The dj's of Magic 89.9, the official radio carrier of American Idol in the Philippines, keeps on blaming the Indian call centers for organizing a united voting party in favor of their very own Sanjaya Malakar. On the first results show of the semi-finals (or the Top 12 boys), Seacrest hinted that Sanjaya received the 4th largest number of votes among the 12 boys. Paul Kim and Rudy Cardenas were eliminated that time. It's safe to assume that there were no organized Korean fanbase to keep Paul Kim in the competition; and same thing with Rudy that there were no organized Venezuelan fanbase for him. On the second week of the semis, it was the small but skillful AJ Tabaldo and the crooner Nick Pedro to get the boot. Does it mean there were no organized Filipino fanbase for AJ and no organized Mexican fanbase for Nick? And why do i keep on making this a world competition Hehehe? But Magic 89.9's claim that Indian Call Centers are to blame for Sanjaya's success in American Idol might be true. India is currently the no. 1 country for American call centers (Philippines is no.2 by the way) and they (the call centers) have the privilege of calling to any US phone numbers on a regular rate. The second theory about Sanjaya's success is the infamous website Vote for the Worst. The Vote for the Worst website is campaigning for the contestants who the producers would hate to see winning American Idol. Many people are blaming this site for Antonella Barba's winning streak in American Idol. After escaping two eliminations, Antonella was finally voted off in the Top 8 finals for girls. So the Vote for the Worst website changed their candidate and it's now Sanjaya Malakar. And did you know that this site is now immensely popular it's now ranked 28,052 by Alexa?!!!

The 3rd theory about Sanjaya’s success is the support of Howard Stern. Yup, the “King of all Media” has called Sanjaya his favorite contestant and he was allegedly encouraging his listeners to vote for the 17 year-old Indian-American. Stern’s endorsement is now being blamed by American Idol fanatics who seemed to constantly looking for who’s to point the finger to.

The 4th theory is the endorsement of Top Filipino blogsite about American Idol at siyempre si Kuya Rickey yan. O kuya Rickey, extra ka dito ha hehehe. At say niyo, hindi nagkakalayo ang Alexa ranking ni Kuya Rickey sa Vote for the Worst website. Even before the show started last January, even before mag-perform sa stage ang top 24 finalists, Kuya Rickey has already picked his favorite and the lucky contestant is no less than Sanjaya Malakar.

The 5th and last theory is also my theory na rin (Panay ang taglish ko a, sensya na sa mga kanong dumadalaw dito). American Idol and any other idol competitions elsewhere are not just about talent. It’s not a 100% singing competition. It’s all about personality, too, that’s why it’s called “Idol”. People are voting not necessarily because of the performance but because they are “starstruck” by the awesome personality of the contestant.

Every season there’s a below-average singer who gets through the finals but it’s their “likable” personality that’s winning hearts. The judges might hate them but the people who admire them will save them. And it’s because people can relate to them. Remember Jasmine Trias? Loved her.