Sanjaya's a Star

When I first got into wrestling, I was introduced to then-WWE Talent Agent, Kevin Kelly. I asked him, "What does it take to be a star in this buisness?" He told me the following: "Stick around, work hard, and get on TV somehow even if it's a seemingly worthless role." What he meant by that last statement was, "Get on televised wrestling, even if that means losing every match for a year." The moral of the story was that if you're on TV, you're under the radar, and your perceived value increases instantly.

With that in mind, I want to talk for a minute about American Idol's ability to turn seemingly worthless people into celebrity superstars. Take William Hung for example. Before his small bit of TV exposure, he was probably bullied in school and picked on in the lunch room, the whole bit. Why? Because he's a walking joke (in a good way of course!). But ever since his stint on American Idol, he's a famous, RICH walking joke, and just about everyone loves him!

The same with Sanjaya. Here's a guy who if it wern't for American Idol, he'd be just like anyone else, but quirkier. Because of his 15 minutes of fame, for NOT BEING VERY GOOD I might add, he's in all the gossip magazines, his face is in media print, and people know his name. In both William's case, and Sanjaya's case, if they wanted to take that little bit of celebrity and capitolize on it, they could with very little effort. In Hung's case, he did.

What's the difference between Sanjaya and the girl that sings across the hall from me? The girl across the hall from me isn't in magazines or famous. Why? Because she wasn't on Television .