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The "Fat Lady" finally sang! 

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Just as you guys seem to be obsessed with “Big Brother,” America goes gaga over “American Idol.” Which is a hugely popular TV transplant from the UK. The big news over here is that the world’s worst singer, Sanjaya Malakar, who horrified and captivated millions in his improbable run on the show, was finally voted off it Wednesday night.  

On Tuesday night's show, Simon Cowell had slammed his performance as "utterly horrendous." And for once, the notoriously mean English judge was vindicated.

 

Malakar, though lacking in the singing department, consistently delivered the season's most bizarre and talked-about performances, even daring to sport a huge ponytail mohawk hair style that added novelty to an otherwise excruciating rendition of "Bathwater."

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 Big time radio shock jock Howard Stern and the Web site VotefortheWorst.com, which has long promoted the show's really bad candidates, have kept Sanjaya’s “dream” alive. But now it’s over… Or is it? The betting is he’ll live forever on YouTube. 

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April 20, 2007 11:50 AM
 
George, I think I'd prefer some out-of-tune try hard than most of the over-warbling, over-emoting "singers" on these shows, who possess the technical ability to sing but lack the real soul. But Cowell is a twerp.
 
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