Originally Posted by robbleona:
“She came up with the goods (again) when needed on saturday.
I don't think she is as desperate to win as the others though...she reminds me in that respect of sophie last year.....just hope her showdance goes better than the one brendan put together!!”
Yes I think that's the nail on the head, if you saw ITT review you can see nerves, you can tell her confidence isn't as high as Caroline, who is desperate to win. I think Caroline whilst enjoying it, also sees it as a career move, a bit like Susannah Reid, Caroline needs to reinvent herself, her TV career has been on the smaller channels, she wants at her age to become a TV personality host her own show and get big bucks on the back of it. That desire drives her.
Frankie seems to be content to do it, and then go back to the Saturdays, yes she will say she is pleased to be in the final, but it would require a lot to convince her she has any chance of winning, so her confidence, or lack of, will have an effect in the end, they says she is technically correct most of the time, but you can see her fear of lifts, before it, snd sometimes looks down.
For someone who has suffered from depression in the past ( like Simon) she has done very very very well, she is an inspiration, but her confidence is the edge she is missing, I think for example last Saturday it was her who said I can't do sexy ( she could if she had the confidence) and go for the toys and dolls dance instead in a different take.
She pushed the boundaries on the AT for her very well, but it's the spark, the " watch me I am it" that she has to get, Caroline has the confidence the overall I am it. And this is why Frankie is in a group with the security, rather than a solo performer that she could do or a lead in a west end show, with the dance and the voice, but she wouldn't like being exposed,
So she puts her own limitations on herself, she has for her done very well and against it deserves it, put would have to take Caroline on, full on to win.
She needs to put the nerves in a box, close the lid lock them away, go for broke, have the desire and confidence, then and only then win it, and become a solo performer in her own right.