American Idol voting is open to residents of the U.S. only.Canadian Idol is open to Canadians...though that's a show I neverwatch. I caught a few episodes last year and was so turned off by thejudges, who came across (to me) as pseudo-AmericanIdolcopycats.
I got the feeling that Sanjaya's hair style tonight was in part astatement...his declaration that he just doesn't care. I suspect he'sbeen quite affected by all of the negative comments being generated byhis presence there. Poor kid...he's not a bad singer; just not AmericanIdol caliber...and it's certainly not his fault that he keeps gettingvoted back in. I heard that Simon Cowell has threatened to leave theshow if Sanjaya wins - though I don't know if that is true or a rumor.Nevertheless, I do feel badly for Sanjaya.
Oh, and I also heard that one of the big supporters of that websitewhich encourages people to vote for Sanjaya is Howard Stern...he's beentrying to make a mockery of the show for a while now. It's a shame, asthere's nothing wrong with the show, but this season is definitelyproving that left to the hands of the public, the voting is based onalmost anything but singing talent. :?