[joeysteele]

I can see both sides on this debate, deadlock is overall the likely fairer way, it could be that the act who came last in the voting was well behind in votes, as HOPE(less) always were, it could also be that the act who is 2nd bottom may only have been a few hundred or even just a few votes behind the act 3rd from last.
Perhaps a 5th independent panel member is a good way round the deadlock or just do it on votes from the public totally.

Having said that, it would remove the drama from the judges choices to send home but to me its a bit of a pointless exercise anyway, since usually 2 acts are in the last 2 from 2 seperate mentors so half the votes are decided immediately anyway as no judge would vote their own act out.
I exclude Simon from that as he voted out his Conway Sisters act that year.