Sanjaya Is Everywhere

MSNBC's Craig Berman conjectures that the judges sent Josiah packing in an effort to avoid a repeat of last season, when the worse than mediocre Sanjaya Malakar became an audience favorite and stayed on the show weeks longer than he should have.Simon, Randy and Paula must realize that they shared some of the blame in the whole Sanjaya situation just because they put him through to the voting when he really didn't have the same level of talent as most of the other season 6 contestants. Letting go of Josiah ensures that a fan favorite won't take votes away from the more talented contestants, and also answers some of the critics who say that Sanjaya ruined American Idol. The judges seem to really be going for singing over novelty (does Blake Lewis ring any bells?) this season.