Last night the curtain came down on ACT's Summer Season show 'So You Think You've Got The Star Factor' - affectionately known as SYTYGTSF!
Another full house in Croyde gave us the noise and enthusiasm to make it a fantastic final show, with The Cider Sisters taking the final winning vote of the season.
We weren't sure how the whole idea would be received when we first put it together, but after the first few people tip-toed through the door on 29th July, they were followed by crowds week after week!
Now although this was a fictional competition, the audiences were there to vote for their winner each week and this raised the stakes for some of our 'Finalists'! After the initial excitement of a show hastily put together in a couple of weeks, some real fighting spirit broke out amongst the cast who all wanted to get the chance to win the audience's vote.
And I should reiterate here that it was a genuine vote by each audience, rather than part of the scripting of the show - until that envelope was handed to the presenter no-one had a clue who's name would be called out.
Part of the success of the show has been the mixing of video interludes with the live action onstage, which also gave members who were unable to take part during the run of the show the opportunity to get in on the ACT by showing up in the 'Highlights' Video - brilliant fun from some very brave ACT members!! Take a look...
Thanks to everyone who took part - you were fabulous and got great laughs each week!
Here's to the next one!
