I have been thinking.
Since the whole Misha-gate thing, Misha has seemed to be the producers favourite.
She has never really been criticised in any way by any of the judges, she has been given great slots in the running order and more telling than all that, she was given the "money slot" in the M&S advert.

Was the whole Misha-gate thing manufactured by the producers to generate a massive sympathy vote and paint her as an underdog?