# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sanjaya-malakar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:17:05.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sanjaya-malakar"
name: "Sanjaya Malakar"
slug: "sanjaya-malakar"
description: "Sanjaya Joseph Malakar is an American singer who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol. He gained national attention on the series, controversially advancing to 7th place with public votes despite being poorly received by the show's judges, particularly Simon Cowell."
tagline: "American reality television personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sanjaya_at_Seattle_Center.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1989-09-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.04151333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2554047/"
    handle:    "nm2554047"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/69daa728-92b5-4d9e-89a8-938510c2034c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "سانچايا مالاكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjaya_Malakar"
    title: "Sanjaya Malakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjaya_Malakar"
    title: "Sanjaya Malakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjaya_Malakar"
    title: "Sanjaya Malakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjaya_Malakar"
    title: "Sanjaya Malakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjaya_Malakar"
    title: "Sanjaya Malakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0"
    title: "Малакар, Санджайа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjaya_Malakar"
    title: "Sanjaya Malakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjaya_Malakar"
    title: "Sanjaya Malakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BE%9B%E6%89%8E%E9%9B%85%C2%B7%E9%A6%AC%E6%8B%89%E5%8D%A1"
    title: "辛扎雅·馬拉卡"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sanjaya_Malakar"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2469669"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221699"
    title: "Sanjaya Malakar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump