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Now in Top 4, Jessica Sanchez thanks 'American Idol' fans


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The results are out — Filipino-Mexican Jessica Sanchez has made it to the top four of the reality singing competition "American Idol." The show said goodbye on Thursday evening (Friday morning in Manila) to Skylar Laine, 18, of Brandon, Mississippi. The final four remaining contestants are:

  • Sanchez, 16, of San Diego, California
  • Joshua Ledet, 19, of Westlake, Los Angeles
  • Phillip Phillips, 21, of Leesburg, Georgia, and
  • Hollie Cavanagh, 18, of McKinney, Texas.
On performance night on Wednesday (Thursday morning in Manila), Sanchez sent a tweet to her fans: "Thank you guys so much for the support and voting! We'll have to see what the results are tomorrow... Goodnight loves <3" Sanchez was almost eliminated from the competition three weeks ago when she received the lowest number of votes. However, judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, and Steven Tyler used their one and only save of the season to overrule the results of the fan voting. On Thursday (Manila time), Sanchez's Twitter page was filled with well-wishes from fans:
anabel pecatoste ‏ @benggay09 I have a feeling that u will win!!! You will be d next STAR. Congrats in advance Jessica.
Loaiza Ariola ‏ @iceariola go go go jess! Manila loves you!
JuanJo ‏ @jujosky WOW 4500 votes I tried my best hope will help you get top 4 :)
Sanchez, known for her beautiful renditions of soul music, rocked the “American Idol” stage, wowing the judges during the show’s Top 5 performance night on Wednesday (Thursday morning in Manila) as she sang Ike and Tina Turner's "Proud Mary."
 
Each performing two songs, the “Idol” hopefuls were tasked to pick a song by a British artist and another from the 1960s, in this week’s episode dubbed as “British invasion.”
 
In the first part of the show, Sanchez sang her version of “Proud Mary”, hitting the high notes as she showed off her “rocker” side. She walked around the stage, just what judge Jennifer Lopez wished to see last week.
 
Lopez was impressed saying, “You’re so grown up there! It’s crazy, I almost forgot that you’re 16 years old. I love seeing you move. I missed that last week in your performance.”
 
As Sanchez performed, Lopez added she saw “a little bit of Tina and a little bit of Beyonce.”
 
Meanwhile, judge Steven Tyler was glad hearing Sanchez “stretch out.”
 
"The only thing that gives experience a run for its money is a 16-year-old,” he quipped, “I’m hearing the blues come out of you. You took it an octave higher, you screamed it. How many times can you say it, and it still sounded great,” Tyler said.
 
However, producer Randy Jackson was not very satisfied with her rendition.
So far, among the contestants with Filipino blood, Sanchez has the second best achievement.
 
Filipino-American Jasmine Trias ranked third in "American Idol’"s third season. Before Sanchez, Thia Megia finished in the Top 11 of last year's competition.

Before Megia came Ramiele Malubay who placed 9th in the seventh season. 
- with a report from Jon Lindley Agustin, VVP, GMA News
 
Tags: jessicasanchez, americanidol, unitedstates
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