Preview Of Sanjaya Malakar’s ‘Ellen’ Appearance

TMZ had a preview, since removed, of ‘’ castoff ’s interview with ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’, where the teen says he doesn’t believe that Howard Stern’s fans and other “haters” voted enough “to make a dent in the system.” The show airs Monday.

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Neil Sean Talks Sanjaya Malakar With ‘Fox & Friends’

Neil Sean of Sky News was on with Fox & Friends on Friday (April 20) to talk about the ouster of ‘’ finalist and how he was similar to Michelle McManus, who helped bring down ‘Pop Idol’.

Video at FoxNews.com has since been removed.

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Sanjaya Malakar Talks With ‘ET’

Freshly ousted from ‘’, spoke with ‘Entertainment Tonight’ correspondent Thea Andrews about his experience on the show and the negative feedback he received week after week from Simon Cowell. “From the beginning I think Simon saw potential in me, and when I didn’t fulfill that potential, he was disappointed,” Malakar admitted. “I just want to say to him, he is an amazing person and what he does is awesome. He is very opinionated – I learned more from him than anyone else while I was on the show.” Video has since been removed.

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Sanjaya Says Jennifer Lopez ‘Really Cared’

After getting the boot from ‘’, was singing praising last week’s guest mentor . “She really cared, she really wanted to help us,” the 17-year-old told ‘Extra’ correspondent Terri Seymour. As for J.Lo’s husband Marc Anthony’s admission that he wants to adopt Sanjaya, the ‘Idol’ wannabe couldn’t find words for the offer. “I don’t know… I was like, ‘Sure’. I mean, I’ve never been offered to be adopted,” he said. Read more and watch footage here.

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‘Access Hollywood’ Talks With Sanjaya Malakar

On Friday morning, ‘Access Hollywood’ correspondent Shaun Robinson spoke with ‘’ castoff and got all of the details on his experience and what’s next for the 17-year-old. Asked about if he was hurt people were voting for him for the wrong reasons, Malakar responded, “No, because anyone who was voting for me based on Howard Stern or VoteForTheWorst.com, they’re going to vote for me maybe a couple times. I honestly think I got to where I did because of my fans.” Video has since been removed.

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A Future For Sanjaya At Disney Or Nickelodeon?

Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television, spoke with Reuters about how he feels ousted ‘’ finalist will fare in music. “If I were an executive at Disney or Nickelodeon I would be rushing to sign them both up,” Thompson said of Malakar and his singing sister Shyamali. “He is a really cute kid and it is no surprise he has become a breakthrough star.”

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Sanjaya’s Words To LaKisha

LaKisha Jones hit the TV circuit Thursday, revealing what you didn’t hear during ’s heart wrenching goodbye on Wednesday night’s ‘’. “He was saying, ‘I love you, I love you,’ and I was like, ‘I know, pull it together and sing your heart out,’” LaKisha confessed to ‘Extra’. Read more and watch video here.

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‘Scarborough Country’ Discusses Sanjaya Post ‘Idol’

America sent home on Wednesday night on ‘’, and he’s already been invited to the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. ‘Scarborough Country’ host Joe Scarborough asked former Idol contestant Carmen Rasmusen and former child star Danny Bonaduce if we’ve seen the last of Sanjaya. Watch the segment, aired Thursday (April 19), at MSN.com.

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‘GMA’ Recaps ‘Idol’ Sanjaya Elimination Show

’ said goodbye to Wednesday night. ‘Good Morning America’ recapped the show and spoke with Rolling Stone’s Jenny Eliscu about the Federal Way native’s post ‘Idol’ future. Watch the segment, aired Thursday (April 19), via ABC News below.

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9-Year-Old Sanjaya Performing In ‘Bugsy’

TMZ has obtained some classic video of a nine-year-old performing in a local production of ‘Bugsy’. The musical with children playing mobsters featured the ‘’ castoff performing an amusing tap dance with a broom in 1999 at the Hawaii Children’s Theatre. Watch it below.

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