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Sanjaya Prepares for Retirement

Posted May 27th 2008 5:10PM by TMZ Staff

Hold on to your scrunchie! Despite being on his 16th minute of fame, pony-hawked "Idol" wannabeen Sanjaya Malakar is going Nationwide.

Instead of performing at the opening of an outlet mall or local balloon festival like his fellow "Idol" losers, Sanji followed in the bankrupt footsteps of MC Hammer and Kevin Federline and filmed the latest ad for Nationwide insurance in India today.

The theme of the commercial is about planning for your retirement -- something that happened to Sanjaya the minute he was voted off "A.I."

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1. Well, it's one more commercial then I have.

Posted at 7:23PM on May 27th 2008 by doll

2. first!!!

Posted at 5:14PM on May 27th 2008 by sanjayak

3. first!!!

Posted at 5:15PM on May 27th 2008 by sanjayak

4. Where's a crying teenage girl when you need one?

Posted at 5:15PM on May 27th 2008 by I call Shotgun

5. Well lookey lookey, you reported on it..who is more of a loser....TMZ or Sanjaya???

Posted at 6:18PM on May 27th 2008 by tattooed white trash...

6. Sanjaya is entertaining to say the least, more so than the skanks you want to throw in our faces day in and day out and I would much rather watch him lip-synch than anyone else out there doing it now, I'm sure he will do just as good but more likely he will be better, much better.

Posted at 5:22PM on May 27th 2008 by too bad

7. Guy's gotta make a living somwhow, and again,
'its one more commercial than I have'!!

Posted at 5:22PM on May 27th 2008 by SayWhatChaWanna

8. The kid is cute and seems to be doing fine. I'm kinda wondering how many of your "staff" tried out for AI and got rejected judging from the "loser" comments you make about former Idol contestants. Sour grapes, perhaps?

Posted at 5:26PM on May 27th 2008 by TMZhires13yearolds

9. sanjaya......americas biggest JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and closet case!

Posted at 5:32PM on May 27th 2008 by ROB LOWE TEAM....ECREW THEM HO\\\'S AD THEIR WHORE LAWYER

10. Why exactly is this worth reporting on?? How he gets an attention at all is a mystery to me

Posted at 5:41PM on May 27th 2008 by Leigh33

11. I really like the kid. More power to him.

Posted at 5:44PM on May 27th 2008 by hello, it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s me

12. Behold David Archie's future

Posted at 5:44PM on May 27th 2008 by tom

13. DORK! He's such a big dork, almost as big of a dork as David Archuletta.

Posted at 5:53PM on May 27th 2008 by Riley

14. This is a kid who got a chance to perform in front of the country and took his opportunity. You think he will have to "retire"
because his reality show days are over? He has a whole life and probably various careers ahead of him.

turn the douchiness down a few decibels, people.

Posted at 5:56PM on May 27th 2008 by non-mincer

15. I LOVE HIMMMMM!
he's not retiring, he's working on his album.
which is gonna be released later this year.
get yo facts straight, dawg.

Posted at 6:12PM on May 27th 2008 by Sophie

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