Cheryl Baker - Recent Career

Recent Career

Since 2004, Baker has been performing selected gigs with Nolan and Preston under the name The Original Bucks Fizz and alongside the other original members, Bobby G and Jay Aston, appeared in the video for Comic Relief's 2007 single, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". A Bucks Fizz CD with a bonus DVD, The Very Best of Bucks Fizz was released on 14 May 2007. A new CD of rare material The Lost Masters 2 - The Final Cut was released on 19 May 2008. In April 2009, Preston announced she was leaving The Original Bucks Fizz and has now been replaced by other original member Aston. This will be the first time Baker has performed with Aston since 1985.

Baker still raises money for HeadFirst and regularly makes personal appearances on behalf of the charity, such as on Celebrity Cash in the Attic in July 2008. She has also recently campaigned on behalf of IVF treatment and cleaner NHS hospitals.

In 2008 Cheryl became an Ambassador of Festival4Stars talent competition after she judged a national final. On the 28th of April 2009 She appeared on Loose Women to speak about the competition. During 2009 Baker toured with the musical Menopause. In late 2009 she revealed that she had been asked to appear in the 2010 series of Celebrity Big Brother, but declined the offer.

In 2011 she undertook a mini tour of the UK with The Original Bucks Fizz. She has also recorded a new album with them due to be released in June, with a concert at the London Palladium on 11 July 2011. In June 2011 she reached the final of the ITV series Popstar to Operastar, where she was beaten into second place by Joe McElderry.