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Ever wonder what 98 Degrees Jeff Timmons and LFO's Rich Cronin do for money nowadays? 
We're told Timmons and Cronin are headlining the Plymouth Rox Summer Fest in Mass. for the combined price tag of $8000 (plus travel) -- that's how much Sanjaya costs!
If that isn't enough, someone will have the opportunity to be serenaded by Jeff Timmons on stage -- if you win, just close your eyes and think it's Nick Lachey.
Filed under: The Rich Life
Sanjaya is trying to gouge poor, unsuspecting country fair folk.
The scene of the crime: The Richmond County Fair. They asked the hair-brained reject to sing. He demanded $8,000.
We're told at the same fair last year, Kimberly Caldwell and Paris Bennett raked in less than $5,000 -- and that's for the package.
So how do we know this? Fair officials called TMZ to ask if eight grand for Sanjaya was fair. We declined to comment on the phone.
Eight - grand is insane!
Filed under: American Idol
Celebs just ache to be lampooned in cartoons -- and artist David Gilmore is at the ready. 
His prettyontheoutside blog has featured some of the most hilarious caricatures of today's wacky stars, and he's let us put a few on parade for your pleasure.
Click on in and enjoy the pretty.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
The talent-free hairball that is Sanjaya is on the "American Idol" summer tour, and wouldn't you know it, he still can't sing a lick!
TMZ caught up with the vocally challenged Idol in Greenville, South Carolina where he successfully turned a cover of the classic "Life is a Highway" into road kill -- singing only a couple of the right words,running out of breath mid-performance, and resorting to the same head-shaking antics that previously made you want to throw your television out the nearest window. A little pitchy!
Chris Sligh joined Sanjy on stage, but looked like he didn't want anything to do with the singing part of the "performance" -- quietly playing his guitar on the opposite side of the stage while the lyric butchering commenced. While my guitar gently weeps!
Filed under: American Idol
They're rich. They're famous. And they're dead! 
Thanks to our friends at HollywoodZombies.com, death has never been so stimulating. Visit "Cosmo Ghoul" Nicole Retchie, Sanjaya Malacarcass and Scarey-Kate and Ghastly Olsen!
Take a peek, if you dare, at your favorite celebs transformed into grotesque zombies in this gruesome gallery, though for some, not much alteration was required.
Still morbidly curious? Pull open the drawers of our "Heinous Extremities" and "Leave it to Beaver" crypts!
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Chris Daughtry might be spending too much time inside Hyde. When asked about his prediction for "American Idol," he responded, "I think we could win this year." Um, what?
Click here... it's not over yet
Filed under: Celebs Caught on Tape
Ever wonder what celebs will look like when they get older? Then wander on into our "Who Will They Look Like?" gallery and find out!
TMZ shows you who the stars are morphing into ... before your very eyes!
Want more? Sure you do! Click on into our "Like Father, Like Son" and "Mothers and Daughters" galleries!
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Fans of the pitchy, exiled, tongue-studded rocker "Idol" Gina Glocksen are flooding her MySpace page with comments -- voicing their outrage over the stripe-bobbed, ball-mouthed warbler's absence from this week's singathon. 
In the opinion of one Glocksen supporter, "Idol sucks without you. Actually, Idol REALLY sucks this year, period. You, Melinda, and Jordin were the only bright spots, before I started boycotting."
It could be that GG's fan base has thrown their pierced punky power to Sanjaya! Rock on!
Filed under: American Idol, MySpace
Whether or not you agree with Howard Stern and votefortheworst.com's quest to make Sanjaya the next "American Idol," one thing is for sure -- in Sanskrit his name literally means "victory." Go Sanjy!
Sanjaya is also a character in the Hindu epic story Mahabharata. And according to the bastion of accuracy that is wikipedia.org, the Sanjaya character "is known to be brutally frank in his recital of the day's battle events and his own opinions." TMZ may not be experts on Indian tales, but the "brutal" and "recital" parts couldn't be any more accurate about our furry little Malakar!
America breathlessly awaits (or is that asphyxiation?) seeing if Sanjaya gets one step closer to fulfilling his victorious destiny on tonight's J.Lo infused elimination show.
Filed under: American Idol
"Heroes" cheerleader Hayden Panettiere takes a lot of abuse on her hit show. Of course, she's never been called Lindsay on "Heroes." Hayden told a confused Lindsay fan, who repeatedly called her 'Lindsay,' "Don't ever call me that again!"
Filed under: Celebs Caught on Tape
Some serious "American Idol" viewers are still fuming over the fact that Sanjaya Malakar not only remains on the show, but that he wasn't even bottoming out. Now someone has conjured a plan that could help rid the "A.I." stage of any additional hairrific performances ... er, other than the one scheduled for next Tuesday.
At voteAGAINSTtheworst.com, viewers are assigned to contestants for voting purposes -- based on which state you live in -- every state is then assigned to a performer, leaving none dedicated to Sanjaya.
The only way to make this work is for people in these states to actually vote. Unfortunately, since it's been proven that enough people are voting for Sanjaya to keep him on, Fanjayas will have to be converted in order to boot the mildly talented Malakar, whose rendition of "Cheek to Cheek" this week caused Irving Berlin to centrifugally spin in his grave.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, American Idol
The question burning in the minds of "American Idol" fans: What if Sanjaya actually wins? TMZ has learned that a website is giving its viewers a chance to sound off and answer the searing question.
Ifsanjayawins.com is offering various clothing items and accessories featuring the logo "If sanjaya wins, I will... ," leaving the answer up to the person who purchases the item.
The website allows viewers to answer the question, which is then graded by creators of the site.
Here are a few samples of the posted hypotheticals and their grades:
"If Sanjaya wins, I will have a memorial feast in memory of J, the hungerstriking myspace retard."
Rating: A+
"If Sanjaya wins, I will give up sex ... forever."
Rating: F
"If Sanjaya wins, I will write a letter to American Idol telling them to apologize to William Hung for eliminating him so soon."
Rating: B+
Filed under: TV, American Idol
TMZ has spoken with intensely connected sources in the recording industry about the Sanjaya craze, and it's turned the music biz on its ear.
We're told execs at Sony BMG (its 19 Recordings/RCA division records the winner of "Idol") are "really nervous." They now think Sanjaya could win the competition and worry that he's like the new Pet Rock -- the novelty will wear off and his records won't sell.
On the other side of things, we're told a number of songwriters in H-Wood are already quietly writing songs for one person and one person only in the competition -- yes, Sanjaya. As you read this story, musical notes are going up on pages all over the city -- notes Sanjaya probably can't hit.
Filed under: Music, American Idol
Sanjaya won the battle, but "J" thinks she'll win the war.
"J" is the "American Idol" fan who starved herself for 16 days in an effort to get Sanjaya Malakar off "American Idol." It hasn't worked (yet), but she tells TMZ that she thinks the tide is turning. "I wanted people who were upset Sanjaya was still on the show, but hadn't voted, to be motivated to call because of what I was doing. I believe that I got people to do this."
"J" lost 17 pounds during her protest and says the desire to eat had completely disappeared. She says that she could have continued, if not for doctor's orders, and that she had the support of friends and family until her health became an issue. "For the most part, it was a pretty positive reaction," she says. "They were glad that I took a stand for something I believe in."
In her final video posting, a computer screensaver can be seen in the background -- an ad for Fitness-Singles.com. So was this all a publicity stunt for a dating website? "It's funny that so many people are reading so much into that. I actually have a job with Fitness Singles in their support department, so that screensaver has been on my computer for quite some time now."
Filed under: American Idol
She's an American Idol, she's Sanjaya's best girlfriend, and she's got charm ... and she is one.
Thanks to an eBay auction, Miss LaKisha Jones can be your very own wrist adornment with this Italian charm bracelet add-on.
The single mother of one and former bank teller will be putting it down with Tony Bennett tonight. As Randy Jackson said, "She's a true fly diva!"
Filed under: Celebrity Auctions
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