Will a group out-do the girl or will it be the other way around?

Thursday, September 25; Kingston, Jamaica: As the Jamaican public continues to vote like crazy, deciding and arguing who will take the title of 2008's Digicel Rising Star, the live performance shows on Sunday nights and the results show on Friday nights is ground zero. On Friday October 3, all comments, good and bad climax.

After a commercial break at Sunday's performance show (September 21), Yendi recapped the previous segment: "The two groups and the lone female will perform tonight…", and chatter rushed through the crowd: "Cameal have it hard…is two groups she up against, man that rough."

Tantalizing showdowns are no stranger to Digicel Rising Stars, however, this year, for the first time, we have two groups in the top-three. This equation is maximized with the biggest group seen in the competition (the five of Kahlil) and the youngest set of contestants, the three sixteen-year-olds of SLR. Then there is Cameal Davis, the only stand-alone performer, now known as the Princess from Denham Town, left in the competition.

"I wonder how Cameal going to manage? I love her bad," said a group of females as they sat outdoors speaking about the contestants.  "It must be real tough for her to campaign… imagine going up against five boys with five different crowds and then three young girls, that's 8 people she have to compete with….no man."

"Just look at this, competition is about who can survive. It's all good if you can sing and all, but it should be about how you reach out to the public." Commented another, she continued: "I never vote for a woman in Digicel Rising Star yet but Cameal get that vote from me and is she me a support.  Her personality and her talent will take her far.  You can't see the girl a try alone and then just push her aside like that."

This dialogue highlights a question that many have been asking since the top three was announced on September 19, at the TVJ Studios, Can a single girl win against 2 groups?. When asked how she feels about this, Cameal gave: "Competition is competition, you just have to see it with an open-mind. For me I don't allow that to bother me, I just work and ensure that I campaign and that all my performances are consistently good, especially on Sunday nights."

So will consistency be the deciding factor?  Or will it be the contestant/s who campaign the hardest for Jamaica's votes? Will a group out do a lone performer or will it be the other way around?  As the end draws closer and closer, many viewers anxiously await the answers to these questions. Who are you voting for?