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FANJAYA CHRONICLES : A JOURNEY INTO FANDOM. my story of How and why I'm a Fanjaya ;Discuss this article on the forums. (0 posts) First Off I have Never been *part* of a FANBASE OR a Die hard fan OF ANYONE to become a member of a FAN GROUP , BUT That ALL changed Last year ! If anyone ever told me I would be PART of a fanbase OR A FAN OF A TEENAGER ! I would have LAUGHED in their faces ,I always thought that being a *fan* was EXTREME not something I would BE part OF until I BECAME A FANJAYA ! and a proud fanjaya at that ! My way of thinking about being a *FAN* changed , when a sibling duo graced american Idol, I watched the audtions of season 6 like most veiwers with * morpid* fasination, but quickly became disgusted by the childish behavior of the judges to the point I STOPPED watching the audtions . when the seattle audtions began I wasnt going to watch . but my daughter SAM wanted to see the seattle audtions she watched while I was in the kitchen where I could hear the * hopefuls* but not see them , when SAM comes running into the kitchen jumping up and down excitely proclaiming a BROTHER AND SISTER ARE AUDTIONING ! SAM grabs my hand AND LITERLY drags me to the living room. where I see TWO Smiling freahfaced kids and Ryan asking if they know each other the boy says NO we met in line! ryan retorted YEA the line in the hosipal ! by that time I found my self ENTRANCED by these TWO kids sanjaya & Shyamali malakar ! I liked their playful bantering towards each other and those big geniune smiles truely captured my heart and to see their family cheering them on was and still is a beautiful sight.WE liked these kids and crossed our fingers HOPEING these kids can SING WELL and praying they would go to hollywood ! because I and my family KNEW these are special kids and will be supporting them . shyamali's audtion we thought she has a beautiful voice and was very pleased she's going to hollywood ! THEN its LIL brothers turn, their is a bright light shining from these two kids they stoodout , sanjaya the *shy* one intrigued me with his sweet shy smile and showed us from the beginning he has a witty sense of humor SANJAYA turn to sing ! even through I was intrigued by BOTH of these kids I thought shyamali has a beautiful voice BUT sanjaya really GOT ME when I heard him sing with that beautiful voice smooth and soulful with an amazing tone . SAM & I jumped up and gave him a STANDING OVATION . Qouteing simon sanjaya is * A SHY LIL THING WITH A GOOD VOICE* I saw and hear more , I saw a VERY TALENTED Boy with great potenial . sanjaya got his golden ticket but what made me a* FAN* was what he said AFTER he came out when ryan asked him" who the judges THOUGHT was a better singer ? " which I thought was a out of line question ,but sanjaya showed respect and loyality to his BIG SIS by saying "I wont say"THAT earned my support of BOTH these fasinating kids thats when MY JOURNEY began To being a * GASP* A FAN!! thats how it all started for me, IF anyone told me that that sweet shy boy from audtion would become a household name/ANTI IDOL? and a breakout star I WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOCKED BUT the STAR I HEARD when the boy opened his mouth . BUT I never seen the crazy rollercoaster that was about to begin coming ! we were happy and sad happy sanjaya made it to top 24 , sad when shyamali didnt but I KNEW we were supporting somebody special especcilly when showed his love,support AND his loyaltiy to his sister and family when sanjaya said * family comes first* thats when I KNEW I"M going to support this boy with the beautiful soul . I KNEW AND ACCEPTED that I AM A SANJAYA FAN ! and have been since.we watched a boy grow into a man right before our eyes not just physicaly but VOCALY, SPIRITUALY, MENTALITY AND EMONTIONALY MATURE before our very eyes. my adventure to being a fanjaya made me grow as well , I become stronger , more vocal and not afraid to stand up for what and who I BELEIVE in , because of sanjaya I learned whats its like to be a *fan* and part of a * fanbase* my first time signing up for *gasp* American Idol forum was new and scarey to me being someone who HAS NEVER been on forums,chats blogs all those places I thought ISNT for me but I learned and grew in this year more than I have in my 36 yrs of life . I learned about *fANDOM* and found special people along my journey the fanjayas ! beacause of all of the unique amazing people as the fanjayas I AM PROUD to stand up for sanjaya and myself . I am a fanjaya hear ME * ROWWWWRRRR* and YES I have stated that LOUDLY in public whenever ANYONE cares to state their opinion about sanjaya i will PROUDLY let them know I'M a SANJAYA FAN my family knows NOW not to disrespect sanjaya around me or SUFFER my wrath . I look back on this past year of this amazing journey of fandom for me and I WOUDNT change anything about it even when it got scarey/dishearting/frustrating in the end i'm content and happy and all this all STARTED BECAUSE I BECAME A *FAN* of A TEENAGER, I would have NVER dreamed THAT would happen , BUT it did. this is my story of becoming a sanjaya fan .what is YOURS?
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(1)2008-05-06 21:27:00 I didn't expect to become such a diehard fan of someone, either. It had never happened to me before. I liked certain singers and bought their albums, but that was as far as it went. I think this is true of a lot of fanjayas. There was just something really special about Sanjaya and the whole experience as it unfolded throughout Season 6 that created a bond between this boy and a lot of people he didn't know. It's like we all went through a war together, and it changed us. We may not have been the winners of the war in the worlds eyes, but we all know we won the war, and hopefully someday they'll know it, too.
(2)2008-05-07 00:25:50 Beautful blog sunnygrace! For me, there are only a few dates for which I actually remember EVERY detail. Some will say the death of Kennedy, but that was before my time. However, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when John Lennon got shot; when 9/11 hapened; when Katrina struck; and when Sanjaya's audition was aired on AI! Not that I'm equating his audition with disasters; just that like those things it was a big event with a huge impact! Reading your blog was a beautiful reminder of that special night.
(3)2008-05-07 20:15:09 my bffl (best friend for life) told me to watch American Idol (i hated the show) so i went home watched it and i was laughing my butt off so i continued to watch for now 2 seasons (season 6 and now 7) once i saw Sanjaya on the screen i was like "whoa! mom look at him he's sexy!" then i heard him sing and again i was like "whoa! mom listen to his beautiful voice!" then once we got to top 24 i started voting every week for as long as i could! then i started printing out pics and putting them in my binder and around my walls then it became to 1000 pics in my room and 35 in my binder. people called me a stalked because i knew everything about him then it came to the thour and i only went to see him and lost my voice for 2 weeks then is came to buying all this smuff (stuff) off the internet (i was actually doing that after he made it to the top 24) that's how i became a Fanjaya!
(4)2008-05-08 15:01:13 beautiful story. it's always good to note when we dediced to join forces with sanjaya. and your story explains a lot of our stories. it's so beautiful and sweet. no doubt about it that every single one of stories are different but every one of us can pick out one thing in here that we can relate to. and that makes it more beautiful.  |
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