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This girl is 12 years old for goodness sake! Geesh!

We're talking Amateur Hour here. There are occasional kids her age who actually compete with adults. I didn't get to hear Sara Chang (violinist) when she was nine years old but I have a recording she made at that age. It's very impressive. I heard Hillary Hahn (also a violinist) play with the NY Philharmonic when she was 14, and while I didn't think she was on the same level as Perlman and Mutter, she really was damn good. The only reason to put forward the performance of a 12 year-old is to compare her to adults. This one doesn't make it, at lease so far as classical singing is concerned.

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Silly me! Here I thought I was watching a show that gives ~amateurs~ of any age the opportunity to show that they have the talent and the potential to make it in the bigtime. Umm, yup, those 6 year olds that they're allowing on the show in the UK definitely "compare" to adults! This 12 yo has been singing in her bedroom, with no training. I'd say she has real potential with training. What a snobby thing to say ~ "We're talking Amateur Hour here."