Celebracadabra - disappointing ending...

I finally got to get up to date on TiVo on som of the show I had missed. I was really disappointed that Hal Sparks did not win Celebracadabra on VH1 - I'm sorry but C. Thomas Howell exposing those bills as flagrantly as he did was far worse than Hal tripping or the music getting screwed up (which was definitely not Hal's fault). Hal is a much better magician and seemed to me to be more appreciative of what he learned. He even had more of the look and the desire I think. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now, but I would have liked to have seen him go all the way...