Sanjaya’s Going, Going, Gone
Well, we won’t have Sanjaya to kick around any more.
Sorry, little cowboy. Time to pack up the pony and hit the trail.
Despite the efforts of Howard Stern, www.votefortheworst.com and little girls all over the planet, Sanjaya finally got the boot. We blame it on the headband. And the fact that he cheated by singing a non-country song on country night.
Oh, and also because, as Simon the eye-roller mentioned on Tuesday, Sanjaya sounded like some of the rejects from the auditions blooper reels.
We can imagine Simon’s doing the happy Snoopy dance right about now.
Sanjaya warbled out a horrendous version of Bonnie Raitt’s “Something to Talk About” while barely containing his frizzed-out hair in a tall red bandana.
When the votes were read on Wednesday night, the bottom three included Sanjaya, Blake Lewis and LaKisha Jones. Although both Lewis and Jones have proven themselves to be good singers, it’s time for both to kick up their games.
Lewis looked a little geeky _ and non-country _ in a blue argyle sweater singing the Tim McGraw barely-country ballad “When the Stars Go Blue” and LaKisha test drove former “American Idol” winner Carrie Underwood’s hit “Jesus Take the Wheel.”
Each week, LaKisha has ignored the advice of the guest vocal coaches and, as a result, she’s been making some poor song choices. I hate to say it, LaKisha, but I have a little bit of Mandisa deja vu going on right now. I think it’s getting close, and you won’t make it into the top two.
My picks right now are Jordin Sparks, who might just win this whole thing because of her youth and spunk combined with great talent, and power singer Melinda Doolittle who can do no wrong.
A notable change in the cellar-dwellers: For the first time in weeks, Phil Stacey didn’t make it into the bottom three. Phil’s been doing a good job these last couple of weeks and it finally paid off for him.
It now comes down to week to week as to who might be kicked off the show next. If LaKisha doesn’t start paying attention, she could be next.
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April 18, 2007 at 6:28 pm
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Kim said,
April 19, 2007 at 11:31 am
Finally! Buh-bye, Sanjaya. Won’t be sad to see you and your pony(hawk) ride off into the sunset. It’s funny you mentioned Mandisa, Sue, because I keep accidentally calling LaKisha that. I correctly predicted the bottom three on Tuesday night. I like Blake, but he’s starting to lose some of his originality. And Mandisa LaKisha is boring. I agree that Phil is holding his own…but please, lose the dorky hats!! Melinda is looking good for the win, however, Simon’s right… please lose the aw-shucks thing. Jordin is the wild card!