I loved them. They wre brother and sisters and they were very adorable.
Here is what people have to say about Sanjaya and Shamali on the official american idol forum:
http://myidol.americanidol.com/boards/topic.aspx?topic_id=607877
and
http://myidol.americanidol.com/boards/topic.aspx?topic_id=607835
Re: Two Indian kids make it through to the next round in AmericanIdol
let's see if they make it to the top 13 or is it 15.
I don't start watching until they get to the top 13 or so.
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Seventeen year old Sanjaya Malakar from Federal Way, Washington attended the auditions with his sister Shyamali. Sanjaya’s father was a classical Indian musician, so she was raised around music.
http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2007/01/sanjaya_malakar.html
Sanjaya Malakar sang Stevie Wonder’s “Sign, Sealed, Delivered.” Simon Cowell said “A lot better than your sister.” Randy Jackson said “Yeah, I thought so too, wow, crazy.” Paula Abdul said “Well, I think this is good news.”
Simon added “She has the stage presence, and I think you have the better voice. You’re like a shy little thing, whose got a good voice.” All three judges agreed on putting Sanjaya through to Hollywood.
Nineteen year old Shyamali Malakar from Lacey, Washington attended the auditions with her brother Sanjaya. Sanjaya’s father was a classical Indian musician, so she was raised around music.
Shyamali Malakar sang Summertime. Paula Abdul said “You’re better than you give yourself credit. You’re very nervous, and you don’t have reason to be. You’re very good, very subtle, but great. You have energy about you, I think your voice is really pretty.”
Simon Cowell said “Nothing unique, nothing different, very pretty, but nothing unusual.” Randy Jackson said “I like you. I think you’ve got a nice voice. I think you’ve still got to find out who you are and where it should fit, but I think you’ve got a good voice though, I like it.” Both Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul said “yes,” which was enough to put Shyamali through to Hollywood.
http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2007/01/shyamali_malaka.html
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They are both on myspace
http://www.myspace.com/dazeoffire910
http://www.myspace.com/shyamali
Re: Two Indian kids make it through to the next round in AmericanIdol
Amongst all the crap that was dished out by 'Idol' over the last two days, these two were, like, really really good. Nice voice. Cute kids. All the best to them.
Re: Two Indian kids make it through to the next round in AmericanIdol
i don't get FOX :(
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^ Watch the clips on AmericanIdol.com. I don't think that they have posted the seattle auditions yet but they will soon because they just posted the minniapolis auditions.
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Video link please????
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Re: Two Indian kids make it through to the next round in AmericanIdol
These two have a huge fan base already
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Thnaks a lot
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He's got a great smile !!!
Re: Two Indian kids make it through to the next round in AmericanIdol
they are both so cuuute! I hope they make it through the next rounds.
Re: Two Indian kids make it through to the next round in AmericanIdol
hope to see them in next rounds!
Re: Two Indian kids make it through to the next round in AmericanIdol
Seventeen-year old Sanjaya Malakar became the first Indian-American to make it to the semifinals of the ‘American Idol’, a nationwide talent hunt in the US for the best singing voice.
He is the youngest among the 12 male contestants with the next being eight years older to him. The finals of the highly-rated Fox television show are slated for May.
The 24 – 12 men and 12 women – are the cream of the thousands who auditioned across the nation for the contest which could get the top artistes highly lucrative contracts.
Sanjaya, who says overcoming shyness was the toughest obstacle in his life, has been singing right from childhood – “once I stopped crying” as he puts it.
Sanjaya, from Lacey, Washington, had entered the contest along with his sister Shyamali, 19, who is now out of the race for the top spot.
Talent hunters closely watch the show which brings together young singers from diverse fields and backgrounds.
Sanjaya said his father was a classical Indian musician and “they were raised around music.”
He told Q13 FOX’s Lily Jang in an exclusive interview that he misses his sister in Hollywood but that she just told him to be himself. He also has someone else special as his inspiration: his grandfather. “He’s probably watching me because he died when I was five. And we were really close, so I’m actually wearing his wedding ring,” said Malakar.
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Demographically, the semi-finalists are an interesting group. I count 13 Caucasians, seven African-Americans, two (possibly three?) Latinos, and a couple of Asians. Seventeen-year-old Sanjaya Malakar is doubtless the most ethnically exotic, at least by Indian standards. In fact, a decent case could be made that by reaching the Idol knockout stage, Malakar instantly and automatically becomes the most well-known Indian in the United States. (Who else is there? Gandhi? Salman Rushdie? The girl from Bend It Like Beckham?)
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sabrina is OUT!!! n sanjaya is in top 12!! WHAT??? 
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^^ I guess all Indians are voting for Sanjaya
Thats the same thing happened in England when all Indians got together and voted for Shilpa
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^ .. okay makes sense but SABRINA is out??? give me a break! she is wayyyyyyyy better than Sanjaya 
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I agree Ghazal,
this was a huge shock. Sundance was on the edge all the time but he too was way way better than Sanjaya. Esp looking at the way he performed on the goodbye song; was just amazing, very strong voice.
Sanjaya is in the wrong place, thanks to the reason m2k mentioned above. He'll have to show if he's got anything competitive enough against the other 11, or wait for what should have happened now till next week, or bizarrely enough, week after that, or after that...? I wouldnt underestimate the power of the desi vote now...but i hope voters are fair and remember this is abt singing...