Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37691073-20190912011403/@comment-43560933-20190914000946

Well I think you can safely say producers underestimated DYC's voting power. My guess is they weren't alarmed by their vote in the quarter finals and they did not think they would be a threat so felt they could give them a reasonable end of journey edit and have them leave with dignity, but obviously the whole of Detroit got behind them, the fact they got ahead of Ryan and Emanne, both acts that have been fan favourites and were clearly going to be in the final from the beginning, demonstrates how much power they have behind them. With Ndlovu, who have a lot of similarities in the final, I doubt producers would've wanted that result. If they were in the yellow zone against either Ryan or Emanne and Alex, I believe they would've gone home. Not saying its undeserved though as I believe DYC gave a great performance this week.]

It is pretty clear the prize is between Kodi and V.Unbeatable, the big question is will the producer favour one of them? Both have reasons for potential producer favour over the other, with Kodi, they could milk a David vs Goliath storyline of the autistic guy beating out the 'unbeatable' muscular athletic men. With V.Unbeatable, you've got a successful Vegas show right there and they would be the most Vegas worthy winners probably in the history of the show. Both acts would be incredible winners and really would reflect well on the show going forward, I get the feeling producers are going to let the cards fall as they do and create a storyline based on whatever the result is. For that I am expecting both to get favourable running order slots.

Then you have the rest. It's really hard to say who will be third place as you can make a case for most when it comes to that, but I am expecting the top contenders for that to be Tyler, Ryan and Voices of Service, the latter I believe will finish in the top 5 considering how powerful the military vote is. I am expecting those 3 to be in the top 5. Of course we can't count out DYC for a top 5 finish considering their voting power although comparisons to Ndlovu, who are widely regarded as stronger could hurt their vote.