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First Dates: A timeline of Sam and CiCi's romance

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Photo credit: Channel 4

From Digital Spy

As much as we've loved every minute of every awkward meal in Channel 4's First Dates – whether they led to true love or a rubbish taxi ride home – there's another reason we can't wait to tune in each week.

Will waiters Sam and CiCi finally get it on?

Alright, we know full well that, chances are, the teasing romance between the two restaurant staffers is purely fictional to ramp up the action, but let's just say it's 100% real. If so, then they're TV's finest will they-won't they couple since Ross and Rachel.

Who is CiCi Coleman?

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Photo credit: Channel 4

For the first couple of series, First Dates didn't feature any staff members, but a couple of newbies joined the "cast" in series three, including waitress CiCi.

CiCi was actually working as a waitress at a trendy bar in London when she was spotted by researchers.

The 30-year-old Oxford girl is also an actress, and has appeared in various independent films. This includes the drama Essex Vendetta alongside Danniella Westbrook.

She trained in acting at the New York Film Academy and has also starred in three off-Broadway plays at The Players Club.

Who is Sam Conrad?

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Photo credit: Channel 4

Loveable waiter Sam can often be seen calming daters down, while usually capturing wandering eyes (usually cougars).

The East London boy has also worked as an actor, and joined the show in the third series along with CiCi and Laura Tott.

CiCi and Sam – a romantic timeline

From quite early on, it became clear that Sam and CiCi were at least very good pals. But by the end of the third series, we had already spotted moments of potential romance.

Each episode since series four has contained at least one little glance from one of them (usually Sam, sorry bro) or a cheeky bit of obvious flirting.

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Photo credit: Twitter

At the beginning of her time on the show, CiCi made it clear that she was single, but in summer 2016 she was spotted enjoying a romantic date with a mystery man, ending all hopes of a relationship with Sam.

But by Christmas, she said on the show that she was single again, after the relationship came to an end.

As for Sam, he shocked us all in 2015, when he actually chatted up a dater. When 25-year-old Sasha was stood up by her potential date, Sam stepped in and joined her for a cocktail outside. However, that was about it.

In late 2016, Sam once again hit it off with a guest having dinner at Paternoster Chop House. After Millie wasn't impressed with her date, she returned to the restaurant to ask for Sam's number.

However, he later told The Sun that after a "summer romance", the relationship ended. He said: "I'm a very busy guy and Millie is a very busy lady and she's just started a new job with a lot of travelling so in no way are we going to be announcing an engagement or anything."

In the 2016 Christmas special, we were finally treated to the closest thing yet to an actual moment of romance between Sam and CiCi. Taking inspiration from Love Actually's iconic scene involving Andrew Lincoln flashing Keira Knightley cue cards, he told her just how he felt, "without hope or agenda, just because it's Christmas".

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Photo credit: Channel 4

Of course, this didn't last long. In a summer episode in 2017, CiCi broke all our hearts by leaving the restaurant early to have a date with a new mystery man. No!

As she departed, a clearly displeased Sam looked on. :(

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Photo credit: Channel 4
Photo credit: Channel 4
Photo credit: Channel 4

And even CiCi herself found the whole thing too sad to bear afterwards:

It remains to be seen what happens between the pair next...

First Dates continues on Tuesdays at 10pm on Channel 4.


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