The song was bland and they were out of tune, but I did feel a bit sorry for them being buzzed when Madonna fluffed her words up and no-one buzzed her. It shows double standards. The problem was that if you are doing a loud, energectic act you can get away with the buzzes as they dont realy put you off............but singing a slow ballad, the buzzes totally knocked them for 6 and you could see the peformance worsen after that.
It's clear that the judges used them as their sacrificial lamb for the night, as they wanted to ensure Nemesis and Escala went through. You could see how shocked everyone was when Amanda buzzed, it was obvious it was pre-planned, look at the dross she has happily watched all the way though this week.
However, I do agree the tall one made himself look a bit of an idiot after. He knew he had messed but but acting like "Kevin the teenager" in a strop was never going to work or get you votes. Look, in contrast, to the football juggler the night before..........he messed up too, and got negative comments, but he had the confidence to carry off the interview after and it obviously worked as he still got votes and ended up in the top 3. Throwing a tantrum was just clearly the wrong thing to do.
If the producers made them sing that song and made them change their style they should have said it when they had the chance.