'American Idol' Alum Sanjaya Malakar Reaches Out To Stevie Wonder, Calls Danny Noriega 'Unique'

'It's interesting to hear someone say that anyone is 'the next Sanjaya,' ' season-six standout says of recent castoff.

NEW YORK — It's been nearly a year since Sanjaya Malakar was given the boot by the "American Idol" voting faithful, but that hasn't dissuaded last season's hirsute underdog — who managed to stay in the competition for nine startling weeks, a run helped along by the likes of shock jock Howard Stern — from following his dreams.

Malakar told MTV News over the weekend that he's been keeping busy since the cut writing music with his sister, Shyamali, and meeting with producers to discuss the album he'd like to record in the very near future. And if he had his way, he'd pull in at least one big name for an epic R&B collaboration.

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