“Did they show concern at the onset that David might not be able handle success if it should come?”
i don’t think it is up to the judges to ask themselves that question; it is up to the parents; do the parents have that concern? i don’t think so; they have been entering david in talent contests for at least the last five years (star search)
david’s emotional immaturity showed during the period they were culling the top 24 down to the top twelve; he was so remorseful at the departure of one of the gals that, during her final song before leaving, he was trying to hide from the cameras, ducking behind the guy standing next to him - but, three or four times the cameras got him and he was really losing it; apparently that gal had caught the scene at least once on one of the monitors and immediately walked over to embrace david once her song ended
i appreciated his emotional honesty but understood he needs to, as a professional, reign the display of it in more - it does beg the question of maturity