Slog - Comments on Another American Idol Freakout! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout As previously stated many times on this blog, something completely FAH-REAKY happens on nearly every episode of this season's AMERICAN IDOL. Last night, a little girl in the audience had a pre-pre-menstrual freakout of extreme hormonal proportions when the really awful SANJAYA sang The Kinks' "You Really Got Me." If you can bear this horrible karaoke rendition, check out this video—because when the camera keeps cutting back to this girl crying in sublime ecstasy, you'll fall in love with the world all over again. If this girl keeps coming back? I'm voting SANJAYA!... Copyright 2008 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:00:38 -0800 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:53:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Patrick Would it be wrong to say that she want to fuck the shit out of Sanjaya too?

]]> Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677039 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:07:53 -0800 Comment by Chris I like Matt Lauer's commet that she was crying in pain from hearing him.

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677059 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:22:33 -0800 Comment by dzienkowski that girl was savage, deeeeeeeeeeeeep cover style

]]> dzienkowski http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677060 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677060 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:22:55 -0800 Comment by biggie j Throw into a lake of fire immediately!

]]> biggie j http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677065 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677065 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:25:45 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage That's not me--my grill is gold. But my God, this Sanjaya person is awful. He can't sing. Or... move. Or... anything.

That's it. I'm going on a hunger strike until this kid is booted from the show, gets tossed out on the streets by his humiliated parents, and winds up doing gay porn in LA to make ends meet.

And this was his "best performance to date"? What happened during his other performances? Did he crap his pants or something?

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677077 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677077 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:34:15 -0800 Comment by Matt in Michigan I heart Sanjaya. He sang really well in the prelims, but he just seems out of it now. I don't know what happened. Perhaps it's all freaking him out.

But that little girl crying was the bomb. Awesome.

]]> Matt in Michigan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677081 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:38:56 -0800 Comment by Levislade I think this is great; I hope people are voting for him because he's bad, just to keep it interesting (I know some are: www.votefortheworst.com) - way to undermine the whole ridiculous AI franchise!

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677086 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677086 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:41:03 -0800 Comment by Kristin She was crying through the whole show! From the very beginning! And the camera kept panning over to her - I was really scared for her. And confused by her.

]]> Kristin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677110 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677110 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:53:33 -0800 Comment by little girl Sanjaya is a zero to most
But he means the world to me
He's super kinky, maybe a cocksucker
Simple and plain
He's my generation's John Wayne
I'm a little girl and pride is a difficult concept
I'm in the moment and the producers fed me a date rape drug
Are Zero candy bars still available?

---Plight of the Powerless

]]> little girl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677122 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677122 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:05:26 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Dude, that little girl was DISTURBING!

Sanjaya's performance was F-ing fantastic! Howard Stern knows how to pick 'em.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677133 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677133 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:08:54 -0800 Comment by Tone Every time they cut to that little girl was the funniest thing I've ever seen. We were figuratively rolling on the floor when they cut back to her during someone else's performance later in the show.

Why the judges suddenly decided to say nice things about Sanjaya is a total mystery, though. Worst version of any song sung, ever.

]]> Tone http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677142 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:13:34 -0800 Comment by Culture Watch I suggest that one can watch American Idol and still maintain their too-cool-for-school hipness. I'd never buy a single album from any of the previous or current contestants, but the show, as a window into American pop culture, is fantastic.

I think there's value to keeping tabs on what happens in that culture. And, there's something interesting in watching which contestants emerge from obscurity and are able to withstand the pressure of this new world.

Sanjaya is terrible; but, he's the contestant being talked about by EVERYONE. Nobody is talking about anyone else. And I find that fascinating; this kid from the ghetto known as Federal Way has something that people gravitate toward; Dan may have "nailed" it, but whatever it is, there's a reason he's still on the show, and a reason we are talking about him.

Let the hunger strikes begin. :-)

]]> Culture Watch http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677147 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677147 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:19:08 -0800 Comment by infrequent there were *two* contestants in the final 24 from the ghetto known as federal way...

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677212 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677212 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:55:00 -0800 Comment by Shawn Ummm...she was a plant. Where were her TEARS? FOX is working yer asses.

]]> Shawn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677314 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677314 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:42:38 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Gawd it's all so WRONG. Perverts all. Sex Sex Sex.....well okay some more Sex.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677318 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677318 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:44:50 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways i think sanjaya is awful, but he's also pretty smart...he's managing to get the most publicity of all the contestants for being the worst, AND he seems to have figured out how to play to his fanbase...his performance last night was sort of brilliant...kind of, i know i'm not that good so i'm just going to go out there and have fun with it and see where it takes me...i really wouldn't be surprised to see him get a record deal out of this, or something...you know tiger beat is dying to get him on the cover...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677322 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677322 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:47:21 -0800 Comment by monkey I will confess, Kelly Clarkson is a guilty pleasure of mine.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677464 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:09:09 -0800 Comment by monkey Who was that crying little Idol girl?

Defamer found out!
http://defamer.com/hollywood/american-idol/identity-of-idol-crying-girl-revealed-246059.php

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677485 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677485 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:17:17 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways i don't think kelly clarkson can be considered a guilty pleasure...she actually is a talented pop singer...

clay aiken WOULD be a guilty pleasure just because he's so oooky...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677517 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c677517 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:32:04 -0800 Comment by Gomez That by all accounts was staged with a capital S. The only bigger joke than this show are the millions of idiots who watch it.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c678053 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c678053 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:26:58 -0800 Comment by spank it Seacrest's "beat meat" hand gesture was much more disturbing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouPtfFHSfQk

]]> spank it http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c678110 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c678110 TV Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:33:51 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Do they still put out Tiger Beat?

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c678490 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/another_american_idol_freakout#c678490 TV Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:53:38 -0800