Worst American Idol Finalists Ever #1: Sanjaya Malakar

We're teaming with AOL Television to name the 12 worst 'American Idol' semifinalists ever.

Name: Sanjaya Malakar
Season: 6
Worst Performance: 'You Really Got Me'
Why We Loved Him (But Everyone Else Hated Him): If you know VFTW, this pick isn't a shock to you whatsoever. There was one Idol contestant who took VFTW from small webiste to cultural phenomenon. And without him, you may not have ever heard of us. That makes Sanjaya and his revolving hairstyles the #1 VFTW pick of all time and the finalists that pissed off the most people.

Sanjaya Malakar was an unassuming teenager who tried out for American Idol with his sister. When she didn't make the top 24 and he did, no one thought twice that Sanjaya would make it past the first few rounds. He started off shy, singing boring renditions of Stevie Wonder songs that barely got him noticed.

After a few rounds of survival, however, people were starting to wonder what kind of appeal this guy had besides his ever changing hairstyles.

Then, VFTW picks Sundance Head and Antonella Barba were voted off, leading VFTW right to Sanjaya's camp. We voted for him in the top 12 after his terrible rendition of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" hit a new low for the show, prompting Simon to say he'd quit the show if Sanjaya won.

The performance was much worse than Sanjaya had ever sounded and people assumed he'd easily be going home the next night. Instead, Sanjaya was in the bottom 2 but did not go home. Vote for the Worst had clearly saved Sanjaya from certain doom, and he was ready to repay us the following week with one of the greatest VFTW performances ever, You Really Got Me.

It was truly awesome. With the VFTW support and Howard Stern and his loyal listeners jumping on board, Sanjaya wasn't even in the bottom 2 the following night. Sanjaya had made it onto the Idol tour and America was fuming was rage over Sanjaya's stay. People had gotten mad before about the show, but now people were going to desperate measures, including a hunger strike.

But since VFTW likes to give, and we wanted to see that fat bitch lose some weight, we continues to vote for Sanjaya. TMZ called Dave one of its biggest losers of the week, which only made us vote harder. And American Idol finally acknowledged VFTW, calling us "a fly buzzing around a cow." The next week he made us even more proud by pissing off guest mentor Gwen Stefani while butchering the song she didn't want him to choose, Bathwater. Oh yeah, and he had a ponyhawk.

We finally had a contestant on the show who was completely playing up to VFTW. It was fucking awesome to say the least. Sanjaya again sailed through the next round and butchered Cheek to Cheek for big band week.

Simon also admitted that it didn't matter what he said, people would vote for Sanjaya anyway. A total VFTW victory! Again, Sanjaya easily made it another round. He then focused on Besame Mucho for Latin week and he was the only contestant with the cajones to sing in Spanish. And we loved him for it!

Oddly enough, some people then began to think Sanjaya was becoming too good for VFTW. How silly! So Sanjaya made sure to prove them all wrong by singing Something To Talk About.

That night, Dave appeared on Letterman and the VFTW forces rallied for our toughest night yet. Unfortunately, Sanjaya didn't make it through. But he left the season after 9 weeks of hilarious performances, becoming the story of the season. No one cared that Jordin Sparks won. No one cared about Melinda Doolittle going home. It was all Sanjaya. And because of that and what he did for the VFTW movement, Sanjaya is and will probably always be our favorite finalist. He's also the finalist that people hated more than any other. Ask someone who the worst Idol finalist ever was and they'll all say Sanjaya. He made people realize that Idol was a joke, and ever since his time on Idol, the ratings have been declining ever since. He entertained us and he killed the show. That makes Sanjaya #1 in our book.