not deemed good enough by Whiteley
umm, well since he was in the top 10 that year, as evidenced by the official top 10 video you linked, that actually means i did deem him good enough. That he didn't make it to the finals that year means that the voting audience didn't deem him good enough to push ahead with their votes. easy now.
he was, and is, sick. cool to see new stuff of him.