"considering the source." Just what is your problem? There's nothing wrong with this source!

I suspect she'll have to take a broad, lowest common denominator pat to win that prize. For all that "Memory" is a popular and rather schmaltzy song at this point, I really respect some of the singers who have performed it. Low hanging fruit, know what I mean? This is a calculated effort, to win the hearts of the folks entitled to vote.

I'd love to hear her do jazz, and more of the blues, based on that performance of "Cry Me A River." So far that is really her best performance (of the few we have to go by). Kurt Weill, Bernstein, Sondheim, and a lot of other more sophisticated songs await.

SRS