52 - Remember Monday: Manifesting Eurovision Glory
We are officially one month away from Eurovision so this is officially... The Final FronTia: Eurovision Edition! Over the next month, Tia will be joined by icons from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest. It's going to be the sort of wild ride you would expect from anything Eurovision!
For our first episode, Tia is joined by the UK's entry for Eurovision this year... it's Remember Monday!
Lauren, Holly-Anne and Charlotte are Remember Monday, the British country-pop girl group who first came to the public's attention after appearing on The Voice UK. Members Lauren and Holly-Anne also have a history in the West End. Holly-Anne has starred in both The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables, whilst Lauren played Miss Honey in Matilda The Musical and went on tour with Six The Musical.
On this week's episode of The Final FronTia, Tia, Lauren, Holly-Anne and Charlotte talk about their feelings ahead of Eurovision and they delve into their pop culture obsessions! From Sabrina Carpenter to sci-fi and fantasy, musicals and more. Plus they talk all about manifesting their career goals and have a dramatic re-enactment of... a song?!
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51 - Zoe Birkett: From Pop Idol to the West End's Leading Lady
Are we suddenly a musical theatre podcast? Fresh off of the Olivier Awards last night, we're joined by West End royalty Zoe Birkett this week!
Zoe Birkett is a vocal powerhouse, currently starring as Tina Turner in TINA: The Musical in the West End. Before this show, she was in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, The Bodyguard (where she understudied icon Alexandra Burke!) and Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
Before her turn on London's biggest stages, she was a competitor on the first series of Pop Idol and even went into the Big Brother house!
On this week's episode of The Final FronTia, Tia and Zoe talk about the transition from reality TV fame to theatre leading lady, the training that goes into major theatre roles and how she has handled criticism on social media over the years. They also talk about dream roles and major obsessions!
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50 - Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss: All You Wanna Do Is Make Hit Musicals
We're joined by two Olivier Award nominated and Tony Award winning superstars of musical theatre who are behind the most exciting new musicals of the past few years!
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss are the creators of Six The Musical and, more recently, Why Am I So Single?. They have been included in Time Magazine's Time 100 Next list and their productions have been performed all over the world.
On this week's episode of The Final FronTia, Tia, Toby and Lucy talk about their collective love of the theatre, the historical inspiration for Six and the show's journey from Edinburgh to the West End, Broadway and beyond. Plus they chat all things Why Am I So Single?, growing up with fans and they re-enact a classic theatre scene...
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49 - Ali Bromley & Lily Benson: Big Brother Is Watching You
Big Brother House... this is Tia Kofi and this week we have a two reality stars who have become the most unlikely friends!
Lily and Ali both starred on the 2024 edition of Big Brother, with Ali winning the series. Despite their differences (Lily is 20 and works at a Chinese takeaway, Ali is 38 and is a forensic psychologist) they have grown a legion of fans who are obsessed with their friendship.
Tia, Lily and Ali talk about their experiences on Big Brother, the intensity of reality TV (and life after being on a reality TV show), obsessions with Selling Sunset and there's a dramatic reading from Hocus Pocus....
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48 - Layyah: The Drag Loving Rap Star
We're joined by a history maker on this week's episode of The Final FronTia! Layyah is the first female winner of The Rap Game UK on BBC Three, having won the series in 2024 with the support of judges including DJ Target and rap duo Krept & Konan.
Tia and Layyah talk about their experience on reality TV shows, empowerment in music, Love Is Blind, fan fiction and Layyah shares her admiration for the queens of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... well, not that far…she lives in London. Tia Kofi hosts The Final FronTia, the new podcast where the worlds of Geeky-ness and Drag collide for an unforgettable experience. The Glamorous Geek will be joined by pop culture's biggest stars and the universe's top fans to talk about the moments that made them, behind the scenes tea and their geeky guilty pleasures. New episodes every Monday.
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