Sanjaya No Longer On ‘American Idol’

Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Thursday night, “Wow. Thank you. Wow, what a great crowd here. [Cheers and applause] Thank you very much. You sound like Simon after Sanjaya got voted off last night. … As you know, Sanjaya no longer on ‘American Idol’. Yeah. [Audience aws] Well, it’s kind of a dilemma for them, ’cause he was the only well-known contestant they had left, right? I mean, people knew him. Now, it’s down to ‘what’s his face’, ‘what’s her name’ and ‘who’s the other guy?’ You know what I’m saying? See, I feel sorry for – I like Sanjaya. ‘Cause people get that ‘oh, he’s only popular because of his good looks and his hair.’ Hey, how do you think I got this job? I went through that, believe me. [Laughter] I have been there!”