EastEnders fans are voting on Denise Fox's romantic fate for a live show on Thursday night that is part of the BBC soap's 40th anniversary celebrations.
In a first for the BBC show, viewers have been asked to vote on whether Denise (Diane Parish) reunites with her estranged husband Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) or picks secret lover Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara).
The vote comes after Denise and Jack's tumultuous marriage fell apart last year when it was revealed that he had been having an affair with Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner).
Since they parted, Denise and Jack have given in to passion a few times and shared warm moments as part of their blended family, but Denise has been secretly seeing former flame Ravi since a romantic encounter on Christmas Day.
Ravi and Denise have a complicated relationship due to Ravi's troubled past - and the fact he used to be in a serious relationship with Denise's daughter Chelsea (Zaraah Abrahams).
When the live special was announced, Chris Clenshaw, executive producer of the BBC soap, said: "We're all so excited to give our audience their first-ever chance to decide how one of our big storylines plays out.
"Their votes will determine whether Denise picks Jack or Ravi, with the outcome being revealed as part of our live episode.
"There is a lot to come over the next few weeks for all three involved, so it'll be extremely exciting to see which way the audience choose to take the story."
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To access the vote, fans needed to open a BBC account on or before Wednesday 19 February for polling at: bbc.co.uk/eastenders.
Voting will close at 7:10pm on Thursday, allowing the result to be incorporated into the show, which will broadcast at 7:30pm from BBC Elstree Centre as the losing script is discarded and the cast and crew work on the winning storyline live on air.
When voting, the BBC confirmed that viewers would also have the opportunity to make another decision that will go down in Walford history.
EastEnders aired its first live episode in February 2010 for its 25th anniversary, which saw Stacey revealed as Archie Mitchell's (Larry Lamb) killer.
In 2015, the show also had a live week, named EastEnders: The Week of Revelations, which saw five episodes include live elements based around the wedding of Ian and Jane Beale.
The shows also concluded the story of who killed Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater), the aftermath of Nick Cotton's (John Altman) death, Kim Fox (Tameka Empson) giving birth to her daughter Pearl, the fall-out from Dean Wicks's (Matt Di Angelo) rape of Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), and the return of Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth).
EastEnders turned 40 with an hour-long episode on Wednesday. The soap premiered on 19 February 1985.
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Source: Press Association
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