Who is voting for Sanjaya?

Tuesday and Wednesday nights are AI nights in our house. That's AI for American Idol, not Artificial Intelligence, though I'm sure there have been plenty of AI contestants with AI.

We like Blake and Melinda best. The biggest issue each week, though, is what good singer will get voted off before Sanjaya, who should have gone home before the top twelve hit.

Sanjaya seems nice, but we've been baffled at how he's managed to stay when there were far better singers with better performances surrounding him. I have to say, though, tonight's performance in the latin theme was the best he's done so far. If I turned away from the TV so his big eyes and wide bright smile didn't annoy me as he performed like a giddy star-struck amateur, he sounded somewhat good.

I've figured all along that there must have been some vocal promise the judges saw to keep him around, and it had to be more than looks since they always hammer the point that American Idol is a singing competition. Tonight I heard some of it. And I voted for him.

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Yes, I admit it. I voted ONCE for Sanjaya. And no, I'm not thirteen years old. So now you know at least one person who is voting for Sanjaya.

But you have to give the kid props. He's catching a lot of flack and he's just being himself. I think he's taking it pretty well, and all the publicity will only come back to help him down the line. When he finally does get booted off American Idol, I think I'm actually going to miss him. Lately he's been the only one, other than Blake, keeping things interesting. Despite myself, I find I'm watching to see each week what amateur whopper he's going to throw at us next.

You watch. Once American Idol is done, you won't be able to get rid of Sanjaya. In the mean time, my vote for who wins lands on Blake or Melinda.

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