Great comments. I think there's another factor that we tend not to consider, and that helped bring about Daughtry's "shocking" elimination. It's the fact that the last person voted off before Daughtry was Paris Bennett. It's not likely that Paris's fans would have switched their votes to Daughtry. They might've switched to Taylor, since he and Paris were known to be good friends. Or they might've switched to Katharine if they wanted a girl to win. But they probably didn't switch to Chris, since his music was so different from Paris's and there was no "connection" there.
The person voted off last week was Matt. So who did the Matt fans switch their votes to last night? That's a factor that could make a difference.
That's true and I think it makes a difference.