I love it

Looks fine from my point of view

Ciao mafiosi. Now we know: Baby Dragon is an artist!

Dan is Dot

Who can up with that saying? Whoever did was a genius

Been reading Dan's Facebook page. Felt awful: it read like she had cut all her hair off - her beautiful hair. Turns out she was referring to Hair the musical, so that's all right then.

Humble message to the massive talent that is la Speranza: please take care with your spelling, punctuation and capitalisation!!

Sadly I cannot claim the credit. I remember seeing loads of Dan4Dot postings on Youtube during OTR. DHF perhaps? Defo a stroke of linguistic genius, Apollonia.

lol to me it was obvious what she was referring to everyone should know she's obsessed with hair!!!! ahh she starts arts ed tomorrow! must be excited

I always thought it was dhf. Whoever it was, they came up with an unforgettable saying!

Right heres another Danielle related question (keeps the thread moving ).

Who would you say was the biggest threat for Danielle?

Talent wise probably steph or lauren (although I think danielle voice and acting especially was just as good)

Crazy public vote wise probably sophie and stephanie, too bubbly and seemingly nice girls ( especially sophie). I really felt for sophie when they kept badgering her too " go further" etc it was like kicking a puppy.

Haha, that made me lol.

I'd have gone berserk if Stephanie made it through to the final she annoyed me so much (wont go into detail because its not very nice).

Steph all the way. She was a true triple tread. She could sing, dance and act. For me she was the only one to do all 3 of them greatly and the others had a flaw in at least 1 of those things

Great question, Consigliere! As a nervous Dan fan I saw danger from every quarter:

Steph: major triple threat. Scary.
Lauren: technically the best voice in the competition.
Sophie: great voice with Welsh block vote.
Jessica: could eradicate the memory of Judy Garland!
Stephanie: great singer. Looked the part.
Bronte: great singer. Looked the part if ever a blonde could.
Jenny: Scottish block vote.

So who's left? Only Amy and Emilie. I never saw them as threats.

Do you also mean Dan had a flaw in one of those things?

For me my biggest fear was that Dan would end up in a sing off with Lauren. Because Lauren had the experience and an amazing voice I always worried that he would choose Lauren as the 'safer' option :s thank goodness this never happened! I was also worried about Danielle being in a sing off with Steph cos sometimes ALW was a little unpredictable when saving people and especially cos Steph beat Stephanie. Again this never happened thank goodness! Sophie was obvs a threat in the final when it was just on viewers votes but Danielle came through and won and that's the main thing

VIVA LA SPERANZA!!!!

Reading between the lines of ALW in Hello, he would have saved la Speranza over anyone. However, he did save Lauren over Bronte as the safe option. It makes sense in these casting shows to have a safe option as standby.

yes i do. I don't think her singing wasn't that good. Steph, Lauren and Sophie have a better voice then her

I was thinking the same thing.. i think Danielle was always safe in ALW's opinion. But i think as far as 'threat's' would go, Sophie and Lauren. They're both really talented people as well, they deserved to be in the final too

I think from the moment ALW said " you'll paint the road ruby one day" danielle was his dorothy and nothing except the public vote could stop it from happening.

But if danielle had of ended up in the sing off against the so called triple threats, he could have been under pressure to hide his preference ( not they he really did that throughout the series)

Agreed. Dan was the chosen one and that was that. So in reality, the only threat was Sophie in the final. The public could easily have chosen her. After all, the public have reacted against teacher's pets in the past.

I know where you're coming from, but I wouldn't describe Dan's singing as a 'flaw' exactly. Were there technically better voices in the competition? Yes. Would I rather listen to these technicaly better voices? No.

i'm not so sure so thank goodness we didn't have to put it to the test!!! i always had that nagging feeling that lauren would always have the edge cos of her voice :S

o i disagree. Her voice might not have been perfect and the most polished but it was raw and young and honestly I fell in love with it. She managed to convey emotion within her voice which in my opinion is more than anyone else did.

agreed completely!!!!

I was thinking of a flaw as something a girl could not do. For example, it was obvious Jenny couldn't dance. With Dan's singing, although we can debate who was the best (Lauren?), no one could say Dan can't sing. So Dan was a triple threat for sure.

yes that's right. Although tbh I never really noticed Jenny's dancing! I was too busy looking at Dan I don't think Danielle was technically the best at singing but I loved her voice and to me there was something special about it. The way she also acted and sometimes danced really made a performance as much as the singing. When someone just sings but doesn't act and dance my eye is drawn away from them. So really it's not always about the voice as long as it's competent and can hold a tune unlike ermm emilie ...

I'm glad to see the question has sparked an interest in everyone, there is a real debate going on now

I agree with burnttoastsad about Danielle's voice, when listening to everyone through I-pod or phone Danielle's is the one voice that actually has an elegance to it. You could argue that Lauren's voice is superior, but I find it too overpowering and can be harsh on the ear (my opinion only, doesn't make it correct).

On the subject of whether ALW would have saved Danielle no matter who she was up against, I don't think that so. Earlier in the series Danielle wasn't as 'grounded' in ALW's favourite books, he definitely liked her but he still had his eye on other girls. After Mambo sort of area, I do think that he had decided Danielle was his choice (yet again my own opinion) and would have saved her no matter who she was up against.