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by Emma Grove
egrove@thekmgroup.co.uk
A soap super fan who claims she has never missed an episode of EastEnders has made it through to the final of a daytime TV game show.
Jade Foote has beaten off stiff competition on This Morning's Soapstar Superbrain to make it through to the grand final.
Three times in two weeks, Jade and her partner Jeff Williams have headed up to the show's London TV studios where she has been regularly rubbing shoulders with a host of stars.
In the first round, the 29-year-old was paired with Michael Greco, who played Beppe in EastEnders, and they beat off a fellow 'Enders fan and his celeb partner (Ricky Groves aka Gary Hobbs) with their combined knowledge.
On other days there were also fans battling it out in their own Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Emmerdale rounds.
The winners of each of these four rounds then went through to the quarter-finals and despite having no celebrity help, Jade made it through to the semi-final.
After thrashing her competition in this quick-fire round, mum-of-one Jade again emerged victorious and took part in the final on Thursday alongside a mystery 'soap icon'.
It was the semi-final where she really showed off her vast soap knowledge - and not just of EastEnders, although she admits that is her favourite soap.
Jade is so obsessed she even runs a soap secrets Facebook group as well as buying all the magazines.
She says EastEnders started when she was four and in that time she has only missed one episode - it was one Christmas Day - but she quickly caught up with it.
On her stint in the show, Jade, of Minster Road, Minster, has tried food cooked by celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo and regularly chatted with presenters Eamonn Holmes, his partner Ruth Langsford and Paul Ross.
Jade said: "I have been loving it - it's been great fun. "I'm looking forward to the final but I'm very nervous."
Jeff, 40, added: "It's quite exciting going behind the scenes."
The show's producers are keeping tight-lipped about what the prize is - although Jade thinks it will be geared towards the favourite soap of whoever wins.
She added: "I would love to go and be on the set of EastEnders."
