Also, I think it's silly to say that he won the show because he had a more interesting edit. He got the more interesting edit BECAUSE he won the show, and the editors are invested in telling the most interesting story about the winners journey to the top.

Nick didn't have problems with the servers in his last challenge. Justin was the one who was a dick to his servers. In fact, he was the hero of restaurant wars. As the very same reviewer posted in her review of that episode: