Once more
A Great Brown Hope
Bites the dust

i have high hope for sanjaya - where's the oprah appearance, reality show, and subsequent album release? Then when he's all washed up he'll be on "When They Were Famous" and "E True Hollywood Story" and then even AFTER that he'll be on the "Surreal Life"

it is NOT over.

he'll be on the "Surreal Life"

Ah, Papaya! Never mind-- just rock on. You so did find a good song...

Aww...you poor thing.

If any of you would like to compose a haiku in Papaya's honor, I think that would be sweeter than a mango froooti. It's certainly less work than coming up with a 55-word story. :D

Haiku A style of lyric poetry borrowed from the Japanese that typically presents an intense emotion or vivid image of nature, which, traditionally, is designed to lead to a spiritual insight. Haiku is a fixed poetic form, consisting of seventeen syllables organized into three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. [link-aya]

I was actaully rooting for him in the end.

I saw this segment on the E channel about him and he has had a really hard life in his short time on earth.

When he was younger, his parent's divorced, which was considered strange because his dad is a priest in the Hari Krishna faith and a priest is only allowed to divorce under the most severe circumstances. What ever that means! Since his dad was a priest, he earned no money at all and when his parent's got divorced, his mom got custody of both children and they ended up on welfare.

His mom then remarried to a man that was a real good guy and loved her kids, but then he died.

Both kid's still have a good relationship with their father.

And on top of that, all of America want's to make a huge joke out of him!

I really do wish him the best.

Sanjaya don't cry
Your hair brings us so much joy
Brown pride fills our hearts.

Glorious brown hair
curled, straightened, pony-hawked. You
lost, but your hair won.

hahaha that pose is so Bollywood kid, it's not like it's his fault people vote for him. What happened at the baseball gamed sucked, but more than that, he got nominated by the Maxim site as the girl of the day. Kid's 17! Give him a break.

Cry no more!
for vagina will come
like a heard of buffalo.

I have no idea what I just wrote?

Yes I know I spelled the wrong type of "herd"

He went on and sang
Lost but l’oreal may ring
Paps worth it.

Soon people will stop
Talking about you to me;
You're half Italian!

DDiA: that was brilliant.

People are talkin'...
("Sanjaya's Sex Change Nightmare!")
...talkin' 'bout hairdos.

Yeah, I'll use 55 Fiction Friday to cope with the loss.

your hair will live on
the million watt smile will shine
THE entertainer

oh dear dear dear lord
thank the dear lord you are gone
television off!

Sanjaya booted...
What is next for the brave lad?
Indian Idol king!

Hair now, gone tomorrow

At last! The Pawpaw
Liberation Front has set
one good melon free!

Hair now, gone tomorrow

Hair now, Pantene commercial tomorrow

Enough Sanjaya!
His reign is over at last
Shymali's turn now ;)

com ov'r to sePIA
DaLing PAPAya
If we do miss U

My preschooler asked
for a pony hawk hairdo
in the bath tonight

oh my Sanjaya,
your hair twists and unfurls so.
your smile will shine on.

      the grapevine
was abuzz - "yesterday's
     idol was fruitful!"

harold and kumar
sanjaya and william hung
stop counting fingers

harold and kumar
sanjaya and william hung
i have time to waste

harold and kumar
sanjaya and william hung
terrorists are fun

zzz

He ain't done yet. Our Papaya will be on Late Night with Jay Leno tonight. Guess with who, Jack Black. Hope Jack come in a sanjaya hairdo :-)

for mr and ms nbc:

harold and kumar
sanjaya and william hung
dont steal my women

for the hillbillies on meth:

harold and kumar
sanjaya and william hung
drugs and songs not guns

rap it:

lost son lost in hair
sanjaya my umbrella
my ella ella

yes so once you have a pattern down, you can even plan your own stupidity and sometimes to your own advantage.

mind your posture lad
find your hero to mend your
achy breaky heart.

Weep not, Papaya

In no time I know you'll be

"Dancing with the Stars"

You may not sing fab
at least you do not hail from
a-la-ba'-ya-ma

I'm really liking Anna this week. Made me cry and smile and go Ahhhh!(for the papaya!)

Finally, my boss
won't call me "Sanjaya" and
let out a giggle!

After many long
nights of dialing, call center
people fell asleep.

Dear Sanjaya,

I adored your hair, swooned over your smile and drooled over your designer duds, but can't help but wonder...did an "asian tragedy" help boot you off the show? I think so...sadly so. Keep the dream alive.

With love,

Saira

Saira,
I highly doubt the V-Tech tragedy had anything to do with Sanjaya getting voted off. I mean, only readers of SM and Schussel(sp?) knew of any connection (fictional or otherwise) between South Koreans and half South Asian half Italians :)

Bollywood is need of fresh talent and hairstyles. He must have star potential somewhere.

Seriously, he is only 17 and it sounds like he had a tough life. He has overcome many hardships and American Idol will be his stepping stone to success. He has so much potential and is truly a good entertainer. Sanjaya just might rule Hollywood someday!

mfunnierthanyou: Thanks for doubting the theory, but after visiting the Midwest for work, you'd be surprised how many people equated the original "asian" comment with India, Pakistan, China, Japan, and Koreas. It was a crazy suggestion by a few to suggest 38 million votes on AI also equated Sweet Sanju with being Asian (as most press does not mention his half Italiano background). I, too, thought it was silly, until I sat in an unnamed airport listening to delayed Midwestern passengers rant about Asian in the Media (no link to the actual media blog).

Sanjaya.. with that
Julia Roberts smile,
How I'll miss you so

::

You'll show them, won't ya?
Laugh all the way to the bank,
Sing "Pretty Woman"..

::

With apologies..

Use of a word like "Fagalicious" is intolerant, inappropriate, unacceptable and downright douche-y. Your comment was deleted with prejudice. You can dislike the KID and that is what he is-- a CHILD of 17, but no one has the right to hurl such filth his way.

We ban for comments like that, fyi. You seem to be new here, it would be sad to see you have to leave so soon.

Goriwife at 25: cuuuuute!

Anna at 42: thanks.

Bollywood beckons with open arms, dear Sanjaya

I wish him well. He had something that has been so undervalued: class. People booed him in a game, mocked him in the media, blamed him for being in American Idol , made insuinations about his sexuality, (TMZ was especially shameless among the media) and the judges hated him. Yet, he never showed his anger at the thousands of insuiniations and never judged the people harshly despite being only 17. About Cowell, who was very rude to him, this is what he said,

"He's an amazing person, and what he does is awesome," Malakar said. "He's very opinionated, but I learned more from him than anyone else when I was on the show."

If I was in his place, I would not have been able to say that. And that counts for something.

"He's an amazing person, and what he does is awesome," Malakar said. "He's very opinionated, but I learned more from him than anyone else when I was on the show."

To Simon's credit, I've heard he's very different off-camera than on. On camera, he knows he's got a certain image to uphold, he can't come off as Mr. supportive when those Beta SP's are rolling...

To flesh out Neale's line:

Don't cry papaya
Remember all is maya
Hair today gone tomorrow

singing macaca
entertaining the people
making top seven

He reminds me of Eva Peron:

"Don't cry for me, I'm Sanjaya
The truth is, I never left you
All through my wild fame
My Idol existence
I'd keep on smiling
While Simon's wincing"

Regarding the Leno appearance, did anyone notice that Leno was like "oh you're half italian, that must be where the talent is from" and then jack black yelling, "dude, india is cool too" really loudly...lol

I wished this kid well, but honestly i don't think his voice was that strong. Hopefully he'll bank a decent amount off this fame, good for him!!

Here's Sanjaya's April 19, 2007, appearance on The Tonight Show.

Indian Express glad Sanjaya is out ?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070420/ap_en_tv/india_sanjaya_s_exit

While I didn't think he was good and should have been voted off a while ago, I really dislike sweeping generalizations like this: Link.

oops this one is clickable http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070420/ap_en_tv/india_sanjaya_s_exit

Awww man. Totally didn't expect it...but I CRIED when he was eliminated. Jerky audience who CHEERED as our poor 1/2 brown brethren was voted off. He was treated like crap by the judges, the producers and the media. He remains so positive in his comments about Simon and AI, while Simon continues to insult him. Talk about kicking someone when he's down. I hope he makes a killing and gives AI the finger.

My haiku:

Sanjaya is love
Entertainer extraordinaire
May your career SOAR

Priya, to be fair, the cheering may have been forLakisha rather than against Sanjaya. She had been among the strongest contestants until this week. I agree that Sanjaya has a winning personality.

With apologies to Majrooh, non-Hindi speakers, and especially, to poets everywhere:

Barhe bhole ho
Hanste ho sun ke duhai
O kanhai kanhai

This one based on Sanjaya's Tonight Show appearance:

Not a good singer
Had fun, is all that matters
Macaca caca

Next Stevie Wonder?
We'll see, but talent abounds.
Sweet and a class act.

But seriously - that article about Indians hating Sanjaya is ridiculous. I doubt anyone even watches AI at 7 in the morning. Those "reporters" have just been reading the anti-Sanj comments from EW/People/whatever a few weeks back and decided to go with the trend.

Sanjaya: Call Disney.
They can put you in
High School Musical II.

Sweet Sanjaya-boy
Soft-voiced you will grow up to
be a big-voiced man

What will "they" think then, eh?

Haiku is a fixed poetic form, consisting of seventeen syllables organized into three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. [link-aya]

Sorry, I should have said,

Ah, Papaya! Ne-
ver mind-- just rock on. You so
did find a good song...

Thanks Roddy Moradabadi, I used that link. I'm posting my take on it on my blog in a few...

Macaca Too, Sanjaya is too a good singer!

does anyone STILL think he bats for the other team? ;)...hell i still do...

All *I* want to see is his sister Shyamali :) There are rumors (or conjecture) they'll show up together on a planned (it was on one of the TV blogs) Talented Siblings' ... mmm, Idol?

Turn off your TV
F* American Idol
Go pick up a book

Sanjaya train wrecks
like boxcars full of razor
blades hitting a school

Still think Idol sucks
But I watched it anyway
You were fun to watch

Thanks, papaya!

In response to the ridiculous comments about Sanjaya by the Indian media: Found this on Sanjaya's fan page on American Idol.com.

It is with some pain in our hearts that we are writing this. Some silly clowns in India (India=New Delhi & Bombay for them)have issued hurried comments on Sanjaya. We wish to bring this to everyone's notice that their views are strictly personal and the rest of Indians (we are above 1.1 Billion people) have nothing to do with these clowns who choose a bollywood prostitute to hold the prestigious Olympic Torch. It did hurt our sentiments deeply and we, the large majority unfortunately have no say in this.

With Sanjaya, the same thing has happened, they have made America almost believe that we Indians do not support Sanjaya.

This is utterly false and we wish to let America and Sajaya know that there are thousands (Possibly millions) who Love him - for his talent and appeal. This is true, not because he appears to be Indian, well love surpasses all class,creed,religion or country anyways - but because he is the next Emperor of Pop Music. He is the future to come. We love him, and wish him a very successful career in music and entertainment.

Please do not go by what New Delhi press issues. They are just the self-proclaimed spokes-people of this country who have nothing to do with the sentiments of the rest of our population here. It is disgusting to see them even commenting, as Sanjaya has never said anywhere he is an Indian! DOES IT MATTER AT ALL?

We love Sanjaya and support him wholeheartedly and would like Sanjaya to read this.

All the very best Sanjaya

A big Fan base from India

@Nandini

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Simon has a very different personality on and off the show. I saw him on an interview with Oprah (yes, I watch Oprah) and he shared everyone else's opinion: Sanjaya was an extremely sweet and likable person, but his voice was not up to par--and that's what the contest is about. I liked his sweetness, I liked his mannerisms and I liked his personality.

I never believed that Simon was being "too" mean, but that he was the only honest and down to earth judge on the show.

I love papaya
Juicy red and hot love fruit
The seeds used after

(papaya seeds were used in ancient india as a post coital contraceptive)

Anyone else see Bryan Williams on Letterman referring to Sanjaya's name as a...private part? Friggin' annoyed me to no end. Guess he thinks anyone not named John Smith is fair game. If you'd like to express your thoughts, here is his website: http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2007/04/one_more_thing.html#comoments