Lets go back > Cher Press Conference recap before X Factor Final

I havent blogged for ages, just gettin to grip with it... gonna go back to the X Factor 2010 press conference and chat about that because it enforces the reason why Cher is an inspiration and why she deserves all the luck in the world/

Before the X-Factor final they all did there homecoming and a press conference. At the press conference Cher was abit shocked and clearly hurt by the news that there was a hate campaign against her, but Cheryl took over and said that they are all made to focus on the positive, then when asked how she rated her chances Cher said " I do expect to be going, its fine ive made it this far and im very lucky, cause i could have went a fair few weeks ago. but everybody here, they very much deserve to be here, and i know im not really gonna win it come on im the rapper, um not normally do people like me ever get a chance on the show so im very very glad that i've come this far." "I think people have misjudged me, yeh, im not the person that i get made out to be, but thats fine, i know who i am, and the people that know me know who i am."

For me this said a lot.. that she is a genuinely nice girl that has been given the chance to live her dream and she is fully aware of where she is and the greatness of the whole competition. The X Factor is the biggest talent competition in the UK at the moment and to get to the final is a big deal. bearing in mind that Cher hasn't been out of the papers for differennt reasons since her first audition aired, it must have taken very think skin and a very mature attitude to get as far as Cher did in the competition with all the stories about her.

Im not saying that no one else had negative press, i just feel that at the end of the day she is a 17 year old girl trying to achieve her dream and i don't think its right for people to put her down by publishing stories when 80% of them aren't even true. It must hurt because people create an opinion based on what they read about her in papers and stuff and if people are reading lies then they will percieve her to be something that she's not, so for a 17 year old to rise above all that the way that Cher did is admarible.

She may have had a few tantrums, but i believe it is because she is passionate about what she does, its good to stick to your values and not keep quite or change just because someone tells u to , i don't like how the media made a big deal out of things like her choosing to wear her own clothes or hanging round with lads from one direction, i understand they need stories to publish but when you see other contestants like Matt answering back to stories and getting mouthy it makes you respect Cher more for being able to ignore it all and not stoop to the level of the media.

yeh so the press conference made me respect her alot.