Originally Posted by whesung
Her party was the last to board the plane and there was only one seat remaining in F. A 1K passenger (had a 1k luggage tag) actually gave up his First class seat and went back to Economy so that Coach and Michelle could sit together. FWIW, I think she just won a skating competition in Boston that day.
I wouldn't really call it a competition. . . it was what is known in the skating world as a 'cheesefest'.
It was a 'made for TV event' styled somewhat after American Idol where the judges just gave their opinions and the winner was decided by an audience vote (over the internet I believe).