Coronation Street star Samia Longhcambon looked gorgeous as she hit the red carpet with her husband ahead of his TV return. The actress, who is known for playing Maria Windass in the ITV soap, stepped out with Sylvain and her two children in Manchester.
The couple, who married in 2016 after meeting on Dancing On Ice three years earlier, hit the red carpet ahead of enjoying a family night out watching the pantomime. Samia, Sylvian, her daughter Freya, from her previous marraige to Matt Smith, and their son Yves, seven, all headed to see Peter Pan.
The foursome watched the show, which stars comedian Jason Manford and former Britain's Got Talent finalist, at the Manchester Opera House alongside many other Corrie and Emmerdale stars who also took their children along for what is a festive tradition for many.
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Samia smiled for the camera as she cosied up to her husband while donning a multi-coloured bobble jumper under her toasty warm black coat which she paired with jeans and black heeled boots. Ice skater Sylvain, who is set to return to ITV's Dancing On Ice in the New Year, also donned a pair of jeans with trainers while keeping warm from the dropping temperatures in a puffer jacket.
They were then joined by Freya and Yves for a few snaps with the youngsters donning a red velvet jacket and blue coat for the outing.
As mentioned, Samia and Sylvain's appearance on the red carpet comes ahead of his TV return - and he's swapping his wife for her co-star. Sylvain will be returning to Dancing On Ice in the new year, three years after last skating on the ITV show. It was also revealed that Vicky Ogden and Klabera Komini, who both last skated in the 2021 series, will be making a comeback.
A new addition to the 2023 line-up was also announced in the shape of world-class ice dancer Olivia Smart. who is still fresh from the 2022 Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, Matt Evers, who has been a part of Dancing on Ice since it launched in 2006, returns to the show alongside fellow series favourites Alexandra Schauman and husband Łukasz Różycki, Mark Hanretty, Brendyn Hatfield, Vanessa Bauer, Tippy Packard and Colin Grafton.
The programme, fronted by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield is set to return in early 2023 with the celebrity contestants already being announced as actress and DJ Patsy Palmer, football legend John Fashanu, Love Island winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, olympic gymnast Nile Wilson, Coronation Street’s Mollie Gallagher, Drag Queen and TV personality The Vivienne, TV personality Joey Essex, comedian Darren Harriott, actress and West End star Carley Stenson, singer Michelle Heaton and The Wanted’s Siva Kaneswaran.
And Sylvain will be getting his skates on alongsdie Mollie Gallagher, who plays Nina Lucas in Corrie. Last month, after weeks of not having a skating partner, Mollie finally found out who'll she be competing with while on the cobbles. Posting a picture alongside Sylvain on Instagram, Mollie wrote: "'Next up skating is… Mollie & Sylvain.'"
The pair could be seen posing on the famous street outside the iconic Rovers Return and the soap star added: "@dancingonice let’s goooo." Sylvain also posted the same snap to his own Instagram page and shared his joy at discovering who his partner was. He penned: "Meet my dancing on ice partner @mollie.gallagher_, I hope she’s ready for a great series!! Keeping it in the Coronation Street family!"
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