Actor Will Mellor set the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom alight last Saturday when his debut earned him rave reviews from the judges.
The former Hollyoaks star broke down in tears after receiving the top score for a jive with pro partner Nancy Xu, that he dedicated to his late dad.
Now a favourite to win, Will, 46, was cheered on from the crowd by his wife of 15 years, actress Michelle McSwann, who he met when they starred together in the stage musical Oh, What a Night in 1999.
Michelle was joined by their two children, Jayden, 18, and Renee, 14.
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Before settling down, former Casualty star Will had a tumultuous two-year relationship with Coronation Street actress Angela Griffin, 46.
After their split, Angela told The Mirror she'd now sworn off dating other actors as a result.
"I'm steering clear," she said in 2001.
And of the intense interest that surrounded their romance at the time, she continued: "Maybe 50 per cent of the stories were untrue, but some were spot on.
"We're still good mates, though. Is that grown-up of me? Or more like manipulative moves - 'We're just friends, but look what you could have had!'"
Soon after, Will met Michelle. Before their son Jayden arrived, the couple split up and then made up before tying the knot in 2007.
After finally committing, Will told the Sunday People he was thrilled to finally be able to call Michelle 'my wife'.
"We were always a good unit but now we're married, it feels stronger somehow, more solid. Can you believe it? I'm an old married man now and I love it," he gushed.
"I told Michelle we both had to be 100 per cent and she felt the same way because neither of us wants to do this all again.
"And as soon as I felt that way, I proposed. I knew I wanted to ask her to marry me when we were away in Grenada at Christmas so I planned to ask her parents first and do it all properly."
The sunset proposal saw Will take Michelle out on a boat. He played their favourite song as he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him.
"It was very romantic and I admit I did get a bit teary, I don't know why. I thought it was the woman who was supposed to cry but in this case it was me," he said.
"I think the occasion hit me all at once because it was just so right and exactly how I'd imagined it would be."
They tied the knot in a private ceremony at a grand manor house in Warwickshire, and declined to sell pictures to a glossy magazine, insisting they wanted a 'normal' day.
"And that's how we intend to live our lives - very normal and down-to-earth, which is the way I was brought up," he continued.
"I want to leave the work at work and come home and have an everyday family life.
"We're a little unit now, and even though you have to work at a marriage, we will work at it together."
*Strictly Come Dancing airs tonight at 6.30pm on BBC One.
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