His audition was one of the ebst first auditions ever. It was so good. It's ridiculous that they got rid of him because of the tape that was leaked of him. I don't see why that should have been an issue for them.
Yes he was treated very badly. One of the best vocalists in that year and the only one to receive a full house standing ovation at the auditions that year. Contestants have done much worse and stayed on the show. It's not as if many people seen the video. They would have had to have went out of their way to watch it so no one would have seen it if they didn't want to. SYCO are such hypocrites.