Dean already said they didn't pick their singer from the submissions, that rules out Borja. On the other hand neither Pete Murray nor Jeff Gutt appear to have been part of submissions, so it's either one of them or someone we haven't hear about.
He did say that Blue. But, they did consider some. I have spoken to some industry insiders that told me"This was all a P.R. stunt." I had to disagree with them after seeing the DeLeos at one of my band's (3 DOLLAR MOLLY) shows at THE BEER COOLER, in Hillsdale, Indiana, on April 16th 2016. Too bad we had a bad night and murdered "Interstate Love Song" along with many other songs, in front of them. Didn't realize they were in the room until the end of the show and I was far too blown away, embarrassed and disappointed to speak to Robert. Dean hid in the corner. We sucked left hind tit, ass and balls that night. Terrible! Actually the worst show we have ever played in our 3 year history. I've never mentioned this because I was told by another candidate, that released a story, I would hurt my chances. That was a long time ago. Or seems like it. I know the person who owns and runs the bar and asked for a copy of the surveillance footage of the DeLeo boys and if it had dawned on me 2 weeks sooner, I would have it. The bar only pays the security company to keep a backlog of less than a year.