On April 11, audience members openly laughed at the frumpy 48-year-old as she introduced herself on the Britain's Got Talent TV show.

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During an appearance on a national TV news show, she described herself as a private person who finds it's difficult to allow personal emotions to show through in her songs.

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"She's going on TV but not for the right reasons, " says Holland.

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She's bypassing national TV commercials and banner ads on websites like Facebook.

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Instead, she's the director of medical research on the hit TV show Grey's Anatomy and its new spin-off Private Practice, both on Walt Disney-owned ABC.

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