Sanjaya Fever
Hate Him Or Love Him – Everyone Is Talking About Sanjaya Malakar
Is he this year's William Hung or Justin Guarini? Sanjaya Malakar Fever has everyone talking whether a fan or not.
The latest boon to the YouTube generation is an American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar. Unless hospitalized or unemployed, one cannot possibly sit through all the videos a YouTube search for "Sanjaya" yields. One vlogger is on a hunger strike until the horrible singer gets kicked off. Part conspiracy, part pop culture phenomenon, one thing is clear - everyone is talking about Sanjaya.
In addition to his vocal talents, he can hula. This seventeen-year-old sensation from Federal Way, Washington likes Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill, Susan Tedeschi, and Michael Jackson according to his profile at the American Idol website. His profile also says that he doesn't get embarrassed. That explains the hair. Possibly the best aspect of Malakar's profile on the Idol site is the link to his beauty secrets.
Yes, you too can look just like Sanjaya. You're welcome. If you have found it hard to socialize since this week's episodes of Idol aired without talking about Malakar's mohawk with friends, you've probably discussed the wig he sported to sing Gwen Stefani's Bathwater. But it wasn't a wig! Complete with his online beauty secrets are also his hairstyle secrets.
Sanjayafans.com is already online and ready to unite lovers of the singer who could potentially follow in the footsteps of Justin Guarini - the first Idol contestant to get attention for his coif. Guarini is pimping a jazz album online these days and the super-curly coif was the kiss of death this week to Chris Sligh who got the boot. Over the years Idol results have made it seem as though good looks do help, which makes the 'do a huge risk for Malakar.
A look at Malakar's Wikipedia entry (yes, he has one already) shows he quit high school in order to pursue music. Whether or not this was a good choice remains to be seen as he brings tears to the eyes of many. One can imagine that's a bad thing - until seeing thirteen-year-old blonde, pig-tailed Ashley Ferl crying for Malakar in the audience like he's John, Paul, and Ringo combined during the 60s.
How long Malakar lasts in the competition also remains to be seen. One half of the zeitgeist is on hunger strikes until he gets kicked off while the other half is led by Howard Stern trying to vote to keep him around. If only we could run our presidential elections the same way in this country...
