Sanjaya Stuns and survives again!!!

He shows up on Apr 10th(Tues) with yet another different style and look. A youth mustache with casual dress up, he stuns the audience one more time singing a Latin song. He immediately crabs everyone attention by doing it close to perfection.

He really as lot of courage to take a chance at this stage of the contest. He tried a new thing and did rock again. I feel he really got guts to pull out anything! He might have been thrown out for trying this by Simmon(judge). But he was not. He survives yet again for another week and moves forward.

OK. I am not his fan or my relative. I am just encourage our talent pool. That's all.

I know there is web of criticism spurns around the Internet about his voting. People say the india call center people are trying to vote him up. That can't be true at all. They don't even know whats American Idol. I don't think he will spend money to do it.

I also see some faces going wide who cares!! Its just a musical talent show.We have lot other things to worry about. I feel that's what exactly, we lag in lot of us. We don't care and don't go way out to encourage others.

One good and best thing I learnt from Americans, "Pat them back" and encourage people. That may be the reason, they see more talented people coming up the ladder. I really don't see that happens in our society. We always been feed to compete for our own space all the time and we forget to pat others.

A person who is trying hard, it makes a ton of difference when you encourage.
Any talent should be appreciated and at this level of exposure it really need to be applauded. Millions of people all over America is watching this show and he is grabbing the attention. He is spreading our ethnicity. He really deserves an appreciation.

Anyways, I hope he continue to do well on the weeks to come. We will watch him close...

Sanjaya Survives Again - Style or Sustance..

On the yesterday American Idol show, the much awaited results for this week is revealed. Lot of people from my yesterday post comments said that Sanjaya won't stay this round. But I was amazed to find out Sanjaya stays in the contest..

Is it his Style or Substance which keeps him in this contest? (This question reminds me of the good stories from Muthu and Bigthinkbig which came out in sulekha last week.. )

That's a easy question for many of us. They would definitely say, its the Style. His different hair style stuns and gets the young ladies. He is know the heartthrob for so many young American ladies. He is cute and smart.

But is he has substance, to come this far. Some say YES but most of them nodding big NO to it. He is a good singer but there were good singers who already been thrown out of the competition.. Its ridiculous to see that some already predicts that he will the American Idol and many trying to deny it strongly..

My questions, how he was able to survive this far and keep going ?? There is something which attracts the people to vote for him.. Is the true Style or Subtance?!

In my my previous post, I talked little bit about him and his family. Check it out, http://houstonvijai.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/04/american-idol-a-nri-finds-spot-in-top-9-list.htm

American Idol - A NRI finds spot in Top 9 list.

American Idol is another interesting show broadcasted by Fox channel. Its been duplicated to the local version all around the world now. We have Indian Idol hosted by Sony TV which actually originated from this American Idol concept. That would suffice for the intro.

It is the Sixth Season of American Idol which is aired on Tue and Wed days. In this edition, we have an NRI named Sanjaya Malakar who managed to get to Top 12 spots. He is all over the news. You can see article about him in all the newspapers. Thats a pretty amazing accomplishment is init?!

He first auditioned for American Idol on September 19, 2006 (just 9 days after Sanjaya's 17th birthday). When the Seattle American Idol Auditions aired on January 17, 2007, Sanjaya and his sister Shyamali Malakar became famous overnight as the siblings on American Idol.

He was born in the Seattle, Washington area. Sanjaya spent most of his life in the Seattle area, most recently in Federal Way when auditioning for American Idol, but has lived in Hawaii and California as well. Sanjaya and Shyamali’s father was a classic Indian (East) musician(no wonder he is a good singer!) and an Italian mother. Shyamali notes the importance of their father raising them around music, while Sanjaya credits him for giving them their American Idol-worthy voices.

Sanjaya credits both his father and mother with influencing his music. His father may have given the American Idol contestant his voice, but his mother surrounded him with music his entire life. Sanjaya calls his sister Shyamali his biggest ally and biggest competition. Shyamali has always been the one person Sanjaya could rely on to be honest with her feedback on his singing, which helped him grow as a singer.

You can check out his favorites at http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season6/sanjaya_malakar/

I found another interesting article at http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f825b92e19df636a/id/237511/cs/1/

Today is the crucial day for him. Whether his fate to remain in the contest or thrown out by the people as a big loser, we have to find out in tonite's show.

If you are in US and like to vote, Check out this site for info at http://www.americanidol.com/faqs/

I would love to see him go forward. But whether he goes forward or loses, he is a winner to have come this far. Lets give a big appreciate his good accomplishment by showcasing his talents. Show your appreciation adding your comments, may be I will try to send to him all via email.