Sanjaya's got star power
Sanjaya Malakar is my least favorite person to ever compete on American Idol, there I said it! But I may have this whole competition wrong. Maybe it isn't just about being the best singer anymore.
In the past American Idol judges and execs have looked for a good singer who they could teach to be a star. It has definitely worked with Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Fantasia Barrino. They haven't been as successful at making Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard household names beyond Idol.
Maybe this year, Idol executives will have to try something new. If Sanjaya Malakar wins this competition, then they will get to take someone who already has star power and make people think he can sing. But that may not be a problem.
"He has a charm about him that is key to being a pop star," Stuart Meyer of Sub Pop Records told TMZ. "Some of the biggest pop stars, like Madonna and Britney, aren't exactly the best singers."
I just hope he doesn't forget about the websites and radio shows who are trying to get people to vote for Sanjaya as a joke.
Tuesday night Sanjaya Malakar and eight other people who can actually sing (Melinda Doolittle, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Phil Stacey, Lakisha Jones, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson and Jordin Sparks) will perform live on Tuesday night at 8pm on Fox to the songs of Tony Bennett.
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He is terrible. Just terrible
Who's fantasia?
In answer to the previous poster, Aretha Franklin and Patti La Belle have both claimed on numerous occasions that they are the "musical mother" of Fantasia. At least the icons of the music industry sure know who Fantasia is, even if you don't!
Good singers/manufactured ones can impress, but great ones "move" you. Enter Fantasia, a "real" singer and by far the best of the current crop when it comes to emoting the lyrics of a song.
I suggest that you familiarize yourself with this wonderful young lady, as she is going to be around a long, long time.
I COMPLETELY AGREE BILLY PARKER!!!
Fantasia is incredible.
Billy Parker, you said it. Fantasia is the only Idol contestant to have ever really grabbed me!!!!!!!
I'm really surprised at how mean people are being to Sanjaya..I like his singing. I downloaded three of his songs from the American Idol website. He's quite good. What I'm really upset about is all the gay bashing going on ..on his board over at the AI site. It's gotten brutal..the poor guy hasn't even tasted fame yet and already he's being abused by bigots. The racist remarks are really bad too...someone actually posted that people shouldn't touch him. I read that he has a huge fanbase in India. I wonder what they think of all the hate America is spewing his way. Homophobia and racism are alive and well in America as usual.
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