User blog comment:Epic~00/Why Courtney Hasn't Been A Finalist Yet/@comment-28967746-20171021235435/@comment-4726418-20171022124047

I don't mean they knew AS would get negative response. I mean that Courtney has been such a big character to the show that her ending up reaching the end in a much shorter season would do an injustice to her whereas she much more deserves it in a full length 26-episode season. The As part was just me saying that after it it would look bad that Courtney had ended up winning a season that still wouldn't have been too fondly remembered.