american idol 13: top 13 revealed

american idol revealed its top 13 finalists last night in their live show. during the show's first ever rush week, only 10 girls and 10 guys were chosen to sing live and vie for america's votes. the other girls and guys that were not called were eliminated.

the contestants also had a training camp with former judge randy jackson and a formidable group of coaches. joining them are american idol alumni chris daughtry and adam lambert.

after the votes, the top 5 girls are:

1. malaya watson
2. emily piriz
3. jessica meuse
4. majesty rose york
5. mk nobilette

the top 5 guys are:

1. ben briley
2. alex preston
3. dexter roberts
4. caleb johnson
5. sam woolf

the judges then asked 5 contestants to sing again for the wildcards. the chosen 5 are cj harris, jena irene, spencer lloyd, bria anai and kristen o'connor.

in the end the judges chose 3 wildcards:

1. jena irene
2. kristen o'connor
3. cj harris

i think this is a good mix of contestants and i am happy that part-filipino malaya is still in the running.

image is from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/idol-worship/american-idol-recap-top-13-682249

american idol live 2011 in manila!

the american idol 2011 live tour will go to manila this year! the top 11 finalists from the 10th season of american idol will be here for the tour. led by this year's winner scotty mccreery, the other finalists are lauren alaina, haley reinhart, james durbin, jacob lusk, casey abrams, stefano langone, paul mcdonald, pia toscano, naima adedapo and filipina thia megia. they will perform in araneta coliseum on september 20, 2011.

here is the tv commercial being shown in several cable channels:

ticket prices are as follows:

vip – PhP12,000

patron – PhP10,000

lower side – PhP5,000

upper a – PhP3,500

upper b – PhP1,500

general Admission – PhP750

early bird discount (10% off) for upper a and b will be given to those who will book their tickets from july 20 to 27, 2011.

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZah6kUuMpE

scotty mccreery is the new american idol

scotty mccreery, the 17 year old country singer from garner, north carolina, was declared the 10th winner of the popular reality show, american idol. here is the highlights of the season finale and the announcement of the winner (from the associated press youtube channel):

scotty beat 16 year old lauren alaina in the finale.

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eps9Zh-eNBE

scotty mccreery gets homecoming surprise

american idol top 3 finalist scotty mccreery got a surprise of a lifetime during his homecoming visit at his hometown garner, north carolina. during his performance, he sang his first audition piece "your man" by josh turner. just barely 20 seconds in the song, josh suddenly popped up on the stage which caught him off guard. they then sang a duet of the song with turner's own band playing.

here is the video of the awesome moment with scotty's reaction caught on cam.

video is from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGHSL1E6F9E