Sanjaya Malakar Profile
| Full Name: | Sanjaya Malakar - Contact Sanjaya Malakar |
| Birth Name: | Sanjaya Shekar Malakar |
| Famous As: | Singer |
| Date of Birth: | September 10th, 1989 |
| Place of Birth: | Seattle, WA |
| Nationality: | Bengali Indian / American |
| Hair Color: | Multiple |
| Father: | Vasudeva Malakar |
| Mother: | Jillian Recchi |
| Sister(s): | Shyamali Malakar |
| Education: | Attended Shorecrest High School for freshman year before transferring to Todd Beamer High School. He left high school early and opted for a GED. |
| Claim to Fame: | He is an American singer who was a Top 7 finalist on the sixth season of American Idol. Malakar gained notoriety during his tenure as an American Idol finalist for being received badly by critics including Simon Cowell, yet remaining and advancing in the contest. He was eliminated from the show on April 18, 2007. |
Sanjaya Malakar News
Anorak - Found Nov. 2, 2009
And Sanjaya Malakar , the former American Idol contestant whose inability to carry a tune in his seive of a voice and high hair led to him...
Chicago Sun-Times - Found Nov. 21, 2009
... kind who get a real kick out of watching a former governor's wife and failed 'American Idol' Sanjaya Malakar eating bugs and enduring other...
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In EntertainmentNew York Post - Found Nov. 4, 2009
Beloved American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar was seen handing out Fidler palm cards outside the American Legion Post on Avenue N and East...
Southern Voice - Found Nov. 5, 2009
It was also the season for hair-hopping Sanjaya Malakar. Lewis credits all kinds of musical influences, such as Prince, Hall and Oates and U2.
Anorak - Found Nov. 3, 2009
John and Edward Grimes, the X Factor?s answer to America Idol?s Sanjaya Malakar. For those of you not au fait with Mr Malakar, he was the...














