Attending Saturday’s White House Correspondents dinner continues to get less and less appealing. First, it was announced that Rich Little, a comedian whose popularity peaked in the 1970s, would host. Compared to Stephen Colbert’s able hosting last year, we weren’t terribly excited about seeing Little’s famous Richard Nixon impression. Now it turns out that American Idol’s latest cast-off, the adorable yet dubiously talented Sanjaya Malakar, will be there too.

In an apparent coup by People magazine, Sanjaya will be there to hobnob with the likes of Karl Rove, Nancy Pelosi and Tim Russert. The 17-year-old, of course, gained fame as his terrible singing was rewarded by viewers, in part thanks to votefortheworst.com. It’s hard to imagine why the reality-show star would want to attend this uniquely Washington event, though perhaps he just wants to hobnob with other people used to being alternately loved and hated by American voters.

The Examiner says Sanjaya won’t be at People’s party tonight at IndeBlue, but keep your eyes peeled, D.C., and keep your fingers crossed that there won’t be any impromptu karaoke on Saturday night.

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