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Idol's Sanjaya goes from pitchy to pitchman
09:56 AM CDT on Thursday, August 21, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Former “American Idol” contestant Sanjaya has gone from “pitchy” to pitchman.
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Sanjaya Malakar
Sanjaya Malakar is selling Nationwide Insurance in a new ad that’s part of the Columbus, Ohio-based company’s campaign, “Life Comes at You Fast.”
Malakar says that’s something he knows from personal experience. In a statement, he points out that he went from an unknown singer to appearing before of millions of people on “Idol.”
In the commercial, Malakar visits a wise man who tells him he needs a retirement plan—and a haircut. He sports a “ponyhawk” hairstyle similar to the one he made famous while competing on the Fox network show, where the judges often deem off-key singing “pitchy.”
Other celebrities who have poked fun at themselves for Nationwide include Kevin Federline, Fabio and MC Hammer.
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