^^ Agreed! Shankar found a loophole in the rules in his match against Himess and has been exploiting it ever since!
If every match went according to Shankar's strategy, then only captains would sing and audience would keep giving tens. Basically: end of competition! Shankar keeps using the same old tactics - he absolutely need not come up against Anwesha and Shadaab!
And when contestants (non-captains) do perform, they forget their lines, but apparently this is some sort 'presence of mind'...
On the other hand, Shaan is trying to play by the rules and accepted code of conduct. He sends in a different singer in every round and restricts his performance to the last round. This is how the format was supposed to pan out!
But Shankar in his quest to win, has sidelined every singer in his team and has made the judges redundant (their scores don't get counted when he performs). The muqabla has just turned into a Shankar Mahadevan concert hehe.
We love Shankar's voice and singing, but we also expect him to stick to the decorum of the game.