Comments on: Sanjaya is MY Papaya.

By: Avi

Avi — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:18:31 +0000

I felt really sad about Sanjaya crying. The reason he stayed so long was because all the males were dreadfully incompetent when compared to the females in this season, and he was a charming entertaining boy. I dread the time when he googles his name with insuinations about his singing ability and his sexuality. He deserves more than abuse: He is the reason many people (like me) who dislike American Idol tune in, in the first place.

By: Santosh

Santosh — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:47:48 +0000

Poor guy.

By: Avi

Avi — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:09:06 +0000

OMG! Breaking News! Sanjaya just got kicked out of American Idol. Is this even possible? Has all good things come to an end?

By: chick pea

chick pea — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:03:45 +0000

bye bye dear sanjaya.

By: yasmine

yasmine — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:37:57 +0000

Just found this: Goodbye-a Sanjaya tshirts for all you crackheaded fans. =)

By: espressa

espressa — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:48:38 +0000

Hannah Montana is pretty funny. Remember that episode of Saved by the Bell where Zack bets he can kiss Stevie — the pop star who, by day, is Ms. Bliss’s former student Colleen? Its kinda like that.. but all the time. Not that you asked, I just couldn’t control the nostalgia.

By: Patrick B.

Patrick B. — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:48:06 +0000

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By: Prema

Prema — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:51:43 +0000

His dad was a priest

I also read that his dad was raised in a Temple in India and trained as a singer himself. So Sanjaya's father must be brahmin. Probably bengali vaishnava. His mother is white italian.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:00:46 +0000

Billy Ray Cyrus just asked Sanjaya to guest star on Hannah Montana when he’s done with AI. I know nothing of this show but it is apparently huge among the tween/teen crowd — the San Man’s key demographic.

By: Maya

Maya — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:57:18 +0000

To the person who asked above, there were 2 guys w/ Shyamali in the audience. One was the winner of the Amazing Race (huh? When did she meet him?!) and the other was Tom Lowe, the British guy who auditioned in Seattle and got cut during Hollywood Week.

Did y'all here about the Star Magazine expose on Sanjaya's "sad past"? Apparently his parents met while they were Hare Krishna's (not sure if dad was a Krishna follower in India or if they actually meant ISKON) and they divorced when he was 2. They alluded that something really bad happened to make divorce allowable. His dad was a priest and made no income so his mom had to go on welfare. Then her mom remarried but Sanjaya's step father passed away. The article ended by saying despite everything, the 4 Malakars are a very very close and loving family. But wow - Hare Krishna's on welfare. What a tag line!

Anyway, all this explains why he dedicated his Stepping Out performance to his grandpa. His dad had moved out and I'm sure they got really close.

Oh and Shyamali is planning to move to LA to pursue a music career. Yay! I see some Malakar reality show in the near future.