I was surprised last night that Chris didn't wind up among the bottom three on American Idol, and was more surprised that Phil didn't, either. But what most surprised me was that we finally got to say goodbye to Sanjaya. I figured he was good for at least one more week.
And with him in our rear views now, I do wonder a bit why Sanjaya hit a nerve where other over-matched contestants of the past like Kevin Covais did not. He didn't seem as in on the joke as Chicken Little or John Edwards, but he wasn't totally oblivious to it, either. There was the weekly change of hair style, which became a thing only marginally less annoying that Ace Young's hat or Paul Kim's short-live performing in bare feet. And then there's Sanjaya's odd tweener status where gender is concerned, though if the pre-teens of the nation can reconcile his high voice and scraggly facial hair, anyone can.
In any case, I'm glad to see him go because he never should have been in the finals in the first place, but he was certainly helped by a fair amount of screen time prior to the semis. This show reaps what it sows, and will happily continue to do so as long as there's a bumper crop of ratings.
On an unrelated show note, I wasn't aware that there was some sort of dust-up over Simon looking like he was dissing Chris during his supportive remarks for folks down in Virginia. I saw this when it originally aired and didn't get that vibe, if only because Simon so often starts talking to the other judges during the contestant's remarks. Anyway, he explained what happened, and we were even given a split screen to show what happened. If nothing else, it was a good way to help fill another bloated results show.
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