Originally Posted by mixedmedia

Not to take away from this woman's talent or the reaction of the audience, but wouldn't Simon Cowell have known about her by the time she walked out on the stage? She had to audition and it's his show, after all...I find it hard to believe there was no heads up.

Originally Posted by Pacifier

Bah, I think the Jurys reaction is somewhat staged. They hat the same, from "Oh, so you worthless scum think you can think" to "OMG, you can really sing" reaction when Paul Potts was there. Either those arrogant pricks haven't learned or it is staged.

Originally Posted by little_tippler

I didn't find this woman particularly surprising, she sings beautifully but her voice does not have that special quality like some others who have amazed audiences in these shows, such as Paul Potts (far superior than this performance I'd say) or Leona Lewis (but of course, she's beautiful, so it's not news).

What I mean is, while she has a great voice, she sang it similarly to the way many other great singers might, and the voice wasn't out of this world. Maybe she could have chosen a better song.

She was on the evening news here, just because omg this rather odd looking lady can sing really well - how impossible . Paul Pott is far more amazing to me because he not only has a great voice, it also has a special timbre that others do not. That is what I find breath-taking, not the fact that someone who doesn't have classic good looks can sing well.