Starvation for Sanjaya - Possibly the Dumbest Hunger Strike Ever

American Idol Fan Starves Herself Over Sanjaya's Success

Some people go on hunger strike for political reasons. Some people go on hunger strike for animal rights. Jevonda, a 23-year-old woman from New York, is on hunger strike for a much different reason- because Sanjaya Malakar is still on American Idol.

"J," as she refers to herself on her website, is writing a blog about her hunger strike. Apparently, it has created quite the stir. The Myspace page has almost 2,000 friends! Strangely enough, many "friends" of this cause have left comments such as "I'll be having a nice steak tonight while I vote for Sanjaya."

Personally, I am not a fan of Sanjaya Malakar. I could not handle the numerous shots of a crying pre-teen girl at last week's Idol show. I mean, at first it was amusing, but then it was just lame. Part of me wants to think that they kept showing her because nobody else in the audience looked like they were enjoying Sanjaya's performance. How could they be?

But to decide not to eat because he is still on the show... that is just plain stupid. For starters, Sanjaya has an unfortunate appeal to a large demographic of the American Idol audience- teenage girls. I believe that Sanjaya might just be to 2007 what Taylor Hanson was to 1997. No one of any merit really believed that Taylor, Zach, or Isaac Hanson were talented singers, but the Hanson brothers sold millions of records because teenage girls thought they were cute. Sanjaya seems to have that appeal, and it will likely carry him far.

Sanjaya is also one of the few teenagers on the show this season. Previous seasons have had more teenagers as finalists, but this time through there is only Sanjaya for the boys and Jordin Sparks for the girls. Teenagers like to vote for teenagers. I think they feel some cosmic connection to them, solely because of their age.