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Lythgoe's job is not to find the #1 singer, its to find the #1 performer. Sanjaya sucked at singing, but it was a hoot to watch him every week, and it got people talking about the show. I think he did his job, and he did it well. I don't think anyone (that has any brains anyway) is under the impression this show is an actual singing competition. Well, except maybe Simon Cowell.

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Blake Lewis, anyone is better than Sanjaya but you should have been one of the first people cut from that season's American Idol. You can call yourself a better singer than Sanjaya, but you're aren't that much better.

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Jason, are you a closet Worster? Welcome to the dark side, my friend.

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Blake Lewis is complaining that Sanjaya made it as far as he did?

Did he say this yesterday, on April Fools Day? Because he's obviously never heard himself "sing".

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And whom does Blake blame for his extreme lack of talent, the flop of his album and being dumped by his record label? Jesus!!!

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Sanjaya, himself, actually wrote about this in th American Idol Chicken Soup book. It's public knowledge. How Nigel got him on the show when Sanjaya had already failed one of the rounds and his sister had made it. Nigel saw Sanjaya and let him continue on with his sister, Shyamli. In the end it was Sanjaya who made it all the way through instead of his sister. American Idol is straight contest and most likely never was. Blake needs to shut his mouth. Blake is not one of the greatest singers in America.

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Sounds like sour grapes on Blake's part.

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Jordin got cut at her first audition in LA. Funny how Blake doesn't bring that one up. Oh yeah -- she beat him.

Even his fans are jumping ship over this. May his second single tank as badly as the first one.

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first of all, i think ALL of last seasons top 12 sucked big time!
and they all failed in their careers subsequently.
Blake, however, is a total douchebag. he is just so horrible to watch, and his songs are like garbage.
at least we got some entertainment from sanjaya, which is what TV is all about.

from blake and jordin, all we got was torture!!

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This year's example:

Kristi Lee did not perform well during hollywood week. She then sings her pathetic version of Amazing Grace again and voila, she's in the top 24. I feel the producers passed her on because she's really beautiful not because she is really talented.

That being said, AI is a talent/popularity contest not a talent contest. America would not be allowed to vote if it were just about talent. The judges would be all that's needed. I have always felt that allowing fans to vote without any limits is insane. Thirteen year old girls decide this competition every year since they're the only ones who are obsessed enough to speed dial for hours. I would like to see a voting system like Dancing With the Stars where the judges' votes count for 50% and the viewers are only allowed to vote 5 times for each phone line/email.

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Idol needs to actually show the numbers of the people calling for each once it is down to viewer's voting. I do not believe for a minute it is purely based on the calls recevied. The producers may get the bottom three, but then choose from there. If it is on numbers, show them to us Idol...

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Blake gets frustrated because he's going around the country doing live interviews to try to get DJs to play his new single, and all they want to know is about Sanjaya. I can understand his frustration, but he needs to learn some PR skills. He's not doing himself any favor. And, as already has been mentioned, he's a very weak singer himself. His only strength is the beatboxing, and that gets old. Actually Sanjaya has the better voice, but he got nervous performing on the show, and Blake didn't because he'd been performing at clubs around Seattle for years.

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I think it's a shame that Lewis would have the nerve to speak that way about any other performer, especially one with whom he worked for over a year. He shows no class. Sanjaya had a great voice and earned his spot. I don't think he should have won, but you don't hear him talking trash about anyone on season 6 or anyone else, for that matter. The kid has guts, and Lewis has none.I hope Sanjaya cuts a CD and it's a smash. That would really frost Lewis and be great for a young man who took a beating of negative press and NEVER let it get him down.

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i find it very interesting that Simon told sanjaya at his audition that he, sanjaya , had a wonderful voice,yet he didnt even want to put blake through, because, he blake, didnt have a very good voice. the only reason blake made it was because randy and paula agreed they liked the beatboxing.simon also said blake is obnoxious. watch the auditions and see for yourselves.I think that simons instincts were right on. he picked a superstar sanjaya and he identified a self centered, self serving ssssoooo sooo singer......blake! me thinks blake doeth protest too much!!!!!!!!

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