Britain's Got Talent 2009 - I'm getting suspicious

I'm really starting to get suspicious about the BGT 2009 show being fixed.

 First, there was this oh so ordinary middle-aged woman Susan Boyle:

 Okay, she can sing absolutely lovely. But I thought the reaction of the judges was a bit over acted. As if they already knew.

 Second show, with the 12yr old Shaheen Jafargholi:

 

 He starts out with "Valery" by Amy Winehouse, which sounds a bit odd. Then Simon Cowell stops it and asks "what else can you do?". The boy then starts "Who's Loving You" by Michael Jackson. Which sounds beautiful of course.

 Now, how come he gets a second chance? And why did Cowell know he had a different rap up his sleave.

 I say: fixed!

What's wrong with this picture??

The Palm Pre was announced in early 2009. The apps will be created with web techniques, using cloud services to store and sync your stuff.
Now this article: Gmail sidesteps the appstore

Let's go back to the introduction of the Original iPhone. Steve jobs stated that apps should be created using web techniques and use cloud services to store and sync stuff. All hell broke loose! That was insane! You can't create a decent application with only online storage and tools!

So, what has changed by then? The web techniques were available then already. So why don't we hear anyone complain about Palm? And why is this GMail webapp so important all of a sudden?

As an answer to the article linked above, I don't think webapps will be a thread to the appstore. They're an addition to. Some apps you still want to run locally.

Someone smarter than me please enlighten me about the conflict above though!?