Sanjaya is going to win this.

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My theory:

He is sandbagging and now ready to show his stuff! I thought his tryout was among the best. He is the smartest competitor left in this thing. He is straight hustling america!

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QFT. I think he leveled all of us. Have any of you seen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDtTVSkFHyM

From the beginning, I've felt that Sanjaya has a very nice voice, but it's not powerful enough to overcome the loud band and other acoustic considerations of AI-type live performances.

By picking songs suited for his voice, he could really surprise us. FWIW, I thought the judges were unfairly harsh on him last night. Blake and Chris were far more atrocious and the judges were more subdued in their criticisms. It's annoying that the judges have an agenda and are visibly perturbed that America isn't cooperating with it.