I am amending this to say that while JC is in the running ICly, I have decided for myself that I do not want him to be chosen to win. Please remove his name from the list when it comes down to rolling for the winner!

As for the IC reason for his defeat -- it would be the same as if he'd still been in the running but someone else had been chosen! Either they truly were the more popular candidate, or someone has intervened to make certain that it is that person/is not Jean-Claude himself, in the end.