Hopeless !!

Yesterday were the results of the third round. Requirements for this round were that the contestant blend performance and singing prowess. It was important to strike a balance.
Most were not really worth talking about. And some were really bad(i felt). Deepali, Ankita, were good. But the most outstanding was Amit Paul. What singing ! And to think that he was almost out. Now, Smita was not bad either. Infact she had finally managed to sing with her eyes open. Very few of the contestants know the importance of the expression which can be conveyed through the eyes. Many try to jump and dance around and end up spoiling their song. But the audience chooses to chuck out Smita. No idea why. It was not for dirth of other underperforming contestants. Parleen was bad or rather lacklustre, Prashant was not good either and I thought Charu murdered her song 'Mehboob mere'. Emon also I thought did not sing well, felt he tried to do too much in the performance aspect and ended up losing his breath and not pronouncing some parts properly. I had put Charu, Parleen and Prashant in bottom 3. But it turned out that while only 2 were correct, the third one was the one eliminated. The system's flaws are very apparent now, especially when a candidate clearly deserving to go to the next round is eliminated at this crucial stage.
And why does Anu Malik sing??? He was making a fool of himself at the end pretending to sing the song with Udit Narayanan. He did not even know the lyrics.
Shabana Azmi was a good substiute for Javed Akhtar. Giving balanced comments and even rebuking Anu Malik for being a pain in the a**.