A Filipina-American in American Idol Season XIV Top 48

"This is AMERICAN IDOL!"

Yep, American Idol is so back. And for all those addicted to AI like me... Here's a spoiler...

A lot of websites have released spoilers for the Top 48. Based on this spoiler, one Filipino-American made it to the list this year—Monica Laire Pidoy Mendoza.

Monica Laire Pidoy Mendoza (born on May 19, 1997) is currently going to Arroyo High School. She can sing, play the guitar, and can also dance. She has also won the following awarrds: (i) 2010 Hayward Idol; (ii) Livermore's Got Talent; and  (iii) KBLX 102.9 GRAND CHAMPION. A lot of people are saying that we might have the second coming of Jessica Sanchez in American Idol. You can catch a glimpse of her singing videos HERE. 

Will she capture the hearts of the judges and eventually make it to American Idol 2015 Top 24? Let's find out if all these rumors and speculations are true this January on American Idol Season XIV.

Top 26 Ladies

1. Adanna Duru
2. Alexis Gomez
3. Anjelika Joseph (aka Jelly)
4. Ellen Petersen
5. Emily Brooke
6. Erica Washington
7. Erika Davis
8. Hannah Mrozak
9. Hunter Larson
10. Jackie Cole (aka Jax Cole)
11. Jaq Mackenzie
12. Joey Cook
13. Kalynne Schoelen (aka Kalynne Michelle)
14. Katherine Winston
15. Loren Lott (aka Loren Sharice)
16. Lovey James
17. Maddie Walker (aka Madisen Walker) [AI13 HW]
18. Maddy Hudson
19. Monica Laire Pidoy Mendoza
20. Najah Lewis
21. Nalani Quintello [AI13 GM]
22. Rachael Hallack
23. Sarina-Joi Crowe [AI10 HW, AI12 HW, & AI13 GM]
24. Shannon Berthiaume
25. Shi Scott
26. Tyanna Jones

Top 22 Guys

1. Adam Ezegelian
2. Hollywood Anderson (aka Anderson Footman)
3. Casey Thrasher [AI13 Top 30]
4. Clark Beckham
5. Cody Fry
6. Daniel Seavey
7. Hector Montenegro
8. Jessie Nunn III
9. Josh Sanders [AI11, AI12 HW]
10. Mark Andrew Pudas - [The Voice 2012]
11. Michael Simeon Smith [AI13 HW]
12. Nick Fradiani Jr. [AGT 2014]
13. Qaasim Middleton
14. Quentin Alexander
15. Rayvon Owen
16. Reno Anoa’i
17. Ricky Hendricks
18. Riley Bria
19. Savion Wright [AI13 GM]
20. Tion Phipps
21. Trevor Douglas Haueisen
22. Zack Kaltenbach

You can see in the notations after each name if they participated in a previous season or other talent shows and how far they made it in the process. “HW” stands for Hollywood Week and “GM” stands for Green Mile. Spoilers from Americanidolnet.com.

HOT or NOT: Atom Araullo (Filipino News Reporter)

Tasty Crushie Tuesday: Tom Rodriguez

Bartolomé Alberto Mott, better known as Tom Rodriguez (born on October 1, 1987) is a Filipino-American actor and reality TV contestant. He is known for being on Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up and his roles in Be Careful With My Heart and Temptation Island. His career skyrocketed when he starred as Vincent Soriano in My Husband's Lover on GMA Network.

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3 Filipino-Americans in American Idol Season 12 Top 40

"This is AMERICAN IDOL!"

Yep, American Idol is so back. And for all those addicted to AI like me... Here's a spoiler...

A lot of websites have released spoilers for the Top 40. Based on this spoiler, three Filipino-Americans made it to the list—Bryant Tadeo, Adriana Latonio and Jett Hermano.

Bryant Tadeo is from Hawaii and a second-timer in American Idol. He auditioned last year (AI Season 11) and made it to the Hollywood rounds. Meanwhile, this will be the first time for young diva Adriana Latonio, who at this early has been compared to Jessica Sanchez, another half-Filipino who emerged as the American Idol 2012 runner-up. Bridget "Jett" Hermano, on the other hand is born and raised in Seattle, Washington and reportedly the 1st "Asian American Idol" in the Fil-Am community of Seattle.

Will these three capture the hearts of the judges and eventually make it to American Idol 2013 Top 24? Let's find out if all these rumors and speculations are true this January on American Idol Season 12.

Here are the American Idol 12 Top 40 spoilers:

Top 20 Boys

Top 20 Girls

1. Bryant Tadeo [AI11 HW] 2. Burnell Taylor 3. Charlie Askew 4. Chris Watson [AI7 HW] 5. Cortez Shaw [AI11 SFYL/GM] 6. Curtis Finch, Jr. [AI11 LVR] 7. David Willis 8. Devin Velez 9. Elijah Liu [AI11 HW] 10. Gurpreet Singh Sarin 11. Jimmy Smith 12. Johnny Keyser [AI11 LVR] 13. Joshua “Josh” Holiday 14. Joshua “Josh” Jada Davila 15. Kevin Harris 16. Lazaro Arbos 17. Mathenee Treco [AI11 LVR] 18. Nick Boddington [AI11 LVR] 19. Paul Jolley 20. Vincent Powell [AI11 HW]

1. Adriana Latonio 2. Amber Holcomb [AI11 LVR] 3. Angela Miller 4. Aubrey Cleland [AI10 HW & AI11 SFYL/GM] 5. Brandy Hotard 6. Breanna Steer 7. Candice Glover [AI9 HW & AI11 LVR] 8. Cristabel Clack 9. Isabel Pasqualone 10. Janelle Arthur [AI10 HW & AI11 LVR] 11. Jenny Beth Willis 12. Jett Hermano 13. Juliana Chahayed 14. Kamaria Ousley 15. Kree Harrison 16. Melinda Ademi [AI10 LVR] 17. Rachel Hale 18. Shubha Vedula 19. Tenna Torres [AI11 LVR] 20. Zoanette Johnson

You can see in the notations after each name if they participated in a previous season and how far they made it in the process. “HW” stands for Hollywood Week and “LVR” stands for Las Vegas Round. Spoilers from Americanidolnet.com.

Model Monday Mayhem: Kenji Shirakawa

Kenji Shirakawa

Height: 5' 10"

Shoe Size: 10

Star Sign: Cancer

Mouth-to-mouth move:

"I pretended to be drowning, so she could give me a CPR."

Mysterious man:

"What makes me sexy? That's for me to know and for you to find out."

Fasyon Fetish:

"Independence and Personal style"

Award: 

2009 male grand winner of Mossimo Bikini Summit contest

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Model Monday Mayhem: Justin Hills

Profile

Name: Justin Hills

Height: 182 cm.

Weight: 57 kg.

Chest: 40

Waist: 32

Hips: 39

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Shoes: 11-12 US

Nationality: Filipino/British

Occupation: Model

Known for: being the male face of Folded and Hung

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Alden, You're Fine!

In Alden Richard's twitter page, he tweeted these photos with the caption, "Needs improvement!" 

Well... All I can say is you're fine... you're SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FIIIIIIIIIIIINE! hehe... hot stuff!

Oh btw, this is from the latest issue of Cosmo Centerfold

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Young Heartthrob "Kuya Luke"

Jerome Ponce, born June 4, 1995, is an SK chairman in Brgy. 628 Zone 63 in Sta. Mesa, Manila, where he lives. He describes himself as an Actor, public servant, sports lover and a loving kuya.

This young leader actually started his showbiz career as a theater actor last year after he graduated from Malayan High School of Science in Pandacan, Manila. He bagged a minor role in the successful musical “Cory ng Edsa” which ran for about a month.

Jerome is now well known for his role in the daytime Kapamilya soap “Be Careful with My Heart” as Luke Lim. He plays the eldest son of Richard Lim in the series played by Richard Yap (aka Papa Chen) which premiered on ABS-CBN last July 9, 2012.

Due to the surprise popularity of the show, all of the persons involved in the morning teleserye got the attentions of the televiewers and Jerome Ponce is no exception.

As a proof that this young heartthrob has arrived, he recently became a trending topic on the micro-blogging site Twitter for two days as his soap continues to garner nationwide TV ratings higher than some primetime programs are getting.

With the success of his TV program, the future is bright for Jerome as we will see more of him in the future.

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That guy from PINTADA

I received a few of emails requesting for some hot photos of the guy from Pintada (the current chart-topping afternoon teleserye/soap from ABS-CBN). So I made some research and found that the guy's name is Martin Del Rosario and the requested hot photos can be found after break. Enjoy!

Dare Me To Denim, Enrique

WOAH!!! When I saw these photos in the F&H site, I was so thrilled to blog it... Enrique, please do dare me to denim... :)

Drool... drool... drool....  :P

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Hotta hotta Enrique Sunday!

Enrique Gil

Someone sent me an email with this pic and I was like WOAHHHHH!!!

I really love receiving email pics from readers... Thanks!

Anyway, have a Happy Sunday guys!

My Wolverine!!!

I'm dreaming of this guy tonight...

Save me, my Wolverine!!! :)

Quen's really a cutie, ain't he?

Tasty Crushie Tuesday: Enrique Gil

I just can't get enough of this cute-turned-sexy actor. And if you wanna go gaga over him, just watch him dance the dougie..  :)

Enrique Mari Bacay Gil V or better known as Enrique Gil is a Filipino-Spanish actor. He is currently under contract with ABS-CBN Star Magic and co-Manage of Stages. He became famous for portraying the role of BJ in the teleserye Budoy; and have a current show Princess and I as Prince Jao.

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Tasty Crushie Tuesday: Alden Richards

I can't help but notice this guy while watching "The Road". I previously posted a hot photo of him, but now... I'm more INTO this cutie.   :)

Born as Richard Faulkerson Jr. on January 3, 1993 in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, Alden Richards is a Filipino television actor and model who is currently signed to GMA Network. He is best known for his TV roles in Alakdana and Tween Hearts and his breakthrough movie, The Road.

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Azkal's Resident Dentist Misagh Bahadoran

Truly... any race mixed with Filipino genes produce great results. Just like this hot footballer. Misagh Medina Bahadoran (Persian: میثاق مدینه بهادران‎; born 10 January 1987) is a Filipino–Iranian footballer who plays as a forward for Global FC and as a winger for the Philippines national team. Since 2006, he has also been a regular member of the Philippines national futsal team.

Bahadoran's mother is Filipino and his father is Iranian. He graduated from Centro Escolar University in Manila, with a degree in Dentistry. (Source)

After seeing him on tv, I said that I have to blog something about him so here it is...

FYI: His name is pronounced as “Misa” silent “g” & “h”)

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