Masked Singer star pregnant with second child as she shows off bump at VE Day bash
THE MASKED Singer winner Samantha Barks has revealed she's pregnant with her second child with her partner Alex Michael Stoll.
The West End star, 34, showed off her baby bump at last night's VE Day 80 celebrations, which was attended by King Charles and The Prince and Princess of Wales.
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Samantha Barks has revealed she's pregnant with her second child
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Her baby bump was kept under wraps in the a ruffled off-the-shoulder gown
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Her baby bump was kept under wraps in the a ruffled off-the-shoulder gown.
And just before she took to the stage, Samantha revealed she was expecting.
"I'm nearly nine months pregnant, it's gonna be me and baby performing for royalty tonight," she said.
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"It's our first adventure!"
Speaking ahead of her showstopping performance, Samantha continued: "It's my fourth time, actually. It never gets less nerve-wracking, it's always such an honour but I'm nervous!
"We have a choir, we have dancers, it's gonna be a really big finish and I'm super proud of it."
She added: "Music brings us all together, it still does, even tonight, it brings us back to those days - the power of music.
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"A song like We'll Meet Again, it's so poignant and beautiful and I'm really looking forward to it."
Earlier this year, The Masked Singer crowned its latest winner with Pufferfish being unmasked as major theatre star Samantha.
She
from Dressed Crab and Wolf who were also revealed to be major stars.
The show's panel - Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross,
Speaking after she was unmasked, the star said to the panel: "I've had the best time, I've had the best time. Underneath the mask I've been smiling the whole time."
Samantha, 34, rose to fame in Andrew Lloyd Webber's BBC talent show I'd Do Anything.
The programme searched for an actress to play Nancy in a revival of Oliver!
She made her film debut in the 2012 adaptation of Les Miserables, starring
More recently, she has become the biggest West End star since Elaine Page and is famed for playing Elsa in the theatre production of Frozen.
Finishing a close runner-up to Samantha was Dressed Crab who turned out to be soul and jazz star Gregory Porter.
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Samantha won the latest series of The Masked Singer earlier this year
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The theater star beat off tough competition to be crowned the winner
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