Let me tell you that while the poignant story of her discovery was amazing, the woman is a POWERHOUSE.  Don’t be fooled for a moment that she is not a talent to be reckoned with as she approaches fifty and was only discovered within the last few years.  Her voice is unstoppable and there is absolutely nothing that could be done in a studio that could make her voice do the things that they do on her latest album.  Take a careful listen to “Return” on her latest album called “Someone to Watch Over Me”.  I also find that the song choice in this third full album of hers is quite deliberate and appropriate.  She continues to move people, and I think that’s what makes the difference between her and the fly-by-night dance troop that actually won the reality TV show she first appeared on.