I admit that she's a good singer. I don't doubt that. But there are better singers than her that are lower than her in poll ranks at the moment... Amanat for example. Poonam's in position #3.. and she's not there for her singing. She's there because her mom is sick and she once shared half a roti between her and her mom... I've seen people vote out of sympathy, myself.
So, my friend wanted to watch some Sa Re Ga Ma Pa videos.. online. And, before this, she disliked Poonam and her singing. So she happened to pull up something where Poonam was talking about how poor she is and that her mom is sick and stuff.. and my friend suddenly melts and says, "Iske liye vote karo!" (meaning, Vote for her.) And she forces me to go to the site where you vote for the contestants, and she makes me vote for Poonam.
I didn't think people would really vote for her out of sympathy. Heh, who was I kidding? It happened with Diwaker.. why won't it happen for her?
This is a singing contest and it should be treated as such.