[argument open for smart person only]
Not sure how you are going to measure that.
Anyway this is not about her talent. If organizers wanted to show her and her teams talent, then they should have organized an opera concert.
You can not see the political motivation behind of this event. That's why you and others try to find about every minor detail of the artist and the history of the song and etc.
You will keep telling people that she is a prestigious person, the song is copied from somewhere and etc. But that is not the important thing.
What you don't see is that what those people who organized and approved this event tried to achieve by presenting this on the independence day and telecasting on a government channel.
You can not expect sinhala buddhists will enjoy opera on an independence day, specially when popular songs they used to listen on wesak or a poya day in an opera style.
This government is nothing but a bunch of loosers trying to divide people more and more on race, religion and etc. See the Elakiri now, people are starting heated arguments on religion now.
So don't get distracted, Let's talk about ETCA and other things.