Sanjaya -- Screw You "Haters!"

Sanjaya believes that his fans, not Howard Stern, kept him alive on "Idol."

Malakar, the Ponyhawked Wonder who was given the ax this week, was a constant joke for the shock jock, who urged his listeners to vote for Sanjaya to screw with the "Idol" system -- by intentionally voting for "the worst."

Malakar tells Ellen DeGeneres he doesn't believe that Stern's fans and other "haters" voted enough "to make a dent in the system." While confident, and perhaps delusional, Sanjy feels it was his own large fan base that kept the straining singer around for so long.

Sanjy also reveals, in an interview airing Monday on Ellen's talk show, that if he were to shave his hair, he'd donate it to the Britney-esque Phil Stacey -- though it's doubtful Phil would consider it a good luck charm!



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31. I think Sanjaya is delusional. The story wasn't about him after awhile---it was about the fact that a guy who can't sing is on American Idol, looking ridiculous with his hair--it just all became a big joke. "Vote For The Worst" was made for him. You were a joke, Sanjaya--get it?

Posted at 10:02AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Steve

32. We have enough ugly brown people as is!

Posted at 10:15AM on Apr 21st 2007 by DEPORT HIM BACK TO INDIA! .\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

33.
American Idol sent him to HOLLYWOOD. RANDY, PAULA, & SIMON sent him to HOLLYWOOD. Why pick on a 17 year old. . Why are you mocking him? Make the MOST OF IT, SANJAYA!!!!!!

Posted at 10:07AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Dee

34. Sanjaya who ?????


Enough said...

Posted at 11:38AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Ms. Kitty

35. Sanjaya, clean the fairy dust out of your ears...
You sound horrible.

Posted at 11:46AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Flutter, flutter

36. I really felt bad for this kid. Yes he wasn't the best singer but I feel that the judges should get criticized for putting him on the show in the first place. It wasn't his fault people were voting for him. Oh well at least its over now. Good luck Sanjaya!

Posted at 11:48AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Cuki2007

37. BESIDES BEING THE MOST UNTALENTED SINGER, HE IS BY FAR THE UGLIEST HUMAN ON EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO BACK TO INDIA, THEY WILL LOVE YOU THERE!!!!!

Posted at 1:34PM on Apr 21st 2007 by head games

38. Mark my word!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:50PM on Apr 21st 2007 by Karma

39. Talk about a bigot . Karma! you are saying white trash. Isn't that something only a bigot would say ? it's sad that most people who are bigot's don't even know they are! anyway I do not think Sanjaya is from India I think he was born and rasied in theU.S.A.!!!

Posted at 2:16PM on Apr 21st 2007 by Angie

40. that was a tacky remark aboout Phil, lets face it you do not have to have hair to have talent nor to win AI. Phil is a very good singer and I hope he gets picked up by someone, Randy are you listening!

Posted at 4:49PM on Apr 21st 2007 by johnnie f.king

41. Sanjaya can have a pretty good future ahead of him if he uses this A.I. fame to the fullest and gets it through his head of hair that he is not an "ARTIST" as he called himself and really just a fluke that made it pretty far. If he can admit to himself that for his little talent he had a very good ride , he will have an even bigger ride doing endorsements , TV...etc...Kinda like Federline , finally coming to terms that he was nobody and laughing about it , like in the superbowl commercial..

Posted at 4:48PM on Apr 21st 2007 by butcher

42. Here's the kid who never grasped the concept that the world was laughing at him, not with him.

I guess every season has to have it's version of William Hung.

I bet Simon, Randy, and Paula were kicking themselves the last few weeks for kicking Sanjaya's sister off during auditions and keeping the buffoon.

Posted at 7:28PM on Apr 21st 2007 by TJoe

43. See what instant "fame" for the wrong reason did to this dude? He thinks people love him---people hate you, you moron! Stop dreaming---you ain't gonna make it! Go back to flipping burgers...not that there is anything wrong---but at least, you can sing to your heart's content in a deaf resto....even if you really can't sing!

Posted at 8:04PM on Apr 21st 2007 by Emerald

44. For all you losers who are crying about Sanjaya ruining the show, this is obviously your first time watching A.I. It happens every year people. Someone's favorite gets eliminated and they start crying that someone else should have gone first. Boo hoo! But just read this great article I found on all that talent that has come from American Idol. Too bad they can't blame Sanjaya for their situations. Ha,Ha, LOSERS!!!!
Season one: The book makes it clear, for instance, that AJ Gil from season one isn’t doing anything. Jim Verraros says he’s not evern recognized. EJay Day is still doing cruise ships. Christina Christian is a mom. Nikki McKibbin is getting married.

Season two: Charles Grigsby is “doing the starving artist thing,” working odd jobs. Julia DeMato is a hair stylist. Corey Clark is still performing out of Nashville with his R&B/funk/urban group Band Genius. Rickey Smith is a bartender. Trenyce has been in six theater productions. Kimberley Locke owns a steakhouse and wine bar in Westchester, N.Y. and will be on “Celebrity Fit Club 5.”

Season three: Matt Rogers helps out with Fox Reality TV’s Idol show, hosts Discovery Channel’s “Really Big Things” and works as a mortgage broker. Leah LaBelle is at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Amy Adams is a mom and toured with “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” Camile Velasco isn’t doing much. Ditto with Jon Peter Lewis. LaToya London is set to play Nettie in Oprah’s production of “The Color Purple.” George Huff is deep in Christian gospel. John Stevens attends Boston’s Berklee Colleg e of Music with LaBelle and he’s got a girlfriend! Jasmine Trias did a Vegas Hawaiian act at the Flamingo and plans to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

Season four: Lindsey Cardinale is a part-time data-entry clerk. Mikalaha Gordon is helping out with Fox Reality TV’s Idol show. Jessica Sierra is a Hooters waitress in Tampa Bay (Cool!) and as noted in the magazine, she did appear at a Toyota dealership here in Atlanta. Nikko Smith isn’t doing much (like most everyone, he’s working on a CD.). Nadia Turner returned to her Christian band Tool Box and acted in an independent film “A Taste of Us.” Anwar Robinson performs private events in New Jersey. Scott Savol got married. Anthony Fedorov is a spokesman for the Sarcoma Foundation of America after his brother died of sarcoma. He is starring in The Fantasticks this spring. Vonzell Solomon is just doing appearances in Fort Myers, Fla.

Season five: Melissa McGhee isn’t doing much but had surgery to remove polyps from her vocal cords last fall. Kevin Covais is a senior in high school and doesn’t seem amused by the “Chicken Little” nickname. Lisa Tucker has been on “Zoey 101” on Nickelodeon. Mandisa is a model for Ashley Stewart and her CD is due out later this year. Everybody else either has a CD out or is about to.

Posted at 12:34AM on Apr 22nd 2007 by your mom

45. This kid has no talent. He sucks at interviews, his singing is flat. what makes people think he can't act. I don't see him as broadway material either. But these days, Hollywood will make you a star with no talent. He isn't even cute. I think the people who like him are kids, or adults with some kind of depression

Posted at 9:39AM on Apr 23rd 2007 by txgirl

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