Sanjaya talks of 'Idol' time before concert tonight
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By David Heitz | Wednesday, August 08, 2007 |
TODAY: (Updated 4:56 p.m.) Sanjaya Malakar loved chatting up Quad-City native and “American Idol” stylist Dean Banowetz while he had his head-turning hair done. Idol winner Jordin Sparks praised judge Paula Abdul. And when bloggers wrote that Melinda Doolittle looked like Shrek, the gracious contestant with the vivacious voice laughed it off.
During one-on-one interviews this afternoon with the Quad-City Times in advance of the American Idol Live concert at the i wireless Center in Moline tonight, five of the show’s contestants — Malakar, Sparks, Doolittle, Phil Stacey and Chris Sligh — talked about everything from snide judge Simon Cowell to the tabloids.
Dressed in a thick green scarf (on a day when the heat index was well into the 90s) and a brown beret, a fidgety Malakar said he spent most of his time on the show bantering with Banowetz, a DeWitt, Iowa, native. “He’s awesome,” Malakar said. “The hair people always are the most entertaining. Before the show, I didn’t do anything with my hair besides wet it and go.”
On its Web site today, the Times asked readers to e-mail questions they would like to ask the contestants. About 80 percent of the questions pertained to Malakar.
An East Moline reader asked whether Sanjaya really thinks he has talent or did young female television viewers vote to keep him in the competition because they thought he was cute. “I think that I was underestimated to a certain point,” the baby-faced crooner replied. “Then, when I made the top 12, they realized I wasn’t just the one with the funny hair and pretty face.”
David Heitz can be contacted at (563) 383-2202 or dheitz@qctimes.com.
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