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| Jessica Sanches Top 3 Performance |
Coming on the heels of her fourth standing ovation from the American Idol judges, Filipino-Mexican singer Jessica Sanchez sailed through to the next round of the competition on Friday (Manila time) and is now among the Top 3 finalists.
Idol host Ryan Seacrest announced that 70 million votes were cast to select the three finalists.Unfortunately, Hollie Cavanagh was eliminated after failing to get enough votes to get her to the next round.
Filipinos have been rooting for Sanchez to be the first singer with Philippine heritage to win the hit reality TV show. Other Filipino-American singers who successfully joined the competition include Thia Megia (2011, Top 11), Ramiele Malubay (2007, Top 7), Camile Velasco (Top 9, 2004) and Jasmine Trias (Top 3, 2004).
Watch Jessica Sanchez's FULL PERFORMANCE of 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going' with the Idol judges' comments:
