Sanjaya enters last seven in American Idol-World Buzz-Entertainment-NEWS-The Times of India: "Sanjaya enters last seven in American Idol"
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Indian American teen wonder Sanjaya Malakar comfortably survived another elimination round on the hit US show American Idol after singing a Latino number. His performance was such that even the judge Simon Cowell, so far hostile to him, said it "wasn't horrible." Malakar, who in the words of The Washington Post's TV columnist has “completely taken over” the American Idol singing competition, was among the five declared "safe" in Wednesday night's results round that left seven in the fray. Even before he sang on Tuesday night, Malakar, the focus of YouTube parodies and the site Votefortheworst.com, got a rave review from megastar Jennifer Lopez and then a rare, if reluctant, compliment from judge Simon Cowell. Sprouting Marc Anthonyesque facial hair in honour of J Lo's appearance as guest "mentor," he left her utterly smitten. "He chose a beautiful Spanish song and I have to tell you, he really impressed me," said Jennifer Lopez. J Lo gushed to the camera after rehearsing Besame Mucho with Sanjaya. "I love Sanjaya," she giggled, adding, "I think Simon might be impressed." "I have to tell you he really, really impressed me," said Lopez as his ballad, sung in Spanish, hushed the excited crowd. "I couldn't understand a word of it, you sang like a 14-year-old and, I'm going to hate myself for this, it wasn't horrible," said the judge Cowell, who is usually very harsh on Sanjaya's singing aspirations. "You are one of the smartest contestants we've ever had," a mesmerised Randy Jackson told Sanjaya, who has an Indian father and an Italian mother. "Smooth. It was nice – very, very nice," said another judge Paula Abdul.
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