Also, American viewers seem unwilling to accept contestants who stray from mainstream values or opinions.
"I have to just take this moment," the former "American Idol" contestant said while accepting her first Oscar.
They had already been in the news, though, after Mr. Morozov was accepted as a contestant in the Miss Nizhny Novgorod beauty pageant in June.
With his camera close on Laura's heels and sometimes behind her glossy head, he faithfully follows her around, including to the pageant audition where she meets her friend Suzu (Lakshmi Picazo) and is accepted as a contestant.
Tan and four blind friends auditioned for the inaugural season of Project SuperStar, but only he was accepted as a contestant.
After two earlier unsuccessful auditions for the show, Evancho was accepted as a contestant on the fifth season of the America's Got Talent TV show (AGT) by placing first in its 2010 YouTube competition.
In a preview of the FOX show's season premiere a contestant had some trouble accepting Simon Cowell's infamous criticism.
It turns out that when the competition ends, the shows's contestants can accept gigs with whomever they like.
That didn't stop him from jokingly coming up with his terms for accepting the position, and telling Leno that he thought he could serve the show and its contestants well.
And MySpace will expand the contestant pool and accept entries from users in the United States and the United Kingdom this year.
