I'm so so soooo happy Jodie won! I don't get why everybody was for Jessie... Ok, she sure is pretty, but I always thought Jodie was a better singer, and much more believable in her performances. But of course that's just my opinion. I've been rooting for Jodie since the beginning. Just because her performances really move me, something I couldn't say about a lot of the other girls. And frankly, I thought she just deserved it, just because I can imagine it was hard for her to get rolls because of her weight. Jessie will get there anyway.

So... I was very pleased!! Unfortunetly I won't be able to watch the show, since well, I don't live in the UK and don't have the money to go and visit just for the show, haha!

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I thought both Andrew and Cameron's comments were incredibly detrimental to Jessie, as they were both attempting to curry favour with the viewers. If you watch the closing credits you will see just how inconsolable Jessie was, with the blame lying squarely at Andrew's and Cameron's feet for buliding up this Jessie's hope, that she was a shoe in for the role of Nancy.

Unfortunately, for them both we voted for Jodie. If people are gonna pay upward of £65 for a ticket, they are gonna want to listen to a voice that has emotion, a rough diamond/heart of gold quality, and finally consistency.

Previous winners have had two things in common - consistently good and consistently improving.

of the show but the final was interesting, i wasn't paticularly rooting for either of the girls, i just didn't want sam to win as i felt she wasn't nancy! but i didn't really mind between jessie and jodie.

but i was pissed off when andrew lloyd webber and cameron mackintosh were slightly rude to her after she won, saying that they would've liked jessie. andrew lloyd webber organises these things and he knows perfectly well that the public vote for the winner so he has no right to complain publicly about who wins and make the winner feel less special for their amazign feat!

I'm not exactly happy with the outcome. Sure I think that Jodie is talented and has a nice voice but I found her over the top and frankly... boring. I really felt that Jessie could have provided a fresh take on Nancy but at the end of the day I do understand that with the amount of cash people fork out for theatre seats it would be much safer to have Jodie as she seems the more capable with her maturity...

I was shocked at Andrew and Cameron's comments though, especially Camerons! How unprofessional! He did look quite foolish though when it was Jodie who won.

I don't agree with you at all about Jodie deserving to win - she's got a good voice and everything but I was quite often bored by her performances - I never was by Jessie's. To me she's a bit washed-up as well, way too old to play the Nancy that Cameron Mackintosh was looking for - a much more youthful and raw Nancy closer to the Dickens than the film. And Jessie's final performance completely surpassed Jodie's on emotion and memoribility - it sent shivers down my spine.

Still, better her than Sam "dead eyes".

I had to comment as i can't believe how negative this was about Jessie! she has the je ne sais quoi quality that Jodie could never have. the duet being brilliant had everything to do with Jessie AND Gwion, not just Gwion. She was truly amazing in it - everything - her singing, movement, facial expressions, connection with Gwion. Distracted and over the top? i really didn't see it. i think it was one of the best performances of the whole series!

As for Jodie's with Laurence - OH DEAR! She looked so old compared and it just looked all wrong! Nancy should be a few years older than Oliver - not 20! and it was very boring and predictable.

I think that Cameron's and The Lord's comments were completely justified. The only reason why i'm ok with Jessie not getting the role is because I know she will get a bigger and better one! I can't wait!

I WAS going to get a ticket for this show - like i was nearly 100% going to go thinking it would be someone I would really look forward to..but unfortunately I'm not going to go anymore. I don't dislike Jodie, I just don't have any desire to see her perform. I didn't really think about it before..but i realised as soon as she won that I just wasn't interested in going, which is a pity.

I find it so interesting that we have such a difference of opinion. I'm so suprised that Jodie was seen by anyone as Nancy - never mind the majority. it really makes me wonder. she was talented, i'll give her that - but she couldn't touch Jessie if she tried - and I think she even knew that herself in the final seeing as her performances just merged into each other as one resounding piece of "blah".

oh man, i really could go on and on but i won't. one more thing: at 27 apparently Jodie has had struggles etc. what struggles? someone could be 18 and had more struggles. and i don't get it anyway - i thought they were acting?? i didn't realise we have to have gone through stuff in real life in order to act it - that's ridiculous!! also what are Jodie's "battle-scars"? and don't get me started on John and Denise! watch John on Jonathan Ross if you want to see what he's like. the whole "willy piano" story - just odd and tacky in my opinion.

over and out.

sorry double post!

After Ellen..came me!!

I have to say that I would have been happy with either Jodie or Jessie becoming Nancy, but I think Jessie had the edge for me. The way she came back week after week following comments from John and Denise, such as 'You are so unfeminine..' and 'You bore me..' I think shows how gutsy and determined she is. Imagine hearing comments like that about yourself infront of 10 million viewers..heartbreaking.

I have no doubt that Jodie will be great as Nancy, and I hope to see her and Gwion together, but there is also no doubt in my mind that within the year Jessie will be starring in a nearby theatre, and I will be amongst the first in line.

Jessie and Gwion were fantastic together. Great chemistry. Along with Jessie's performance of Judy Garland's 'The man that got away', I think it was one of the performances of the series.

Good Luck, Jodie, and Jessie, you are going to be a star..

BAM FOREVER..

... the maternal side of Nancy is not that evident in her character for me. Sure she protects Oliver, but being protective is not necessarily the same as being motherly - an older sister would protect her younger brother too, and the way she acts, in the musical itself, at Fagin's strikes me as older sisterly. Remember she's an ex-pick pocket kid, and she sees the boys as her slightly younger counterparts... Like brothers and sisters following in her footsteps. She wants a different life for Oliver than she had for herself...

In the Novel, as was said, she is seventeen, and though the judges blustered through that by saying "life will have aged her" well, sure it gave her inner strength, but the interesting thing to me about the character is the dichotomy of her inner strength and extremely strong powerful character, and the outer frailty and youth which allows her to be so vulnerable to Bill Sykes. This vulnerability and commitment to love is surely the mark of a confused young girl, truly believing that this evil man, who actually ends up murdering her, is capable of love. This is a young and naive belief surely.

Moreover, Jodie couldn't sing particularly well, rather than lose her control though, she spoke the difficult parts. She did an admirable job, when it came to the truly difficult notes (not the loud belty ones the actually difficult ones) she made her voice intense and spoke them in rhythm.

It really bothered me, if you watch Luck Be a Lady, she did it all the time! With difficult rhythms, with everything hard to sing, she just spoke it to the music. That's a skill in its own right, but it's not the same skill as singing, and she needs to be able to sing!

Before the final I was a bit of a Sam fan, but it became clear immediately that she wouldn't be able to pull that big of a role off (yet). She's been way better in past shows and it was only fair that she got voted out first.

After that it was Jodie all the way! I was almost scared that Jessie would win.. I don't like her much. She's undoubtedly a good singer and she most probably will have a career, but she is SO not Nancy! She moves awkwardkly, she has huge problems with the Cockney accent, she tends to be bland and distracted... she's just a VERY young girl, who really didn't fit the part. I was annoyed at some of the judges favoritism, especially by Cameron's comments declaring Jessie the winner basically... his "apology" in the end didn't seem sincere at all.

I'm very, very happy that Jodie won! She's gonna make a fantastic Nancy and I might even go and see her when I maybe go to London next year. I'm sure it's gonna be fantastic =)

My dream winner would have been Rachel (<3), but Jodie is a very, very worthy winner and deserves this like whoa!

I have been slightly obsessed with Jessie since her outstanding performance of 'The Man That Got Away', in week 6. She has not been the most consistent but when you she is on form no one can come close. I don't know exactly what it is (I don't think I'd go so far as ALW and say it is a sacred flame!) but she certainly has something. Her last two performances on Saturday (The Man Who Got Away and As Long As He Needs Me) were goose bump inducing, lump in the throat fantastic. fantastic, fantastic- to paraphrase the increasingly annoying John Barrowman. (I usually like him but his blatant anti-Jessie stance did get a little tiresome) 

Jessie was the best performer on the night but I think the public may have made the right choice. Jodie will be consistent and Jessie is still so so young. And I do think it is quite funny that Cameron and ALW's pro-Jessie stance probably got Jodie the job!

All 3 finalists will have fantastic careers, Nancy or not. However there will be a hole in my Saturday and Sunday night schedule, and yes I am missing Jessie's crooked smile already!

You want to make sure it's Gwion's night before you for out your money, the other 2 lads are appalling!!  In fact I totally disagreed with the choices for Oliver, they made me cringe every week anyway, and then they pick possibly the worst 2 for the role!

 As for Jodie and Jessie, I was in love with Jessie from the start, and I have to say that although she had a dodgy week or two in the middle she totally blew the other 2 away on Saturday night in both solo performances and her duet.  It really annoyed me that John suddenly took a major vendetta against her and ripped her apart every week for the last few weeks, after doing nothing but give her great praise for the first half of the series!  And of course she broke down, she's just a bairn after all!!

 I like Jodie, and I think she will be great in the role, but I feel she was totally the safe option.  But I too will be watching out for Jessie in the future.

I was very disappointed to hear that Jodie had won. It was obvious that Jessie deserved it more. Her solo performance was amazing. Her duet was even better and it wasn't just Gwion who made that duet, she did as well!!! They had a great connection and seemed perfect as Oliver and Nancy. Also why she really deserved to win it is she put up with those two awful people who seemed to have a grudge on her, aka John and Denise. I don't know what their problem was but it seemed to me that for weeks they were bullying her i their unkind comments. Denise calling her unfeminine wasn't very nice but then again she isn't a very nice person. And John is just a fool. I'd use a stronger word if I could.

Yes Jodie was good but even her final performance proved she wasn't ready for this challenge. She was shaky and I think that shes the inconsistent one not Jessie as the two fools said. Seriosuly what was their problem with her?

 Maybe I'm biased because Jessie is Irish but I believe she was the best for the part. Especially after seeing her with Gwion. Those drama schools that turned her down are probably regretting it now. As mentioned she had that something that you can't teach! Jessie rocked.

I am pleased Jodie won, her and Jessie were my favourites so I didn't mind which one got the role. Jessie was so gorgeous and she sang ALAHNM so well, she will definitely get work :) Her accent is lovely too, and she is a lovely girl. 

Sam was good, but I could never see her as Nancy.  

Are you crazy?!

Jessie was clearly the best, both on the night and throughout the series!

Sure, she had a couple of bad weeks in the middle, but it was never nothing drastic!

And as for the 'over the top' vibe you keep commenting on, you need to be over the top on stage, otherwise emotion doesn't get across. This isn't TV, where you can have close ups on your face.

Jessie was fabulous. Jodie was great too but I think she would be awesome playing Mama Morton in Chicago.

Anyone agree?