Some of you may be bored with my American Idol fascination by now, and still others do not share my view that studying this show has any relation to the stock market. In either case I will continue to follow the Sanjaya saga as if I were following a possible acquisition.
Sanjaya survives again!? For those of us who were originally perplexed, along with Simon Cowell, as to how he could be voted into the top twelve -- Holy Cow Batman! -- Sanjaya is now in the top eleven.
When I first tried to rationalize his success I posted: American Idol: Are Indian call centers skewing the vote? Which created as much a stir as Sanjaya's success. One of my detractors was VR, who expressed his displessure with my post. I used his comments in the: Sunday Funnies: American Idol - Indian Idle, although he was not that funny. Out of respect for a contrary opinion and his right to have one I asked him if he would like to comment further and here is what he said:
"Good morning, Here are some of my thoughts:
"Looking at the comments posted from Mr. Liber's first article, it's amazing how this simple subject became a political debate about immigration issues, taxes, and capitalism. First of all, I agree with the few bloggers in setting the record straight that Sanjaya is American. Unless an individual is 100% Native American with a current tribe affiliation, every single person at one point in time (whether 200 years ago or 20), had ancestors who were immigrants to this country. These ancestors brought their rich, cultural traditions to the medley mix in the and began to achieve dreams with freedom. It's the very foundation of what this nation is built upon! That said, I think it's time that society realizes that the media and entertainment industries will naturally transform, with time, into representing all the unique demographics that compose the United States.Thanks for the opportunity! Looking forward to reading more, and seeing what happens in this year's American Idol competition. Thanks,
Well said, sir. His sentiments are worthy of note and those who take the time to write civilized comments, even ones less than complimentary, are taken seriously by me.
Based on my thoughts on the behavior of markets I concluded that in the short run there would be numerous reasons that Sanjaya could "survive" a while:American Idol puzzle solved: Market Theory. And now, Simon suggesting he might quit the show if Sanjaya is the American Idol adds fuel to the fire, so I expect he might make it though another couple of weeks.
That's in the short run. In the long run, some level of sanity will prevail and Sanjaya will not be the next American Idol. Simon is just pumping the AI stock for now. I guess that is one big difference between Hollywood and Wall Street: On Wall Street it would be a clear conflict of interest. Not that it does not happen, it is just not supposed to -- just like Sanjaya was not supposed to make it this far in the competition.
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Sheldon Liber is the CEO of a small private investment company and the vice president for design and research at an architecture & planning firm.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-15-2007 @ 7:47PM
linda said...
I had that same thought a few weeks ago. How else could one explain his weekly return? Sanjaya, while a cute kid has a voice only a mother could love. Just think AI could become an international incident
3-15-2007 @ 9:02PM
TJ said...
I too am perplexed by Sanjaya. I think that he has no outstanding singing talent and certainly no personality. Why are people voting for him. I realize that part of this show is a popularity contest, but where does that put Sanjaya. He is personalityless. Is there some conspiracy on the telephone or is the public making a laughing stock out of American Idol. If this young man does indeed win this contest, I for one will never watch this program again.
3-15-2007 @ 10:56PM
steve said...
why the fuss? Sanjaya is not nearly as bad as some bloggers suggest. And, he's a nice kid. HE isn't voting now is he, so why make him feel guilty? Tamayra Gray was a worse voters decision than he is. Actually, there are really only 3 real contestants, and the rest are a toss up. So, leave the kid alone. At least he remembers his words. And, he's only 17. What about that hip hop fool who does sky walking while singing MoTown. Now, THAT's
really sick. And, Chris totally ruining a classic.
Is THAT any better? Like I said....he's right up there with the remaining 8 aside from the dominant 3. Melinda, Lakeysa, and Jordan are the only three who really count. Now, if one of them is voted off, and he (or any of the other 8) remains, then we have something to bitch about. Other than that, it's all fair game.
3-16-2007 @ 10:34AM
Robert said...
Sanjaya is cute as a button. He has no voice and he has no on-stage personality BUT he proves cute can cut it. It would be the supreme irony if he ends up close to the top or even wins it. THAT being said, I follow Idol only with comments on AOL. I cannot stand to watch the show. It is a BOREFEST of the highest order.