Friday, October 26, 2012

Stand for Something

My twin brother and I are huge X Factor fans. We were both extremely both moved and inspired by Jillian Jensen's your heartfelt performance on X Factor of Jessie J’s song “Who You Are.” It took an enormous amount of courage for Jillian to get to this point in her career. You see, Jillian was extremely bullied in middle school and high school. It started in 7th grade when she was offered drugs and did the right thing and reported him. After that she started to be bullied, being an easy target as she is so open with her music. She ended up inspiring the judges, the entire audience, the other contestants in the holding room, never mind the millions of viewers (over 8 million at the time of this post).

Then during the final elimination round before the "Live Shows" she was eliminated by Demi Lovato.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZAgJeeiSaI

So rather than just sit still my brother and I were inspired to create a petition:
http://www.causes.com/causes/798484-bring-back-jillian-jensen-back-to-the-x-factor-usa/actions/1694845

Jillian has a tattoo of the words "STAY STRONG".

Hopefully the petition helps FOX producers bring her back with a wild card.

Remember to stay focused on your dreams and they all will come true. No matter what happens from now on in the competition, wild card or not, rest assured that Jillian will have accomplished so much in the way of inspiring others, especially victims of bullying. Where your preparation, passion and performance meet is where "luck" happens. Hopefully Jillian will get "lucky" with another chance. Jillian sings from the heart and will win over so many people around the world. ).

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693819/x-factor-jillian-jensen-demi-lovato.jhtml (online MTV news story)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmUL72dIbTA&feature=rellist&playnext=1&list=PLOSNEPWDY5YZDIA7DOFHCASL6Y0UGVNIM (the performance that changed it all and inspired millions)