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Capitol File magazine sponsored the party, which followed The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.

Sanjaya's Night Out in Washington, D.C.

SANJAYA MALAKAR went from the nation's biggest TV show to the nation's capital. The 17-year-old singer, who was voted off "American Idol" last week, attended the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner over the weekend as a guest of People magazine.
According to the magazine's Web site, Sanjaya attended Saturday's event at the Washington Hilton, along with People's other guests -- actress VALERIE BERTINELLI, TIM GUNN from "Project Runway," ZAC EFRON of "High School Musical," comedian EDDIE IZZARD and ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.
Capitol File magazine, whose West Coast editor is our own CHERYL WOODCOCK, sponsored an after party, where Sanjaya met supermodel PETRA NEMCOVA. The mag counts such heavyweights as LARRY KING and SAM DONALDSON as guest contributors.
During his tenure on "American Idol," Sanjaya, whose performances were often criticized by the judges, nonetheless made a name for himself by way of a myriad of funky hairstyles, most notably, the now-famous "pony-hawk" that he sported a few weeks back.
And we definitely haven't heard the last from Sanjaya -- he will be joining his fellow top 10 finalists for the upcoming "American Idol" tour and he'll be voicing the Top Ten List on tonight's "Late Show with DAVID LETTERMAN."