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Tressed for Success, Sanjaya Makes the Media Rounds

The "American Idol" evictee started his high-profile day yesterday by keeping company with Kelly Ripa and guest host Bryant Gumbel on "Live With Regis and Kelly." He later made an appearance in slime time on Nickelodeon. (Buena Vista Television)

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The list of "Things I Learned From 'American Idol' " sounded like it was Sanjaya's but was actually written by Letterman's people. Kind of like Katie Couric's blog for CBS News's Web site.

Anyway, the list, which appeared to have been written by people who don't watch "Idol," went like this:

10. The camera adds 10 pounds to your mohawk. [Sanjaya famously sported a ponyhawk, not a mohawk, on the singing competition one week.]

9. Work hard and make sacrifices, you can finish in seventh place.

8. It's very important to "Keep it real, dawg."

7. I should have gone for the immunity idol -- oh wait, that's "Survivor."

6. On camera, Simon is a bit nasty, but off camera he's a total jerk.

5. Voting for yourself 100 times an hour causes some wicked carpal tunnel.

4. When you forget the words, just do this.

[Sanjaya then riffed "Ooohhhhh hooo hooo, yes, it did."

["We have found ourselves a new superstar!" Letterman's chief flunky/musician, Paul Shaffer, said, like he meant it to sting.]

3. Honestly, I thought I was auditioning for "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"

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