Swordfishtrombone

What happened?

A man named Owen Campbell refused to pander to the judges, they got butthurt and admitted he had heaps of talent, but they got rid of him anyway.

So, the judges freely admitted that he was extremely talented, but they still voted him off?

Dang, wow. That must have been fairly dramatic. Did they even attempt to justify their decision? Or, was it literally, just arbitrary with no rhyme or reason to it.