I think Kris, if he wins, will get discredited because of the not-Adam vote.While I do think there is a bit of not-Adam that could be from bigotry I think a lot more of the not-Adam vote is because Adam is a polarizing artist and isn't one that was going to pick up a lot of fans along the way. To win he had to start with a big fan base and keep that fan base.
Kris is much more a type of artist that could pick up a lot of fans from other fan bases along the way. He didn't have to start with a splash. About all people don't like about Kris is sometimes he is boring, but people won't vow to never vote for you because they found one performance boring. They will if they found a performance of yours that didn't do a classic they love in the way they think it should be sung.
I do know some people feel Kris may be the chosen one this season, just not the obvious one. He didn't get pushed on us like some of the others but he never really got dissed in a way that got him in the bottom three every week, either. He always seemed to get the Gosh Golly Gee, ain't he a great guy type of edit. A lot like David Archuleta, but a lot more sincere. I mean because in Kris's life he chose that kind of life rather than David that seems to be that way because he's been sheltered so much he doesn't know anything different.
Anyway. Whoever wins, I hope they do get all the credit that is due them. Just because Adam's creativity was a lot more obvious I really liked watching Kris's approach as well.