I was look some of the stuff lately where people are crying over their favourities not being as part of so called janta-selected votelist. First thing you have to understand that majority of people who watch such shows are musically insensitive and don't even have minimal musical knowledgeable specially regarding voice quality or if someone singing in sur etc etc. You can see this quiet visibly in most of the initial screening rounds where so called participants claiming to be next idol were so ruthless and besure. So when 80% of the folks don't really understand music, their voting pattern would be slighlt difficult to predict. For eg is some talented singer..sings a difficult song but a less popular one..most probably he won't get votes since folks would assume..what is this song I never heard before. Similarly if some less talented singer goes for pretty simple one and if she/he can emote it with some nakhra/jhatak..he/she surely count himself/herself in, sad but true indeed. Also if someone is not good looking no matter how good singer he/she is ..most probably he/she will be voted out(I saw some 16 yr old singing sensationally but voted out beucase of her looks etc) Last but not the least results would also depend on how channel wants to promoted some specific brand of singers(read entertainers with their typical latka/jhatka) Channel would keep showing some of the faces right from the screenuing round to create so called favourable enviorment for that candidate/s(for eg in next forthcoming boys round no-one is aware what all 4 contestants have fared on earlier rounds as oppose to 2-3 guys who have been shown consistently) I already see in this forum folks already talking to vote their pet ones whom they have already seen in earlier rounds to get into next 12..how can you decide when you haven't even seen the other performances, forget about who ssang better on that day? Khishtij and Mukesh earlier sang better than the chosen one Ravi..but since it was their first appearance on TV, it's unlikely they would get better votes to say someone who already been in other Sony reality show.