Sanjaya Malakar
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- Works
- 2
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- Dancing to the Music in My Head
- Dancing To The Music In My Head Memoirs Of The Peoples Idol
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Seattle, Washington, USA
Sanjaya Joseph Malakar is an American singer who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol. He gained national attention on the series, controversially advancing to 7th place with public votes despite being poorly received by the show's judges, particularly Simon Cowell.
Known for
- Hell's Kitchen — Self - Restaurant Patron2005
- Best Week Ever2004
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self2003
- I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! — Self2003
- American Idol — Self - Contestant2002
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
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Sanjaya Malakar born on September 10th, 1989 is an American that is half Bengali Indian and half Italian. He became popular as a contestant on the sixth season of American Idol, where he experienced much controversy and online chatter before being voted off after making the top 7. Originally from Seattle, Washington he was part of the Total Experience Gospel Choir with Pat Wright for three years. He has also lived in California and Hawaii where he performed in the Hawaii Children's Theater Gro
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Seattle
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Sanjaya at Seattle Center.JPG
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- Sanjaya Malakar
- date of birth
- 1989-09-10
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
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