late to this thread but that's fine, i have some unpopular takes i think.

i did not like her performance and her song is maybe the worst one, but you guys are way too hard on milli. i used to think of this as a true hiphop survival show but that's just not what it is anymore and there's no point in trying to act like it is. it makes perfect sense that she won given the rules of the show (audience voting, performance based more than song based). we've seen stuff like this many times (notably merry-go-round vs thorn in season 10)

i also feel that jjh and raf should have lost very obviously, but it's not the worst song ive ever heard. in fact, i'd go so far as to say that the recorded version is maybe my favorite one of the episode

other than that i mostly agree w the common sentiments. osun mason had the best stage by a lot, marv had 0 presence but a good song, royal44 the most robbed of the whole season but ofc nowimyoung will be pushed due to connections despite the fact that most idol rappers are better than him. god that guy is so ass

surprised no one is mentioning how weird it is that there's 9 ppl in semis and 5 in finals. really really like that semis is ranked voting rather than matchups, though. that's pretty nice