[Netizen]

Simon didn't even want Daughtry to go to the Hollywood Finals, let alone be the winner. Simon also tried to prevent Taylor Hicks from being advanced to Hollywood. He favored the the girl who did Over the Rainbow, can't remember her name.

During the season when he realized that Kat wasn't a consistently good singer, is when he changed. He pushed for Chris more and more as time went on. He was ticked when Chris was sent home!

[TonyWpi]

Simon was pimping for Kellie Pickler early in the season. Chris emerged as a "favorite" and I think Simon realizes that the guy was "good" and also saw $$$ (What's it's really all about).

They were pushing Ace early on as the new "Lt. Dan" type but when Simon saw he wasn't that good he easily drifted to Daughtry.

He also never liked Taylor so he's not pushing him as much.

Notice who performed from the past 3 seasons:

Fantasia - WINNER of season 3
Carrie Underwood - WINNER of season 4
Kellie Pickler - 6th Runner up of season 5.

Not to forget they use Daughtry's tune "Home" as the "you're going home" song. Taylor is no where to be found.

On the plus side for the grey haired soul man, he may not be selling as many CD's as Daughtry, but he's selling out concert halls like crazy!

Taylor is a performer more than a recording artist.

My 2.5 cents....