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Originally posted by Zee
I don't think it's fair to prohibit them. I'd much rather see a ten year old girl live her dream rather than waste away the next six years of school wishing she could be a singer until she could actually compete in a competition, if such an age restriction was put in place. I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages; a talented ten year old may well get signed up by a company and dropped again; but they still have to complete their education so it's not the end of the world for them if it goes pear shaped within two years. If it doesn't, then the kid's clearly going to be successful, you know? I was annoyed that they put Hollie through on what was basically a sympathy vote, but she proved her worth in the final, and there have been so many talented children on the show that it's hard to argue against; but I think kids benefit from the 'cute' factor, which is highly unfair to the adults competing in these shows.
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No I don't agree Hollie got through on sympathy vote at all. I think she was genuinely second best on the night with or without her situation. The fact she never even managed to top the voting despite everything that happened says it all about a so called sympathy vote, if it was the case she would've got through by public vote. But obviously when that does happen its a lose lose situation. If she did get through people are going to moan that it was sympathy vote whereas if she doesn't get through they're going to moan about wasted talent.