Quotes from Saara Aalto

I was thinking, could I be the sixth Spice Girl?

Posh was my favorite Spice Girl but she didn't have that many lines to sing.

That's been my goal since I was a child and saw the Spice Girls on TV: I was like, I want to wear those fancy outfits and sing my heart out on a big stage.

I love that music will bring people together, because the world is full of negativity.

When I came here I moved to London and I was meeting so many new people and had to speak only in English, which is not my native language.

Hitting the road with Steps is going to be so much fun.

When you train every day your body starts to change. The biggest thing I have noticed is my bum.

I talked with labels and they wouldn't help with my international career. They said, 'Saara, if you're in Finland you just have to sing in Finnish.' That led to this situation where I felt very lonely. I was really sad and still I was doing gigs all the time. I'd go onstage crying but I was still trying to sing.

There are not actually many people in Finland who are openly gay together, let alone two women.

It's funny, the only song I didn't want to do originally was 'Oh So Quiet.' And it was the best performance and changed the game for me.

I think you should have some more lesbian women out here on the British TV!

I grew up in Finland, so it's cold in Finland, we have ice rinks outdoors.

Finish people have not been very successful at all. We are not doing very well in sport. We are outsiders in the world.

It changed my life, but the best gift I have ever been given was the acceptance of the British public.

It's like going back to 'X Factor' but it's even bigger because Eurovision has so many more viewers.

I can be very competitive, but I mainly want to challenge myself.