[PanicLord]

Originally Posted by CarylB

Darius sang and performed well in the final, arguably the best he's achieved since he first sang Non Piu Andrei, which as Meat said was when "it popped for him .. and why he's in the final".

Bernie was my pick, because she sang so well every week, and we watched her improve incredibly every week. From popstar to operastar, hers was the more impressive journey imo, and I was genuinely taken aback when they announced Darius had won, because although I rarely expect phone votes to reward the performer who I think has done best over all, I thought Bernie had such a strong public following that this time I could. (Mind you, he came through on a pretty indifferent performance last week and knocked out a brilliant voice, so perhaps that should have forewarned me .. but I took that as either partisan voting, or a lot of people apparently feeling like Andy .. lol)

So, a rather disappointing result I'd agree .. but no rights or wrongs .. just the odd nature of public phone voting. They both performed well on the night, and if that night alone was a basis it would be hard to choose between them. For me Bernie performed best over the 6 weeks .. hope to hear more opera from her :)

It's been a great show to me. Even without Meat being in it I would have really enjoyed it, but being able to watch him every Friday night has been a delight, his comments always point on and made me smile, his exuberance infectious, his obvious admiration for the effort all the performers put in and his delight in their successes heartwarming, his outfits stunning :), and his own performance of BOOH brilliant.

Whatever his thoughts about doing the show may have been beforehand, he embarked on it with the thoroughness you'd expect from him, made a great contribution (I sense behind the scenes as well as on screen) and seems to have really enjoyed it, and made new friends :) Friday nights will seem a little poorer to me now.

Caryl

Well said Caryl, I totally agree.