[joeysteele]

Well, she shouldn't open up the conversation to that very point of hearing sob stories, once you say to someone 'what made you apply for the show' you then open the door to those very sob stories, such as 'my Father was very ill he wanted me to do it' etc,.

Ask them by all means what they do,their age, where they are from and then have them get on with the performance. No need to expand the converstaion to bring in these sob stories as she calls them.

I hope because she is the only remaining judge now of the original 3 that she hasn't developed delusions of grandeur that it is now actually her show.