{"id":286455,"date":"2011-03-02T09:36:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T09:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/amanda-holden-returns-to-work-on-the-west-end-and-britains-got-talent-after-tragic-baby-loss\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T09:36:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T09:36:48","slug":"amanda-holden-returns-to-work-on-the-west-end-and-britains-got-talent-after-tragic-baby-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/amanda-holden-returns-to-work-on-the-west-end-and-britains-got-talent-after-tragic-baby-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Holden returns to work on the West End and Britain&#8217;s Got Talent after tragic baby loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"118.376142257\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 9:31 AM on 2nd March 2011<\/p>\n<p>Following the tragic loss of her unborn child last month, Amanda Holden is set to return to work.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old Britain\u2019s Got Talent judge will begin rehearsing for her West End role as Princess Fiona in Shrek The Musical next month.<\/p>\n<p>She will be joined by former EastEnders star Nigel Harman, Richard Blackwood and Nigel Harman in the production, which opens on May 6.<\/p>\n<p>But Amanda will take a week off from the West End later in the month, to jump back on the Britain&#8217;s Got Talent panel for the show\u2019s finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2bb2f929962_468x656.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"656\" alt=\"Back to work: Amanda Holden will start rehearsals for Shrek The Musical and return to Britain's Got Talent next month following her tragic loss\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back to work: Amanda Holden will start rehearsals for Shrek The Musical and return to Britain&#8217;s Got Talent next month following her tragic loss<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The announcement came just weeks after heartbroken Amanda spoke of the devastating loss of her child.<\/p>\n<p>But a friend of the star told the Daily Mirror: \u2018She is determined to get through this. She intends to throw herself into work and continue with the healing process.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Amanda has already recorded the auditions for Britain\u2019s Got Talent, which will air on Saturday nights as of next month, but the ITV1 show is being edited to ensure no shots of her baby bump are seen.<\/p>\n<p>She had been filming the BGT auditions in Birmingham the day before<br \/>\ngoing to hospital after complaining that she had not felt the baby kick for a day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Up until then the baby had been really active, but the doctors were unable to save his life.<\/p>\n<p>The star and her music executive husband Chris Hughes lost their baby son seven months into the pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda later thanked her Twitter followers for their support, posting: \u2018Chris and I would like to thank you all for the thousands of messages offering support and love during this horrendous time.xx\u2019<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7a75a7ef568_468x705.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"705\" alt=\"Happier times: Amanda and her husband Chris Hughes pictured in January before their horrendous loss of their baby son\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happier times: Amanda and her husband Chris Hughes pictured in January before their horrendous loss of their baby son<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The couple and their five-year-old daughter Lexi then took some time out following the tragedy so they could grieve in private.<\/p>\n<p>A friend described the boy as \u2018physically perfect\u2019, telling the Daily<br \/>\nMail last month: \u2018There is no reason for this at the moment, the doctors<br \/>\nhave no idea what happened.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Her friend added: \u2018At the moment, Amanda is just<br \/>\nunable to function, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s even begun to properly sink in<br \/>\nyet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018She will never be the same person after this. The baby was physically perfect, just beautiful.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Amanda didn\u2019t reveal her pregnancy until she was six months pregnant and<br \/>\nwaited so long to make the announcement because she had previously<br \/>\nsuffered a miscarriage last year.<\/p>\n<p>Shrek the Musical will play at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and it\u2019s not the first time Amanda has taken to the West End stage.<\/p>\n<p>She has appeared in several stage musicals and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2004 for her performance in Thoroughly Modern Millie.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>BGT auditions: Amanda arrived in Birmingham at the end of January to film the final day of BGT auditions and will return to the panel next month for the finals<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2bb2f929962_468x656-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1362073\/Amanda-Holden-returns-work-West-End-Britains-Got-Talent-tragic-baby-loss.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Amanda Holden returns to work on the West End and Britain's Got Talent after tragic baby loss\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amanda Holden returns to work on the West End and Britain&#8217;s Got Talent after tragic baby loss<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:31 AM on 2nd March 2011 Following the tragic loss of her unborn child last month, Amanda Holden is set to return to work. 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