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читать дальшеIt’s over. Ryan Seacrest couldn’t suppress the twinkle in his eyes if his life depended on it. This was a big moment, and he knew it. And, he knew how to play it. Simon got a look at the bottom three and he started to shift in his chair with excitement. “I’m starting to sense something,” he told Ryan Seacrest.
Yes, we all sensed something. I think a lot of us were hoping it was the end for Sanjaya, but thought LaKisha’s fate was sealed. But, once Ryan said it was Sanjaya whose journey was over, I assure you a number of things happened simultaneously. You saw him collapse in a heap into the arms of LaKisha Jones. If he looked comfortable in those arms, it is because she has been reported to be especially supportive to Sanjaya. It has been reported that she encouraged him, kept his spirits high, and basically helped him pick up the pieces after the judges decimated him.
What you may not have seen is Clive Davis popping open a bottle of Moet. Not even he would look forward to involvement in would-be Idol winner Sanjaya’s album. The owner of BLEEP just saw his own fifteen minutes of inexplicable fame pass faster than Sanjaya’s. Howard Stern started planning his next bit. His clever hitch on the coattails of the highest rated television in the world is over. If you listened closely, you may have heard the exhales of Fox executives who were growing more and more nervous as each week with Sanjaya went on.
Oh, they were sweating! They will never admit that, but they were. In fact, Idol exec Cecile Frot-Coutaz came just shy of guaranteeing Sanjaya won’t win. How could she do that? “America always gets it right” is what she told EW.com, but some folks are wondering if the producers have pulled the plug themselves. Idol is preparing itself for its biggest stage. Would it want to sully its good works and all the self-hype with Sanjaya around? Fair question.
Another fair question would be what happens to the show? Should there be another season? Would a Sanjaya win demonstrate that the public has grown tired of American Idol? Can Fox survive without American Idol? Imagine all these questions posed by a slight, mildly effeminate young boy with bushy expressive eyebrows, lustrous locks, and twice his weight in pluck.
I, personally, had predicted this was the week Sanjaya was going to go. I just had a feeling after “Besame Mucho” he had gained some respect… and lost sympathy – sympathy voters who felt bad about the rap he seemed to be taking were key to his success. As soon as he does well, and shows he doesn’t need to be pitied, those voters are gone. That is what happened. Win the battle of respect, lose the war.
The question becomes whether Idol takes this opportunity to fine tune its system. They had a scare, and maybe its time to examine the process to protect the sanctity of the results from those who want to thwart for whatever they hope to gain from it. I say it won’t. Howard Stern and BLEEP failed, and Idol is feeling indestructible. There is such a thing as damage control, but Idol will dismiss this notion as panic.
Howard Stern’s aim was pretty simple. His show will go on whether Sanjaya won or not. If it did, he can claim to have thrown a huge wrench in the Idol machine. Even now, for weeks, Howard had his name attached to biggest attraction in the world. Do you think it may have drawn curious listeners to his show? Of course it did. Mission accomplished.
The frustrating thing with BLEEP is that it serves no purpose at all. It’s utter unctuous in its insistence of its relevance. The owner has been making the rounds of talk show appearances of late. Time after time, he has claimed that the website started because “ is so manipulated and so controlled and these people are so untalented.” So, he wanted to be a ghost in the machine. In the same breath, he will admit he watches every week, and sometimes will admit that he likes the show! If that makes any sense to you, please explain it to me.
I certainly understand hating a television program. I can tell you with great pride that I have never watched a complete episode of Full House. That much sweetness in one spot can’t be good for you! So, I don’t watch. I don’t feel the need to start a website to encourage people to disrupt it!
Love him or hate him, but Sanjaya has made himself into a household name. There have been some whisperings that Bollywood may be calling! What he should do is head right to a vocal coach and get to work! Someone somewhere is going to offer him a recording contract. Celebrity mentor after celebrity mentor have assured us that he can sing, and there has to be a reason he made the Top 24. He should prepare himself very carefully for his post-Idol debut. He could shock us all if he puts in the work.
There has never been a contestant like Sanjaya. Sure, there have been plenty of contestants who overstayed their welcome, but there has never been this kind of raw… hatred for someone who hasn’t done anything to deserve other than sing not-great. Message boards were full of people who couldn’t put together anything more intelligent than “Sanjaya suckks.” He was the talk of television. The scions of pop culture were having a field day at his expense. Even on Tuesday’s Howard Stern show, the talk turned briefly to whether this was really helping Sanjaya. What’s Sanjaya going to do when he finds out that some of his support was satirical? What does that do to a kid who tried out for American Idol like everyone else and found himself in the situation?
My mother, a sympathetic voter in the first order, would get almost teary-eyed at the things folks would write about him. I have to admit I have defended him out there. It’s so easy to be ugly out there. These folks with so much to say, I wonder if they could have faced all of this maelstrom with the inner confidence and backbone of Sanjaya.
Maybe we all could learn something from the man who was set up to be the fool and had the nerve to turn the tables
Yes, we all sensed something. I think a lot of us were hoping it was the end for Sanjaya, but thought LaKisha’s fate was sealed. But, once Ryan said it was Sanjaya whose journey was over, I assure you a number of things happened simultaneously. You saw him collapse in a heap into the arms of LaKisha Jones. If he looked comfortable in those arms, it is because she has been reported to be especially supportive to Sanjaya. It has been reported that she encouraged him, kept his spirits high, and basically helped him pick up the pieces after the judges decimated him.
What you may not have seen is Clive Davis popping open a bottle of Moet. Not even he would look forward to involvement in would-be Idol winner Sanjaya’s album. The owner of BLEEP just saw his own fifteen minutes of inexplicable fame pass faster than Sanjaya’s. Howard Stern started planning his next bit. His clever hitch on the coattails of the highest rated television in the world is over. If you listened closely, you may have heard the exhales of Fox executives who were growing more and more nervous as each week with Sanjaya went on.
Oh, they were sweating! They will never admit that, but they were. In fact, Idol exec Cecile Frot-Coutaz came just shy of guaranteeing Sanjaya won’t win. How could she do that? “America always gets it right” is what she told EW.com, but some folks are wondering if the producers have pulled the plug themselves. Idol is preparing itself for its biggest stage. Would it want to sully its good works and all the self-hype with Sanjaya around? Fair question.
Another fair question would be what happens to the show? Should there be another season? Would a Sanjaya win demonstrate that the public has grown tired of American Idol? Can Fox survive without American Idol? Imagine all these questions posed by a slight, mildly effeminate young boy with bushy expressive eyebrows, lustrous locks, and twice his weight in pluck.
I, personally, had predicted this was the week Sanjaya was going to go. I just had a feeling after “Besame Mucho” he had gained some respect… and lost sympathy – sympathy voters who felt bad about the rap he seemed to be taking were key to his success. As soon as he does well, and shows he doesn’t need to be pitied, those voters are gone. That is what happened. Win the battle of respect, lose the war.
The question becomes whether Idol takes this opportunity to fine tune its system. They had a scare, and maybe its time to examine the process to protect the sanctity of the results from those who want to thwart for whatever they hope to gain from it. I say it won’t. Howard Stern and BLEEP failed, and Idol is feeling indestructible. There is such a thing as damage control, but Idol will dismiss this notion as panic.
Howard Stern’s aim was pretty simple. His show will go on whether Sanjaya won or not. If it did, he can claim to have thrown a huge wrench in the Idol machine. Even now, for weeks, Howard had his name attached to biggest attraction in the world. Do you think it may have drawn curious listeners to his show? Of course it did. Mission accomplished.
The frustrating thing with BLEEP is that it serves no purpose at all. It’s utter unctuous in its insistence of its relevance. The owner has been making the rounds of talk show appearances of late. Time after time, he has claimed that the website started because “ is so manipulated and so controlled and these people are so untalented.” So, he wanted to be a ghost in the machine. In the same breath, he will admit he watches every week, and sometimes will admit that he likes the show! If that makes any sense to you, please explain it to me.
I certainly understand hating a television program. I can tell you with great pride that I have never watched a complete episode of Full House. That much sweetness in one spot can’t be good for you! So, I don’t watch. I don’t feel the need to start a website to encourage people to disrupt it!
Love him or hate him, but Sanjaya has made himself into a household name. There have been some whisperings that Bollywood may be calling! What he should do is head right to a vocal coach and get to work! Someone somewhere is going to offer him a recording contract. Celebrity mentor after celebrity mentor have assured us that he can sing, and there has to be a reason he made the Top 24. He should prepare himself very carefully for his post-Idol debut. He could shock us all if he puts in the work.
There has never been a contestant like Sanjaya. Sure, there have been plenty of contestants who overstayed their welcome, but there has never been this kind of raw… hatred for someone who hasn’t done anything to deserve other than sing not-great. Message boards were full of people who couldn’t put together anything more intelligent than “Sanjaya suckks.” He was the talk of television. The scions of pop culture were having a field day at his expense. Even on Tuesday’s Howard Stern show, the talk turned briefly to whether this was really helping Sanjaya. What’s Sanjaya going to do when he finds out that some of his support was satirical? What does that do to a kid who tried out for American Idol like everyone else and found himself in the situation?
My mother, a sympathetic voter in the first order, would get almost teary-eyed at the things folks would write about him. I have to admit I have defended him out there. It’s so easy to be ugly out there. These folks with so much to say, I wonder if they could have faced all of this maelstrom with the inner confidence and backbone of Sanjaya.
Maybe we all could learn something from the man who was set up to be the fool and had the nerve to turn the tables