I think between this year and last year with Jessica it is so obvious that Nigel wants a younger person to win. He wants to have a "Justin Beiber" female version. He knows that parents will pay out the you know what if their teeny bopper/youngster is in love with someone and he wants what he thinks is a money making machine. What he forgets is that the people who watch and vote are NOT in that age range.
I am guilty of being "that" parent. Back in the N'Sync days my kids wanted to see them so bad and we could not get tickets here..so DH said if I can find tickets anyplace within a 10 hour drive we can go...so we went to Washington DC to see a concert. LOL. This is what Nigel wants.