Samantha Womack is reportedly in talks about judging on next year’s series of Britain’s Got Talent.

The Eastenders actress is said to be lined up as one of the replacements for Michael McIntyre – who announced he would not return to the ITV show earlier this year – and David Hasselhoff – who was sacked by ITV bosses.

The Sun reports that the blonde beauty has been one of a number of stars in talks with producers of the ITV series and has impressed them so much during negotiations, that she has made it onto the final shortlist from which the new panel members will be chosen.

Also being considered are former X Factor judge Dannii Minogue and Little Britain star David Walliams it has been claimed.

A source told the newspaper:

“Samantha is brilliant and the bosses love her. She’s hugely popular as ten million people watched her every week on EastEnders — and she’s got a fair old mouth on her. She’s not afraid to call a spade a spade but she also has a down-to-earth approach that producers think will encourage acts. We don’t just want the judges to slag people off.”

As well as starring in Eastenders until earlier this year, Samantha also has a wealth of singing and stage experience and recently appeared as Ensign Nellie Forbush, a U.S. Navy nurse from Little Rock, Arkansas, in the West End production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical South Pacific at the Barbican Theatre in London.

The actress first rose to fame in March 1991, when at 18 years old she won the annual A Song for Europe competition to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest. She finished joint tenth and the song, “A Message to Your Heart”, peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart.

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