hair today, not tomorrow

So now I've officially stopped spasming and can offer some quasi-coherent comments on Sanjaya's departure.
Looking at it from a technical standpoint alone, it's not a surprise. I'd argue country night was Sanjaya's worst, and he didn't offer an unique creepiness outside of the weird hair scarf.
And Simon's little diatribe about the competition being about talent certainly didn't help. Maybe it was a wake-up call for voters on the fence.
Still, I think everyone kind of suspected Sanjaya would stick around longer. Now, the hoopla about him sabotaging the show seems really anti-climactic.
What did him in? Maybe last night's Sanjaya showing was so awful that non-voters actually voted for an opposing contestant out of anger. Or, perhaps most likely, the anti-AI groups that fueled Sanjaya's initial success simply lost their momentum.
But embarrassingly enough, I'm going to miss him. He seemed to cry genuinely upon his elimination, and even altered his song lyrics to say, "Let's give them something to talk about other than hair."
Which made me think in spite of the mohawks, in spite of the cockiness, in spite of the eclectic performances, he really was just a naive kid with a dream.
Maybe we'll never know. One thing, however, is certain. In some lonely bar or strip club, Simon is having a very, very good time.