what a bad mother, promising her daughter victory and not coming through for her… 

this is the mindset we’ve created in this entitlement society…  when kids grow up coddled to the point that they are shielded from reality, such as protecting them from losing a soccer game by not keeping score, they freak out when faced with adversity in the real world… 

When the child is more mature than the adult judge, something is off.  Rachel is adorable and an AMAZING singer.  Susan Boyle didn’t win the X-Factor either, but has obviously been a huge hit. Rachel will be on Ellen and everywhere else soon enough. She’s crazy talented for her age.   

Nicole was embarrassing and probably should be replaced with someone else.

Uh, she’s a 13 year old adopted kid, who the article says had it pretty rough, competing for 5 million dollars. I’m a grown man but if I just lost a shot at 5 mil I might shed a little tear myself, in private to protect my machismo of course lol. The thing about children, they tend to start out entitled. Have you had a chance to comment on the John Stewart thread concerning Republican candidates who act as if Israel is entitled to our unquestioning aid in all forms?

I’m pretty sure Rachel said “you promise me?” when her mom said “it’s going to be okay”… I don’t think she was saying “you promised me.”

I certainly hope you aren’t looking for a reality show to provide a realistic reflection of the norm. Even if one were to go that route, this reaction is the anomaly. That’s why it made Mediaite. Most of the contestants handle the situation with more maturity, obviously. I’ve seen grown fighters cry, but it’s because they realize they messed up, and own their personal responsibility for that failure. If you want to look for something from a reality show, look at how it is popular to exploit people who want to work hard to achieve their dream, and how the ratings are in watching those dreams get crushed. For that look no further than former Republican front runner Donald Trump. The mans appeal for the last decade has been in firing people. He legally fought to make the phrase “you’re fired” his. How perverse is that to watch people getting fired week after week? 

This has got to be the stupidest, most over hyped ridiculous show on the planet. They are friggin singers moving on with a career regardless…. they’re not going to prison.

Check out 5:16, she says “you promise me?” and her mom says “I promise you it’s going to be okay” and Rachel says “you promise?”. She’s a great mom, she’s consoling her daughter, not promising her victory.

From that reaction I wouldn’t say she was more mature, but she is a child. I don’t know if that’s something judges are doing now for the theatrics (I caught a rare ep. of American Idol where J-Lo was on the same kick), but if you’re an adult contracted to do a simple job, you should probably do it. Her job is to judge, how could she not judge? I love that the audience didn’t let her off the hook and booed her. It seemed like she picked that girl just to kick the can down the road and pawn the decision off on the audience. What a cop out for someone getting paid to do that one thing. 

I’m not so sure we’re not all being gamed. This is a reality show. I guess it depends on just how talented the kid is. Is she just a good singer, or a good actor as well? I wouldn’t put anything past reality show producers.

Rachel was robbed of the top 4 position. She out sang Marcus and that
bimbo, Nicole didn’t have the spine to give the opinion they’re paying
her for. The X Factor Rachel Crow Eliminated (Cries) Full Video on December 8 http://su.pr/9BtSxV

Nicole deserved to be booed.  She took the easy way out so she would’t piss off LA and it backfired on her as she was sure the votes would go Rachel’s way.  She should be sacked, and I have full faith that Simon will do just that once this season is over.

Come on, once again Simon Cowell manipulates the coverage just like he did with Susan Boyle on all the NBC properties back when the X-Factor was a hit in the U.K.  I really admire Simon, he’s the Vince McMahon of the talent reality show.

uh, she was promised something, ostensibly victory, by her mother…  what else could it have been upon losing?… 

don’t recall seeing the stewart-gop-israel-entitlement thread…  have you had a chance to comment on any of the OWS entitlement threads?…  you probably went pretty easy on the 99% if you did, they’ve had it pretty rough themselves, competing for $5m by simply demanding it…

i’m not looking for anything, just making an observation…  but i will submit to you that “the apprentice” is far more instructive than watching simon cowell inundate the music industry with the hacks he parades thru his shows…

The Stewart thread is on mediaite. It was front page just this morning. I guess you missed it though. OWS? Do you have a problem with people pointing out the facts of the ever widening gap between rich and poor? You probably think a poor person has just as much influence on our laws and economy as a rich person, given your snide comment.

Getting back on track, you should evaluate how you come off using criticism of this kid to launch into your commentary on society. 

“this is the mindset we’ve created in this entitlement society… 
when kids grow up coddled to the point that they are shielded from
reality, such as protecting them from losing a soccer game by not
keeping score, they freak out when faced with adversity in the real
world…”

She’s a 13 year old adopted kid, who has already faced adversity, freaking out because she just lost her shot at 5 million dollars. What part of this aren’t you understanding? As someone else pointed out she is reaffirming her mother’s promise that everything is going to be okay when she asks, “You promise me?” That doesn’t even matter. There’s a reason the 13 year old child is the one who broke down like that. The reason is she’s a 13 year old child. That has nothing to do with an “entitlement society,” and everything to do with her being a child. If anything it is an illustration of the pressures of child stardom. This is what I can’t stand about those of you who rant and rave about the “entitlement society.” Instead of looking at that child as a human 13 year old girl who just lost out on making her life, and that of her family, exponentially better, you look at her as some object you’re going to make fit your preconceptions in order to extrapolate your point onto society as a whole. She’s a child. She has an excuse for not handling that situation like a mature adult. There is no excuse for your subsequent commentary.

Okay. Lol.

HONESTLY.. I dont watch these shows. THEY are the epitome of our nationally low IQ. I watched this clip and my first reaction. MY HONEST reaction was GUT BUSTING LAUGHTER.. once I calmed down, the honesty of her emotions did HIT ME and I felt touched by someone who is giving so much of herself that the let down was REAL in the way she responded. KUDOS to her for her talent and skill! BUT, for the sake of honesty, I just have to tell the truth.. LOL

That is exactly what she said – “You promise me.” when mother was saying “It is gonna be ok.” This is a BIG difference, since everyone is accusing mother for promissing her victory, WHICH IS NOT TRUE! I’m not from America, english language (us or uk) is not my native language and I could hear the difference! So stop blaming her mother! Stop blaming NIcole, since PEOPLE has voted her of and NOT Judges!!! It is easy to find a guilty goat in one person (Nicole) than search where REALY went wrong – PUBLIC DIDN’T VOTE FOR HER ENOUGH! It was not the first dead-lock that has happened in The X factor history and it will not be the last one, GUARANTIED! It was fair from my point of view to go to the dead-lock anyway, since I couldn’t choose from any of the top 12 since they are all extraordinary in their own way, and it was fair to let the desition to the public votes, but if the result was not the one you wanted, then it is not the right thing to blame Nicole, since she actualy gave the chance to the voters to deside who goes through and who doesn’t. So the one it should be boooed at is the public itself. I didn’t want to see anyone go since day one of the live shows, since, by my opinion, the first season of The X faxtor in america is extremely tiighten up, and all of the contestants are/were AWESOME. So much talent this year among top 13 (even in top 50), I’ve never seen in few years of The x factor arround the globe combined. So stop pointing fingers on judges and start voting for the acts you wish to win, since, as you could see, noone is save without YOUR support!

Regards from Slovenia.