Andreu just always seems to get photographed really well, there's probably a dozen photos of him taken by various people that could have made the first round of POY
the pic of andreu didnt get in because it was posted after the contest started, personally i think they should've waited till the beginning of 2012 to start the contest cuz then there would be more pics available just look at yesterdays pod as another great example
You have a point. It's a shame the voting started when people were looking at PODs within the last two months. I'm sure there's SO many photos out there this year that could've made it if the voting was over a different time period.
Its just the way POM is counted. It's done on views per month. Because of the POY contest obviously those photos got a lot more views than they otherwise would have. Keep calm the world isn't falling apart just yet.