Sydnie Christmas’ BGT efficiency earns her a standing ovation

Britain’s Got Talent‘s Sydnie Christmas left the whole of Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo speechless following her live semi-final performance on Wednesday.

The singer, 28, received a standing ovation from the whole of the audience after singing her version of Frank Sinatra’s My Way.

Judge Amanda Holden was bought to tears, while Simon Cowell, Bruno Tonioli and Alesha Dixon were in utter awe of her talent.

Sydnie won the third live semi-final show and is through to the final on Sunday night. 

Stunned fans flooded X, formerly known as Twitter to comment on her ‘incredible’ performance, claiming she should win the competition.

Fans wrote: ‘Sydnie Christmas is gonna win this years #BGT… It’s obvious #BritainsGotTalent’

‘Sydnie Christmas’ performance gave me goosebumps. That girl has so much talent! #bgt #britainsgottalent’

‘Wow! That Sydnie Christmas has some pipes on her. Best by a mile this eve! #BGT #SydnieChristmas #Outstanding #MyWay’

‘Sydnie Christmas is a firecracker Best Performance tonight. Definitely the Westend will be calling you.’

Sydnie couldn’t believe the reaction she received from judges and the audience following her performance. 

After her performance, all four judges were quickly up on their feet to applaud Sydnie.

Amanda said: ‘I have to sit down, I thought I was going to pass out during that. Honestly, Sydnie when we saw your audition I had so many people come up and stop me.

‘And tonight you have done even better, I just cannot believe your capacity and your fire and your strength.’

Bruno added: ‘I cannot believe it. The way she builds up to the high note, hitting it with such power and clarity. It was stunning, stunning.’

Alesha: ‘My heart was pounding the whole way through that. That is the job of a singer, you are a superstar in the making’

It was just, it wasn’t a 10, it was an 11 in my opinion. If it wasn’t for people like you, I wouldn’t bother making this show.

‘And you have to wonder who were these idiots you auditioned for that didn’t give you the break before, they must be did. The only people you need to trust is the audience, the audience always get it right.’

Sydnie also hit back at fix claims after she was embroiled row because of her previous musical theatre performing background.

Before she graced the stage in a glamorous black suit and trendy Doc Martens, Sydnie urged she had no previous experience on the West End during her intro. 

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.’