At this point of the competition, the most important thing for a competitor to be the champ is vote. Vote decides who wins. Who sings the best? to hell with it. Last year, Karunya was far better than Sandeep (I thought so, read/heard the same -- but people are free to differ). Who won? He who got the most votes. Remember the incident, last year, when all the judges walked out of the stage in protest of a better singer Amay being voted out in favor of Anuj? Prashanta may sing better or worse than others but as long as he gets more votes than the one who gets the least -- he stays. I am not really worried whether Prashant is Nepali -- Indian, or Indian of Nepali origin. He is whatever he says/feels he is. I leave at that. But somehow I want him to win not only because his mother toungue is Nepali but I want to see a so called "bahadur" or "chowkidar Gorkha" becomes the idol or as they call "the bhaarata ki shaan" of over 1 Billion bharatiya. I want their Bharat ki shaan ko come to Dharan and sing some Nepali songs --- when Indian media stations look for "their" idol, I want them to find him singing some Gopal Yonjan songs in Butwal entertaining Nepali crowds. When I was in darjeeling, I felt (just my perception) that most people in Darjeeling and sorrounding hill areas have warm regards for Nepal, and Nepalitwa. Now, what is Nepalitwa? it can be fluid in definition and perhaps words are not capable enough to define for the concept is abstract and can only be felt. I saw king birendra's picture in peoples' houses, and in business establishments. I could hear Radio Nepal widely being played there. The only issue people were not happy with Nepal was on its (Nepal's) no position on Gorkhaland or for Gorkhas. India used to fuel LTTE in Srilanka for separate nation but when Gorkas asked for just a state within Indian Union they were called separatists/terrorists. India had no problem in having Jharkhand -- Chhattisgarh -- Uttaranchal --even Mijoram but could not have Gorkhaland. Why? This question is significant to me. Perhaps Gorkhas (based on their popolation ratio) have sacrified their lives more than the people in jharkhand, chhattisgarh, uttaranchal, or mijoram in defending India but what they get in return from the nation they serve? I think Prashant's victory will be a symbolic one for Gorkha people in India, if not anything else. I want Prashant to win -- but since I can't vote I hope people vote for him. My best wishes.