Sanjaya Malakar Hater,
David Tompos

P.S. Don’t ever sing again, I mean it!!

I don’t think my coments were really directed at you as you seem to be a reasonable person. Everyone is indeed entitled to their opinions but my problem has been with the absolute mass hatred (some of it very misguided) directed at him. As for instance, I saw that you took up for him when that kid was going on and on for no reason about hating him just cause he “looked like a woman” on Ellen, which was obviously nothing but a homophobic rant with no basis in anything constructive. For that, I thank you. So my comments weren’t intended at you and I do know this is an old thread but I guess it still upsets me when I go back and read this stuff. I really should not, as it’s just dwelling on the negative, and Sanjaya himself has moved on and so should I.

We’ll probably always disagree but I do think Sanjaya can have a viable career. I don’t really know where it’s written that an American Idol contestant has to be Pavaratti to be deserving of a Top 10 finish. I think we’re getting way too caught up in that idea at the expense of remembering that the most popular pop icons of our time have been people not with great abilities as singers, but with stage presence and charisma. Look at Madonna, or Mick Jagger, or dozens of others I could name. None of them would have made it on American Idol (well, not Mick anyway cause he’s British but you know what I mean). I remember Simon Cowell saying on a talk show that Johnny Cash-JOHNNY CASH- would have never been put through on American Idol. So that tells you where these people are really coming from insofar as judging talent. Besides, I really thought the whole idea of the show (at least, originally) was to find the best raw, undiscovered talent, that diamond-in-the-rough. I never knew it was supposed to be about promoting professional singers who’ve already had years of professional experience. (And let’s face it, that was pretty much the crop of this year’s talent-professional backup singers and trained musicians). And I guess maybe I’m just failing to understand when did American Idol get to be such a huge deal that the show is more important than simple human dignity and compassion? I mean, when I was reading things like, “Somebody kill Sanjaya please” and Globe magazine was printing horrendous stories calling him a she-he, etc., and you realize all this is supposed to stem from people being soooooo upset over a TV show, well I’m sorry. I don’t get it. And as for opinions, well, everyone has them. I personally thought Blake was an over-pimped contestant who had nothing but a gimmick going for him, and whose every performance was nothing but a karaoke version of the original. I thought Simon hit the nail on the head in the very beginning, when he told Blake, “You’re not as good as you think you are.” But again, that’s an opinion, right? It’s certainly not something that would excuse a nationwide Blake- bashing campaign. But that’s what happened to Sanjaya. All because some became of the notion that their “opinion” was somehow more valid than mine-or any of the other people voting for him.

I guess I don’t understand, but I never will. It seemed in the beginning, when Sanjaya first auditioned, that he was destined to be America’s sweetheart. I still think that’s the way it could have been, had Simon kept his homophobic comments out and focused on what he was supposed to have been focusing on-the singing. I mean, honestly, how many times in the whole competition did he ever make one critique of the vocals, other than saying the first performance was boring? Beyond that, he never said one word about the singing. It was always a crack about the hair, or the hula dancing, or something that was anything but a constructive critique of the vocals. Anyway, that’s my piece on the matter, and I’ll let it rest there.

But thanks, Dennis, for your thoughtful response and commentary. It was much appreciated.

Raven I was going to let this go but I am puzzled as to why you would come on here and call us pathetic human beings. So since it takes a pathetic human being to actually know one of it’s own kind, I guess that makes you head master of the “Pathetic Humans”.
We are expressing our opinions as you did EXCEPT you seem to enjoy name calling and putting people down. Sanjaya may be your favorite Idol ever and that’s great for you but that is no reason for you to say such harsh words and call people Pathetic human beings. That was low and rude. We are normal people that really don’t care about Sanjaya’s pockets and how he is, according to you, laughing all the way to the bank. He’s laughing cuz he’s high- how about that. And you and your buddies are laughing because really you are the pathetic ones that are just as tone deaf as he is…BTW I saw the video you referred to on youtube…now that was PATHETIC! Sorry but it wasn’t that great. He had absolutely no stage presence and he was swaying side to side with his elbows mashed in his sides moving faster than the music was and sorry hon but his vocals are not that great. Sure he can grow and become a great singer (cough) but he will need a voice coach and he really needs to work on his projection or just follow Paris around and be a Paparazzi whore…he would be great at that plus it seems to be the up and coming career to have ;)