Liamber Alert

My sweet, sweet smiley hero, you were dismissed this past week much to the dismay of millions of fans.....I of course am talking about Sanjaya Malakhar, my one and only reason for tuning into American Idol each week. I am no talent scout, but I feel pretty confident that Sanjaya is a terrible singer, and just the simple fact that he made it this far is a testament to all the comedians/cynics of the world who wanted to the worst contestant to come out on top. Making it in the entertainment industry is long hard road, and way too often in the comedy world people with no talent make it big, such as Carlos Mencia, which leaves the rest of us scratching our heads and doubting our own abilities, so to see it happen in such a grand fashion, and have it be based (supposedly) on viewers votes was quite a spectacle. Howard Stern jumped on early and undoubtedly got the smiling crooner millions of votes, and being a Sirius subscriber and devout Howard listener, I had to help the cause, so for the first time in my life, I voted for a contestant on American Idol, and of course I was pulling for Sanjaya. I really thought that this was it, I thought that enough people had gotten behind the movement to give Hollywood a great big "Fuck You" by launching a talentless singer deep into your depths instead of you taking your pick of the litter, but no, there must be a lot of American Idol purists who took a stand and ousted my hero.

I have discussed this issue at great lengths with some people, a few of them feel like Sanjaya sticking around was robbing the other contestants of their shot at stardom, but I don't see it that way at all. Of the folks who were ousted before my sweet prince, if any of them were so great, they would not have gone home, regardless of all the press Sanjaya was getting for being so bad, their fans would have kept them in the contest. As for those that remain, they had good reason to be nervous, they were all more talented singers, but they did not have so many people in powerful roles in society pulling for them......all you need to succeed are a few well known people to endorse you, then all your flaws and shortcomings seem to disappear. I tuned into American Idol each week, I became a faithful viewer of the show, normally I would only watch the first few weeks when all the crazies audition. I looked forward to Sanjaya's performances so much, not for the hair, but for the laughs he would provide, he was sooo bad, but I just had to watch. I eagerly waited for the shows to end so I could cast my votes, I got sucked into the American Idol trap because there was finally someone I could get behind and support, but that all went away on Wednesday.........I doubt that I will watch the rest of the season, and I would never pay to go watch Sanjaya in concert, but if he ever wanted to get together to make some comedic shorts, I would ride his coattails like no other to fame. I speak for all of us when I say thank you Sanjaya, you were our rallying point, sorry for letting you down, but thanks for the memories.......I doubt this will be the last time that the "Vote For The Worst" movement surfaces, and I can't wait for the next one.

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