Sanjaya is going to win this.

[student_of_game]

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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.

[pete fabrizio]

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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.

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That rendition sucked.

[mynamewastaken]

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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.

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That rendition sucked.

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I still think his first televised audition was one of the highlights of the audition round, but what do I know... my favs were Castro, Antonella, Sundance, Sligh...

[Dunkman]

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I still think his first televised audition was one of the highlights of the audition round, but what do I know... my favs were Castro, Antonella, Sundance, Sligh...

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I totally agree. I was really surprised how bad he sucked as the top 24 went on, and especially once he got to the top 12. I really think it was more of a confidence thing and he just got nervous out there and his singing was soft and timid. The last few weeks were actually a lot better (especially the 2 before this one) although he was still out of his league (of course, so is Chris R.)

[thing85]

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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.

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Right...