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So Jessica Sanchez lost to Phillip Phillips in American Idol 11. For the 5th consecutive time, a White Guy With Guitar won the competition - (from season 7 to 10) David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery. Jessica had her moments during the finale, though, which was topped by her duet with Jennifer Holliday of the song And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going. The duet came about when Jessica sang that song during the top 4 performance night wherein she got a standing ovation from the judges. Anyway, despite only ending as a runner-up, Jessica will start working on her first single soon with Casablanca Records. Thalia (yes, Marimar herself, aw!), who is the husband of Tommy Mottola (co-owner of the label), tweeted: “WOWgreat news! #TommyMottola just call me from #AmericanIdol & he is confirm to work in the first #JessicaSanchez CD! #MexicanFilipinoPower” Meanwhile, Phillip Phillips got the majority of the 132 million votes after the finale performance show. He was qui...

I woke up early to watch American Idol 11 finale performance show and Filipino-Mexican finalist Jessica Sanchez made it all worthwhile She nailed every single performance, and I’m sure Pinoys, Mexicans and her fans all over the world were all happy with all three songs. The 16-year-old Chula Vista resident sang Whitney Houston’s I Have Nothing for round 1 (Simon Fuller’s pick), The Prayer for round 2 (contestant’s favorite song of the season) and Change Nothing (her potential winner’s song assigned to her by the show’s resident mentor Jimmy Iovine). The three judges – Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler – didn’t like Jessica’s third song. To bash her even more, they gave a standing ovation to Phillip Phillip’s performance of Home, his potential winner’s song. I’m sure, though, that Jessica’s gazillion fans will vote for her more so because the judges didn’t like her last song. Anyway, here are Jessica’s performance videos: I Have Nothing The Prayer Change...

Filipino-Mexican-American Jessica Sanchez has been making us Pinoys so proud recently. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the standing ovation she got after singing Billy Joel’s Everybody Has A Dream during the top 10 performance night of American Idol is her third standing o in the season. She got one when she sang Jennifer Hudson’s Love You I Do , another one when she did Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You , and then tonight. Only song of her that the judges didn’t like was Turn the Beat Around (Gloria Estefan) saying her voice wasn’t fit for the song. Anyway, Jessica is really in the running towards becoming America’s Next Top Model the next American Idol. I hope Pinoys in the US would support her by voting for her every week. Jessica Sanchez’s performances below. Jennifer Hudson’s Love You I Do : Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You (with over 6 million hits): Gloria Estefan's Turn The Beat Around : Billy Joel's Everybody Has A Dream : Follow me on Facebook and Twi...