[Katya]

"Chris got voted off because I think most people ASSUMED he was the odds on favorite, so they voted for their next favorite. Good political lesson here, though. You need to not only keep your base, but give new voters a reason to vote FOR you."

Exactly...

[kjam22]

I think Chris got voted off because his market is limited. He's the rocker and he's only going to get the rocker percentage of votes. As the rest of the contestants got voted out each week, few of thier votes went to Chris. Eventually he ended up in the minority (among American Idol fans).