Hollie Steel

Hollie Steel and mum Nina today appeared on STV on “The Hour” show, presented by Stephen Jardine and Michelle McManus.

Here is a direct link to the segment that contains Hollie: click here. Hollie’s segment is in part 4. The interview is available on the STV player for the next 30 days to UK viewers only for copyright reasons. However, Pamela from STV has contacted me to let me know that STV have also made stand alone videos of Hollie’s chat and performance and there will be articles accompanying these videos. I will add a link to the videos and articles once it is available.

Michelle McManus at the start of the interview referred to Hollie as the “little girl with a big voice”. She pointed out that this year’s BGT auditions are starting this Saturday, and Hollie replied that the past year had gone by really quickly for her.

Of course, Hollie was asked about the semi-final where she forgot the words to Edelweiss, and Nina talked about how she ran down to “rescue” Hollie. Nina was asked if she thought that the age limit should be raised to 18 for contestants, and Nina pointed out, quite rightly, that children wouldn’t perform if they didn’t love it. She emphasised that Hollie got upset because she went wrong, not because she didn’t want to sing. Hollie loves singing!

Hollie was asked about how she was treated on the BGT show, and she confirmed that she was well looked after. She had a lady with her who played games and looked after her. Nina said that the competition had been a stepping stone in Hollie’s career, as she aspired to be like Kathryn Jenkins.

Hollie was then asked about the BGT tour – where she had to have a tutor – and whilst she found it fun, she did miss out on the annual holiday that her school go on. When asked about her forthcoming album, Hollie said that making it had been “really fun and really exciting” and that yes, she chose all the songs and made a song with her dad, Jason.

As a finale and finishing off The Hour, Hollie gave an amazing rendition of Nessun Dorma. When asked why she wanted to sing Nessun Dorma, Hollie replied that it’s a powerful song and she really likes it.

Hollie Steel has been interviewed by Jason Dowd of the Expressionist and you can download to the Podcast here.

Jason has also written a lovely article about Hollie, entitled “Nerves Of Steel – Hollie Steel” which you can read in its entirety here.

Hollie Steel recently participated in an interview on Paltalk, an interactive chat service run by Gary Baumgarten. Some of the interview and chat session have been uploaded to YouTube (thanks Léopold) and you can view it below.

Gary, the interviewer, refers to Hollie as “a little angel with a great voice” (which she is). He also said that it was “unheard of” for a girl of Hollie’s age to have a voice with such vocal presence.

Hollie appeared on TV yesterday to promote the release of her single, Where are you Christmas. She was interviewed by Jemma Gofton and you can watch the interview and Hollie’s performance here:

Hollie Steel was this morning interviewed about her debut single “Where are you Christmas?” on 2BR Radio. Nina said yesterday on Facebook:

8.15 am Hollie is being interviewed by 2BR Radio in Burnley. I’m not 100% sure but I think they are going to play the Christmas Single. Fingers crossed.
Hollie’s dead excited. Nina x

I have just check out the website and  the interview is available online. For me, it worked in Internet Explorer but not Firefox. The interviewer was Jim Coulson and you can check out the interview here. It’s really worth a listen, Hollie gives Jim Coulson a singing lesson which is adorable, then advises him he should stick with radio presenting!

It was nice to see the photo of Hollie that 2BR Radio used on their website was the one I took when I went to see Hollie and her family which I posted it on Wikipedia. It brought back memories