We may well be arguing for the next whole year if the walkout by 3 participants was correct or wrong, but I hope that we recognise their full rights to do so.
In a deal / competition , if any of the parties (participants in this case ) feel they have been dealt in an unfair manner, the deal/agreement/competition is bound to crumble sooner or later.Many will accept defeat gracefuly if they loose to a better competitor.
What happened was this : A majority of the public was voting based on one single criteria : Singing .
But then a minority started voting and continued voting with a heavy regional bias, with singing as a criteria taking the lowest priority in their judgement.
The programme organisers did nothing about this for a very long time, taking everything and everybody for granted , leading to a complete revolt by the 3 hapless participants.
What does 60 lakh or 70 lakh votes polled mean:Is it a matter of pride or did this lead to fall from grace as it did.
Without any accountability , the regional, language and many other bias of a section of the public was bound to creep in.
A suitable option could have been selective secret voting from across the country, only by a few ustads, music directors, singers, musicians and those who know, understand the various aspects of singing - those who can judge correctly.This number could have been a few tens or hundreds.
Lets see what happens on 20 th Jan ’06.