Was thinking the EXACT same thing, after watching all the finals again. Comparing shedda and Shai at the same stage of their careers and Shai is light years ahead.
Certainly has a lot of ground to make up to catch Edwards, but bloody hell he is exciting to watch. Makes the hard stuff look so easy.
A few years back, we'd get to the Dreamtime game and Edwards would be our only indigenous representative. 2020 could realistically see Shedda, Shai, Stacky, Rioli and Marlion all line up together.
Simon Cowell doesn't own that much X Factor!