Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1650307-20170628221128/@comment-33045419-20170911170713

FandumbUs3r wrote: Ben beck wrote: If Grace hadn't competed last year, it is likely that the votes she captured would have gone to Brian Justin Crumb and he would have won. The Clairvoyants and Dorenbos split the Magic Act vote and Sal was not strong enough to challenge BJC. Sophie and Victor split the Circus vote and both finished in the bottom five. What makes you think Grace's voters would have chosen BJC? I voted for BJC and not Grace. Also, I don't understand this 'split-vote' thing. Nothing was stopping me from voting for both The Clairvoyants and Dorenbos equally or Sophie and Victor 10 votes each if I wanted to. Obviously it wouldn't have been a 100% turn over of one or the other; but Grace was the favorite immediately following her first performance. As the competition progressed, BJC began to become popular as well and to widen his fan base but Grace continued to perform more strongly with each new song and continued to jump in popularity. So although Sal sort of plateaued, BJC just could not catch up to Grace. The end result was of the singers remaining in the finals, Laura had the classical votes, Linkin Bridge the Group performance votes, Sal the crooner votes and BJC and Grace divided the contempory singer votes. As Grace had performed nothing but originals, was a true amature performer, and was extremely talented given her young age; BJC could not close the gap. Grace herself has said, had she performed covers; she would have lost. Had Grace not performed at all, it is a safe bet to say some of her singer votes would have gone to other acts; probably the other singers, but the majority would have likely gone to BJC.