Of Blogs and Oranges..

American Idol is the news these days, and how! First with AI reject Jennifer Hudson basking in the glory of her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress (I wonder how much of her glow can be attributed to smugness though. It’s not many people who get the best of Simon Cowell!) And then for the huge ‘Down with Sanjaya’ thingy that’s making headlines (jeez! What has the news come to?) over the world.
I think the season where Carrie Underwood won AI was the last one I followed avidly. Seriously, I was like an AI junkie; no one in the house dared to talk to me or even drop a pin when I was watching. I must admit, a lot of my craziness was ‘cuz of the incredibly hot Constantine Maro-something. I pretty much lost interest in the show after that, although I do watch snippets here and there if nothing else catches my fancy. (My current obsession is Hannah ‘look at me hamming it for the camera’ Montana. Just so you know…)
This time around though, I don’t think I can avoid AI if I tried. Whenever I log onto MSN or Yahoo or something, there’s always something or the other about AI and Sanjaya scrolling along the bottom of my screen. MY GOD! People need to get lives, I tell you! For a nation that’s quite ruthlessly and egotistically plundering all the world’s resources and painting the world in red, blue and white, the Americans are obsessively well, obsessed with Sanjaya – some of them love, some of ‘em don’t, but they just can’t stop talking about him.
His looks and his voice aren’t stellar by any means, but they aren’t spleen-tearingly bad either. In my opinion, this year’s Idols are mediocre at best, and this is something that shines through after watching just five minutes of the show. Sanjaya might not be that good, but none of them are. Maybe he was chosen because he’s brown, because he’s an underdog, or because of sheer talent (with competitions swinging the way they are these days, one can never tell!)
Anyway, I don’t know what everyone is complaining about. Simon’s threatening to give AI a skip next year if Sanjaya gets crowned, but dude! You were one of the three jackasses who chose him in the first place. And as for the American populace – if you don’t like him, don’t vote for him. Simple. Starving yourself to get him kicked out is just a pathetic excuse on your part to get rid of that baby fat by taking to anorexia. You want someone else to win, vote for them. A couple cents here and there won’t kill you. If anything, you’ll be spending that much less on cheeseburgers, and let’s admit it, the cows you eat have nothing on you in terms of weight.
So what am I beating around the bush for and trying to say? If your favourites get voted out instead of Sanjaya, it means more people like him than hate him. Either that, or his fans are rake thin already and are spending their allowance on voting for him.
In the end though, the producers of AI must be laughing their way to the bank. Their marketing gimmick has really paid off. After all, they had me going on and on and on about AI for the last 8534070 pages, no?