Mia! to thank my beloved late mum for the music says Stevie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stevie is one of four finalists on ITV\u2019s Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream. In tonight\u2019s final \u2013 live from the Novello Theatre in London \u2013 they will compete for the leading roles of Sophie and Sky in the Abba-inspired musical Mamma Mia!<\/p>\n

The \u201cjukebox musical\u201d was conceived by producer Judy Craymer, who first pitched the idea to Abba\u2019s Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson back in 1983.<\/p>\n

Even though it didn\u2019t open until 1999, it is now one of the world\u2019s most successful shows.<\/p>\n

It turns 25 on April 6 \u2013 also the 50th anniversary of the supergroup\u2019s Eurovision victory in Brighton.<\/p>\n

Stevie considers her favourite Abba song a tribute to her mother Gayle, who died in 2012.<\/p>\n

The Glasgow singer said: \u201cI like Dancing Queen to get everyone up at a party, but for meaning and lyrics it\u2019s Thank You For The Music. Because it\u2019s all to do with my relationship with my mum.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe song has lyrics like, \u2018I was a dancer before I could walk\u2019 while my mum says I began to sing long before I could talk. So it\u2019s really, \u2018Thank you mum, for the music\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

She explained: \u201cMy love for musical theatre all stems from performing and singing and dancing with my mum in the kitchen, or in the car, or with the family in the living room with my sister. My mum was a good singer, too \u2013 she was incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

But she added: \u201cShe didn\u2019t want to go on stage. She was confident in front of me but I found out later she was quite shy, which I found baffling because my mum was always the loudest in the room!\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked what her mother would make of her success, Stevie said: \u201cMy dad Gary said she would have been doing cartwheels by now and I honestly believe that too.\u201d She said winning the hit ITV talent show \u201cwould genuinely change so much for me, this is exactly what I went to drama school to train for.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s what my family has wanted for me, even without realising it. This is what I have wanted to do since dancing and singing in the kitchen with my mum.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other female finalist in tonight\u2019s show is Esme Bowdler, who is battling Stevie for the role of Sophie.<\/p>\n

The male finalists are Owen Johnston and Tobias Turley, with the winner playing Sky on stage.<\/p>\n

Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream Final, ITV, tonight, 6.30pm<\/p>\n