Jessie Buckley isn’t Nancy

I am English and I supported Jessie throughout the competition. I agree that she was at a disadvantage when the lines closed so soon after her performance. She was also disadvantaged by the fact that viewers in the Irish Republic were not given a vote. How unfair is that? jessie worked her socks of to deal with every criticsm from the panel each week. In the final it all came together. She gave as faultless a performance as it was possible to give. Her duet with Gwion was an absolute gem and the rest of her performance even drew the grudging approval of her fiercest critics on the panel. Lord Webber and Cameron Mackintosh were denied their Nancy by a combination of a strong northern English vote and an unfair voting system. I feel certain that they will not let Jessie out of their sight and that we shall see her shining talent on the West End stage, probably as the next Nancy. My bum can hardly wait to fill that seat.

I live in Scotland, and agree with every word Michael has said. From the first show, I selected Jessie as the most likely winner, and as the weeks went by she confirmed my faith.

Somehow though, in the back of my mind I had a feeling the UK audience would eventually go for Jodie, if only because of her age. Nevertheless, Jessie was the supreme star of the final, as so clearly evidenced by the comments of Andrew and Cameron. The viewing public should by all means pass their votes, but at the end, it should be the producer who has the final say as to who has the part.

Jessie’s got bigger fish to fry!

I don’t have any details, but every agent and casting director watches this show. Which means that there is usually something for all the finalists to do.

Jessie not winning is another example of why the public should not be allowed to vote in general elections!!!!

No Alex, that is not what is being said. What I mean is that in any competition the playing field should be level. That is that everyone is given an equal chance. The Isle of Man could vote for Sam, and did. She didn’t win. Blackpool and the rest of Lancashire could vote for Jodie, and did. On the other hand no-one in Jessie’s home town, Killarney let alone County Kerry were allowed to vote for her. Why? The answer is in this week’s Radio Times. It is BBC policy not to allow voting from outside the UK because outsiders do not pay a licence fee. You can send us your finest talent for our competitions but we aint Gonna let you vote for them. For all I or you know there may have been people in Ireland wishing to vote for Jodie or Sam. I am not suggesting for one moment that had there been an Irish vote then Jessie would have won. On the voting system operating on the night Jodie won fair and square. It was not her fault that her competion was deprived of an equal chance in the final.
As for the perfomances on the night. John and Tamsin said to Jessie that she had not been consistent throughout the series and therefore she did not deserve to win. That is like telling the team that scores the most goals in the cup final, that they are not the winners because their opponents played better in the previous rounds. That is just plain barmy. You might just as well scrub round the final altogether. In my humble opinion, for what it’s worth, I think that Jessie performed better than the other two in the final. Although the British public have got it right in the previous competitions I do honestly believe that on this occasion we got it wrong. I am English and I’ve lived here all my life. In the recent Britain’s Got Talent competition I have seen a phenomenally talented young girl in my home town voted out of the top three. Her name is Faryl Smith. Remember that name. The British public got it wrong again.

jessie without a doubt should have won, anyone with ears can tell that she has a much better voice!! I think that the emotion in jessie’s preformances is incredible, very believeable. On the other had jodie’s emotion is kind of samey!! I cant believe that the majority of the british public actually liked jodie better!! i refuse to believe it, jessie was just in another league compered to her!! Jessie will always be my nancy!!