Thanks Kel.
She really thought she was going to win it this year... until the next to last singer. I caught the two girls chatting right before everything started, can you tell why the other girl (who was an excellent singer, by the way, no question) won?
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To put things in context...
Everyone else was dressed like Jess was. Pirate shirts of all sorts and jeans. This girl? We found out that she was going to a formal Christmas dance this evening, so she was dressed for it (and she did look stunning... especially when you consider that she was 13. Yes, 13. ). So she stood out.
The three players who were judging weren't scheduled to be doing it. I don't know who was, but we found out a little while afterwards that John Candelaria (the alumni), for one, was originally scheduled to pose for pictures with the fans at one of the booths. What we suspect happened was... well, we also learned that 2 of the Pirates players got married today (obviously, not at Piratefest!! ). So, we think the people originally scheduled were no-shows because they were at one or the other of the weddings.
The players were clearly uninterested. Until this little girl stood up. (And to be fair, her age wasn't announced until after she was declared the winner). To be honest, I think she "won" before she sang a note... unless she'd stumbled badly, which she didn't. Now, she had a fantastic voice, she did botch the lyrics a little. I don't think they noticed. (Yes, I think the three judges were drooling more than a little bit... until she said she was 13, then they all looked a little embarrassed, as they should have been. Lechers.)
Jess is a little disappointed that she lost, again. But she has no problem with the winner. We can just hope that she does get a call, sometime during the season.
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