[Maia]

The tourettes thing was a major factor but also I think it's because he was just so eccentric, I remember watching the launch night that year he completely stood out from the rest because of how bizarre he was, and it wasn't in an annoying way more of a "this guy is so fun, he has to win" way.

People's support never died for him either from what I remember, everyone wanted him to win from day 1 all the way through.