Lox, again, you're wrong. I'm projecting nothing. I've listened to her interviews, I'm not reporting something imagined. Why do you need to turn pleasure at this development into a character flaw of anyone who professes to enjoy her voice and understand her story?

Your comment above refers to your emotional response, and you are projecting onto her your belief about what her motives are and about who you think she is - It may be coincidence that the personality you are attributing to her is the same that is being hyped in the media.

I don't know Ant and Dec from anyone. I'm really not interested in the tears or smiles of the judges. I watched Susan as she delivered the song. And I've listened to her very nice version of Cry Me A River. If you don't know how to filter out the noise (the above mentioned tears and smiles and remarks), I don't know how you're going to understand the point I'm trying to make, or even understand why many people are so pleased with her performance.

Her premature stage exit isn't something I alone remarked upon; if you read through these threads and other conversations, you'd know that the first performance was a challenge to herself to get out there to sing in front of a large audience. Her voice teacher urged her to do it. While that performance is NOW a turning point in a more complex story, this story from that point is not something that Susan expected. I saw the Paul Potts performance, and am aware that his career has been launched from a similar contest stage performance. I don't know how Susan compares herself to Potts, or if she thought she had a chance because he made it. Interviews haven't covered that question. To pronounce the entire program and system as corrupt, calloused, calculating, whatever, is stating the obvious. If you see the performers and viewers as equally corrupt or their reactions suspect, then perhaps very little makes you happy in this day and age.

SRS