Britain's got brats

I agree with Crash in that children shouldn't be exposed on TV for various reasons.

And as far as being harsh on Holly, little 6-year old Connie Talbot managed to get through live performances (and some flops) on that show without being as a hint of annoying as much as Holly is. Granted Connie may not have been old enough to understand pressure / stage fright, but at least her mum had respect enough to stay off the stage during Connie's performances unless told by the stage crew. The minute Holly's mum showed up and asked for a second chance for her daughter on camera, it gave all the permission Holly needed to go on a tantrum-fit if she didn't get one. (The crowd booing at the fact the producers were being realistic with the time issue probably fed that as well.)

At least in my mind, that's how brats are bred. Holly probably has no clue that she's effectively being bred to be a brat, but that's what I see from that 3 minute clip.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by a lurker

Six year old girls are barely aware that boys have dicks, and you're making some sort of judgment on the quality of her character versus some other kid?

Not judging, observing.

Originally Posted by a lurker

I'm glad you could tell that from watching a twelve year old at their worst.

*shrugs* I've seen plenty of kids aged 3 to 18 perform in singing / piano recitals and competitions, and the ones that react like Hollie usually are very much spoiled. Hollie's mom was a classic example of what feeds that behavior and I simply mentioned that it was clearly visible in that unfortunate instance. The moment mommy showed up, Hollie because completely incapable of having any dignity as a performer.

Izanagi pretty much nailed it: usually ANY performing arts lesson incorporate some form of function that installs some amount of guts to deal with stage fright. I imagine with a pageant mom like Hollie's, the ones she's been sent to are quite expensive.

Twelve years old? She's old enough that she would have at LEAST have had a handful of years with lessons like that. And still acting like a baby? I'm sorry, this poor child is on a solid track to spoiled-bratdom. Call me judgmental, but I've seen enough children perform even more professionally and adequately than some ridiculously paid idols (who was that one chick that lip-sang on SNL and made a sorry excuse later that she had a sore throat?); after a while you just recognize patterns.

That said, amen to what Crash said:

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

This little whiner deserved to be sent packing for her own failure to perform as would be expected a bonafide star.

There's nowhere I can't reach.