The Sanjaya Syndrome

In case you hadn’t already figured it out for yourself, American Idol has jumped the shark. They did it to themselves when they let the adorable little brown boy from Seattle into the field. They had a story — the boy and his impish sister — and they let the wrong sibling through.

Now Sanjaya isn’t even taking it seriously anymore. The seven ponytails for good luck and the schoolyard insults are just fuel for the fire as far as America is concerned.

Now the producers are stuck with a Sanjaya Summer Tour. This kid makes Justin Guarini sound like Andrea Bocelli.