Elimination Round One

Sanjaya Malakar (born September 10, 1989) 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 Sanjaya'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. He was reported to be in the top four of the men's group on February 22. He has continually received harsh

Round 1 Sanjaya Malakar sang criticism from the judges. Passed The Round.