Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5598112-20170914010126/@comment-33045419-20170915115359

Curious Poker Chip wrote: For everyone who is saying Darci is a shoe-in to win, every said the exact same thing about Susan Boyle and Jackie Evancho and take a look at what happened. Except look at the circumstances. Susan Boyle was hyped internationally as the Second Coming and that created a massive backlash from people who voted against the hype by voting against her. As well, Susan was not camera freindly and the attempts to make her so were artificial and wrong. I still shudder thinking of her in the leather jacket.

Jackie was and is a brilliant talent but sung a genre that did not attract a lot of support. Classical music is a speciality niche and those who like it are famously elitist and particular. Many classical music supporters claimed Jackie should not be performing due to her age and voted against her in protest.

Darci however is more like Grace Vanderwaal of last year. Grace initially got a tremendous boost by performing an original, that was sung in an engaging voice while accompanying herself on a quirky instrument that she played very well. Add into that a winning personality and a sense of humor and Grace had a lock after Howie hit the golden buzzer. She never stopped being that same girl in subsequent performances and her songs just kept getting better. Grace attracted a degree of protest votes, but not many.

The same is true of Darci now. Darci is a more seasoned performer than Grace, but she too shows the same natural talent, winning personality, consistency and quirky-ness. If Darci just sang, it would be a toss-up. But add in her ventriloquism to her singing talent and personality and everybody else is just fighting for second place. Darci is a lock and I am surprised Howie didn't hit the GB when he had the chance.