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Sanjaya Malakar
finally got booted off American
Idol....But ?
Washington, April 23, 2007
Abrar Alvi
Whether one is a fan of Sanjaya Malakar’s
singing or not, one certainly has to admire the way that this
seventeen year old singer has handled the media spotlight with
poise and wisdom far beyond his years. Considering everything
that was being said about him, Sanjaya could easily have buckled
under the pressure, and no one would probably have blamed him.
...Full Story
 NRI
Sanjaya Malakar stays, but Phil will go- Jennifer Lopez “loves”
him
After all, he is headliner
in every city's news paper
On Tuesday’s Latin-themed night, Sanjaya’s
performance in Spanish came as a fitting finale. After Sanjaya's
slow (somewhat boring) performance in last night's show, Randy
and Paula gave Sanjaya 'props' for a great performance. After
anxiously awaiting for Simon's always-negative comments, Sanjaya
batted his eyes for the cameras, and the biggest surprise of
the night was Cowell's reaction........Full
Story
- April 06, 2007: NRI
Sanjaya Malakar is "American Idol's" true fan sites
and blogs- Another
victorious week for Sanjaya Malakar on American Idol! Howard
Stern has now thrown his weight behind Sanjaya
On Wednesday, NRI Sanjaya Malakar has advanced to
another round as a bout with the flu forced crooner Tony Bennett
to cancel a live performance. Sanjaya is the true Web superstar
of this season’s “American Idol.” In recent weeks,
he has moved a 13-year-old girl to tears on national TV. .......Full
Story
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NRI Sanjaya
Malakar, teenager, makes the Top 24 to the semi-finals of the 'American
Idol'
Sanjaya Malakar makes the Top 24
Washington, Feb. 16, 2007
Abrar Alvi
Sanjaya Malakar, 17, currently lives in Federal Way, Washington
attended the auditions with his sister Shyamali. Sanjaya’s
father was a classical Indian musician, so they were raised around
music. The 24, 12 men and 12 women, are the cream of the thousands
who auditioned across the nation for the contest which could get
the top artistes highly lucrative contracts. He spent four years
in Hawaii performing with the Hawaii Children’s Theater. Shyamali
got cut in the ‘Hollywood’ round.
Sanjaya Malakar sang Stevie Wonder’s “Sign, Sealed,
Delivered.” Simon Cowell said “A lot better than your
sister.” Randy Jackson said “Yeah, I thought so too,
wow, crazy.” Paula Abdul said “Well, I think this is
good news.”
Simon added “She has the stage presence, and I think you
have the better voice. You’re like a shy little thing, whose
got a good voice.” All three judges agreed on putting Sanjaya
through to Hollywood.
- Of course, they were nervous as hell but as the judges observed,
Shyamali had better screen presence and Sanjaya had the better
singing ability. Of course, Idol was quick to pitch this as a
sibling rivalry. Going by Shyamali’s expression after her
brother was asked by Seacrest whom did the judges think had the
better voice, she might actually be falling for it. Sanjaya humbly
refused to answer the question
- Now both Shyamali and Sanjaya have it in them to at least make
it to the final 12 if they brush up on their charisma and get
over their relative shyness. I just hope the sibling rivalry angle
doesn’t cause their mutual downfall.
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Sanjaya Malakar 17, with his sister Shyamali
from Federal Way, Washington attended the auditions
Meet Your 24 Semifinalists:
The American Idol Top Twenty-Four episode opened with
forty contestants nervously waiting to find out their fates. As
is tradition with the show, the contestants rode an elevator up
to sit in a chair in front of the three American Idol judges to
find out if they had made the top twenty-four.
The contestants that made it through to the top twenty-four were:
Sanjaya Malakar, Alaina Alexander,
Melinda Doolittle, Brandon Rogers, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato,
Phil Stacy, Chris Sligh, Blake Lewis, Rudy Cardenas, A.J. Tabaldo,
Stephanie Edwards, Leslie Hunt, Nicholas Pedro, Chris Richardson,
Sabrina Sloan, Lakisha Jones, Paul Kim, Jordin Sparks, Nicole Tranquillo,
Jared Cotter, Amy Krebs, Antonella Barba, and Sundance Head.
The American
Idol is a television show featured on the Fox Network
in the United States, based on the popular British show Pop Idol.
The show is a competition in which viewers can call in and vote
on contestants to determine the best "undiscovered" young
singer in the United States, with the winner receiving a major record
deal, although some runners-up have achieved enough fame to ink
record deals of their own
Tuesday, Feb. 20:
The Top 12 male singers will perform Tuesday, Feb. 20 (8:00-10:00
PM ET/PT) on FOX. At the end of the show, the phone lines will
open for two hours and AMERICAN IDOL viewers will vote for their
favorite male contestant(s). Fans can use the branded toll-free
telephone numbers (1-866-IDOLS-01, -02, etc.) until 12:00 AM ET/PT
(11:00 PM CT/MT), subject to time zone restrictions, or vote via
text messaging from their Cingular Wireless phones. Cingular Wireless
customers can send the word vote to the four-digit short number
(5701, 5702, etc.) representing the contestant of their choice.
Wednesday, Feb. 21:
The Top 12 female singers will perform Wednesday, Feb. 21 (8:00-10:00
PM ET/PT) on FOX. At the end of the show, the phone lines will
again open for two hours and AMERICAN IDOL viewers will vote for
their favorite female contestant(s) from Wednesdays episode. As
on Tuesday, fans can call the branded toll-free telephone numbers
(1-866-IDOLS-01, -02, etc.) until 12:00 AM ET/PT (11:00 PM CT/MT),
subject to time zone restrictions, or vote via text messaging
from their Cingular Wireless phones. Cingular Wireless customers
can send the word vote to the four-digit short number (5701, 5702,
etc.) representing the contestant of their choice.
On Thursdays LIVE results show:
On Thursdays LIVE results show, the semifinalists will take the
stage to find out their fate. The two lowest vote-getters from Tuesday
and Wednesdays shows will be eliminated from the competition live
Thursday, Feb. 22 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.
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