Tweet success for West End hopefuls at Lyric theatre

The winner of the first Twitter competition to find a star will be chosen at a West End theatre.

Ten finalists will battle it out in front of an audience at the Lyric who will be asked to keep their phones on so that they can tweet and vote for their favourite.

The idea of the anonymous tweeter @WestEndProducer, more than 650 video entries were submitted and voted for entirely on Twitter.

On Monday night the overall winner will be picked through a combination of audience votes and four judges.

Prizes include a recording session and mentoring.