While the folks at Vote for the Worst rejoice at the fact that Sanjaya Malakar now officially has to be part of the American Idol tour, Howard Stern’s jumped on the bandwagon by encouraging people to vote — in jest — for America’s favorite punching bag.
Now, I know this must freak a lot of people out — people who think Sanjaya winning would be a huge disgrace to the purpose of the show. But to me, the purpose of the show is the joke — a huge, fun, hilarious joke that absorbs most of the TV-watching nation, especially those of us who write about it. Daily. No really, every single day. (We know, we know. I personally know.)
Idol is an entirely fabricated and controlled mini-universe that manufactures these human products. Past winners have gone on to amazing career success, but must they all?Do we NEED the American Idol to be the one to sell all the records? Whowould it hurt, besides the producers, if the winner was a huge flop? Maybe, just once, we should f— it up!
Who’s with me?
After the jump: More evidence that the joy of Idol is in the joke…
This poor little thing was another young crying girl in the audienceTuesday night. I happened to catch her seething jealousy — andexcellent launching pad for a long life of resentment — during thecredits. Awww. She doesn’t get to hug the scary robots. I feel prettybad for her.
Yeah, it’s a great joke, except for a 17-year-old boy named Sanjaya. Okay, so he’s not entirely an innocent, but to have your talent and person trashed on the Web regularly, to have people scheming to keep you on to show how bad you are, and to be facing career disaster — if that’s what actually would happen — because people think it’s funny to slaughter you, at 17, that’s not much of a joke to me. The kind thing would be to let the guy leave as soon as possible so he can have a normal teenage life and good stories to tell. But then Howard and EW would have less material for their products, right? Let’s exploit the 17-year-old to sell stuff to the hip folk by moaning about how bad he is and how Idol is just a commercial machine. Like, say, this place.
I actually kind of like the idea of subverting the AI process, not least because it would be bad for the producers (maybe). As long as Sanjaya keeps amusing me with performances like Tuesday’s, I’m good.
I think voting for the worst is so incredibly cruel. Can you imagine what that would do to your self esteem?
My wife calls him Sangina. That cracks me up.
I think it sort of sucks when people vote for the worst, because I am SO sick of listening to Sanjaya. Plus, the people who spend all this time and energy to figure out who the worst is and vote for them a whole bunch really need to get a life. But, then again, I don’t vote at all, I just watch and then get on with my life.
Well stated, Fluffy.
Actually this has already happened when Taylor Hicks won last year. Has anyone heard anything from him lately? I know the charts say his cd is a bust. So the best don’t always win, do they Chris Daughtry?
Actually this has already happened when Taylor Hicks won last year. Has anyone heard anything from him lately? I know the charts say his cd is a bust. So the best don’t always win, do they Chris Daughtry?
It’s kind of like 16-year-old John Stevens in Season 3. He got a lot of the grandma vote, but as time went on, he realized he was in waaay over his head. After a while, you could see the kid sweating onstage; a deer caught in the headlights. For some reason Sanjaya doesn’t seem to have figured this out yet. Maybe he needs a few more weeks, or maybe he never will. Either he’s not very bright, or has an overly healthy ego.
Despite that, (or maybe because of it) I’m with you, Annie. Let’s stick it to the “man”. Let’s mess with the system. As you pointed out, it won’t hurt anyone, except the producers & they’re making plenty of money with the show itself.
All together now: Sanjaya, Sanjaya, Sanjaya!
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I saw that girl too. Her split second jealousy was more interesting that those annoying tears.
“Past winners have gone on to amazing career success” Really? Who besides Kelly Clarkson (ok, maybe Underwood) How’s Reuben doing? How about Fantasia? Hicks?
I am tired of people representing Sanjaya as the worst that Idol has ever had. That is simply not true–he has a small voice, but it is not terrible.He is a cute young boy that little girls and grandmas love. The world won’t end if he stays on for a while–it will go on even if he wins. To me, there isn’t much difference between him and Taylor–actually, I find Sanjaya less irritating to watch.
I simply detest Howard Stern! He is a certified jerk. He is a pig. Why doesn’t he realize his mug is falling?
The worst of the worst was Makalah Gordon. What she did to “son-of-a-preacher man should be a crime. Second prize goes to Camille Velasco. Her good looks got her a spot in the top twelve because her talent is zilch. John Stevens was bad too, and Keith from Atlanta was by far the most delusional.
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