simona

[horsestache1]

Should she have gone just because of her accent?

[bednobs]

yes

[Denise S.]

I was so pleased when Andrew Lloyd Webber asked her to audition for Evita !

[goldenfield]

Yes - many many thousands will see the show and they will want to hear every word - sadly Simona cannot sing or speak English well enough for the audience to hear every word she is saying.

[marwel7]

I think the main problem was time,they have just 8 weeks before the show opens and it will obviously take a lot longer for her to sort out her accent.

[beejaybee]

I don`t think she should have. After all the real Maria was Austrian.

[sarah_03uk]

I thought she was quite stroppy in the clips they showed during the live shows...that made me think she was unsuitable more so than her accent.

[bednobs]

and who is to say that people didnt vote for her just because of her accent?