No necessarily, but in this case it was so blatant even the normally straight laced media are hinting at it. Mmm, lets think about it, you have flamboyant, make-up wearing Adam or you have Allen's Christian picket fence lifestyle. Which one are the holy rollers going to vote for? They are after all, the ones that have made an issue of Adams sexuality, which is why now people are screaming homophobia.
This is a singing competition, and by a long distance Adam was by far the best and most original of the entire series. Trust me if Allen had been the better contestant I would have no problem with the result, but he wasn't even close. He has a pleasant enough voice I suppose, but he is Conference division to Adam's Premier League.