Anoop Desai (born December 20, 1986) was a contestant on the eighth season of American Idol, placing 6th. Desai has credited his decision to audition for American Idol to the death of a friend, Eve Carson, who was murdered. Desai is the second Indian American to advance to the final stage of the popular reality show (the first being Season 6's Sanjaya Malakar). Although he was not one of the three finalists chosen out of his semifinal performance group, he returned as a "Wild Card.

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