The name ‘Adriana Latonio’
was most searched last night over Yahoo! but her name didn’t ring a bell for me
until I read the actual news story. She is one of the finalists at American Idol Season 12 Sudden Death live round.
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I just watched a local news
show as well, Balitang Amianan over GMA Channel 10 (Northern Luzon), and she
was featured too. Her parents both hail from Urdaneta City, Pangasinan before
migrating to Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A. Adriana Ariel Latonio, 17-years old is
currently a student at Anchorage’s East High School.
During her performance for
the Sudden Death round, she performed Aretha Franklin’s ‘Aint no Way.’ Although
I wasn’t completely focused while watching the show because I was also
attending to other chores, I remembered Latonio’s performance and I’ve
considered it as one of the best from among the first 10 girls who sang for
this specific round. I was hearing the judge’s comments with half ear and didn’t
notice that Nicki Minaj actually asked Adriana if she is a Filipina, to which
she replied ‘yes.’
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| AmericanIdol.com |
I didn’t realize this until
now but she does have that local Pinay look similar to how Jasmine Trias depicted
a Filipina beauty several seasons ago. For a moment I thought she hailed from
the Ilocos region and is one of the Hawaii immigrants but then again she is
from Pangasinan and is living in Alaska now.
She advanced to the next
round with 4 other girls. Her close friend on the show, Shubha Vedula, was
eliminated. Shubha, one of the early favorites, also awaited her fate standing
beside Latonio for the last and fifth slot of the top 5 girls this week.
Next week, 20 more remaining
contestants (10 girls and 10 boys) will battle it out with only 5 to remain for
each category during the second week of the live Sudden Death round. The
overall top 20 from both boys and girls last week and this coming week will
soon be singing live for America’s votes. You can then have your chance to vote
for Adriana soon enough and show your support the way you did for Jessica Sanchez for American Idol season 11 last year.
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