I think someone could be a bit forgiven for over reacting about havin a life threatening disease. If you cannot over react about that then what can you over react about?

Not necessarily. Elton John has a very idiosyncratic style of singing which you either love or hate (I hate). So half expecting the song to be sung in an Elton John style wouldn't necessarily help in judging the merits of an interpretation.  Crocodile Rock is one of those songs that hasn't been covered very often, if at all, so Elton's version remains the undisputed version. In a way, having preconceptions of how a song should be performed introduces bias into judging.  An avid Elton John fan would actually be the worst person to judge an interpretation of Crocodile Rock.

But she was never certain to die, she was sobbing just telling the story of her illness,  she made out she has a life ending illness.

I've got to say when I heard the news, my first thought was not that she might die. Living in Nigeria, I saw a lot of people having Malaria (usually the ones who didn't take the medication), in fact our doctor told us that we all had about 30% of the disease in us without ever becoming the full blown thing. I never heard of anyone dying, as long as they were treated quickly. The reall tragedy is that people make such a fuss about Cheryl, but not the millions that do die because they don't have the cash for either mosquito nets and/or medication. Seeing that she knows what it feels like, it might be a nice gesture to contribute some her millions to people who can't afford to save their lives and before anybody says it, yes she might have done it quietly, but that's not really her style.

The point is, whether Cheryl was actually at risk of dying or not. the point is she had a potentially life threatening illness which must be frightening.

,quote:It is estimated that mosquitoes have killed more human beings than all wars, famines and natural disasters combined - more humans than are alive today. 3-6 million people each year die from malaria alone, and up to 100 million are sickened annually. This is just from 1 disease transmitted by mosquitoes.)
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unfortunately I can't find the source of this quote but I have read this on more than one occasion.

I think she said she's going to do something about it, but remember about a year before she had Malaria she did climb Kilimanjaro to raise money for that exact thing.

Surely though the people that die of maleria are poor people that cannot afford or have access to doctors or medication not people that have access to both and probably the best doctors at that. And I would also say it is hugely self indulgent to sit and weep over an illness you had.

Totally agree with you.

That quote is from the American Mosquito Control Association.

She is not the only one to not be familiar with a song from the show. Simon and Louis have said the exact same thing before.

I do remember being completely shocled by a song that louis didn't know but i can't remember what it was now.

I like shocled it has more impact than shocked!

Oops...

He he funny

Cheryl was told it was life threatening - I'd have been pretty upset by that. Give her a break.

I nearly died on my 1st IVF ( I didn't know anyone could die from having IVF but thankfully to the doctors and nurses I didn't) I went on to have 6 more IVF knowing the dangers to me and became very, very ill in most of them...

It's a story to tell which most people love to hear about - I think the Cheryl/Malaria thing is just that.

I don't think so - I think it is being human.
How many people are giving life threatening/life changing illnesses and break down for a while?

Perhaps you didn't mean it like that though.

At the time but months later?

The thing is Croc, people react to illness in different ways.

Some people are incredibly stoic and just take a deep breath in and get on with it.

Others just can't and yes do go on and on and on...

And I agree it can be incredibly annoying but it is their copying strategy.

We all have different ways of coping.

Now in Cheryl's case, she probably thought being young and pretty and rich made her somewhat invincible. The fact that it didn't and she still got this rotten illness has knocked her for six and to be fair we really don't know what goes on behind the scenes.

But its not like she still has it...its done and dusted...

That's true.... I suppose I was talking about REAL people lol xxx

I understood that there is no way of removing the parasites and they can actually remain in the body.

Never underestimate Malaria it is a killer her mother was told she was going to die no mother would make that up, I am not a big fan of Cheryl she is a very emotional woman and if she cried so what..

It's odd isn't it? Yet whether Elton thinks the show is rubbish or not, I suspect that lots of people on here watch it and I know that advertisers are queuing up to advertise within it. Cowell has to keep picking bland  inoffensive pap though, he has I think already chosen Queen, Abba, Madonna amongst others and will eventually run out of acts which pass the Old Grey Whistle test.

she's the same age as me and I've heard it...

^ this

That's the problem with you southerners and ancillary people south of Thirsk, Saz.
Yer hate us top-righters.

isn't wor Cheryl a Suvvna now?

Jus' like the hamburger shot duo?

Does that mean 'isn't our Cheryl a Southener now?'

It does Cologne Joe was calling me a Southerner cos I live 'south of Thirsk' now, but I'm an escaped top-righter myself

Aye! Sorry! There was meant to be a little joke there. I will return to the day job.

Well, I'm all over the place being German, Living in Scotland and then down the South West.
BTW, I keep meaning to ask, has anybody ever told you you look like Julia Roberts? If not, they should have.

ah the pic is of Anne Hathaway - a couple of people said I look like her  (pfft, I wish! ) so I put her pic on here when we first moved over... I had one of me on recently, I may change it back to me if I'm feeling brave later