American Idol Season 11 runner up Jessica Sanchez appeared on Live! With Kelly and sat down with an interview with host Kelly Ripa and co-host Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies), May 29. Jessica's New York tour kicked-off at the ABC studios with her visit on the said talk show, Tuesday morning, (Tuesday night in Manila).
Popular television host Kelly Ripa's introduction to Jessica Sanchez was an admission of hers being a Jessica fan. "She might have finished second but she definitely placed first in my heart during this season's American idol competition," Kelly told the audience as she introduced Jessica.
Watch Jessica Sanchez' guesting on Live! With Kelly below:
Jessica Sanchez also performed Whitney Houston's I Will Always Live You (with Michael Orland on piano) before her send-off. Watch Jessica's I Will Always Love You performance in Live! With Kelly:
As her first public performance after Idol, Jessica Sanchez performed at the PBS Memorial Day Concert 2012 held at Washington D.C. on May 26. She sang the US National anthem and The Prayer on the said concert (watch her perform at the memorial concert here).
Jessica will als be part of the American Idol 2012 Live! Tour this summer. The AI 2012 Top 10 will be performing in key US cities starting this July 6 (see the American Idol Live! Tour 2012 schedule here).