3/31: Sanjaya jokes

I was watching E!’s “The Soup” and they had a delightful time mocking Sanjaya. He was also the first topic on VH1’s “Best Week Ever!” He is truly the pop culture joke du jour. What is he going to do this week?

We can’t watch “The Jimmy Kimmel Show” since WSB-TV won’t air it. But on You Tube, you can see his version of Jay Leno’s “Dancing Ito’s” from the OJ days. Yes, it’s the “Sanjaya Choir,” a bunch of Sanjaya (kinda) lookalikes!

And the Greenville S.C. paper reported he got booted from Bob Jones University because he (gasp!) attended a contemporary Christian concert a few years back. Here’s the excerpt:

Sligh attended Bob Jones University, but the son of overseas missionaries generally chooses to stay mum about his association —or disassociation — with the school known for its ultra-conservative theology.

Last week, BJU spokesman Jonathan Pait publicly expressed “disappointment” in the direction Sligh had taken with his musical training and his participation on “American Idol.”

Sligh said he has no hard feelings, even though he was expelled from Bob Jones after attending a contemporary Christian concert featuring the group 4Him.

“They kicked me out,” Sligh said. “It was actually good, because I had been trying to figure out how to leave. My parents had given me the option of going to two colleges, and I chose the less-crazy one, believe it or not.”

Sligh’s history with Bob Jones followed him throughout the competition.

“I specifically kept my comments about Bob Jones to myself, just for personal reasons,” Sligh said.

“I don’t want to throw them underneath the bus. I respect what they do — it’s just that their sect of Christianity is not really what I want to be associated with.”

After leaving Bob Jones, Sligh attended North Greenville University. He’s three credits shy of a music degree.

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