Sanjaya Malakar

Sanjaya Malakar: "Sanjaya Malakar was an American Idol Season 6 final 24 contender from February 14, 2007.

Sanjaya Malakar is 17 years old. He auditioned in Seattle with his sister Shyamali, singing 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered'. He is from Federal Way, Washington, the same town as Amy Krebs. After Malakar's audition, Simon commented that he had a better voice than his sister. Both made it to Hollywood, but Sanjaya was shown tearfully embracing his sister when he made it to the top 40 in Hollywood and she was cut."