Sanjaya tied his long hair into a faux-hawk last night, reminding one, perhaps, of the "frohawk" once sported by ex-Eagles receiver Freddie Mitchell.
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'Idol' chat: What a hair-raising experience!
Text of a live online discussion about Tuesday night's "American Idol."
Peter Mucha: Howdy, folks. I'm an online guy who's filling in as host for the Inquirer's David Hiltbrand. Our guest commentator is Inquirer TV critic Jonathan Storm. Boy, Jon, guess who almost all the comments are about?
Jonathan Storm: Hailey, because she's so hot?
Peter Mucha: No, Sanjaya because he's not. I'll share some of the comments.
Jonathan Storm: I loved his Faux Hawk.
aquamir: I think Sanjaya's time is up as it has been. Yes, he's cute and sweet but this is a singing competition teenie boppers!!!
Big Will: THAT NO SINGING SANJAYA MALAKAR HAS GOT TO GO!!!!!
Ba Ba Booey!: Go Sanjaya! I voted over 50 times for this dude
David: I voted for him over 100 Times... go STERN.
Jonathan Storm: Yeah, but you get votefortheworst.com behind you, and then The King of All Media, you got some pretty good support. Howard Stern cuts a wide swath, and he's totally behind Sanjaya.
David: This show is totally a fabrication from the beginning, as thousands and thousands of contestants are screened by nonqualified people. Sanjaya should have never made it in front of Paula, Randy and Simon, but he did for the drama effect. Now let it backfire... keep Sanjaya!!!
Jonathan Storm: There's 150 votes right there.
Margie: did he lose a bet?
Peter Mucha: Jon, did you hear there's even a guy on a hunger strike ... won't eat until Sanjaya goes.
Jonathan Storm: Who is it? Chris Sligh?
Peter Mucha: I love Jimmy Kimmel's nickname for Sligh: The Pillsbury Fro Boy. Looks like the Michelin Man in a fright wig ... except it was his singing that was scary last night.
Jonathan Storm: Sanjaya sucks as a singer, obviously. But I think he's being very shrewd for a 17-year-old. He's extra bad, on purpose. And he is now so famous...
Jonathan Storm: Chris was the worst last night, and he went second. He's toast.
Peter Mucha: So what's Sanjaya's fame good for? You don't think he has a future in music, do you?
Jonathan Storm: He'll be a famous cute boy with a smoking sister.
Jonathan Storm: His sister was one of the top Idol-related searches of all last week on Yahoo!
Peter Mucha: Sorry, Jon, but the beauteous Haley is also in jeopardy tonight. She was boring last night. Not like last week, when she came out swinging, if you know what I mean.
Jonathan Storm: I think everybody does. But I voted for her 20 times, so that should help. I agree she sang like a sink. She's the foxiest.
Kurt Tappe: Sanjaya may have been bad in previous weeks, but I honestly think he was not last night. Blake was, to my ears, by far the worst.
Peter Mucha: Is this guy nuts?
Jonathan Storm: It was funny that Chris sang a Sting song. It stung my ears, and yet Phil, who I haven't liked at all, did pretty well with "I'll Be Watching You." The Police are a lot more intricate than they seem.
Jonathan Storm: I don't get Blake at all. Never have.
Jonathan Storm: I don't get why he's modern and hip or anything.
Jonathan Storm: Just a bore.
Peter Mucha: Melinda was good, but her bluey dress looked like something from the gift shop at Sea World.
Jonathan Storm: And I'm making no comments about Shamu. She is so much better than everybody else. I can't imagine that there is really much of competition.
Jonathan Storm: But Gina was great, and she seems to be getting better every week.
Jonathan Storm: She was so good she even inspired Simon to try to be funny. "That wasn't one of your best performances."
Jonathan Storm: BOOOO!
Jonathan Storm: Boooo!
Jonathan Storm: Booooo!
Jonathan Storm: "It was your best performance...."
Peter Mucha: "It was your BEST performance"
Peter Mucha: jinx
Peter Mucha: Oh, you know what was the BIGGEST SHOCKER of the night?
Jonathan Storm: No.
Jonathan Storm: What was it, dude?
Jonathan Storm: Inquiring minds want to know....
Peter Mucha: Melinda's impressed Randy so much he actually said three sentences in a row without "Dawg" or "yo" or "pitchy"!
Jonathan Storm: No he didn't. He's never done that.
Jonathan Storm: I liked when he said LaKisha did an "up-tempo" joint.
Jonathan Storm: I think he does all sorts of joints.
Jonathan Storm: And spliffs.
Peter Mucha: Yes, he did. Check the tape. Though he did ended with "da bomb"
Jonathan Storm: And bowls
Jonathan Storm: And who knows what all. Check it out, Dawg.
CJM: What is with Melinda's reactions?
Jonathan Storm: And "fly" boots.
Jonathan Storm: Yeah. Melinda's reactions. That, Aw Shucks stuff was endearing at first. But she knows she's the best. She needs to step up a little more.
PeaK: What is the deal with Blake? The judges love him and I find him to be consistently awful. They also praise his originality while he's ripping off 311 songs note for note.
Jonathan Storm: I agree, even if I don't have a clue what 311 songs are. Blake's bland. Do you know he and Sanjay live, like, 5 miles from each other?
Peter Mucha: To me, none of the guys has enough energy. They're closer to Poppin' Fresh than Popeye. Bunch of Sweet Peas.
Jonathan Storm: Exactly, except for Sanjaya, of course.
Jonathan Storm: That other Chris is just a zero.
Peter Mucha: Gina could take them all on singlehandedly in a street fight.
Jonathan Storm: Yeah. Tough Grrrll.
CJM: Did anyone notice that Idol ended about 9:07 (to interfere with the start of Dancing With The Stars)?
Jonathan Storm: What's up with Gwen Stefani? She looked like she was air-brushed.
Peter Mucha: After "House" I thought my clocks were wrong.
Jonathan Storm: She's 37, almost as old as me.
Jonathan Storm: I think it had to go 67 minutes so they could fit in the 15 minutes of the contestants' singing.
Jonathan Storm: That's way better than two hours.
Peter Mucha: Well, last night's show fell short of the previous week's ... no crying girl.
Jonathan Storm: Did anybody ever figure out who she was?
Jonathan Storm: Saturday Night Live had a great skit last weekend with Andy Samberg imitating Sanjay and Danny Aykroyd bawling in the audience.
Peter Mucha: Yes, her name's Ashley, and she's huge Idol fan, and last night she got a makeover on Access Hollywood. Weird and nauseating. Access Hollywood, I mean.
Jonathan Storm: Is she some Fox executive's daughter?
Jonathan Storm: Why would she need a makeover? She was adorable.
Wendy: I liked Sanjaya last night. He rocked!
Peter Mucha: Did you break this news yet to Peter Pan?
Jonathan Storm: Sanjaya IS Peter Pan.
Jonathan Storm: Mystery solved.
Jonathan Storm: Nobody has mentioned Jordin. She's a big talent.
Peter Mucha: Yes, Sanjaya's future Wikipedia bio: After playing Peter Pan on Broadway, Sanjaya revived the Pee-Wee's Playhouse franchise and ... your turn
Jonathan Storm: bought Neverland.
Peter Mucha: ... finally winding up doing infomercials for Sanjaya's Jambalaya.
Nancy: He's a bad version of a Michael Jackson wannabe. He is the absolute WORST!
Jonathan Storm: Ahh, but he adds some fun to the proceedings.
Jonathan Storm: Sanjaya's Jambalaya.
Peter Mucha: Next week he'll probably come out with one of those tropical fruit bowl bonnets on, a la Chicita Rivera. Yeah, without him we'd have to make fun of LaKisha wearing that Hugh Hefner bathrobe.
Jonathan Storm: She'll be doing infomercials for LaKisha's Propecia.
Jonathan Storm: Phil could be the model.
Jonathan Storm: So, do we all agree that Chris Sligh gets the boot tonight?
Peter Mucha: Actually "Sanjaya's Jambalaya" sounds like the name of his future tour. So, who leaves tonight? I'm thinking Haley stays because she has the hot vote, Chris has the portly majority, so I'm picking a surprise: Jordin or Chris Richardson.
Jonathan Storm: I could go with Chris Richardson, too. I thought Jordin was pretty good, despite her outfit.
Jonathan Storm: But I still think the portly vote won't be enough to save Chris.
Peter Mucha: Jordin's thrift store Catholic school girl outift? Still, she's been good enough to stay. Don't know who's going to go, but I know I wish they'd have Hugh Laurie on, with "House" as a judge. Think Simon's rude? Could reach new levels.
CJM: Will Gwen Stefani Rock the House tonight?
Jonathan Storm: I hope so.
Jonathan Storm: But I didn't think she was near as good a coach is Lulu.
Peter Mucha: I think my brain is fried. Thanks, Jon. Thanks, CJM and Wendy and Nancy and the rest of you, too.
Jonathan Storm: BaBa Booie! Keep those votes coming in.
Peter Mucha: Same time next week!
Jonathan Storm: Hailey, because she's so hot?
Peter Mucha: No, Sanjaya because he's not. I'll share some of the comments.
Jonathan Storm: I loved his Faux Hawk.
aquamir: I think Sanjaya's time is up as it has been. Yes, he's cute and sweet but this is a singing competition teenie boppers!!!
Big Will: THAT NO SINGING SANJAYA MALAKAR HAS GOT TO GO!!!!!
Ba Ba Booey!: Go Sanjaya! I voted over 50 times for this dude
David: I voted for him over 100 Times... go STERN.
Jonathan Storm: Yeah, but you get votefortheworst.com behind you, and then The King of All Media, you got some pretty good support. Howard Stern cuts a wide swath, and he's totally behind Sanjaya.
David: This show is totally a fabrication from the beginning, as thousands and thousands of contestants are screened by nonqualified people. Sanjaya should have never made it in front of Paula, Randy and Simon, but he did for the drama effect. Now let it backfire... keep Sanjaya!!!
Jonathan Storm: There's 150 votes right there.
Margie: did he lose a bet?
Peter Mucha: Jon, did you hear there's even a guy on a hunger strike ... won't eat until Sanjaya goes.
Jonathan Storm: Who is it? Chris Sligh?
Peter Mucha: I love Jimmy Kimmel's nickname for Sligh: The Pillsbury Fro Boy. Looks like the Michelin Man in a fright wig ... except it was his singing that was scary last night.
Jonathan Storm: Sanjaya sucks as a singer, obviously. But I think he's being very shrewd for a 17-year-old. He's extra bad, on purpose. And he is now so famous...
Jonathan Storm: Chris was the worst last night, and he went second. He's toast.
Peter Mucha: So what's Sanjaya's fame good for? You don't think he has a future in music, do you?
Jonathan Storm: He'll be a famous cute boy with a smoking sister.
Jonathan Storm: His sister was one of the top Idol-related searches of all last week on Yahoo!
Peter Mucha: Sorry, Jon, but the beauteous Haley is also in jeopardy tonight. She was boring last night. Not like last week, when she came out swinging, if you know what I mean.
Jonathan Storm: I think everybody does. But I voted for her 20 times, so that should help. I agree she sang like a sink. She's the foxiest.
Kurt Tappe: Sanjaya may have been bad in previous weeks, but I honestly think he was not last night. Blake was, to my ears, by far the worst.
Peter Mucha: Is this guy nuts?
Jonathan Storm: It was funny that Chris sang a Sting song. It stung my ears, and yet Phil, who I haven't liked at all, did pretty well with "I'll Be Watching You." The Police are a lot more intricate than they seem.
Jonathan Storm: I don't get Blake at all. Never have.
Jonathan Storm: I don't get why he's modern and hip or anything.
Jonathan Storm: Just a bore.
Peter Mucha: Melinda was good, but her bluey dress looked like something from the gift shop at Sea World.
Jonathan Storm: And I'm making no comments about Shamu. She is so much better than everybody else. I can't imagine that there is really much of competition.
Jonathan Storm: But Gina was great, and she seems to be getting better every week.
Jonathan Storm: She was so good she even inspired Simon to try to be funny. "That wasn't one of your best performances."
Jonathan Storm: BOOOO!
Jonathan Storm: Boooo!
Jonathan Storm: Booooo!
Jonathan Storm: "It was your best performance...."
Peter Mucha: "It was your BEST performance"
Peter Mucha: jinx
Peter Mucha: Oh, you know what was the BIGGEST SHOCKER of the night?
Jonathan Storm: No.
Jonathan Storm: What was it, dude?
Jonathan Storm: Inquiring minds want to know....
Peter Mucha: Melinda's impressed Randy so much he actually said three sentences in a row without "Dawg" or "yo" or "pitchy"!
Jonathan Storm: No he didn't. He's never done that.
Jonathan Storm: I liked when he said LaKisha did an "up-tempo" joint.
Jonathan Storm: I think he does all sorts of joints.
Jonathan Storm: And spliffs.
Peter Mucha: Yes, he did. Check the tape. Though he did ended with "da bomb"
Jonathan Storm: And bowls
Jonathan Storm: And who knows what all. Check it out, Dawg.
CJM: What is with Melinda's reactions?
Jonathan Storm: And "fly" boots.
Jonathan Storm: Yeah. Melinda's reactions. That, Aw Shucks stuff was endearing at first. But she knows she's the best. She needs to step up a little more.
PeaK: What is the deal with Blake? The judges love him and I find him to be consistently awful. They also praise his originality while he's ripping off 311 songs note for note.
Jonathan Storm: I agree, even if I don't have a clue what 311 songs are. Blake's bland. Do you know he and Sanjay live, like, 5 miles from each other?
Peter Mucha: To me, none of the guys has enough energy. They're closer to Poppin' Fresh than Popeye. Bunch of Sweet Peas.
Jonathan Storm: Exactly, except for Sanjaya, of course.
Jonathan Storm: That other Chris is just a zero.
Peter Mucha: Gina could take them all on singlehandedly in a street fight.
Jonathan Storm: Yeah. Tough Grrrll.
CJM: Did anyone notice that Idol ended about 9:07 (to interfere with the start of Dancing With The Stars)?
Jonathan Storm: What's up with Gwen Stefani? She looked like she was air-brushed.
Peter Mucha: After "House" I thought my clocks were wrong.
Jonathan Storm: She's 37, almost as old as me.
Jonathan Storm: I think it had to go 67 minutes so they could fit in the 15 minutes of the contestants' singing.
Jonathan Storm: That's way better than two hours.
Peter Mucha: Well, last night's show fell short of the previous week's ... no crying girl.
Jonathan Storm: Did anybody ever figure out who she was?
Jonathan Storm: Saturday Night Live had a great skit last weekend with Andy Samberg imitating Sanjay and Danny Aykroyd bawling in the audience.
Peter Mucha: Yes, her name's Ashley, and she's huge Idol fan, and last night she got a makeover on Access Hollywood. Weird and nauseating. Access Hollywood, I mean.
Jonathan Storm: Is she some Fox executive's daughter?
Jonathan Storm: Why would she need a makeover? She was adorable.
Wendy: I liked Sanjaya last night. He rocked!
Peter Mucha: Did you break this news yet to Peter Pan?
Jonathan Storm: Sanjaya IS Peter Pan.
Jonathan Storm: Mystery solved.
Jonathan Storm: Nobody has mentioned Jordin. She's a big talent.
Peter Mucha: Yes, Sanjaya's future Wikipedia bio: After playing Peter Pan on Broadway, Sanjaya revived the Pee-Wee's Playhouse franchise and ... your turn
Jonathan Storm: bought Neverland.
Peter Mucha: ... finally winding up doing infomercials for Sanjaya's Jambalaya.
Nancy: He's a bad version of a Michael Jackson wannabe. He is the absolute WORST!
Jonathan Storm: Ahh, but he adds some fun to the proceedings.
Jonathan Storm: Sanjaya's Jambalaya.
Peter Mucha: Next week he'll probably come out with one of those tropical fruit bowl bonnets on, a la Chicita Rivera. Yeah, without him we'd have to make fun of LaKisha wearing that Hugh Hefner bathrobe.
Jonathan Storm: She'll be doing infomercials for LaKisha's Propecia.
Jonathan Storm: Phil could be the model.
Jonathan Storm: So, do we all agree that Chris Sligh gets the boot tonight?
Peter Mucha: Actually "Sanjaya's Jambalaya" sounds like the name of his future tour. So, who leaves tonight? I'm thinking Haley stays because she has the hot vote, Chris has the portly majority, so I'm picking a surprise: Jordin or Chris Richardson.
Jonathan Storm: I could go with Chris Richardson, too. I thought Jordin was pretty good, despite her outfit.
Jonathan Storm: But I still think the portly vote won't be enough to save Chris.
Peter Mucha: Jordin's thrift store Catholic school girl outift? Still, she's been good enough to stay. Don't know who's going to go, but I know I wish they'd have Hugh Laurie on, with "House" as a judge. Think Simon's rude? Could reach new levels.
CJM: Will Gwen Stefani Rock the House tonight?
Jonathan Storm: I hope so.
Jonathan Storm: But I didn't think she was near as good a coach is Lulu.
Peter Mucha: I think my brain is fried. Thanks, Jon. Thanks, CJM and Wendy and Nancy and the rest of you, too.
Jonathan Storm: BaBa Booie! Keep those votes coming in.
Peter Mucha: Same time next week!
