I saw SRGMP Qawali episode on Tuesday and I was really upset to see AS(S) give Debu such low votes. Debo is not my personal fav. but I still don't think he deserved a 6. It seems like the musicinas are competing against each other more than these contestants.
Himani's vote out (coming up) kinda' makes sense. Since she was the only female left and already got one spot of the winners position, I guess people didn't think it made sense to vote for her anymore. Although it would have been nice to have people stop voting for her since she became a winner after Nihira was eliminated. This is where I personally feel that the SRGMP format was not thought of very well. Some of the things I noticed were:
1. The mento-meter concept does not make sense first of all (and also the fact that they have changed the format of mento-meter so many times - from bars to numbers etc. Please keep it consistant). Why would you have an opponent mentor judge you? Why don't they call neutral judges - the same ones who were first responsible for their elimination, now they should just be scoring to help audience vote better.
2. Why are the gharana's chosing songs for their contestants. Obviously the musician like HR will chose simple songs that suit Vinit, and a musician like ID will chose tough songs for their contestants so he can show their power. In the end it is not fair for the public to judge based on songs of completely different levels.
3. Why don't they give out a deadline date and time for voting like II and FG does. How is the public supposed to know when to stop voting for their fav contestant. On INTERNet, voting for Himani is still open (today is Thursday). Apparently the shooting for the episode completed on Monday where she got eliminated. Granted, INTERNEt is free (in a way) so it may not matter. But what about the people who are still spending their money on SMS for Himani? Where are those votes going?
I am sure there are a lot more things that do not make sense in this format. It would've been nice if Gaj Singh had sit down and thought of the format well enough in advance so favoritism could not play a role on his show.