Jessica Sanchez: Overhyped and Overrated
By cowboy next door, 28th Mar 2012 | Follow this author
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Filipino pride.......
That's how we claim Jessica Sanchez.
Jessica Sanchez as what people online say and believe is one of the frontrunners in this season of American Idol. Her performance of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” already gained more than a million views.
Jessica Sanchez
Jessica already had previous releases as an independent artist even before Idol. She released cover singles like "Don't Stop the Music" (Rihanna) and “I'd Rather Go Blind” (Etta James) under Spin Move Records. She also collaborated on a few digital singles by other unsigned artists and joined the pack that recorded “We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition).” She also joined the first season of America's Got Talent when she was 11.
Overhyped and Overrated
Checked it on various websites and I saw people talk a lot about her. The way Filipinos accept Jessica is annoying. The Philippine media are bombarded with news about her. Only because she’s a Filipino…yeah we claim that she’s Filipino. We’re very serious about it.
We’re too proud. But let me ask, “Is she proud being a Filipino?” We should be hearing that from her as often as we watch her video, buzz about her online and increase her traffic.
We claim a person our pride when he or she becomes successful even with just a little Filipino lineage. Jessica is not a full-blooded Filipino. It’s even unfair for Mexicans when Jessica’s fans claim that she got that talent from the Philippines. You may consider her mother’s statement that in their family, only Jessica sings.
We claim that she’s a great singer without considering that a lot of black people can sing the way she does but are not given much media attention and pride.
When Americans do standing ovation after a certain performance from our fellows, we get too proud without realizing that standing ovation is a very common way of acclamation in the US.
Filipinos are fond of belting. Consider Charice, Sarah Geronimo, Regine Velasquez and a lot others. They sound samey in their songs and that makes them boring and disinteresting. Charice is not even singing that way in her records. She sings RnB to sound cool and trendy. It looks like there is no more market for voices like hers singing ballads.
The overrating and overhype will make Jessica’s songs top the Philippine radio charts and even Myx. She can be overrated like Sarah Geronimo whose songs even the irritating cover of “Bakit Pa Ba?” topped the charts. David Archuleta who is not selling elsewhere and was dropped by Jive Records is overrated in the Philippines too.
It’s sad to know that Cheesa Laureta who is a pure Filipino in The Voice is overshadowed by Jessica. She’s not getting much support and media coverage from the Philippines.
Is she a Filipino?
People who claim that Jessica’s nationality is Filipino may not know what Nationality means.
Let’s talk about three things. Nationality, citizenship and residency.
Nationality. Nationality describes the country where you were born. Jessica was born on August 4, 1995 in Chula Vista, California to Gilbert (Mexican American from Texas) and Editha (Filipino) Sanchez. If we will consider this definition of nationality by wikianswers, then we can’t say that the nationality of Jessica is Filipino. Ehow however added that nationality can be used to define your ancestry. That way we can claim that Jessica is half Filipino considering nationality.
Citizenship. Citizenship is a legal status that can be acquired by being registered in the government of a country. You can be a citizen of a country even if you’re not born there. Jessica Sanchez is an American citizen.
Residency. Residence refers to the country where a person spends much of his time in a year. Jessica Sanchez obviously resides in the US and so far has not been to the Philippines. She said that in the same interview where she said that the only Filipino word that she knows is “Mahal Kita.” It’s a good thing that she eats Filipino food and loves them.
I wish I were not to blame for talking this way about her. She’s overhyped and everyone can talk about her. This is not about her talent. I strongly believe that she's a good singer.
Alright. Let’s count Jessica Sanchez as one of those with Filipino descent who became idol finalists. We had Jasmine Trias (Season 3), Camille Velasco (Season 3), Ramielle Malubay (Season 7) and Thia Megia (Season 10).
I still wish she wins idol. I hope she brings the bacon home. I hope she brings it home to the Philippines.
…..and thanks the Lord for the blessings
In that way I can say that she’s a Filipino.
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29th Mar 2012 (#)
I've been following "American Idol" since 2007, usually writing it up for the "Voices" section of Yahoo. Jessica does have one of the most outstanding voices in the competition, but she can sort of "fade away" into the woodwork if she isn't singing something like her Whitney Houston selection. She was not at her best tonight (March 28) singing a Beyonce song. I think the judges would use their "save" for Jessica, Phillip Phillips, or Joshua Ledet, if any of those 3 were to be the lowest vote-getter, and it is not out of the question for Jessica to be in the bottom 3 after tonight's song. Although the judges liked it, it wasn't a big crowd pleaser. I listened to the clapping carefully after she sang, and it was merely polite. Personally, I think she is a very talented young lady, but whether she can overcome the charisma that some of the other contestants have, along with the voice, is a good question, because it does (or should) take "the total package" to win "American Idol."
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29th Mar 2012 (#)
Great article, kabz. I think it'd be fair to say that she's blazing a trail on Idol for Mexico and the Philippines alike, and for America too, her country of birth. Thanks for sharing.
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29th Mar 2012 (#)
wonderful presentation on Jessica Sanchez.
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29th Mar 2012 (#)
Great review and exciting shows ahead, thanks cowboy...
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29th Mar 2012 (#)
Great article. You covered everything very well!
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30th Mar 2012 (#)
Thank you, Cowboy. You give excellent reviews. If I sang, I would trust you to give a review on my performance. Tra la la tra la la, ha ha ha ha! Seriously, I think you are a fine writer and entertainment reporter.
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1st Apr 2012 (#)
Mam Ivyevelyn, I want to hear you singing...:) hay naku, parang nagiging fanfare na lang ang mga singing competition...puro biritan na lang, nakakadamage na ng ear drums.
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30th Mar 2012 (#)
Hi cowboynextdoor. Great post on a singer I like
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30th Mar 2012 (#)
well done Cowboy...beautiful pics and writing... what matters where she is from, she is one of God's children like all of us...
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30th Mar 2012 (#)
Great analysis, cowboy, putting the matter in proper perspective. I have seen strong sentiments expressed in India too about any achievement of overseas Indians who are even born in other countries, reside there and even may not have visited India. In sports field too, especially in Table Tennis, some countries win medals through Chinese discards! These touch a raw nerve for sure. Frankly, I just enjoy the talent from wherever they are. I try not to take sides like in soccer when even star players ditch their clubs like they do their girlfriends and even eye many at one go! siva
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2nd Apr 2012 (#)
Hello, Cowboy! Interesting observations.
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14th Apr 2012 (#)
Very good article! You are very insightful!! Someday I hope the old way of singing comes back where you don't have to make funny faces and shout! I too am a singer but don't understand the shout singing.
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18th Apr 2012 (#)
i still don buy the mexican-american. LOL. every filipino contestant in AI introduce themselves as other nationalities- filipino. no fail about it from jasmine to jessica. so i still think he,s 100 percent filipino in heritage but producers prod her to use the the mexican-filipino to get the votes from hispanic community. and btw filipinos in americas got a spanish-chinese-filipino syndrome maybe she got it too. LOL. this might be incredolous but i'm still not buying her mexican-filipino.
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18th Jun 2012 (#)
Also note-worthy is the fact that many , if not most, Filipino-American youths(i.e. Filipinos by genes but Americans by citizenship) are not proud to call themselves to be Filipinos. They would rather call themselves "Hawaiian" or "mixed race"(even if you cant find anything "mixed" in any inch of their bodies), anything or any excuse to say other than be called "Filipino". I observed these many times most especially with Filipinos born or raised in Hawaii(I felt like " is it a taboo to be a filipino descent?"). This was well demonstrated by Camille Velasco and Jasmine Trias(AI Season 3) who never mentioned being "Filipino" during American Idol and asserted they were "Hawaiian". It was only after they realized they were getting a lot of votes and support from Filipino community when they started announcing their Filipino heritage. I wont be surprised if Jessica was the same.
Also, The Pinoy pride is more of a result of Pinoys unconscious National inferiority complex. Come to think of it.. We have this "national" obsession "to prove ourselves" to the world. I noticed the same thing with Russians(maybe because they felt Americans had taken over them since the Cold War), the Malaysians too, but Filipinos had the strongest complex I've observed. Among nations, we have become the most obsessed with national image(honor vs shame), and anyone who say a negative thing about Philippines is considered an insult(regardless whether the comment is true or not), and "lynch" this person with our over-reactions(e.g. Jackie Chan, Claire Danes, the US Ambassador, etc). No one can criticize Pacman, and Jessica Sanchez too...we are just too "perfect", a country of perfection, THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. That's the impression we seem to tell the world, yet most of us want to live abroad, and most of our children abroad dont even admit they are Pinoys and dont want to speak Pinoy.. What an irony, isnt it?
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2nd Aug 2012 (#)
im a filipino, and i really think that this is overrated, because right after jessica's temporary fame, we filipinos forget what she did. american idol is not a popular show here in our country, but because of just a little filipino blood on just one of the contestants, that just took runner up and became an instant star, suddenly their attention focused on it(like look theres a filipino world star let's watch it). remember its just temporary fame. after that they dont care anymore when another filipino took her place. im sorry to say this but filipinos are people who NAKIKIUSO(wants to be in always).
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