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Dunno if it's because I didn't watch the show so I'm not sucked in by the pantomime this year or if I just see things differently to most of the responses in this thread, but I think it's completely fair enough to be annoyed that your mentor was openly supporting your rival in the final and that a supposed impartial judge was still criticising you for absolutely no reason in the final - Gary was criticising him for... not singing a ballad? How is that even a criticism? Why would you say that? Because you're trying to sabotage the guy to ensure he doesn't win. Perfectly fair enough for him and his mum to be annoyed at the behaviour of the judges - you also had Nicole Scherzinger duetting with the eventual winner, Sharon Osbourne's act. All four judges wanted Sam to win, the production team were doing their absolute best to ensure nobody else won. As always, another fix-within-the-rules result.