TMZ.com is reporting that a source close to Sanjaya's family says that those of us at Votefortheworst.com are "jerks" and their message to VFTW is: "Thanks guys, but he doesn't need your votes." On the contrary, we think this report is fishy. First of all, a source "close to the family" means it's not actually his family. We think Sanjaya is smart enough to know any press is good press. And secondly, Sanjaya has been embracing his VFTW-ness recently with fun performances, crazier hairstyles, and more sass. We think Sanjaya's in on the fun. So to the Malakar family: feel free to contact us, we love Sanjaya and we would love to see him win. The true haters are the people out there who bash him and say he sucks. Wrong. Sanjaya is the best thing to happen to American Idol in years, and we'd love to chat with the Malakars because we love them so much! Shyamali, Momjaya, and anyone else, you can contact us here. As many people have noticed, VFTW was down for a good portion of the day yesterday. The site started having problems Tuesday due to an increased flow of traffic, but then Wednesday the site went down because of an attack. Someone was obviously threatened enough by the site's freedom of speech that they wanted to try to shut us down. Of course it didn't work, and we're back for now. Who would have done such a thing? Could it have been the people behind Idol? We're not sure, but anything is possible. Remember, even if the site is down, keep voting for Sanjaya every week, because we're doing an awesome job and we saved him AGAIN this week. We're like the little engine that could! Also, you can text VFTW to 27563 to get cell phone updates in case of situations like these as well.
We also lost our man Chris Sligh on the show (say it ain't so!), and of course Simon made a patronizing remark on his way out. Well, Chris, you've got fans for life at VFTW, and if there's anything we can do for you, let us know. Make sure to get a hold of us once your contract allows, we'd love to chat with you, you're awesome!
And if some of you haters want to write us a letter saying "Haha, you suck, your site was down", please do. We need more grammatically challenged letters for the mail bag. Thanks in advance!
If you listen to American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe's version of things, he loves Sanjaya Malakar. And he most certainly did not cast the 17 year old on the show to make people angry when he outlasted better singers. Of course not. In a new article, Lythgoe makes himself sound like an idiot by saying, "I'm old school, so any time my shows are talked about, I'm really happy." Of course you are, Nigel. While Sanjaya is ripped apart in the media, you pretend to take the high road to look better, all the while deliciously savoring the press and big bucks the show rakes in as a result. Lythgoe also acknowledges VFTW for the first time in 2 years, calling us, "a fly buzzing around a cow" and saying, "when you're getting 30 million votes, whatever that website can do is just not enough." So does that mean Idol will try to rig the votes this week to get rid of Sanjaya to make Nigel look smart? I guess we'll see! All we can do is have fun with it and vote. For more information on Lythgoe, visit www.nigellythgoe.com (insert laugh here).
J, the overweight 23-year old who decided to go on a hunger strike until Sanjaya was voted off, has officially quit. Being that she's a liar, and she would be close to dead by now from not eating for 2.5 full weeks, it's good that she's giving up the charade. We wonder how many burgers she ate after doing each of her updates, because she had to use some creative camera angles to hide the fact that she's put on weight since the strike began.