The final four contestants were: Deadbeatz, Little Invisibles, The Collingwood and Electric Blue Concept. They performed at the Baby Grand last Saturday night.
Apparently, the majority of tickets were sold to guests who had attended the wedding, which happened earlier that day, of a Deadbeatz member. Judging was based 50% on audience votes. Naturally, this has lead to talk of unfairness, but I say: get used to it. If life is not fair, then this holds doubly true for the music world. 99% of music success is based on who you know and who you can bring out to shows. True, you still have to have some chops to get anywhere, but the band who uses their own member's wedding to win a contest is the band that has the best chances in the music business. That is the way of this world. And despite the griping, the other bands would have done the exact same thing if the cards had fallen that way for them. (Note: I am not making a comment against Deadbeatz - I have no idea if this really affected their win or not, or if they have chops or not. I have not heard them play. For all I know they would have won anyway - that is not for me to judge).
So congrats Deadbeatz, on the win and the nuptials. And congrats to the other bands on what I hear was a great show, all around.
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