The thing about the whole “the votes were not close” discussion just got me thinking about the 3rd person in the past few seasons. It’s most likely that Danny’s votes would have gone to Kris, just because Danny and Kris were more simliar type singers. Adam probably had most of his fans, by mid-season because he is different and not everyone’s cup of tea. Danny and Kris were probably splitting votes. That would be the most logical answer to how Adam and Kris would go from only a separation of one million in top 3 votes, to “not that close,” for the Final. It’s probably how most winners won. Most of Melinda’s would go to Jordin, and Elliott’s would go to Taylor. I think, in future predictions, I am going to pay attention to who that 3rd person is.
Okay, but maybe you're missing a few points. Kris had to beat Danny and he had to beat Adam. Kris had to have the votes in place to come out ahead of Danny. So he had the fans to do that.
Then, the next week, he may very well have picked up some of Danny's votes. That's what he
would be trying to accomplish, in the first place. That's why the competition isn't over. There are still undecided people out there. It's how most elections are won.
The point is, he managed to do it. And he may have managed to do it at the last minute, for all we know. He had to get all the leftover fan votes. Danny's, Anoop's, Allison's, Matt's. I'm guessing he probably did get a lot of those. There's nothing wrong with that. All that matters is that more people wanted to vote for him than wanted to vote for the other guy. It's quite true that Adam had a loyal fan base, I'm sure. And they probably all voted like mad. But Kris must have had fans all along, to beat Matt and Allison and Danny, didn't he? He kept going, all the way, so he had the votes.
It's not necessarily true that Kris, if he got Danny's votes, got them because he and Danny were especially similar. They're really not, and, I mean, we just don't know. I think (as he himself has said) he just had a broader appeal, to various kinds of fans. I also think he was very inclusive, and always praised the other Idols, or just seemed supportive. I have to say I noticed he did this all the time. I'm sure the fans of those people didn't forget that. When it counted, the majority of fans who had watched the whole season probably voted for him. And of course there are a lot of people who only vote (or watch) the last few weeks.
I also think Kris was unbelievably excited to advance - and kept expressing amazement when he would get the nod from Ryan, and this is exciting. Along with his great performance of Heartless, and I think, the performance of ANS on the last night - I think all this was very, very winning. If you ever see Kris live, he is amazingly charming and winning. This is all part of a performer's equipment and I think he did win over the majority of Idol viewers, that's all.
