Dec'17 Spotlight, page-7

Looks like emerging talent to me. She has youth, looks fantastic, amazing voice and more followers than the other 4 put together. Easily the best thing that can happen to Megastar on a marketing point of view. The USA is the most important market for Mega at this point in time. They will not get the same exposure if a Kiwi wins this comp. I can't see why having a massive fan base already can not be classed as emerging talent. She still has to pay the bills like everyone else. Just means she has put in a lot of hard yards to build her fan base.