What is talent? (extra credit)

What is talent? Who, or what defines talent? Does oneself, or its audience determine talent?
The question is open-ended.
No single factor can distinguish the talented, or gifted, from those who are not. But is there really any person who is not gifted? I believe not. There is no definite way of deciding what talent is because everyone sees it in a different light: one specific to themselves. Talent is subjective; one person may love what another person may hate, but this webs off into the idea that these two critics are knowledgeable in different ways. For example, a well-educated artist and a high-class art lover are looking at the same painting. This high-class art lover decides that this piece is beyond them. The piece is not beyond them because it is too good, but they view it as too juvenile or amateur. The art lover cannot see the deeper meaning, but this does not mean that they do not agree that the artist of the painting is talented. The piece is simply not what they are looking for, their knowledge and reasoning branches from their experience in viewing and analyzing different genres of art. The well-educated artist, on the other hand, has fallen in love. They recognize the mature level of the piece and can see the growth through the values. They can feel this piece becoming a part of their emotions. What this person has fallen in love with is not the piece, it is the meaning behind it. The artist loves this piece because they understand talent, they are not naive to the many layers and years of history in the art. The two perspectives are both justified by experience or the fact that they are educated.

Talent is often like a popularity contest too. It is overrated, yet underrated at the same time. I believe that talent is original, once again seen in a different light specific to that of the beholder. Popularity contests never actually happen, but hypothetically speaking: is the winner of the contest necessarily gifted or brilliant or in any way different? Who decides that they are more popular? Who decides that everyone agrees the same way that the winner is truly the winner? There may be 80% that agrees on a person being the more popular, and the other 20% agreed on other contestants. Of that 80%, not every opinion is the same. Not every person has the same reasons for voting them most popular. That person may not even be the most popular or talented, but they become crowned with this title because of the opinions that the audience has adhered to and consider  as talent.