Material Girl

Evelyne Brink debuted on live TV last night as the Material Girl herself and discovered first-hand what reality television is all about. She glided her way through the MTV video routine to the 80's Madge classic in one perfect take. And she sang through her secret heart-ache of loosing her 98 year-old Pappy just 24 hours earlier.

She was the sixth performer to take to the stage and found that judges David and Carrie Grant had just been warming up. Carrie had warned Britney tribute act Tara that the competition would be split into those that sing and sound like their idols and those that have to dance and sing. When Eve came face-to-face with the vocal coaches, Carrie took the opportunity to stress her point again by giving our Material girl a dressing down. Whilst Graham Norton made the equivalent of a goalkeeping howler by stating that Madonna herself isn't a very good singer.

The first few acts on last night's The One and Only had been show openers, easing the licence payer into their Saturday night entertainment and receiving faint praise (lord only knows what Simon Cowell would have had to say about Ed's Elton or Tony's Robbie if X-Factor had been pulling the strings). Once Beeb viewers were settled-in, David and Carrie took it in turns to stick the knife in to Rod, Kylie and Tom Jones and push for ratings.

Our Material girl has a great voice, is a true entertainer and should not have been in the bottom two last night. She survived because her fellow contestants voted to keep the greater of the two remaining talents. As the competition hots up, how long will it be before they start to vote strategically?

Evelyne needs the public's vote to go far in this competition. She is battling against larger fan bases, local community backing and school children support from different parts of the country. In today's reality TV, it is no coincidence that the X-Factor final was England versus Scotland, versus Wales. Evelyne needs the support of those that believe she's the more talented. She needs votes from Madonna fans that wish to see her perform a back-catalogue of classics every Saturday night. And most of all she needs votes from anyone and everyone that knows her.
I spoke to Eve on Wednesday as she was being put through a full dress rehearsal of Material Girl. She is so excited to have been given this opportunity. Lets help her to achieve her dream.
Check out Evelyne's performances as Madonna