Had she been saved three times like Saara?

Rach is hugely talented as she has shown since she was in the show. They didn't have a scoby doo when they sent her home at such an early stage.

She's doing fine on hollyoaks.😂

In all seriousness though, she was booted out way too early. She had the potential to go all the way.

No, because Rachel was drowning in self pity by week 3 and looked defeated when landing in the sing off again in Week 4.
The reason why Saara is so different and has rebounded spectacularly is because of her winning, positive attitude. Simon even alluded to it tonight. She has taken so many knocks but has never looked defeated, and because of it she has won over the British voting public. It would have been easy for Saara to simply "resign" to her fate like Ryan did this series, but she didn't and is an inspiration to all.

The public would have thought she had "an attitude" by now.

I think she might a1uire 10 points if she was in the Eurovision.