I see what you mean, Brian. It's actually one of those "DUH!" moments: If Adam was in the "bottom 3" out of 5, then by strict mathematics, he was also in the "top 3". He was IN THE BLOODY MIDDLE so could be placed with either pair. Clever marketing to move him to the lower group to create the drama...

At no time did they say Adam had the 2nd lowest votes. Once they had Adam in the low group, all they said was that Kris was safe and could go to the other side.