Don’t Disrespect American Idol Underdog Sanjaya

For several weeks now I correctly predicted that Sanjaya would continue on in his quest to become the next American Idol. It is amazing that a shy 17 year old could elicit such strong emotions from so many across the U. S. Love em or hate em, everyone has an opinion.


So let me ask you these simple questions. Have you ever been in the top eleven in anything important? Are you the kind of person that has the courage to go in and ask the boss for a well deserved raise? When you see that someone special that you want to talk to across the room or across the bar do you go over and talk to them or “clam” up? If you answered yes, congratulations you are Sanjaya-like. If you answered no, stop dissing my guy.

This young man, Sanjaya, by his own admission is shy. Gee, I guess most of us figured that out by now. It seemed from the way they cut the show at the beginning that he only went into the room to audition because he happened to be there with his sister. Next things he knows it’s off to Hollywood and now the elite eleven. We should be rejoicing in his success and seeing him as a young role model.

In the comments section of my previous article on BlogCritics, Long Live Sanjaya, American Idol Underdog, a young twelve year old named Terrie wrote that she is voting for Sanjaya because she read on his bio that he is shy. Being shy, herself, she is attracted to the young man and sees him the way he should be as a role model.

Now some people are trying to explain his success by pointing to Vote for the Worst.com. While I have no doubt that this helps, I am certain this accounts for only a tiny fraction of the votes he is receiving. The teenagers of America are keeping this young man alive.

We should cherish Sanjaya and accept that he is well liked around American. Maybe all those teenagers see something in this young man that we as adults cannot. Maybe they see a role model. Maybe they see someone aspiring to a dream. Or maybe they just don’t like the fact that so many are “dissing” him.

I’ll have my prediction out this week on Wednesday afternoon. I am happy to say I correctly predicted that Sanjaya was safe last week, and I also correctly predicted that Brandon would be the first of the top twelve to hit the dirt.



Is a major surprise in store in the next two weeks? The answer is yes, stay tuned.