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Subject: Re: This is not Filipino Idol. Simple as that. Author: Manang Camila [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 02/19/04 10:48am PST In reply to: Proud Filipina (American) 's message, "Re: This is not Filipino Idol. Simple as that." on 02/ 9/04 3:19pm PST I think Camille Velasco has the best voice among all 32 semifinalists in this season's American Idol. I noticed that FOX changed her "Birthplace: Manila, Philipines" into "Hometown: Haiku, Maui" on the idolonfox.com contestant bio webpage. Why? In my opinion, this was a clever strategy by the AI producers to ensure that white-dominated America will vote for her and buy her CD album if she will eventually emerge as FOX's pop star search champion this year. Aloha, Camile. Congratulations for being named Group 2's top winner last night! I know most of your phone votes for the Top 12 Finalists slot came from Filipino Americans on the U.S. Mainland, not from Hawaii's residents as your stepfather James West claims. So I suggest that you acknowledge your Pinoy side too on the mainstream media when given the chance. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: This is not Filipino Idol. Simple as that. Lupang Hinirang 02/19/04 12:25pm PST Re: This is not Filipino Idol. Simple as that. kama‘aina 02/19/04 12:51pm PST Re: This is not Filipino Idol. Simple as that. -- chinese-filipino-korean black dog eater, 02/20/04 5:29pm PST Re: This is not Filipino Idol. Simple as that. -- kama‘aina, 02/26/04 11:20pm PST Re: This is not Filipino Idol. Simple as that. -- Tony, 03/17/04 1:56pm PST Re: This is not Filipino Idol. Simple as that. -- JASCAM, 04/15/04 1:39am PDT Re: This is not Filipino Idol. Simple as that. -- Bev, 05/14/04 7:11am PDT i think the beauty of music is in the ear of the listener. for me, jasmine trias sang the best on disco theme night. it was just that all the judges, including the usually nice paula abdul, lied (or had some hearing problems) that night, which made jasmine cry. just listen to the ai3 greates soul classics cd. jasmine recorded the 3rd best voice in the studio, just next to camile velasco (clearly the best!) and the similarly-maligned redhead guy whose name i've forgotten. (NT) -- ading a napusaksak, 05/15/04 4:18pm PDT also, regarding the voting controversy, hawaii's people shouldn't shoulder the blame as they were able to cast only over a million votes out of 9(?) million total on that tuesday night for jasmine ( i think she received the highest # of votes). most filipino-americans live outside hawaii, right? (NT) -- ading manen, 05/15/04 4:24pm PDT remember also that many filipinos in the u.s. vote for other candidates, not jasmine, and that many non-filipinos also vote for her. fair is fair. (NT) -- ading latta, 05/15/04 4:25pm PDT Re: This is not Filipino Idol. Simple as that. -- mark, 04/24/04 7:50pm PDT Excuse me? There are only 200,000 Filipinos in Hawaii. The U.S. Mainland has over two million Filipinos, excluding the TNTs (illegal immigrants). -- Walking Encyclopedia, 04/26/04 3:43pm PDT why fil-am idol jasmine trias got booted the week prior to the grand finale of ai3 -- singing soldier, 05/20/04 9:51pm PDT