Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Connie Talbot
She has a Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En0A8KGMgq8 from the preliminary contest with well over 8 million views, and several others totalling collectively in the millions as well. As an internet meme, she thus beats out Bus uncle and Obama girl who appear to have had fewer views of their Youtube appearances. She lost the final, but got a fair amount of press coverage for the cancelled record deal, with surprisingly, little about the actual appearance or the Youtube phenomenon. Multiple independent and reliable substantial coverages would satisfy . The Mail in June talked about her in the competition and said "On Monday night, seven million viewers saw her sing 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' at the reality show's Birmingham auditions. She received a standing ovation and left the programme's three judges, Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan, speechless".  http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=&in_page_id=1773. http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/2007/08/13/cowell-drops-singing-sensation/ from Express and Star says she "reduced millions of viewers to tears with her version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow, which also became an overnight hit on internet site YouTube." The Philadelphia Inquirer online site http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20070815_Tattle___Child-porn_charges_for_Law___Order_actor.html and Reuters Canada http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=-14T183319Z_01_N14420521_RTRIDST_0_ENTERTAINMENT-COWELL-COL.XML say that Billboard had a story about Simon Cowell cancelling her record deal.  Clearly if she had won the competition, or had a successful recording career, it would be an easier call
— User:Edison, 19:54, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
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