I'm pretty sure HWR had nothing to do with this promotional slot. The Salvation Army who hosts the halftime show picked her because "they wanted to speak to a younger generation" or so I read.
I'm so proud of how far she's come. She looks a lot more comfortable performing here than she has on other big platforms in the past. Her dancing keeps getting better & she's grown into such a great entertainer. If she keeps getting better, Imagine how her career could turn out in a few years! This has been said many, many, many times before but she could become someone iconic like JLo (Who faces/faced a lot of the similar criticism about her vocals & dancing in the beginning.)
Now that she's proved herself as a performer to a lot of people, It would be nice if she could get a Times Square New Years Performance spot or something.