American Idol 2012 Finale Performance Night Videos and Winner Prediction

American Idol Season 11 Top 2 Finale performance night on May 22 (May 23 in Manila) was indeed a neck-to-neck battle between Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips. The American Idol 2012 Top 2  performed three songs each - one of Idol creator Simon fuller's choice, one of the Idol hopeful's favorite performance of the season and their coronation song, the one that will be released as their new single after winning American Idol.

Jessica Sanchez versus Phillip Phillips: and the American Idol Season 11 winner is...

The American Idol 2012 Finale performance night opened with Jessica Sanchez' performance of Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing which was chosen by Simon Fuller for Jessica. Simon Fuller had chosen Ben E. King's Stand by Me for Phillip Phillips.

The Top 2 then performed their personal favorites of the season and Jessica tackled The Prayer, the song which got her to Top 24. Phillip rekindled his Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) moment which was well praised during the Top 10 Billy Joel's night.

For their coronation song,  Jessica Sanchez was made to sing Change Nothing, an original song that will be released as her single if ever she won while Phillip Phillips rendered Home, another original for him.

Watch the American Idol Top 2 Finale performances below (Click on the performance title):

Jessica Sanchez

• I Have Nothing
• The Prayer
• Change Nothing

Phillip Phillips

• Stand By Me
• Movin' Out
• Home

Who will win the Season 11 of American Idol?

After their performances tonight and based on the judges' comments and the reaction of the crowd, we predict that Phillip Phillips will be hailed as the 11th American Idol come tomorrow's finale results night. Phillip Phillips got a standing ovation from the judges for his last performance (Home) and Randy Jackson claimed that it was the best of the night.

Although Jessica Sanchez did well on her performances, the judges' gave a restrained nod for her. The producers assigned her not quite a carry-on song unlike Phillip who was given the better songs so it's obvious who they wanted to emerge as this seasons winner.

Moreover, the fact that Phillip Phillips' did not even landed on the bottom group (which Jessica did, even faced elimination if not for the judges' save) reflects that he has a large voting fanbase. He can also have the sympathy votes, what with him continuing to fight even with kidney problems and a scheduled operation. There were also conspiracy theories (e.g. the Kristy Lee Cook curse) pointing to Phillip's win, another ride for the WGWG bandwagon.

However, the fact that Jessica Sanchez entered the Finale as the underdog might cause a great revolution for fans to vote for her. We knew how Filipinos unite for a goal and her Mexican and American fans will surely not let her down.

Though it's Phillip who we predict will be crowned on May 23rd's Idol finale results night, our hopes are still intact for Jessica Sanchez. But as our girl said, win or lose, it's a win-win situation for her and we believe that. After all, it's not always the winner that become successful post Idol. With Jessica's talent, she will definitely shine, crowned or not.

Who do you think will win? Drop your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Phillip Phillips Sings Home on American Idol 2012 Finale

Phillip Phillips performs Home on American Idol 2012 Finale performance night May 22 (May 23 in Manila). The American Idol Season 11Top 2 performs three songs each - one of Idol creator Simon Fuller's choice, the Idol hopeful's favorite performance of the series and their coronation song.

Phillip first performed Stand By Me  as Simon Fuller's choice (watch his performance of Stand By Me here). He then tackled Movin' Out as his favorite performance of the series (watch Phillip's finale performance of Movin' Out).

Home is Phillip Phillips coronation song, an original song which will be released as his newest single if ever he will be crowned American Idol. The song was good and Phillip got a standing ovation from the judges.

Watch Phillip Phillips performance of Home (judges comments below):

Judges comments:

Randy Jackson: I love the song. Everything about that was perfect.
Jennifer Lopez: It’s just Phillip.
Steven Tyler: You have made the world your home.

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Jessica Sanchez Sings Change Nothing on American Idol 2012 Finale

Jessica Sanchez performs Change Nothing on American Idol 2012 Finale performance night May 22 (May 23 in Manila). The American Idol Season 11Top 2 performs three songs each - one of Idol creator Simon Fuller's choice, the Idol hopeful's favorite performance of the series and their coronation song.

Jessica sang I Have Nothing in the first round, as given to her by Simon Fuller (watch her performance of Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing here). She then captivated the audience with her rendition of The Prayer (watch Jessica performed The Prayer). 

Change Nothing is Jessica Sanchez coronation song, an original song which will be released as her newest single if ever she will be crowned American Idol. The song was not that good but Jessica did an amazing job with it.

Watch Jessica Sanchez' performance of Change Nothing (judges' comments below):

Judges comments:

Randy Jackson: I did not love the song, but you made something out of the song.
Jennifer Lopez: It was a pop ballad.
Steven Tyler: Yeah baby.

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Phillip Phillips Sings Movin' Out on American Idol 2012 Finale

Phillip Phillips performs Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) on American Idol 2012 Finale performance night May 22 (May 23 in Manila). The American Idol Season 11Top 2 performs three songs each - one of Idol creator Simon Fuller's choice, the Idol hopeful's favorite performance of the series and their coronation song.

Phillip first performed Stand By Me  as Simon Fuller's choice. Watch his performance of Stand By Me here.

Movin' Out is Phillip Phillips' choice as his most favorite performance of the series. He delivered but he should've sung Volcano otherwise.

Watch Phillip Phillips performance of Movin' out (judges comments below):

Judges comments:

No comments from judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson who were divided on the winner of the round. Steven Tyler picked Jessica, Randy said it was even while J.Lo said Phillip won the round.

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Jessica Sanchez Sings The Prayer on American Idol 2012 Finale

Jessica Sanchez performs The Prayer on American Idol 2012 Finale performance night May 22 (May 23 in Manila). The American Idol Season 11Top 2 performs three songs each - one of Idol creator Simon Fuller's choice, the Idol hopeful's favorite performance of the series and their coronation song.

Jessica sang I Have Nothing in the first round, as given to her by Simon Fuller. Watch her performance of Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing here.

The Prayer is Jessica's choice as her most favorite performance of the series. This was the song that got her into the top 24. What a magical performance!

Watch Jessica Sanchez' performance of The Prayer (judges' comments below):

Judges comments:

No comments from judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson who were divided on the winner of the round. Steven Tyler picked Jessica, Randy said it was even while J.Lo said Phillip won the round.

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Phillip Phillips Sings Stand By Me on American Idol 2012 Finale

Phillip Phillips performs Stand By Me on American Idol 2012 Finale performance night May 22 (May 23 in Manila). The American Idol Season 11Top 2 performs three songs each - one of Idol creator Simon Fuller's choice, the Idol hopeful's favorite performance of the series and their coronation song.

Stand By Meis Idol creator Simon Fuller's song choice for Phillip Phillips. He did an amazing job with this cover but do you think it's quite short a performance?

Watch Phillip Phillips performance of Stand By Me (judges comments below):

Judges comments:

The judges did not make comments for Round 1 but they declared Jessica Sanchez as the winner for that round.

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Jessica Sanchez Sings I Have Nothing on American Idol 2012 Finale

Jessica Sanchez performs Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing  on American Idol 2012 Finale performance night May 22 (May 23 in Manila). The American Idol Season 11Top 2 performs three songs each - one of Idol creator Simon Fuller's choice, the Idol hopeful's favorite performance of the series and their coronation song.

I Have Nothing is Simon Fuller's choice for Jessica Sanchez. Her superb rendition of the Whitney Houston's classic made judge Randy Jackson say that Round 1 goes to Jessica.

Watch Jessica Sanchez' performance of I Have Nothing (judges' comments below):

Judges comments:

Jennifer Lopez: It’s a tough one for me. At the end of the day America has a tough job.

Randy Jackson: Round 1 goes to Jessica!

Steven Tyler, Randy Jackson and Jennifer Lopez agreed Jessica won round 1. 

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American Idol 2012 Finale Live Streaming

American Idol Season 11 Grand Finale Results Show is happening on May 23 (morning of May 24 in Manila). Who will be crowned the 11th American Idol? Will it be Jessica Sanchez or Phillip Phillips?

The American Idol 2012 Finale performance was aired in a delayed telecast in the Philippines unlike the results night on May 23rd (May 24 in Manila) which will be aired on ETC and Star World live via satellite at 8:00 am.

Don't miss the announcement and crowning of the new American Idol live at the Nokia Theatre in a 2-hour results show starting 8:00 am, Manila time. You can watch it via the live stream embedded from USTREAM below (best viewed in Mozilla Firefox). The live stream will start at the time the American Idol finale results show is airing live.

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American Idol 2012 Finale Song Themes Revealed!

American Idol Season 11 finale is just few days away and everyone is excited for this big musical showdown between the American Idol 2012 Top 2 - Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips. These 2 will be pitted against each other on May 22 and 23 to vie for America's votes and eventually be hailed as the 11th American Idol.

American Idol 11 Top 2 - Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips will be singing song sfrom 3 themes on Idol finale, May 22

On May 22 American Idol 2012 finale performance night, Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips will be singing 3 songs each. American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe shared on his Twitter account from what themes the American Idol 2012 Top 2 will be taking their finale song from.

Here is Nigel Lythgoe's revelation about the Top 2 finale themes:

So, Jessica and Phillip will be performing songs from 3 themes come finale performance night on May 22, Tuesday (Wednesday morning in Manila). The finale themes will be:

1.    Jessica and Phillip's favorite song from the whole series
2.    One song selected by American Idol creator Simon Fuller
3.    Jessica and Phil's individual “new” single

That's it folks! Now, we can only wonder which songs the Top 2 will be singing come finale time. Let us suggest songs from the first theme - their favorite song of the series. Phillip and Jessica have a lot of shining moments in the competition but they can only repeat one song that they had already performed.

Here are our song suggestions for Phillip Phillips:

• Volcano - Damien Rice
• Fat-Bottomed Girls - Queen
• The Letter - The Box Tops
• We've Got Tonight - Bob Seger
• In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins

Here are our song suggestions for Jessica Sanchez:

• And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going - Jennifer Holliday
• Everybody Has A Dream - Billy Joel
• Sweet Dreams - Beyonce
• Stuttering - Jazmine Sullivan
• I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

What do you think guys?

Don't miss the American Idol Season 11 two-part Grand Finale Tuesday, May 22 (Top 2 performance) and Wednesday, May 23 (announcement of winner).

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American Idol 2012 Top 13 Performance Videos

American Idol Season 11 pays tribute to Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder in this week's performance night. The boys took over Stevie while the girls belted out Whitney. In the end, it was Jeremy Rosado who got voted out of Idol.

Watch the 2012 American Idol Top 13 Performance videos here.

Joshua Ledet - I Wish



Elise Testone - I'm Your Baby Tonight

Jermaine Jones - Knocks Me Off My Feet






Erika Van Pelt - I Believe In You and Me






Colton Dixon - Lately






Shannon Magrane - I Have Nothing






DeAndre Brackensic - Master Blaster






Skylar Laine - Where Do Broken Hearts Go






Heejun Han - All In Love Is Fair






Hollie Cavanagh - All The Man That I Need






Jeremy Rosado - Ribbon In The Sky






Jessica Sanchez - I Will Always Love You






Phillip Phillips - Superstition





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American Idol 2012 Top 13 Performance Videos

American Idol Season 11 Top 13 have been revealed! From 25 semi-finalists (12 girls, 13 guys), 5 girls and 5 boys were chosen as finalists based on the 33 million combined votes from the televiewers last Wednesday and Thursday. To complete the Top 13, the judges picked 3 from 6 wild cards who performed during the results show.

Courtesy of AmericanIdol.com

AMERICAN IDOL TOP 13

(in order of announcement)

1. Phillip Phillips

2. Hollie Cavanagh

3. Jessica Sanchez

4. Joshua Ledet

5. Heejun Han

6. Shannon Magrane

7. Skylar Laine

8. Elise Testone

9. Colton Dixon

10. Jermaine Jones

11. Erika Van Pelt (wildcard pick by Randy Jackson)

12. Jeremy Rosado (wildcard pick by Jennifer Lopez)

13. Deandre Brackensick (wildcard pick by Steven Tyler)

Watch the American Idol Season 11 Top 13 Performance videos:

Phillip Philips

Hollie Cavanagh




Jessica Sanchez



Joshua Ledet



Heejun Han



Shannon Magrane



Skylar Laine




Elise Testone



Colton Dixon



Jermaine Jones




Erika Van Pelt



Jeremy Rosado



Deandre Brackensick



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