Disadvantage to go 8-13

The judges and the public are always much more eager to go with the up points for the first few singers and when it comes to the second half, they are much more critical. It's much more of a disadvantage to go 8-13. The girl who came in 7th was much better than at least 3 of the people ahead of her, but America and the judges were too generous. If the order of singers had been different, the top 7 would have been somewhat different.