Well, this about confirms it: there is no God.

re: Sanjaya - did anyone read Dan Savage's blog about him? Oh my.

Why does he walk like he's wearing heels?

Wow. The "Vote for the Worst" folks seem to be succeeding. I've heard drunk chicks do Total Eclipse of the Heart better than that.

I for one, think Simon's comment says it all . . .

Ray Davies used to wail on his own brother onstage; surely he will come after this tool during his next trip to LA.

@MisterMuggles: no, now make with the link!

Damnit allright Defamer - you finally forced me to watch last night (principally because Veronica Mars is on break). Go Team Sanjaya! I'm on board to take him to the winner's circle.

Sanjaya is soooooooooo cute! U R all jealous!

smiley face icon stickers heart heart unicorn rainbow!

Hold on, isn't he the designer up on like 20 rape charges now? Never mind...

@MisterMuggles: Yoicks. Do Savage's son and poodle read his blog?

Stop jinxing it, Defamer. Just look away. Otherwise, he's going to make it to the final night, and then I will have no choice but to destroy Earth.

@IBentMyWookie: Not sure how to insert a hyperlink but here's the URL:

http://www.thestranger.com/blog/2007/03/american_idol_sanj...

Is it wrong of me to seriously hope that this girl has older brothers who will relentlessly tease her for the rest of her life?

Cheers, Muggles.

I love the look on Simon's face -- wishing somehow to slit his wrists with a plastic Coke cup rather than endure the glare of viewers who hold him personally responsible for enabling this tuneless teenybopper travesty.

Any bets that the crying 7 year old is in tonight's audience?
I hope Sanjaya gets voted off just so we can see her bawling before she blows away Simon with a .45!

Reminds me of the way I acted at her age when I got an autographed picture of Mark "Blue Boy" Slade from "High Chaparral". But then, I acted like that over Manalito, too. Such a fickle floozie at seven.

Even the Washington Post has eighed in on his gigantic lack of talent:

Bring Me the Head of Sanjaya Malakar
Contrary to what the cynics say, some people on American Idol can actually sing. That gal Melinda Doolittle can sing the lights out. But the Sanjaya Malakar Era needs to come to an end. Tonight. This has become an urgent national priority. His performance last night should have ended with an arrest. Animals have perished with more harmonious death rattles. Chickens who have been captured and beheaded on stumps have showed better dance moves.

The deeper philosophical question: Can a person sing so badly as to ruin the original? Or has "You Really Got Me Now" been slimed forever?

The Post's Lisa de Moraes thought Sanjaya's was one of the better performances. This is the first time I've ever disagreed with Lisa about anything. My eldest says Sanjaya has made it this far thanks to support from the early-teen crowd. He's young. He's pretty. He's got sensational hair. Maybe he should be the host of the next Hair Olympics.

(OK, I just read his questionaire and he seems like a really nice kid. I'm a jerk.)

Aww... he is a horrible performer who definitely brings out this... really dark part of me. That little girl crying? I cried too, but from laughing so hard. I truly do feel bad for him. So bad, in fact, that I voted for him last night no less than 10 times. Only because I felt mean laughing at him and that little girl (though maybe it was really just part of my weird enjoyment/pain watching other people embarrass themselves in traumatic ways).
Um... I'm going to go call my therapist now.

Crying 13 year-old girls and homesick 12 year-old Boy Scouts...this country needs a high colonic.

Someone call Rick Santorum. His youngest girl's escaped and is hiding in Studio City!

@Truculent: That was WaPo humorist Joel Achenbach of the Achenblog with the American Idol commentary.

Lisa de Moraes has written more column inches about AI than WaPo had about Walter Reed.

if i shaved his head, do you think this cocoa nightmare would finally cease?

i blame howard stern's little coif campaign on this kid's behalf for this mishigas.

"This video is no longer available"

But this one is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7AmbsCTupY