I’m not wild about them changing the judging system after all these years...but I’m certain it’s so no more Tamara Gray’s and Chris Daughtry’s get cut before the end...the judges don’t like it when the one they want to win it all gets booted by America.
If they are going to over ride the voters then why bother letting the public vote in the first place? Because they know that if they remove audience voting, people will lose interest and stop watching.