Final voting figures for Britain’s Got Talent have been revealed, showing how much Sydnie Christmas won during Sunday night’s show.
The budding West End star, 28, scooped the coveted £250,000 prize and will perform at the Royal Variety Show after impressing judges Simon Cowell, Bruno Tonioli, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden and winning over the voting public .
She beat out ten other notable acts with her performance of Somewhere Over the Rainbow after a packed episode.
But after her win was announced, many viewers reacted furiously online after discovering she had already enjoyed a career in music.
It has now been revealed that he received 27.2 percent of the vote, while second place went to Jack Rhodes, who received 15.8 percent of the vote.
Final voting figures for Britain’s Got Talent have been revealed, showing how much Sydnie Christmas won during Sunday night’s show.
The budding West End star, 28, scooped the coveted £250,000 prize and will perform at the Royal Variety Show after impressing judges and audiences.
Ghanaian dancers Abigail and Afronitaaa received 10.4 percent, while opera singer Innocent Masuku got 8.8 percent of the vote.
The Trickstars were close behind with 8.4 per cent and Mike Woodhams got 5.4 per cent.
Comedian Alex Mitchell received 5.3 per cent, Northants Sings Out choir got 4.9 per cent, martial arts dancers Ssaulabi Performance Troupe received 4.8 per cent and Haribow dancers got 3.1 per cent. percent of the votes.
Despite Sydnie’s victory, viewers at home took to X, formerly Twitter, to express their dismay at the outcome of Sunday night’s final, furious: “Total solution.” She IS a professional performer.’
“I think you have singles and a professional singer stinks of being dolled up and put together.”
‘One absolute solution and she murdered Somewhere Over The Rainbow. And she is a “professional”…’.
‘Sydnie Christmas a PROFESSIONAL singer, with a song already on Spotify. She has won Britain’s Got Talent. What a total solution, I’m so glad I stopped watching that shit years and years ago!!!’
“She shouldn’t have won either because she’s already a PROFESSIONAL singer.”
She beat out ten other notable acts with her performance of Somewhere Over the Rainbow after a packed episode. It has now been revealed that she received 27.2 percent of the vote.
Second place went to the incredible magician Jack Rhodes (pictured), who received 15.8 percent of the votes.
Ghanaian dancers Abigail and Afronitaaa (pictured) received 10.4 per cent, while opera singer Innocent Masuku took 8.8 per cent of the vote.
After her win was announced, many viewers reacted furiously online after discovering that she had already enjoyed a career in music.
“I saw on social media, if true, that Sydnie Christmas was in a production of Starlight Express in Germany, that sounds professional to me.”
The reaction in response to Sydnie’s win comes after similar sentiments expressed by fans early in the audition process.
Sydnie has worked on cruise ships, including the Royal Caribbean International, where she played Rizzo in the musical Grease.
She made her London debut as one of the lead vocals in Lazarus, set to the music of David Bowie, at the King’s Cross Theater and shared a backstage snap with Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson after he attended the show.
As a previous post noted, she then appeared in a German production of Starlight Express in 2019 as Belle the Bar Car.
The Kent star is currently working as a receptionist at a local gym on a zero hours contract (seen on stage)
The Golden Buzzer recipient faced some controversy early in the audition process, as many fans accused the show of being fixed once viewers realized Sydnie already had a music career.
She made her London debut as one of the lead vocals in Lazarus, set to the music of David Bowie, at the King’s Cross Theater and shared a backstage snap with Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson after he attended the show.
She then appeared in a German production of Starlight Express in 2019 as Belle the Bar Car.
However, her current role sees her working as a receptionist in Kent at a local gym on a zero-hours contract and she previously insisted that despite the outcome of Sunday’s show, she will return to work on Monday morning.
speaking to Mirror, joked: ‘I’ve already had two weeks off and I’m on a zero-hours contract. I have to pay the rent!’
Sydnie has dreamed of being able to work full-time on the West End stage and is hopeful that BGT will be a springboard to making that dream a reality.
‘In a year, I hope to be living my dream. ‘I want to make a living doing what I love instead of rolling towels and making smoothies!’