Thursday, May 24, 2012

Phillip Phillips Wins American Idol Season 11 Finale!

Phillip Phillips is the winner the American Idol Season 11 Finale! For the fifth year in a row, a White Guy With a Guitar(WGWG) won the title jointing the ranks of previous winners David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze and Scotty McCreeryPhillip Phillips won after a record breaking 132 Million votes leaving his counterpart Jessica Sanchez in second place.

I've mention here some of the few pointers why Phillip Phillips has a greater chances of winning this year's season of American Idol, including the remarkable streak that since season 7, male contenders which are now called as White Guy With a Guitar won the competition and another factor is the unpredictability of the voters, and those factors came into a play in today's finale show.


But does it mean that Phillip Phillips victory is a fluke and that the half-Filipino Jessica Sanchez is better than him? Nope, the most important factor in American Idol is for the competitors to know what kind of artist they are, what type of music they will be recording in the future and uniqueness among the rest. And Phillip Phillips prove that during the final performance night. On the other hand Jessica Sanchez indeed has a powerful and soulful voice, but I think she stuck herself too much in mimicking other artists like Beyonce and the late Whitney Houston and that didn't turn out well.

But still, Jessica Sanchez still made the Filipino proud and she will always be remembered as the first half-Filipino to ever made it in the American Idol Finale. And everything doesn't stops at American Idol, it's just the start and she will continue make good music and captivate the hearts of many in the future. Congratulations Jessica!