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I have the strong feeling that at the end of American Idol Season 9, she will be there to steal the show. If you are not that convinced, have another round:

Crystal Bowersox came a long way from Ohio to get a piece of Hollywood and try her luck doing what she really does best – singing. If you have seen her since Idol started, she was a plain and simple 24-year-old farmer who easily nailed down songs of Alanis Morissette and Tracy Chapman. And you can’t even say that she’s got the star quality or look that can wow millions of voters. Like Simon said, they sort of underestimated her.

Turns out that Crystal is one tough serious artist everyone has to beat. Well, good luck to all of them.

On the side note, has anyone tried proactiv? Watson is distributing it locally at around P2,500 for a 30-day trial kit, and almost P4000 for a 60-day supply.

Wow.

That was my reaction when I played his “Straight Up” Hollywood piece. It was a Paula Abdul original but Andrew Garcia turned it around into something that made everyone gasped. Because it was oh so good you won’t believe your ears. Even Simon was floored by his performance, ” “The only person who’s walked through today who I genuinely believe is a good singer…a genuinely, genuinely, good, good singer…”

Of course, after that audition piece went on air, I’ve read a couple of queries on his ethnic background. Most people back here asked if he is a Filipino. Sure he does look like one – with dark hair and a built that seemed to be in need of weight loss products prescription. But Andrew Garcia is a pure-blooded Latino. His girlfiend/wife, according to news, is a Filipina named Christine Concepcion. Satisfied?

Andrew Garcia is already a dad living with his family in Moreno Valley. They say that his parents grew up in the streets of Compton and were very active in the gangster lifestyle. But somehow life changed a bit and we can see how Andrew cherished his young family by spending more time with them.

Watch out for this guy.

Rummaging through the archives of You Tube was what I did for the past couple of days shunning sunlight. That’s what you do when your face was Hell Boy-red.

I missed the first three seasons of American Idol which left me basically clueless about Kelly, Reuben and Fantasia. Together with the rest of big winners, it’s interesting to see how they all started by watching their audition videos. I think one thing they had in common was they already knew they would make it big time.

Kelly Clarkson, Season 1 winner, was the first Idol to win two Grammy Awards in 2006 for her album “Breakaway”.

Season 2 winner and Grammy nominee Reuben Studdard won by a close margin of 134k votes against runner-up Clay Aiken.

Eight-time Grammy Award nominee Fantasia Barrino was the youngest Idol winner at 19 until Jordin Sparks.

Country singer and Martina McBride fan Carrie Underwood has a string of big wins after her AI experience.

Despite his AI success, Taylor Hicks didn’t do well in selling his post American Idol album. But we really can’t tell what the future has for him, right?

Jordin Sparks was the youngest contestant to win American Idol at 16. Her records has been popular among the younger crowd. Long way to go.

Season 7 winner David Cook is a big Daughtry fan and has been known for his out-of-the-box takes on popular songs during his AI days that wowed millions.

By the way, it’s going to be a long weekend this week. I hope everyone enjoys it the way people vacationing at Outer Banks do.