SANJAYA

What image does that name bring to you? For those of you who watch American Idol, the answer is clear. Sanjaya is the name of one of the final 12 contestants on this year's show. He is also the weakest singer of the entire group. Sanjaya's name has been all over the news the past few weeks as well. Why?

Well, there's a website called VOTEFORTHEWORST.COM. It encourages people to vote for the worst singer each week. The goal is to simply mess with the contest. Does it work? Well, last year, the website latched onto a guy named Anthony Fedorov. Each week they promoted him, despite the fact that he was clearly the least-talented singer on the show. Fedorov ended up finishing in fourth place.

Well this season the website is back again. And now they have a new ally - Howard Stern. Howard Stern has jumped on the "Vote For Sanjaya" bandwagon. He's asked all of his listeners to follow suit. So how's he doing? In the last two weeks, Sanjaya hasn't even finished in the bottom three of the voting process. One of Stern's listeners even called in to say he had found a way to vote for Sanjaya 14,000 times. He intends to vote for Sanjaya between 50,000 and 100,000 times each week from here on out.

Well, yesterday Howard played various clips from entertainment shows and news shows that talked about the Sanjaya story. Even FOX News had an editorial about it. And across the board, these reporters say they're shocked and disgusted with what Howard is doing. "He's ruining the competition!" "He's making a mockery of the voting process!" "He's compromising the integrity of the show!"

GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK!!!

This is a fucking TV show people! This isn't important business. Whether or not Sanjaya wins will make no impact on the lives of American citizens. All of this amounts to absolutely nothing. Jesus people, get a grip. If Sanjaya wins, I assure you, life will go on. The world will not come to an end.

Some people say that by voting for Sanjaya, they're taking away an opportunity for a singer who is really talented. Wrong! The only way that would happen is if Sanjaya actually won the entire contest. At that point, he'd take away the title from the #2 finisher. But look, if people truly have singing talent, and are worthy of a recording contract, they will get one regardless of where they finish. Besides, finishing #2 has worked out pretty well for the likes of Clay Aiken and Bo Bice.

How does Sanjaya feel about it? He seems to be reveling in the attention. He's having a ball.

I don't vote for anyone. The show isn't important to me. If I'm around, and it's on, I might tune in. But if I miss it, I'm perfectly fine with it. But all that being said, next week, I'm voting for Sanjaya.