Despite coming in the bottom two for votes on three occasions, Samuels made it through to the final, where she ultimately came third to runner-up Sophie Evans and winner Danielle Hope.
In 2022, Samuels began hosting her own podcast entitled 'A Brit in LA', which sees her interviewing successful people throughout the Hollywood entertainment industry.
Samuels' first major stage role was playing Wendy in a 2009-2010 production of Peter Pan at the Curve, Leicester.
[17] On 26 July 2010, she made her West End debut as Sandy in the London production of Grease, replacing Siobhan Dillon.
[18] She played Cathy in a production of the two-character musical The Last Five Years, which ran at the Tabard Theatre, Chiswick from 9 February to 5 March 2011.