MANILA, Philippines – Filipino-Mexican Jessica Sanchez could very well be touted as the “official national anthem singer” of the “American Idol Season 11” batch as she has performed the American national anthem no less than thrice at several big occasions.
The 16-year-old “little girl with the big voice” kicked off Game 1 of the NBA basketball finals between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder on June 12 in Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City with her stellar performance of the “The Star-Spangled Banner."
The performance came right on the heels of her stint at the controversial Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley fight last June 9 [US Time] at MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas where she sang the US National Anthem; and at the US Memorial Day Concert at the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 28 [US Time].
Sanchez clearly left a lot of Heat and Thunder fans in awe as deafening applause filled the arena after she sang the last note. Online, countless Netizens affirmed Sanchez’ singing prowess once more as praises about her performance on the opening of the first out of the seven part game rained on Twitter. Sometime after her performance, the hashtag “#JessicaonNBA” even landed on the top trending topics locally.
Twitter User Rissa Piano (@ucancallmerissa) piped out how her performance surely made the Filipino community proud and said, “What a shining moment for @JSanchezAI11!She makes the Filipino community proud! Go Jessica!: http://youtu.be/5FJm_AINaAU via @youtube #JessicaonNBA.”
While Jovel wrote, (@HaleysAndroid), “Jessica Sanchez nailed it again!!! #JessicaOnNBA @JSanchezAI11 Hahaahahah!!”
Kapuso actress Say Alonzo, on the other hand, also thought that Sanchez did a “great job” as she retweeted the post, “RT @anemoraine: RT @JSanchezCrew: @JSanchezAI11 is the Queen of the US National Anthem. #JessicaOnNBA - Great job Jessica!:)”
Speaking of national anthems, Sanchez’ was reportedly invited by the Sarangani representative himself to sing the Philippine national anthem on his upcoming rematch with Bradley. Sanchez confessed in a Bombo report that she’s praying for Pacman to win back his belt by then.
Recall that the “Idol” runner-up wasn’t able to contain her dismay over the result of Pacman-Bradley match, tweeting: “Congrats to the new winner but I'm still really upset about the results :(“
article source: mb.com.ph
