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Eighties icon Cheryl Baker has begged bosses to as a regular character after stint. The Bucks Fizz star catapulted to fame when her band won the back in 1981with her hit Making Your Mind Up. After their success, the 70-year-old singer went on to launch a successful presenting career and even competed on Dancing on Ice in 2018.

Last year, the blonde bombshell starred in a Eurovision-themed special of to mark the European competition coming to Liverpool. Celebrating the festivities, landlady Kathy Beale (played by Gillian Taylfort) threw a Eurovision party at the pub. But it’s fair to say Rocky Cotton (Brian Connolly) outdid her when he invited the Eurovision legend to make a special appearance.



It was at this point that the hitmaker joined a makeshift Bucks Fizz tribute act on stage alongside Jean Slater, Harvey Monroe and Honey Mitchell. Now, the doting mum has reflected on her time on the soap and on behalf of Heart Bingo how much she’d love to return to the show. She told us: “It was great honestly, especially being an EastEnders, you know I come from Bethnal Green and so it was fantastic.

“Honestly to walk onto the set and to go along to Walford and the Albert Square sign and to go into the Queen Vic. Oh I loved it, I loved it. And I wish I could take that back, I’d love to be on it.

It was at this point that she revealed that BBC bosses offered her a permanent role on the soap as a Walford resident. Cheryl went on: “Actually the director said to me, ‘Would y.

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