Thank you Panellist. Exactly.
When people get hot under the collar about certain people not getting a look in, I suspect that they are being nominated ... but as I say, not enough people are nominating them to get in the final 4.

Sunray FC - yes. When I was running a club, back in the 70s and 80s, we had guests 3 weeks out of 4, with a full mixture from the "guaranteed to fill the club" guests such as Martin carthy, Roaring Jelly, Vin garbutt, through to the people we knew wouldn't fill the club, including newcomers etc. The main criterion was that they had to be good! And to do that, we relied on people we'd seen elsewhere, including festivals, personal recommendation etc. Lots of clubs had the same sort of guest structure I am sure.
There are now fewer clubs doing this sort of thing, some people have unrealistic expectations regarding fees (so I am told), and with some of the newer, and younger, performers wanting to tour with bands, the economics of clubs affording some of these guests is impossible....
Derek