Ex-Idol Sanjaya Finds Way to Get Back in Headlines

Former contestant apparently has traded singing to racing, getting busted for doing 110

And for his next karaoke cover, "I Can't Drive 55."

Sanjaya Malakar, the former American Idol finalist considered so bad, he prompted one fan to go on a hunger strike until getting voted off, was busted for doing 110 mph on Interstate 405 early Tuesday morning outside Seattle.

According to the Kirkland Reporter, state troopers nabbed the 20-year-old Malakar, who grew up in nearby Federal Way, Wash., at about 2:30 a.m. and gave him a $411 ticket.

No word why he was in such a hurry—perhaps he was fleeing Idol watchers still suffering earaches from his off-key warblings.