Cheryl Baker says she auditioned for 'EastEnders' but was 'rubbish'

Cheryl Baker has revealed she recently tried out for a part in EastEnders but didn’t get it after a “rubbish" audition.

The Bucks Fizz star – who has previously said the financial struggles of the coronavirus pandemic have left her completely “broke” – tried out during lockdown but was battling the nerves and didn’t learn her lines properly beforehand.

Baker wasn’t cast but told the Daily Star she “didn’t deserve the part”.

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“I auditioned for EastEnders recently but I didn’t get the part. I was a bit rubbish really,” said the Making Your Mind Up singer.

“I was a bit nervous and didn’t learn my lines properly.”

However, Baker – who was apparently in line for the part of a woman who runs a theatre school – is hoping for another shot at a part on the popular BBC soap.

“I’d like them to give me a second chance,” said the 67-year-old.

Baker found fame in the 80s with her pop group Bucks Fizz, which went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981.

She continues to perform in a spin-off act called The Fizz with original band members Mike Nolan and Jay Aston.

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The star has also had various television roles, presenting children’s BBC show Record Breakers in the 1980s and co-hosting The Saturday Picture Show with Mark Curry.

She has also dabbled in reality TV, reaching the final of Popstar To Operastar back in 2011 and competing in ice-skating competition Dancing On Ice in 2018.

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