American Idol's Sanjaya Malakar Makes a TV Commercial

NEW YORK (YouTube.com/AdAge) -- "American Idol" star Sanjaya Malakar stars in Nationwide Insurance's new television spot. The 19-year-old Malakar, who was the most controversial contestant to ever appear on "Idol," follows celebrities such as MC Hammer, Fabio and Keven Federline into the Nationwide "Life Comes at You Fast" campaign. He stopped by Advertising Age's New York newsroom yesterday to drop off a copy of the new ad, which breaks today, and talk about the experience of filming it in India.

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[SanjayaMalakarsGurl]

well if it is, DONT WATCH IT! I dont know why you watched this in the first place. LEAVE SANJAYA ALONE!!!!

[SanjayaMalakarsGurl]

well it looks like you have no life! dont look at sanjaya stuff if you are a hater or comment. to me, it seems like you like him since you love to watch his videos all the time.

[sunshine10115]

lol a good retirement plan and a haircut lolz lmfao

[prasad604]

lol and a haircut

[LifeLovingAngel]

lol...this was sooooooo cool...

loved the ad :-D

Sanjana is sooooooo cute..

He rocks...

[Gin72]

I love it !!! I wish it had appeared locally (greater Seattle area). No, I'm not a relative, just can't get enough Sanjaya

[Shahzada1prince]

most important thing in ur life "GET YOU HAIR CUT HIPPY"

[rockrebelgrl]

OMG SOO HILARIOUS

[princessregime]

what is sanjaya singing throughout the video?

[pereiraster]

lol kind of funny good commercial could have been a tad better.

[whaizthah]

wow worst commericial lol i like the end 'A HAIR CUT' LOL

[cutabv]

Why oh Why is nationwide showing these boring commercials here this week jan 29/09,and forgetting to run these entertaining ones like Sanjaya ?,are they trying to put us to sleep,or get our attention ? This one is really cute,and makes me remember Nationwide.