Career: Ward won the second season of The X Factor in 2005, launching his music career. He released his first single, That's My Goal, the same year and released his self-titled debut album in 2006. His follow-up, Breathless, was released in 2007 and this third album, Obsession, came out in 2010. Ward went on to star in West End musical Rock of Ages as Stacee Jaxx and then played the Artilleryman in the final arena tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. In 2015, he released his fourth album, Closer, and began playing Aidan Connor on Coronation Street.

Career: Other roles followed in The Street, Florence Nightingale, Doctors, Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983, Scallywagga, Shameless, The Royal, and Trollied. Between August and October 2010, she portrayed prison guard Abi Peterson in Emmerdale. Her first taste of life on Coronation Street came in 2006 when she played a midwife for one episode. Five years later she returned to the famous cobbles as recurring character Eva Price, a role she continues to play.

Career: Claire spent four years singing on cruise ships, and when she got back to dry land in 1995, decided to get in touch with the Brookside producers to see if they would be interested in bringing her character back. As luck would have it, they were working on a storyline involving Lindsey, and she got the role. Claire stayed with the soap until 2003, but her profile received a further boost when she came second in the first series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2001. Since then, she has acted in the series Clocking Off and Merseybeat, released an album and performed extensively on stage in musicals including Chicago, Guys and Dolls, and Fosse. She's also competed in Strictly Come Dancing, and worked as a presenter on shows including Here Comes the Sun, Challenge of a Lifetime and 60 Minute Makeover.