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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Amercan Idol or Survivor: It's for real]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/15/amercan-idol-or-survivor-its-for-real/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/15/amercan-idol-or-survivor-its-for-real/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/15/amercan-idol-or-survivor-its-for-real/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/international-markets/" rel="tag">International Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/forecasts/" rel="tag">Forecasts</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/other-issues/" rel="tag">Other Issues</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/rumors/" rel="tag">Rumors</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/television/" rel="tag">Television</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/blogs/" rel="tag">Blogs</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/rants-and-raves/" rel="tag">Rants and Raves</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/competitive-strategy/" rel="tag">Competitive Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/india/" rel="tag">India</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/scandals/" rel="tag">Scandals</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/columns/" rel="tag">Columns</a></p><p>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.</p>
<p>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 -- <em>Holy Cow Batman! </em>-- Sanjaya is now in the top eleven.</p>
<p>When I first tried to rationalize his success I posted: <a title="View American Idol: Are Indian call centers skewing the vote? on Blogging Stocks" href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/09/american-idol-are-indian-call-centers-skewing-the-vote/" target="_blank"><font color="#55629b">American Idol: Are Indian call centers skewing the vote?</font></a> 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: <a title="View Sunday Funnies: American Idol - Indian Idle on Blogging Stocks" href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/11/sunday-funnies-american-idol-indian-idle/" target="_blank"><font color="#55629b">Sunday Funnies: American Idol - Indian Idle</font></a>, 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:</p>
<em><br /></em><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/15/amercan-idol-or-survivor-its-for-real/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Amercan Idol or Survivor: It's for real</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/15/amercan-idol-or-survivor-its-for-real/">Amercan Idol or Survivor: It's for real</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/15/amercan-idol-or-survivor-its-for-real/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/853472/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/15/amercan-idol-or-survivor-its-for-real/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>American Idol</category><category>AmericanIdol</category><category>Conflicts of interest</category><category>ConflictsOfInterest</category><category>Sanjaya Survives</category><category>SanjayaSurvives</category><category>Sheldon Liber</category><category>SheldonLiber</category><category>Simon Cowell</category><category>SimonCowell</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheldon Liber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:40:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
