Amit was tough contender to Prashant in every aspect, and was giving decent performance consistently. So, it is no surprise to see his millions of fans around. I liked most of Amits performances but I never liked to campaign for him. Truly speaking, it was because of Judges, Sony TV hosts and some aggressive Prashant-haters, who consistently hammered Prashant for no logical reasons. The bias and discrimination were clearly visible. On the last gala, when Anu Mallik spoke for Prashant, it was such a great relief. All these feelings are spilled over countless no. of threads and posts, even here in this forum, which is now a history.
At the very crucial moment, when Amit made some mistake and Alisha went on denting the mistake with shameless opinion - o music main itni doob gaye ki lyrics hi bhul gaya - kind of argument, then it hampered Amit badly, because Alisha's wrong doing caused loss of sympathy to Amit.
So, I believe Alisha Chinoy is to blame for Amit's less vote count.