TEENAGE singing star Rhiannon Lambert failed to reach the finals of an ITV West singing competition on Wednesday night.

But the 18-year-old George Ward School pupil says she does not mind as she has been snapped up to perform at another concert instead.

Miss Lambert, from Woodrow Road in Melksham, appeared in the semi-finals of the contest to sing with classical quartet All Angels at the Prom on the Close in Bristol.

She said: "I didn't win but I still got the opportunity to be on TV. It was really exciting and they even came and filmed at school a few weeks ago.

"I got about 5,500 votes so I was really pleased."

But as soon as she was told she had not reached the finals, Miss Lambert had a call from the organisers of the Lacock Proms asking her to perform there.

She said: "I think it's fate really - stuff works out for a reason.

"The Lacock Proms are on the same night as the concert with All Angels so I would not have been able to perform there if I had won.

"It's going to be bigger and better because I get to perform a whole concert now whereas before I would have only sung one song with All Angels.

"It's such a massive opportunity, I wouldn't have liked to let it pass by."

Miss Lambert says she will spend the next year training and hopes to pursue a career in classical music.

The Lacock Proms are on July 7.