Britain's Got Talent finalist Sydnie Christmas is used to people hanging up the phone on her. Thanks to her unusual surname, the 28-year-old singer says when December 25 approaches, making calls can prove especially tricky. "When we go to order a takeaway they're like: 'Are you joking?'," the talented hopeful told the Mirror .
"Why would we lie about that? Especially when it's around Christmas time." "It's a nightmare because you've got to ring them up again," added the contestant of phone hang ups she's received. But Sydnie takes all the jokes in her stride, saying: "I wouldn't change my name for the world .
I used to say my dad's Father Christmas . It stopped people taking the mick." The contestant's actor beau Max, 29, finds the reaction to her surname funny Thankfully Sydnie's boyfriend, actor Max Rizzo, finds the reaction to her quirky surname funny too.
If they ever walk down the aisle, she will make her surname double barrelled, meaning she'll be called a showbiz-sounding Sydnie Rizzo-Christmas. "I played Rizzo in Grease so it's so cool," she revealed. "But, gosh, it'll be so difficult getting rid of my name.
I've registered the name on Equity. I can't change it." Sydnie is one of nine acts performing for judges Simon Cowell , Amanda Holden , Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli in tonight's grand final at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, West London.
And the stakes are high - the winner bags £250,000 in cash and a priceless spot at the Royal Variety Performance. All four.
