S Club 7's Hannah Spearritt set to return to EastEnders after 'impressing' soap bosses
She previously guest starred in two episodes of EastEnders in December as Karen Taylor's younger and wealthier sister Kandice.
And now Hannah Spearritt, 37, is set to bring her character back to Albert Square following her successful stint.
The S Club 7 singer, who arrived to Walford over Christmas to reluctantly help out her sister's money woes, will be returning to the BBC soap 'for a few episodes later this year', Digital Spy confirmed on Tuesday.
Bring it all back now! Hannah Spearritt, 37, is set to bring her character back to Albert Square following her successful stint
Adding to the excitement, The Sun reported that soap bosses are considering on making the TV star a 'permanent fixture' should her second stint go as well as her first.
A soap insider said: 'Bosses were really impressed with Hannah's talent and energy. She went down well with fans and created a great buzz around the show. She has a positive, hard-working attitude, which was infectious.
'If she continues to prove popular, she could be a more permanent fixture. Plus her chemistry with the other actors works really well.'
MailOnline have contacted a spokesperson for EastEnders.
Hannah was catapulted into the limelight in 1998 as one seventh of popular pop group S Club 7 before they disbanded in 2003.
Return: The S Club 7 singer, who arrived to Walford over Christmas to reluctantly help out her sister's money woes, will be returning to the BBC soap 'for a few episodes later this year', Digital Spy confirmed on Tuesday
Starring role: She previously guest starred in two episodes of EastEnders in December as Karen Taylor's younger and wealthier sister Kandice
Following her music career, she enjoyed roles on Primeval, Death In Paradise and Casualty.
Hannah isn't the first music star to transition from the charts to Albert Square with Blue's Lee Ryan enjoying a stint on the soap while familiar faces Danny Dyer and Richard Blackwood have also starred on the long-running show.
The news comes after Hannah recently revealed that a secret 2013 boob job lead to 'the hardest, most traumatic four years of [her] life.'
She gave greater insight into the fallout from her common B to C cup cosmetic procedure, which was ultimately reversed in 2016 because it caused a severe decline in her mental and physical well-being.
Failed op: The news comes after Hannah recently revealed that a secret 2013 boob job lead to 'the hardest, most traumatic four years of [her] life.'
The musician bravely appeared on This Morning earlier this month with her boyfriend Adam Thomas in a bid to raise awareness for other women, though some fans were preoccupied by the sound her 'plummy' accent during the appearance.
Initially, Hannah says she was happy with the results, even though the healing process took some time.
'There was a lot of swelling,' she explained. 'And even though I had nothing to compare it to, I was happy with the results.'
Hannah had her breast augmentation in August 2013, changing her pert small-B cup to a curvy C. The change looked all the more dramatic given her slender size eight, 5ft 3in frame, prompting fans to compliment her new, ‘sophisticated’ look.
Now: Hannah has now returned to her natural size, after having the implants removed in 2016
'But after six months, [my health] started to deteriorate. It started with anxiety and at the time I just put it down to circumstances.
'Then things started to happen like depression, things like ridiculous panic attacks - just a pile of unfolded washing would cause me to have a breakdown.'
As well as her well-being, Hannah also complained of unwanted changes to her physical appearance, saying she was 'the total opposite' of herself.
‘I had hair loss, fatigue, memory loss,' she said. 'I still have some of that. There was a list of symptoms that goes on and on.'
Before and after: Hannah went under the knife in 2013 (left, after the op in 2014) in search of a more womanly, curvy look than her original small-B cup (right, in 2004)
In pain: Hannah (far left) was in pain when she reunited with bandmates (from left) Jon Lee, Tina Barrett, Jo O'Meara, Bradley McIntosh, Rachel Stevens and Paul Cattermole for the 2015 reunion tour of their Nineties band S Club 7
Hannah believed the textured silicone gel pockets or breast implants she had put in were the reason for her misery, so she sought medical advice.
'I went for pretty much every test out there, everything came back negative, I was told that I was crazy, I was put on a lot of medication.'
In a lot of pain, Hannah was even heavily medicated when she went back on tour with S Club for their reunion.
Her boyfriend Ben says he felt 'more like a carer than partner' at the time, telling presenters on Monday, 'it was quite stressful'.
Heavily medicated: She was relying on heavy medication to get her through and her boyfriend says he was acting like a 'carer'
'It was difficult because I had to separate the two, I had to remind myself that this was symptomatic and it's not really Hannah.'
Hannah decided to have an ‘explant’ – or removal of implants – in 2016.
‘We spoke to a doctor in US, listed all my symptoms and they confirmed it was the breast implants. But you can't test for it - they gave me the confidence to go ahead with the ex-plant.'
She noticed the improvement immediately: ‘My energy came back in bucket loads, I also had low-grade fever throughout the time I had the implants in, straight away it went back to normal.’