There has been a lot of buzz about the Malakar siblings on the net these past few days including several sites reporting that they are twins, which would be wrong – these two aren’t twins. Sanjaya Malakar (17) and Shyamali Malakar (19) went against the grain of sibling contestants in the past and auditioned separately. Shyamali was up first and sang Summertime; she has a very nice voice but she just kind of gets lost; she’s lacking in stage presence seeming a bit timid. Hopefully Hollywood will give her a bit of a boost – we need more personality girl!
Sanjaya was up next, this 17 year-old can sing and quickly impressed all three of the judges. Simon Cowell went so far as to say that Sanjaya has more talent than his sister. Sweet Sanjaya didn’t reveal that little bit of information when pressed by Ryan Seacrest. Sanjaya has a goofy grin but is one adorable kid; I can see the teenage girls of the US spamming the phones voting for him.
As is the case with most American teenagers, both Sanjaya and Shyamali have MySpace pages. Sanjaya’s is a bit barren but it appears that he has already been barraged with friend requests – Sanjaya Malakar’s MySpace Page . Shyamali still has ‘Tom’ as her number one friend, for those unfamiliar with MySpace, when you create a new account ‘Tom’ becomes your first friend. Most folks delete Tom; evidently Shyamali has a thing for him as he’s in the number one position! *wink* Shyamali Malakar’s MySpace Page. If you peek into her pics folder you’ll find this artsy photo.
