A PENARTH woman has reached the final of a prime time entertainment show.

Keris Lea, who was born and raised in the town, has reached the grand final of the new prime time BBC1 show All Together Now with her group The Sundaes.

Having been one of the featured acts in the first episode of this Saturday night show, they were one of two winning acts to make it to the final.

Hosted by comedian Rob Beckett, the show boasts the biggest judging panel in television history with 100 industry professionals headed by Spice Girl legend Geri Horner.

Each act or artist performs one song with the aim of getting as many of the 100 joining in and standing up. The number of judges standing up at the end of the performance gives each act their score.

The two highest scoring artists from each episode go through to a grand final and then battle it out to win £50,000.

Keris Lea, who is Chocolate Sundae, attended Stanwell School and was in the first year in the school to ever study both GSCE and A-level drama.

Before this Stanwell didn’t even have Theatre Studies on the curriculum.

She grew up in a very showbiz household and often performed at the Paget Rooms from the age of one, firstly with Penarth Players and then for many years with Anwen Little Theatre.

Her father, Peter Lea was the general manager of the New Theatre in Cardiff until 1985.

Ms Lea went on to study Performing Arts at De Montfort University and has since worked all over the world including many seasons overseas and onboard cruise ships.

Created and produced by David Hill in 2009, The Sundaes have enjoyed success both in the UK and abroad and regularly sell out at The Edinburgh Festival and is now a fixed feature in the famous Brighton Spiegeltent each May.

Speaking about their TV debut, Ms Lea said: “In the past we have turned down other TV opportunities as we didn’t think they were quite right for what we do.

“When we heard about All Together Now it just seemed the perfect fit for an act like us.

“This show gives us a great platform to show what we can do and we are thrilled to have made it to the final.”

Ms Lea is joined by Amy Goater as Strawberry Sundae and Andrea Martin as Vanilla Sundae. This new entertainment show started on Saturday, January 27 at 7.15pm on BBC1 and runs for six weeks.