Next American idol may be a Desi who can't sing
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:51 pm
After Big Brother, another popular reality TV show has an Indian flavour. Sanjaya Malakar, a 17-year-old Indian American, has made it to the top 12 of American Idol's latest edition with much controversy.
Word is that it people suspect the India call centre crowd heavily pitching for him who can't sing for nuts. Then there is Howard Sterm, the shock jock RJ who wants to bring down American Idol to show how ineffective it is by calling people to vote for Sanjay.
And if Shilpa Shetty's tryst with Jade Goody generated controversy, Sanjaya's selection in the last 12 is raising a fair bit of heat, too.
Though criticised by the judges for his performance, the shy yet popular Sanjaya managed to bag enough votes to trounce a favourite - Jason Sundance. One of the judges, the acerbic Simon Cowell, has even threatened to quit the show if Sanjaya wins.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qu6o4O7VOEo
Word is that it people suspect the India call centre crowd heavily pitching for him who can't sing for nuts. Then there is Howard Sterm, the shock jock RJ who wants to bring down American Idol to show how ineffective it is by calling people to vote for Sanjay.
And if Shilpa Shetty's tryst with Jade Goody generated controversy, Sanjaya's selection in the last 12 is raising a fair bit of heat, too.
Though criticised by the judges for his performance, the shy yet popular Sanjaya managed to bag enough votes to trounce a favourite - Jason Sundance. One of the judges, the acerbic Simon Cowell, has even threatened to quit the show if Sanjaya wins.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qu6o4O7VOEo