Sanjaya Malakar

S6 · Eliminated 7th

Latest documented update, June 23, 2017

Sanjaya Malakar sings seven jazz standards on Good Merlin by The Chaz Lipp Groove Tripp, released on June 23, 2017. As of April 2014, his album Life ~ Love ~ Music was still a work in progress.⁠[1]

Career

After the show

  1. July 6, 2007–September 23, 2007He performed on the American Idols Live! Tour 2007 with the season 6 top 10, from July 6 to September 23, 2007.⁠[5]
  2. May 2010In May 2010, Seattle Weekly reported that he was working as a singer for Pagliacci Pizza, a Seattle pizzeria chain.⁠[1]
  3. May 23, 2011He released a cover of Tempted on May 23, 2011, as the pre-release single from the album Life ~ Love ~ Music, which was still a work in progress in April 2014.⁠[1][6]
  4. July 14, 2016On July 14, 2016, he performed at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort in the Free Summer Lawn Concert series.⁠[1]
  5. June 23, 2017He sings seven jazz standards on Good Merlin by The Chaz Lipp Groove Tripp, released on June 23, 2017.⁠[1]

Discography

TitleTypeYearLabelRIAA certificationU.S. salesListen
Sanjaya Malakar⁠[1]EP2007
Dancing to the Music in My Head⁠[1][4][6][7]EP2009The Label Record Company NYApple Music

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2007Teen Choice AwardsBest TV Reality Star⁠[1]Won

Other activity

  • As of May 2012 he was a bartender living in Queens. As of April 2014 he had quit an East Village bar to spend more time on music.⁠[1]
  • January 20, 2009His memoir, Dancing to the Music in My Head: Memoirs of the People's Idol, came out on January 20, 2009, the same day as the EP of that title. He received a $100,000 advance for the book.⁠[1][4]
  • June 1, 2009Competed on season 2 of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, which aired from June 1 to June 24, 2009, and was eliminated fifth, on June 23, 2009.⁠[1][8]
  • February 23, 2011On February 23, 2011, he joined the off-Broadway musical Freckleface Strawberry at New World Stages.⁠[1]

Sources

8 sources

  1. Sanjaya Malakar (Wikipedia revision 1377913624) — Wikipedia, updated October 1, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (8)
    • Projects: “The album was released on June 23, 2017”
    • Projects: “Malakar sings seven jazz standards on the album Good Merlin”
    • Lead sentence: “born September 10, 1989”
    • Infobox, Born line (birth_date): {{birth date and age|1989|9|10|mf=yes}}
    • Projects: “working as a singer for Pagliacci Pizza, a Seattle-based pizzeria chain”
    • Discography prose: “the pre-release debut single from the album being a cover of Tempted”
    • Projects, April 2014: “his work-in-progress, Life ~ Love ~ Music”
    • Projects: “On July 14, 2016 he performed at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort”
  2. American Idol season 6 — Wikipedia, updated July 26, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Elimination chart row Sanjaya Malakar: Pl. 7, Eliminated in the Top 7 column (4/18); ratings table episode 'Top 7 Results', April 18, 2007
  3. List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, updated June 10, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Contestants table, row Sanjaya Malakar: season 6, place finish 7th
  4. Dancing to the Music in My Head (Wikipedia revision 1292481434) — Wikipedia, updated May 27, 2025. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (4)
    • Infobox label: “label = The Label Record Company NY”
    • Lead: “the independently released debut EP”
    • Infobox: “released = January 20, 2009”
    • Lead: “released the same day as Malakar's memoir”
  5. American Idols Live! Tour 2007 (Wikipedia revision 1322937451) — Wikipedia, updated November 18, 2025. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (3)
    • Infobox dates: “start_date = July 6, 2007”
    • Infobox end date: “end_date = September 23, 2007”
    • Performers table: “Sanjaya Malakar (7th place)”
  6. MusicBrainz release groups for Sanjaya Malakar — MusicBrainz. Release database. Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (2)
    • Release group Tempted: "first-release-date":"2011-05-23"
    • Release group Dancing to the Music in My Head: "first-release-date":"2009-01-20"
  7. iTunes Search API album results for Sanjaya Malakar — Apple. Release database. Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Search result: "releaseDate":"2009-01-20T08:00:00Z"
  8. I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (American TV series) season 2 (Wikipedia revision 1345372575) — Wikipedia, updated March 25, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 7, 2026.
    Cited parts (3)
    • Lead: “premiered on June 1, 2009, and concluded on June 24, 2009”
    • Contestant table, Sanjaya Malakar: “Eliminated 5th”
    • Contestant table, Sanjaya Malakar date: “on June 23, 2009”

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