Anoop Desai, a 21 year old student from UNC, appears to have made it to the next round of American Idol. [Post Chronicle]

Anoop Desai a.k.a Noop Dogg
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Dressed in shorts and flip-flops Anoop told judge Randy he could call him “Noop Dogg”. Simon remarked that he looked like he had just come from a meeting with Bill Gates, not sure if it was the nerd look or the whole Indian-software engineer angle.

His singing performance was not half-bad either.

Anoop, who jokingly told Judge Randy Jackson to call him ‘Anoop Dogg’, sang ‘Thank You’ by Boyz II Men for the judges – and blew everyone away as soon as he opened his mouth.

Not only was the song a difficult choice, but Anoop sang with more soul than the original! If he just changes his look a little bit, he has a chance of winning the competition!

Anoop is lead singer for an a capella group at UNC.

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