After counting votes of 4th round, the outcome was
1st lowest - Nihira
2nd lowest - Hemachandra
3rd lowest - Rajeev
Logic is - when 40 lakh votes have been polled, probability of a tie is very very less. Zee Tv has never promoted Hem, so they will not try to save him by announing a tied result. So it is Nihira who got less. She does not deserve to be ranked the lowest is another matter. For that matter neither Hem deserves to be treated badly by public.
Next, ZeeTv and Gajender Singh tried to save Nihira by almost announcing Hem out. Logic, Believe's blog on this topic, he said Hem is out first and then said there is a tie. The first announcement was a bit premature. After this, there was probably an argument about it between Gajender and the mentors, ID and AS. ID and AS probably insisted on declaring both the contestants as winners. Remember, ID making strong comments about public's voting before the start of the show. AS also said he was worried about not only Chandu (that is how AS calls Hem) but also about Nihira. I say, AS and ID did a neat job of defending their respective shishyaas, especially ID. He was impartial then and also in the Shahid and Amritha episode, he gave Hem 9 marks out of 10. Dikne me woh sakht hai, lekin ander se, he is a soft person.
They could have declared Rajeev as out, my opinion only. The difference in the number of votes that Hem and Nihira got to what Rajeev got is hardly 200 (Hem and Nihira are supposed to have got 3,62,120 votes and Rajeev 3,62,320 out of the 40 lakh votes). And everybody knows that he is the worst among the lot. In such a case Nihira would not be at the receiving end of backlashes. This is my opinion only, I have not posted this to start off a tangetial discussion.
Now coming to guess_gallery's posting about the almost sure ousting of Hem during the next round - he feels Hem will be eliminated. As the producers did not mind throwing him out the last time, they may do it during 5th round. Guess_gallery works for ZeeTv or somebody who he knows works for ZeeTV, this is for sure. In fact, at first I thought Guess_gallery is plain disappointed like many of us but now I have changed my opinion.
That Hem has come so far facing many adversities is a proof of his abilities.
So much for the public voting!!!!!! Hoping for the best for the next round. Why can't Believe post results soon????
PS: I don't work for ZeeTV. This posting is purely based on facts that I have read on India forums. I work for a MNC in Bangalore, just in case you thought otherwise.