So, thanks to the internet, I can happily keep up with my American Idol obsession that is being regulated by medication, but started immediately after the first season started when I was in undergrad.
That being said, I’ve always rooted for the belter. The person who can sing with such incredible power that you are sure she or he can take on any song as long as it requires a good singer.
To that end, this season I’ve happily been rooting for...well the black people. Jocelyn’s mom called one night (she loves Idol as well) and said in a thick Boston accent, “Those black girls are wicked good.” And Mrs. Keith I agree. Melinda, Lakisha, Sabrina, Jordin and Stephanie rounded out a group of people who were actually fun to listen to because you were fairly certain that it would be beyond their singing ability that would be a challenge. The judges weren’t going to constantly talk about how they sounded, more about challenging them in other aspects of the contest.
I too love a good challenge, so I think that I’m going to start rooting for the antithesis of these girls -- Sanjaya. I think it would be so cool to have my kids come home from elementary school one day and show me the chapter in their American history textbooks where it said the nation truly fell apart and went nuts. Forget the Iraq war, Sanjaya Malakar won American Idol as one of the biggest, most cohesive jokes American’s ever played on themselves.
How this kid is still on the show is beyond me, but I think it would be great for him to win. Simon has promised to quit (awful - but I’d love to see if it would happen). Fans are begging for the voting to cost money to stop power voters and people like Howard Stern are now weighing in on this show, which just ups it’s street cred in my opinion.
So, in hopes of seeing hell freeze over, or pigs fly or all the other crazy things that can happen, here’s to Sanjaya winning... thank God I watch Idol the next day so I can’t vote!
