Elliott Yamin, My Idol

On our way from work yesterday, we listened to the CD of Elliott Yamin. Gosh, I really love this guy. He is one of my favorite artists. I am not really an American Idol fan, but when I heard him sing during the Hollywood rounds, my heart fell and from then on, I started to watch American Idol religiously every Wednesday and Thursday. Even Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell all noticed how great a performer he is. Simon even commented that Elliott was potentially the best male vocalist in five seasons on American Idol which is very uncommon for Simon since you will always hear complains and criticisms from him. I knew from then on that he will make it to the top three.

And I was not mistaken as he joined Taylor Hicks, and Katharine McPhee to the top three. I was deeply affected and saddened when he was eliminated. He was already this close to being the American Idol, but then the American viewers maybe didn’t find his last performance that good enough and so he was the one voted out. But if I remember it correctly, the votes that the three of them got are really not that far from each other. I admit I really like all three of them and if I was to vote, I would really find it difficult to choose since they are all good.

But even though he did not win the American Idol title, he is doing it big now. He just launched his first self titled album. He even visited the Philippines to promote his album and I was one of his fans who watched him perform live at Glorietta.

How I wish he will come back again here for another concert. And I swear no matter how expensive it is, I will surely make a way to get the money that I need to buy front row seat tickets.