I have to admit that I've been watching American Idol this season, more because I have some virtual bets placed on the contestants than for entertainment. Well, Benjamin likes to dance to the music, too.

Anyway, Sanjaya, the biggest name to come out of AI in a long time, got voted off yesterday. I was pretty surprised, because I was figuring him for a top 4, not because of his talent, but because of the people voting him in. At first I think it was the work of votefortheworse.com that was keeping him on, but as time wore on, I think that more people started voting for him because they thought it was funny to have him stay in the competition.

Admittedly, the kid's talented. He's a good singer, but not at the levels that the current contestants are at.

And now...he's gone. I admit, I feel for the li'l guy. He wasn't a villain, he wasn't horrible, and he seems like he was a sweet, hardworking guy. Poor thing hugged Lakisha for hours after it was announced that he was leaving, and cried as they showed his "We're booting you cuz you suck" montage onscreen.

Bye bye, my little Sanjaya Papaya.

Now the REAL competition starts!

Posted by Yano at April 19, 2007 08:43 AM

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