Andrewq = there is absolutely nothing ordinary about what she achieved. She sang in front of a 4000 strong audience in the theatre, in front of three fairly intimidating and jaded adjudicators, in front of television cameras ... this is a woman who had only done small scale theatre and village hall type stuff before. She sang a VERY big ballad, with emotional overtones (considering her personal position, also very close to home) in front of an audience that was going nuts .... all enough I would have thought to phase even a seasoned performer... but she kept going, she sold the song, and she didn't falter. There is absolutely NOTHING ordinary about that at all. The marketable story has nothing whatsoever to do with her own personal achievement. All power to her - it cannot have been an easy thing to do, whatever anyone may think of her voice, performance or personal looks and background. She is now faced with super-high expectations from the audience in the next round - and that will not be easy to live up to either. It will be interesting to see how she copes and what she delivers up ... but there is still nothing ORDINARY about what she achieved.