QUOTE (orgh295 @ Jul 9 2006, 01:03 AM)

Well, I know I had a concern when I saw her and a couple other girls appear. I was concerned that she may just be there because she has "show-biz" parents who are pushing her that way.
From everything I have read that doesn't seem to be the case here. A lot of the performances she has done have been booked (or at least found) by her over the internet. She seems to be very self motivated.
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I think that the people that are bashing her probably know someone in the competition.
If you watch the footage, just before she performs they show a secion of the audience where a little girl and a man in an orange hat both make disparaging gestures. this happens before she sings a single note. I suspect there is a bit of animosity in the competition.
,Matt