Last night was the “American Idol: Idol Gives Back” show. They wanted to raise money to help Africa and poverty in the U.S. The show raised $30 million for the charity! It showed clips from Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest in Africa and Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson going to see people in need as well. Also 70 million votes were cast the night before. This set a new record and doubled last week’s 38 million votes! No one went home last night because it was only a charity show. Next week though two people will be
sent home and this week’s votes will be carried over to next week. It's not to late to give money if you have not and still wish to; every amount counts! Some of the highlights are available on iTunes and all proceeds go to help children living in extreme poverty in Africa and the U.S.
Finally, Sanjaya has been voted off American Idol. On the April 18th results show, Sanjaya, the most controversial contestant, was placed in the bottom three and was eliminated. The other two contestants included in the bottom three were LaKisha Jones and Blake Lewis. Then for his farewell performance, he substituted "other than hair" in place of "how about love" after the line "let's give them something to talk about." I guess America got sick of the Sanjaya hype. It was about time, now the real competition can begin and we can have a real American Idol.
What is America thinking keeping Sanjaya Malakar on American Idol. Even though he has a little bit of a voice, there are much better singers in the competition. Singers that are better then Sanjaya are going home when they should be staying and he should be the one leaving. When Gina Glocksen went home, I was shocked. She had a great voice and should have made it much farther than she did. Simon Cowell has said that if Sanjaya wins this year, he will not come back again next year to judge.
Another thing, does Sanjaya know that his hair looks stupid. Every week he comes out thinking he looks cool when he really looks like a fool. Also, what's up with his new mustache? I won't even get into that now!
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