General Chat

To be fair, she did show courage in coming back on and giving it her best shot, and that would have gone a long way with the judges.

But I still stand by everything I said earlier. And at the end of the day, the right act won the show in my opinion...she came second.

sorry but I just thought of Violet-Elizabeth and "I'm going to thcweam and thcweam and thcweam until I'm thick"

it was immediately obvious that the public would vote for her because she cried (understatement). then when she tied for 2nd it was blatantly obvious that none of the judges would have the courage to send her home and risk the same performance again.

the cute little girl the other night (can't remember her name but she was a much better singer than this one!) was upset at not being chosen in 2nd place, but she didn't scream and hiccup like Holly tonight.

maybe I'm a hard faced wotsit but I doubted the authenticity of it too. I suspect she is very used to performing (seems a very stage-show girl) and knew exactly what she was doing. I would have turned her down and said I didn't think she would cope with the pressure tomorrow.

xxxxx

As I said on General: meant with the best of intentions, I don't think little Hollie should have been voted through to the Final. It might be too much for her. You saw how she was at the end ........

My OH and I agree that there should be another contest for the younger ones. Mr Cowell, can you hear us all? Simonnnnnnn!!
x

I felt so sorry for Greg - he didn't stand a chance - but Hollie has the rest of her life!!
There's no way she'll get through to the final - unless the British public has a strong sadistic streak!

I'm rooting for Julian Smith, the saxophonist - real talent that guy has

What a cynical lot you are lolol.

It would be nice now if Holly's mum put her daughter first and talked her into withdrawing from the contest for the sake of her little girl.

She is a sweet little girl with a passable voice but pleeeeeeeeeeeease she is 10 years old and obviously not ready for this sort of limelight. She has her life to decide if this is what she wants to do.

Let her be a child for a while longer.

Jean x.

Hi all,

waves to Jean ^^^^^^

I do agree, if she was performing on the Royal Variety show, would they let her start again if she crumbled? I don't think so.
She didn't really seem like a 10 year old of today, compared to some of the other young contestants on the show, perhaps that is down to her mother???

Just watched the clip.

were they performance tears?;

loved her foot stomping:}}}}}}

why do these people insist putting a child to compete with mature adults.!

If she doesn't make it as a singer, her Mum ought to put her through drama school........the best dry-crying I have seen for ages...

sally the cynic.....

I think they shouldn't have let her perform again in the first place. I think the decision to let her came from the worry that she would throw more hissy fitting if they said no.

It also makes me wonder if the shows bosses had a word in the judges ears to let her go through, because her hissy fit alone has generated the most interest in the programme media wise since Susan Boyle filled our news items. Now they've flogged the susan thing to death, I suppose it was the perfect oppertunity to grab some more limelight or the show.

BTW

I found her voice quite thin and reedy, good notes or not.

we dont get this out here.
I must say I have been too busy laughing about the old boy who forgot about all the disability benefits he claims when he went breakdancing on national tv

Don't get it here either Tan but I don't like the sound of that little girl being so upset and being pushed to try again. Stage mothers!!

Sue x

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8075018.stm

Not one tear!

x

I'm sure I did see tears but I think it was later on.

And the winner will be the one they have decided will make the most money no matter how anyone votes. That's me being cynical.

If the public have voted then surely the second one through should be the one with the most votes not one decided by the judges.

Jean

I suspect throwing in the "Ive been bullied" shot during the interview was a deliberate ploy for sympathy votes. as was yesterdays performance

{ Earlier in the week I immediatly disliked the large dance group who at the end of their slot & was glad when they diddnt get through when they dedicated their dance routine to a couple of stabbed kids who sadly died. I also found this voting tactic, along with 2 grand who used grandpas wifes death to put on the tears :o(( (which worked) }

This is a 10 year old, and should the same thing happen to my 10 year old at her school, it would have been nipped in the bud & dealt with and made sure it wouldnt happen again by the head teacher.

I would have thought out of all things a child could be bullied for at that age, at primary school , a good singing voice would have been way down the list as there are few school activities which require singing at their age.

What we dont inow is the other side of the story, if the girl was maybe a show off regarding her singing (my singing is better than your singing I'm going to be famous) but put on the tears and cried bully when the fed up kids told her it wasnt.

I watched and was cringing tbh. Maybe I am being a cynic but I do wonder if her "tears" (what I saw of them) were a stunt to gain the sympathy vote. She shouldn't have got a 2nd chance just cos she is 10. Would anyone else have got that privilege?? I doubt it.

Her Mum should have called it day there and then. And what's the bet if she doesn't win (God forbid she should..how will she cope with the Queen?) we'll see her on GMT and the likes reliving it all over again and again.

Sorry, I don't mean to sound harsh but I don't think she should have got through.

I suspect that Mildred it correct about the bullying.

This child attends a private day college with fees of £5,070 - £7,860 per year.

20 full time and 11 part time staff to cover 245 pupils age between 2 - 16

Yeh, I bet they really have a problem with bullying at this sort of school !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't little Hollie hit the headlines today though.......guaranteed to bring in the audience tonight to see how she gets on....

She does have a good voice, and with voice training could go far, but I agree with one poster's remarks about Lena Zavaroni.......I well remember the agonies she went through after she hit fame....

I was yelling at the telly at the elderly break-dancer and I am sooo glad he did not make it through........I hope - if the story is true about him claiming sickness/disability benefit, and a car for a bad back - that they get him from fraud........goes out every night clubbing indeed......yes......and on our money....

Don't feel so good about myself writing in this way, I wish I didn't feel so irritable about it.....

sally

There is bullying a fee paying schools too I am afraid Claire :-(