Indian Idol

Aah... where to begin?
So it's down to the final four contestants. Two really good ones: Amey and Karunya, and two "ok" ones: Anuj and Sandeep.
This week's episode was something you'd never see on American Idol. They had it narrowed down to the bottom two contestants (Anuj and Amey) and Amey was voted out (although he was 10x better than Anuj). After that announcement, Sonu Nigam spoke on behalf of all three judges and said, "We won't have any part in this." Then they walked out.
The audience also began protesting. Loudly. Security was called in. The hosts tried to calm everyone down, to no avail.
Then the judges came back and basically demanded a rematch. Amey, being the better one, refused and said he accepted the public's decision.
So now he's out and it's down to Karunya up against Anuj and Sandeep (the last two have made it this far purely on luck or some sort of conspiracy since their performance and singing really sucks compared to the other two).
I say conspiracy, because in a poll taken on Indian Idol's site, the question was asked "Who do you think will become the next Indian Idol?"
Amey was first with 51%, Karunya with 35%, Sandeep with 12% and Anuj with a mere 2%. Even in the previous poll, Amey was voted most interesting to chat with online (50%) and Anuj with 9%.

I don't want any comments accusing me of racism, but I think either there really is some sort of conspiracy, or the Indian voting public is just plain stupid. Each week, they've voted out the best performers and left the worst ones in the competition. (Note: I may be wrong, but unlike American Idol, the public can vote as many times as they want).

(Anu Malik, one of the judges, continues to sign on the voted-out contestants. He's promised contracts to atleast three of them on air)


Indian Idol website.
Some random Indian Idol blog I came across.