While celebrities like actress Teri Hatcher and New York Governor Eliot Spitzer were making a beeline to meet former “American Idol” contestant Sanjaya Malakar, one female fan at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner seized the opportunity to run her hands through his hair.

Sanjaya Malakar has stormed into the top 7 of American Idol. Proving all detractors wrong, Sanjaya has delivered a killer performance.

Shyamali Malakar a nineteen year old girl from Lacey, Washington is now heading to the Hollywood round of American Idol. And interestingly her brother Sanjaya Malakar too was selected !! They would be the first of Indian origin in the American Idol. She had attended the auditions with her brother Sanjaya. Both have taken their training in classical music from their father who is a classical Indian musician.