Britain’s Got Talent has been plunged into a fix row already as one hopeful from Saturday’s series premiere was revealed to be an experienced musical theatre performer.
Sydnie Christmas, 28, stunned judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli with her incredible rendition of Tomorrow from the musical Annie, with Amanda Holden so impressed she pressed the Gold Buzzer.
However despite revealing her dreams of working in the West End and her current role as a receptionist, viewers quickly discovered Sydnie had in fact had quite the career on stage.
Following the performance fans took to X in their droves, with one writing: ‘Always good to see an underdog on @BGT like Sydnie Christmas. Jeez. A simple Google search… wtf!’.
While others wrote: ‘Come on, Sydnie Christmas is already a professional’: ‘Sydnie Christmas has starred in Starlight Exoress in Bochum, Germany, and Lazarus at London’s King’s Cross Theatre. And starred as Rizzo in a Grease theatre show. No Newbie then’: ‘Sydnie Christmas, Starlight Express. Just a quick Google search’.
Britain’s Got Talent has been plunged into a fix row already as Sydnie Christmas, 28, who appeared on Saturday’s series premiere was revealed to be an experienced musical theatre performer
However despite revealing her dreams of working in the West End and her current role as a receptionist, viewers quickly discovered Sydnie had in fact had quite the career on stage
She stunned the judges with her incredible rendition of Tomorrow from the musical Annie, and even got the coveted gold buzzer from Amanda Holden
Sydnie has worked on cruise ships including the Royal Caribbean International, where she starred as Rizzo in the musical Grease.
She made her debut in London as one of the lead voices in Lazarus, featuring the music of David Bowie, at the King’s Cross Theatre and shared a snap backstage of Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson after he attended the show.
She then went on to appear in a German production of Starlight Express in 2019 as Belle the Bar Car.
At a press event both Simon Cowell and Amanda they thought Sydnie had what it takes to win it all.
When asked who would win the show Cowell told reporters: ‘I think it’s Sydnie, yeah.’
‘It feels like a distant memory now,’ Sydnie told the Mail. ‘I auditioned in January. I feel like my neck has been in my mouth ever since.
‘I have wanted to do this for ever. To be on stage, entertain, perform and sing. I went on Britain’s Got Talent in the hope that if I was to get on that I could just give it a go.
‘I’ve been doing auditions for so many years and I thought, I haven’t got a lot to lose now. I thought to myself, sod it, let’s give it a go, and then everything went so well, which I didn’t expect at all.’
Sydnie fell to her knees in shock as gold confetti fell from the ceiling
Sydnie has worked on cruise ships including the Royal Caribbean International, where she starred as Rizzo in the musical Grease
She made her debut in London as one of the lead voices in Lazarus, featuring the music of David Bowie, at the King’s Cross Theatre and shared a snap backstage of Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson after he attended the show
She then went on to appear in a German production of Starlight Express in 2019 as Belle the Bar Car
Following the performance fans took to X in their droves, with one writing: ‘Always good to see an underdog on @BGT like Sydnie Christmas. Jeez. A simple Google search… wtf!’
Earlier in the episode viewers were left unimpressed with the competition’s very first act.
Opening up the show, AI talent group RASK AI stunned celebrity judges Simon, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli with their rendition of The Greatest Showman.
The tech was used to edit the stars’ faces onto characters from the hit movie, including Hugh Jackman and Zendaya.
They transformed showrunner Simon, 64, into a ringmaster, Amanda, 53, into the bearded lady, Bruno, 68, into a strong man and Alesha, 45, into a trapeze circus act.
But while the judges were left amazed by the group’s deep fake video of them singing the film’s hit song with live cameras, viewers at home seemed less than impressed by the trippy act.
Dubbing the group ‘silly’ and ‘talentless’, fans shared their confusion over the judge’s shocked reactions, as TV buffs drew similarities between them and a former group who performed on America’s Got Talent, Metaphysics.
Simon, who labelled the UK group as ‘original’, appeared shocked by the group’s video skills and seemingly forgot that he had seen something similar on his American show just two years earlier.
In 2022, Metaphysics appeared on AGT and showed the world their creation of Simon singing You’re The Inspiration.
Astonished by the US performance, Simon confessed his love to the creator, as they were awarded with four fat yeses.
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