Kent's Britain's Got Talent winner to perform in Dartford pantomime

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Fresh off her famous win on this year's BGT, Sydnie Christmas sits down with KMTV's Bartholomew Hall as she announces she will part of the cast of this year's 'Sleeping Beauty' at the Orchard West Theatre.

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00:00It's not every day you get to meet the winner of the UK's most popular talent competition.

00:04Gravesend's Sydney Christmas stole the hearts of TV viewers across Kent

00:08when she sang her rendition of Tomorrow From Annie in her first audition.

00:18Before going on to win the whole thing.

00:25What have these past few months been like for you?

00:26Crazy. Mental. I feel like a rocket has been set off and I haven't come down yet, which is amazing.

00:35I mean, you've said in other interviews that Britain's Got Talent was kind of like your

00:39last shot. I mean, thinking back to that decision to apply and to go for Britain's Got Talent,

00:44you must be so thankful that you did it.

00:45I am so thankful that I got brave because I was on and off trying to get on BGT for about

00:52four years. So you have to go back and forth sending videos and apply and things like that.

00:58And I kept pulling out the process because I was frightened. And I was like,

01:03if this goes wrong, this is going to ruin my career.

01:06And that's when I think I was brave enough to go, well, why not? I've got nothing to lose now.

01:10I got told I could go in front of the judges. So I was like, OK, got accepted.

01:15Let's actually do it this time.

01:17The whole of Kent seemed like they were behind you. They heard you were from Gravesend.

01:20They heard you could sing amazingly and they saw that golden buzzer

01:23and they followed you right through to the end. I mean,

01:25did you expect that much support from your hometown?

01:28No, absolutely not. So what I can do and give back and say thanks is come home for Christmas,

01:35come back to Dartford because I'm from Gravesend. So everybody near and far in Kent, come and see us.

01:43Now, just weeks on from that fateful day, it's back to her home county where she'll

01:47be performing as Fairy Christmas in this year's Orchard Theatre,

01:51Dartford pantomime production of Sleeping Beauty.

01:54Even when I was young, all my friends were getting in panto. I couldn't book it.

02:01And then the last time I went to a panto audition was about three years ago.

02:05Then I went back to Starlight and then, yeah, I'm living my panto dream.

02:11I've ticked it off.

02:11Yeah, you're giving something back to your younger self as well.

02:13Absolutely. We've done it, Sid. We've got into a panto.

02:17The Orchard Theatre West, as it's known, is a temporary theatre,

02:21preparing to stage its second and hopefully last pantomime before the company moves back

02:26into the original Orchard West building, which was closed after rack concrete was found last year.

02:32Kind of supporting the industry as well.

02:33100%. This is fantastic. This is amazing. I'm so impressed. I think everyone's going to love it.

02:40I used to go to the Orchard to watch pantos when I was young,

02:44so it's really good to now be a part of it, the Orchard West, but you know what I mean.

02:51There's still lots of magic to do before audiences pack in here for some pantomime fun,

02:56and with an album on the way, plus a Royal Variety performance still to prepare for,

03:01it's clear the Christmas season has arrived.

03:04Bartholomew Hall for KMTV in Dartford.

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