JACKIE EVANCHO, voice of an angel

Friday
December 10, 2010

Jackie Evancho is a star.  All I can say is WOW! When I saw her for the first time, this little girl she absolutely blew me away—if you close your eyes, you might be fooled into thinking you were listening to voice of an adult woman, not even close, Jackie is all of ten-years-old and has poise and talent to spare.
     After Tatum O’Neal and Jodie Foster, lit up the screen in the seventies, I waited patiently for twenty-five years for Dakota Fanning to come on to the scene. The precocious little girl with the wispy blond hair and gravely sing-song southern voice, appeared first in I AM SAM and later in TAKEN.  I was not disappointed.  Since then, we've enjoyed a renaissance of sorts,  a mini-brat-pack if you will, consisting of Abigail Breslin, Anna Sophia Robb and Alison Stoner. All are very talented charming young women but none replaced Dakota. Alas, ever since Dakota Fanning hit sixteen, I’ve been in sort of a maudlin mood, watching and waiting for the next big thing. While I certainly don’t mean to imply that we are prepared to “jump ship” and hastily rename this blog Jackie Evancho: Viewpoint.  It's safe to say, Jackie has caught our interest.

     Little girls are by nature ephemeral creatures, it seems now we have Jackie as heir apparent, and I couldn’t be more pleased. This young lady is destined to become the next Charlotte Church or Sarah Brightman. Let me rephrase that, because I really hate comparisons, the way Dakota was always being compared to Jodie Foster, I found this annoying.  Jackie is a huge talent in her own right, she’s Jackie Evancho, and no comparisons are necessary. I am confident Jackie will develop her own style and bring her own uniqueness to the “classical crossover” of which she is already well on her way to mastering.

     Okay, let’s get this out of the way first and upfront. It goes without saying that Jackie didn’t win America’s Got Talent. This is a lame show with lame performers and looser judges who think themselves clever but if the truth be told don’t know their ass from a hole-in-the-ground. The proof is in the pudding, the one contestant who comes on the show that REALLY does have talent and what happens?  She looses, to whom? Michael Grimm, well the joke is on Mr. Grimm and the millions of people who voted for him. Grimm, isn't worth the powder to blow him up, and is destined for the dusbin of history. Michael Grimm who?  I’m sure in the moment young Jackie was disappointed, crushed, in hindsight; this represents not a loss but a blessing in disguise. Jackie is free to pursue her career unfettered by the constraints of any manipulative AGT contract. Her career is sure to soar!     
     Our Jackie on the onther hand gets to enjoy the last  laugh, her debut album O HOLY NIGHT has already gone platinum! Jackie performed for President Obama at Lincoln center for the lighting of the National Christmas tree. Let's listen to this wonderfully talented young girl. Yeah, Jackie!