THE SAVE

Just a tad too many boo-boos for today. Oh well, it's Friday the 13th anyway. Apart from the failure of North Korea's rocket satellite launch, America also failed by voting off one of American Idol's best contestants ever!

Jessica Sanchez, 16-year old Filipino-Mexican singer, got eliminated on tonight's results show, having garnered the lowest number of votes from the viewers. 

ARE YOU GUYS KIDDING ME????

SERIOUSLY????

I mean, it is obvious, she is one of the best singers (if not the BEST) among this season's contestants! Are you guys kidding me that she got the lowest no. of votes considering she has the most solid fanbase and most number of supporters online not just in America but all over the world?!? I mean, that can be at least bear something, right?

On this case, it is really hard for me to believe that it was really about the votes this time. For me, it seems to be a way too perfect well-orchestrated TV Drama for ratings' sake---getting the perfect subject (Jessica) and the perfect moment (her being the best singer of the batch, she gets the boot, sings for her survival and the heroic judges came into her rescue, and urging the audience to vote more ~insert producers happy smile~). *clap clap clap* Unfortunately, I do not totally buy the scene, but it was good though. Thank God for they used the save on Jessica, she truly deserved to stay. 

Here is the video of the result show. Watch it for yourself.

(After watching the video a couple of times, I can only feel that Phillip was the only one who was genuinely happy that Jessica was saved. I mean, look at the fake smiles from Hollie, Skyler and Elise. And with what Randy has said, that has got to be the biggest slap on the face to the other contestants. LOL)

Feeling deja vu? Oh yes, who can forget last season's save moment with Casey Abrams. Almost the same scene, Casey got eliminated, sings for his life and the judges cut him in the middle of the song declaring they will save him. *clap clap clap* (But that was a sad case though, because when America voted off Pia Toscano, the judges and all of us AI die-hards were all so helpless.

They always say that the best singers in American Idol competition NEVER win. Does Tamyra Gray, Jennifer Hudson, Melinda Doolittle and Pia Toscano ring a bell? I just hope that this time, Jessica Sanchez will be a different case. 

Anyway, I am closing this post with an ode to all great talents killed on the arena called American Idol. (well, at least not J-Hud where all odds went to her favor and eventually rose all the way to the top with an Academy and Grammy award under her belt).

You watch this and you realize that this is the FIRST ever live performance in American Idol history. *chills*



J-Hud belting out Whitney---that's how it is done!!!



Probably one of the most likeable and powerful singers who ever graced the Idol stage.



She was just so perfect! Her getting eliminated too early was a major disappointment on the show.

I am not putting a video of Jessica Sanchez in here for it may set a bad luck. I am totally praying that her fate on Idol will be different from these lovely amazing ladies I posted above.

For me, it is not about Pinoy pride anymore. It was totally okay for me when CamilleVelasco, Jasmine Trias, Ramielle Malubay and Thia Megia were eliminated. It just doesn't feel right if Jessica leaves at this moment of the competition. She definitely deserves to be at the finals.

Well, we can only do so much here in the Philippines. So to all my lovely readers from the US, vote Jessica Sanchez and help make her dreams come true.