Who's your superstar?

I saw one of the Chinese papers today. It had a hotline that allowed readers to voice their feedback and I saw an entry which made me angry. The reader was responding to Project Superstar. He said that next year there will be many disabled persons participating in the contest because they just need to rely on sympathy votes and win the contest. Now, what was that suppose to mean?! If he was just taking a dig at Weilian, I am fine but he practically referred to all persons with a disability! That to me is demeaning, and it just shows that he looks down on them! With Weilian wining Project Superstar, I know that there is a lot of feedback. Some people think that he won on symapathy votes. But I absolutely don't think so. Perhaps this was true in the initial stages of the contest but when Weilian proceeded to the semi-finals, I don't think this was the case anymore. Alright, he may not have the best vocals but essentially this is a contest based on the votes of the audience. In my opinion, will you be willing to spend 2 months of your time and spend so much money on just sympathy knowing that none of the money goes to Weilian? I don't think so. Besides that, if he really depended on symapthy votes, I don't think he would have won the contest with such a big margin. Frankly speaking, Weilian has mass appeal. If you look at the other contestants, it is true that some of them have better vocals but most of their fans are teenagers. But for Weilian, he has supporters from the youngest to the oldest. And not to forget, his supporters from listening to him singing at the MRT stations. For those of us who have heard him sing at the MRT stations, we know that he has a voice that touches the hearts of people. Every time when he sings at the MRT station, there will be lots of people surrounding him. The only time that I stopped to see buskers would be listening to Weilian and the little boy that played drums outside Paragon. So for those who are still sore over Weilian winning the contest, grow up and stop behaving in a childish manner. I know that this is Project Superstar and each one of us has a criteria who is befitting of a superstar, someone who is good-looking without disability. Weilian does not meet the qualities but he still won because he won the hearts of the people. He can't see but he sees and sings with his heart and that makes the difference. He might not be as successful as other singers but at least he tried. How many of us is that willing to go for our dreams like him? He had to withstand criticism and brickbats on national television but yet he showed a positive attitude. He marched on with all the criticism and emerged as a winner. He showed me what is 残而不废.