On the US television show American Idol, contestant Blake Lewis sung Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity. Judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul loved it, but British judge Simon Cowell felt that he was copying Jay, although he did go original by adding some scat and beatboxing at the end. Randy Jackson, did say that most viewers may not know who Jamiroquai is but they should because he is huge all over the world. With the number of viewers that American Idol gets then this can only be good publicity for the band.
Credit: Tony Gravato, Eric Zupancich, Diego Zelaya, Suzan Tessier
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On This Day... 23rd November
Jamiroquai failed to win in either of their two nominations (Best Jungle Act and Best Music Video) in the Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) awards today in 1996. You Give Me Something was released in the UK this week in 2001.