I'm sorry but the "saLmon" thing was over the top. It HAS to be an act and it's getting very annoying to me. She's cute and has much more personality than Carrie but is no where in the same league vocally. She'll sail through though........
That's what I say. She talked about salmon last night the same way she talked about calamari last week. Enough.
I am not sure it is an act. Kelli is sweet, cute, and naive with a decent voice. Vocally she can't win, but she will have the most loyal fan base carry her a long ways.
It's been an act since the beginning with her. It's a carefully cultivated image that helps her win pageants. Kind of like how surprised everyone was the Gomer Pyle could sing. He wasn't that great of a singer, but the contrast between Gomer and his singing was the hook. Same thing with naive Pickler and her "minx" image she has while singing.