Sydnie Christmas (born 18 July 1995) is an English singer and actress. After beginning a career in

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and appearing in various productions, she went on to win the seventeenth series of ''

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'' in 2024.

Life and career

Christmas was born in

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and studied at the D&B Academy of Performing Arts. After graduating in 2014, she went on to make her stage debut in the Kings Cross Theatre production of the

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''. She later went on to perform on cruise ships including ''

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'' and ''

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'' where she appeared in productions including '' Grease'' and ''

Starlight Express '' Starlight Express'' is a 1984 musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. It tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern locomotives of diesel and el ...

''. From 2020 to spring 2023 she was at ''Starlight Express'' in

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, Germany, first as ″swing″ (responsible for understudying multiple ensemble tracks and being able to replace several cast members), later playing Carrie the Luggage Car. She also appeared in ''Stage School'' and took a

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at a local gym. After finding that her career was struggling, she auditioned for the seventeenth series of ''Britain's Got Talent''. At her audition, which was broadcast in 2024, she sang " Tomorrow" from the musical '' Annie'' after which she received the Golden Buzzer from

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and advanced straight to the semi-finals. Christmas sang Paul Anka's "

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" in the third semi-final, which she won with 37.9% of the public vote. She was the bookies' clear favourite in the final, despite "fix claims" regarding her previous professional experience. She closed the show, singing "

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" from ''

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'', and was subsequently declared the winner with 27.2% of the vote.

Filmography

Stage

Discography

Singles

References

External links

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