I actually meant it in a fond way but reading it back you do have a point and I apologise for any offence it has caused. I meant it in a people can be cynical about the show way but it really does give children who have limited oppourtunity more choice/freedom to try and suceed in this kind of thing. My cousins son is a dancer in the west end and it was incredibly difficult for him to get into it despite being very talented. Unfortunately it can be a hard slog, often impossible, if you don't have the monetary means to pay for dance/singing lessons, transport, nice clothes (sounds shallow but you need to look smart) and all the rest of it as I am sure Cheryl Cole knew herself.
I am sorry anyway, words often do not spell out what you want to say due to lack of tone and expression I suppose and I was really clumsy