My reaction is pure logic. Yours is pure emotion. There is no place for this kind of stuff in competition.
It is a music competition. Music is all about emotions, you idiot! LOL Many, if not majority, of songs are about what you call "emotional crap" :D
btw, I have terminal cancer because nobody there gives a damn. Such things are reserved for doctors and priests.
Normal people do give a damn. Her song was about her life story. So, even from the point of view of the contest, it was important for her to share what this song was about. Thank to this I've understood the meaning of this song and why "it's OK". The song has become much more meaningful to me and more relatable. That's how normal people react to music and art in general. Song are often stories in a way. And if those stories are authentic, if singers know what they're singing about because they've been through stuff in life it makes their music more meaningful, authentic and relatable to people listening to their songs.
They didn't ask her, Do you have cancer?
No, but they asked her what she'd been doing for a living. And she answered that she wasn't working for the last years, because she was battling cancer. They also asked her about her song - what it's all about. So how are you supposed to say that your song is about battling cancer without saying that you have cancer, you idiot?
