Fat chance of that happening! HGTV does not want to post results that say 60% Dan, 20% Jany, 15% Antonio, and 5% everyone else -- it's going to emphasize how badly they miscalculated in selecting "edginess" over design talent. I'm just grateful they were honest enough to announce Dan as the winner!

So Dan's fans are the only ones who have computers? Please.

Criticizing Antonio's designs is not a "personal attack," any more than it was a personal attack for Genevieve to say Dan's color palette was "ouch" the week he did Helena's room. Saying what you liked and did not like about each contestant's designs and performance is perfectly appropriate and not a "personal attack."

I'm trying to be civil here. Please read people's comments before you start calling people arrogant and accusing people of dismissing facts and logic.

First of all, there are more than 3000 comments. Second, I stated that ONLINE POSTERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE OVERALL VIEWERSHIP. Sorry to have to write that in caps but apparently you missed it. Nobody said that the people posting on this blog are the only people who watch Design Star. The question is whether the people who are posting are reasonably representative of the overall viewership.

Again, your assumption that the bloggers on this site are overwhelmingly skewed in favor of Dan is not persuasive to me. I gave another example - the ratings on Judge The Designs - which supports my opinion. You don't have to agree with me, but that does not mean I am dismissing facts or logic. In my view, the facts and logic suggest that the viewers prefer Dan.

Indeed, I could flip your argument around and say it is arrogant for YOU to assume that the masses of people who are posting here must all be Dan's friends and family, and that everyone who thinks Dan should have won is some freak who is outside the mainstream of HGTV viewership opinion. I could argue that it is YOU who are dismissing facts and logic by refusing to consider the possibility that people posting here in Dan's favor are in fact representative of the views of the overall viewership.

Again, we can agree to disagree, but there's no need to be condescending.

I am not upset with Antonio; I just don't think he deserved to win based on his performance and designs. I am upset with HGTV for not selecting the person who had the best designs, the best hosting, and the best overall performance. It appears to me the winner was not chosen based on merit, design or performance, but for other reasons -- e.g., "edgy" personality, "something different," "new demographic," etc. People don't like being told the competition is about design when it is really about something else.

Sorry, I don't buy the argument that only Dan's fans have the time or desire to come vote here, or that a few friends and relatives of Dan's in Idaho and small-town Oregon are the ones flooding these message boards. No, I don't have proof, but it just doesn't strike me as logical. Antonio and Dan were both on Design Star and had equal opportunities to have "exposure" and build a fan base through performance and design.

I do agree with you that people who are upset are more likely to blog or complain, so it's possible the messages on this blog are a little more pro-Dan than the overall viewership. I understand that online posters are not a representative sample of the overall viewership. But I don't think it's a significant difference - if the comments here are 80% in Dan's favor, I think it's logical to assume that the majority of viewers (more than 50%) prefer Dan's designs.

Another bit of evidence is the ratings on the "Judge the Designs" section. Those ratings have existed throughout this competition, before the winner was announced, and therefore before anyone was upset about the outcome. Dan's designs have consistently been among the top rated (the "orchard" themed white room, Jason Priestley's nursery, the dining room in the first challenge), while Antonio's are barely 3 stars. Those ratings indicate to me that Dan's designs are preferred more by viewers than Antonio's. Again, I just don't buy the argument that only Dan's fans bothered to log on and rate the rooms.

At any rate, I do not purport to speak for the viewers; I believe the viewers will speak to HGTV one by one by clicking off Antonio's show in protest, which will reflect on the collective ratings of the show.

I've read your comments and appreciate that we can have a civil discussion while agreeing to disagree about the outcome of the show.

There's nothing "dishonest" about saying that the "lost" comment thread contained comments 20 to 1 in favor of Dan. That was based on my observations having spent a few hours reading those comments. No, I did not count or tally but that was my rough estimate.

There is also nothing "dishonest" about deducing from the online comments and the ratings on "Judge The Designs" that most viewers prefer Dan's designs. I understand the online community is not a scientific sample of the total viewership, but I don't think it is significantly different from what the overall viewership thinks. I don't buy the argument suggested by you and MANCAVE that only Dan's fans post and vote here and Antonio's fans either don't have computers or don't bother. Nor do I buy that a significant number of Dan's fans have the time or desire to create multiple accounts just to vote for him. Maybe there are a handful of die-hards but certainly not the majority.

Thus, I think it is logical to deduce that the comments and votes on this website are reasonably close to what the overall viewership thinks. No, I don't have scientific proof; that's just my opinion. You may have a different view, but that's mine.

Exactly. HGTV could have given Antonio his own show without doing it through Design Star. What upsets people is the pretense of a competition based on design skills, which were clearly not the criteria this year.

Dan wants the online show. On Sunday, Dan went to a viewing party at a restaurant in Oregon. There were fans there and Dan gave a very humble and classy little speech. On one of the other comment sections, someone posted youtube video of his remarks. He was encouraging everyone to log on to HGTV and vote for him to get his online show. That was just 2 days ago, so I think it's safe to say he wants the online show.

So Dan's fans are the only ones who have computers? Get real!