AMERICAN IDOL SAYS GOOD BYE TO SANJAYA

Last night American Idol said good bye to Sanjaya Malakar and thus ending our love/hate relationship with this young man. We loved sanjaya for his hair and his quirky ways. we hated Sanjaya because he was saved week after week and better singers were being sent home. I think it is safe to say that now that Sanjaya is gone American Idol will live to be seen another season. Myself and many others I am sure were afraid that if Sanjaya won American Idol that the show would be taken off the air.

AMERICAN IDOL COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHT

Last night was country music night on American Idol. Some came through it with flying colors such as Melinda and Jordin. Some struggled such as Lakeisha and Chris. I think Phil was surprised that he actually could have a career as a country singer. Sanjaya had another mediocre night, but don't let him fool you, he knows exactly what's happening and loving every minute of it.

GO SANJAYA GO

I think it's simply amazing that Sanjaya stayed out of the bottom group for the third week in a row. Sanjaya may go places due to the growing number of people that are following him and supporting him, not because he is a great singer. American Idol ratings will remain high for the rest of the season because people have got to watch to see if Sanjaya will win, or just when he will be eliminated. Everyone who remains in the competition at this point will probably earn a fair amount of money either through talk show appearances or recording contracts.

MY PICKS FOR AMERICAN IDOL

Based on last night's American Idol performances the following are my picks for the top group and the bottom group. Melinda, Lakeisha, Jordin, and Blake will be in the top group. Sanjaya, Chris, Phil, and Haley will be in the bottom group.

HAPPY EASTER

Happy Easter. I did a lot of singing with our church choir over the Easter Holiday. Our choir sang on Saturday evening and on Easter Morning at 10:00 AM. The music that our director selected was really wonderful. The choir sounded really great. All of our hard work in practice really paid off. In addition to the choir we also had brass players and a timpanist. All of this combined made our Easter services very beautiful and joyous. Not that Easter is over it is time to get back to American Idol. I know I will be anxiously watching tonight in anticipation of who will be next to leave.

AND NOW THERE ARE EIGHT

Last night's American Idol results show produced more interesting results. The one thing to remember is that the results are not based on performance but on how America voted. There isn't a strong correlation between performance and how America voted. If there was Sanjaya would have been gone a couple of weeks ago. I think it's interesting that Sanjaya has been out of the bottom group for the second week in a row. The fact that he wasn't in the top group gives me hope that he doesn't have a very good chance of winning American Idol. Gina Glocksen is out of American Idol but she should have some good opportunities coming her way. I predict she will go much further than Mr. Malakar because she is more talented and hands down a better singer.

IT'S ALL UP TO AMERICA

It's all up to America after last night's performances on American Idol. I'm not making an official call for who I think will be in the bottom three. The weakest performances were probably Sanjaya, Phil Stacey and Gina Glocksen. Sanjaya will probably be saved again by VFTW and as for Phil and Gina it's any body's guess. I guess we'll all just have to watch tonight.

DON'T LET HOWARD STERN AND VFTW RUIN AMERICAN IDOL

In case you haven't heard, Howard Stern is promoting a web site (www.votefortheworst.com) that encourages people to vote for the worst American Idol contestant. The web site has been around since 2004 and is currently encouraging it's followers to vote for Sanjaya Malakar. Most of the mail the site has received is negative, and one respondent is threatening to sue. The site claims that it had encouraged people to vote for last year's winner, Taylor Hicks. I don't consider Taylor to be the worst among season 5's contestants, however maybe it explains why Chris Daughtry was voted off so unexpectedly. I say the best way to prevent this site from ruining American Idol is for everyone to increase the number of votes for who ever you choose to vote for.