New Seeairah...

Ciara is a hard worker. She genuinely works hard at what she does - she's a phenomenal dancer with impressive command of the stage and audience. She's a beautiful woman and her voice is not bad by any stretch. She just ain't very successful.

Don't misunderstand us. She's had her hits. They've just been fewer and further between than they should have been, if they reflected the effort she puts into her job. She works with fantastic, talented producers (Darkchild, The-Dream, Ne-Yo, Polow da Don and Danja to name just a few), she has the looks and she has the voice but something is still missing. She's just not that... good? She's actually quite standard. And this isn't something we revel in - it genuinely disappoints us to see an exceptionally hard-working pop star not achieving the success they are perhaps due. We would love to conduct a deeper study into what exactly is blocking Ciara reaching the stratospheric heights she should be floating around at, yet we can't help but think she just might not be destined for greatness.

It's a shame really. We've been rooting for an internationally successful (and 100% authentic in case Gerry "I've Got a Willy!" Germanotta is reading this) hermaphrodite pop star for years now.