Fil Ams to Save Jessica Sanchez |
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Monday, 07 May 2012 10:03 | |||
By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2012 Journal Group Link International) During the last three Wednesday nights, ever since Jessica Sanchez was “saved” by American Idol judges Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson after being nearly eliminated for having the fewest number of votes from the audience, some Filipino Americans, who normally do not watch, this search for a singing superstar, have suddenly warmed up to this top-rated prime-time TV talent contest every Wednesday night. And when the program is over, that’s the only time that these Fil Ams would start to pull up their sleeves and let their fingers do the work. Depending on what is convenient for viewers, they can vote by using their landline/cell phones, by dialing a toll free number that would only be made known during the program, or AT &T Text voting thru SMS (short messaging service) text or online voting by accessing their respective Facebook accounts. They can only do the voting two hours after the American Idol was shown within the showing’s time zone. They can vote as many times as they want, using toll-free voting and AT & T text voting but they will be limited to 50 votes when voting online. Voting is a little bit tricky. If someone is voting by landline/cell phone, his area code should match the time zone and area code where the American Idol TV program was shown. F or instance, if someone is in This means that callers from Two of my friends, Marlon L. Pecson of They would remind me or sometimes I would remind them to vote. Usually, I vote 50 times online and 100 times by landline. Marlon and Ronnie would vote more than I do as they have more fun maximizing their votes during the two-hour window that would allow them to vote. If only about 10,000 out of the estimated 4-million Filipinos and Filipino Americans in the FILIPINOS WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU I am sure the relatives of Jessica, if they do the voting by themselves, would not be able to generate the massive number of votes needed to be safe from elimination. Even a start-up Jessica Sanchez Fans Club would struggle to deliver the respectable votes needed to get her up to the higher level. With the remaining contestants whittled down to final four – Jessica Sanchez, 16, of San Diego, California; Hollie Cavanagh, 18, McKinney, Texas; Joshua Ledet, 19, Westlake, Louisiana; and Phillip Phillips, 21, Leesburg, Georgia – there is clarion call for Filipino Americans to push the envelope, by making their sentiments felt by voting for Jessica during the next couple or so Wednesday nights. I am rooting for Jessica Sanchez, the eldest of three siblings, not only because she is a daughter of Filipino American mother Editha Sanchez of I first came to notice her talent when I first heard Jessica interpret Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You,” hitting a high note that Season 3 American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson could not reach when Ms. Hudson sang the same song as tribute to Since then, I was hooked on the Jessica Sanchez Fans Club phone bank! But whatever happens at the finals, win or loss, Filipinos will always love the unassuming Jessica Sanchez. # # # Editor’s Note: To contact the author, please e-mail him at: (lariosa_jos@sbcglobal.net)
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