Idols Rocked The Stage

Last Friday, September 21, 2012 was totally a blast! My classmates and I attended the one-night concert dubbed "American Idol Live Tour 2012" featuring the top 10 winners of the last season of American Idol. These include Phillip Phillips, our very own Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, Colton Dixon, Skylar Laine, Hollie Cavanagh, Elsie Testone, Heejun Han, DeAndre Brackensick and Erika Van Pelt.

We went to Smart Araneta Coliseum 4 hours before the concert to line up. When we arrived, there was a single file of line already ( I must say, we're not just the only one who's really excited for this concert.) I was pretty excited days and even weeks before this concert because of our own Pinoy Pride  Jessica Sanchez and at the same time, I've been a kind-of fan of this batch. 

When we got inside the arena, we picked the best spot for a general admission seating as possible. =) While waiting for the Idols to perform, we just patiently watched the commercials on the projector screen and we just appreciate it when the commercials of different TV series played.

Then, the lights got dimmed and the crowd went wild! I saw that the crowd really got lots of energy as the group (except from Philip) performed the song "Sing" for their opening number. 
I'm just not familiar with some of the songs they have performed but here's the list of the performance that I can still remember. Forgive if it's not the complete set list of the concert. :))

• "Master Blaster" - DeAndre Brackensick 

              For me, this number allowed DeAndre to flex the growly, gravely aspect of his vocal range and of course, he did not forget to whip his hair back and forth to punctuate his jaunty spins

• "Undo It"- Skylar and Hollie
• “Glitter In The Air” – Erika Van Pelt

                I must say Erika was  great, she even got a loud cheer from the audience. Actually, she reminded me so much of Pink and with her very powerful voice, it just showed how she commanded an arena-sized crowd.

• "Moves Like Jagger" - Group Number ( Hollie, Joshua, Colton, and Erika)

         One of the performances I enjoyed. The dance moves of Joshua here was really something that should be seen.

• "Party Rock Anthem" - Heejun, DeAndre and Jessica
• “Whole Lotta Love” – Elise Testone

              Best word I can describe Elise's performance- SHOWSTOPPER. Elise sang this song really very well, she oozed with confidence and appeal. Ohh. forgot to mention, the crowd went wild when she performed.

• “Rumor Has It” – Elise (Deandre, Erika backup)

               I can say this performance was a lot of fun. My classmates and I enjoyed singing along and this was also another crowd favorite.

• “Meant To Live” – Colton Dixon

              When Colton came out, the audience gone really wild and crazy. It's not just cheers but also shrieks. Waaaahhhh. Honestly, I'm not really familiar with the song but  seeing Colton perform was a visual feast and that's an important thing. LOL

• "Piano Man"- Colton Dixon
• “Just the way you are” / “What Makes You Beautiful” - Group except Philip

             I'm fan of these songs so I really enjoyed it. We sang and danced along with them. The theme was Hawaiian tropic so the stage was filled with bright and neon colors. I loved how they ended the first half of the show.

•  “Why You Don’t Call Me” – Jessica Sanchez (Joshua and Deandre backup)               

              So, here comes the BB Chez cheers. They really gone wild, seriously.

• “Proud Mary” – Jessica, Deandre, Josh

              Here's another SOLID performance. It's not surprising that I had  goosebumps with her performance. Joshua and DeAndre were great backup singers/ dancers on this one.

• Best Thing I Ever Had” – Jessica

               BB Chez were really in the house! They gone wilder than ever. =)

[Actually, I was expecting her to sing more popular songs from Idol like Stuttering or/and And I Am Telling You.]

• “Stay With Me” – Skylar
• “Rolling in the Deep” – Hollie (Erika and Elise backup)

                Hollie's performance was incredible. We had a great time with this performance as we danced with Ericka and Elise, we just simply loved their moves equivalent to the lyrics of the song. :D 

•  “Give Your Heart a Break” – Hollie

                Again, I enjoyed singing along and her performance was absolutely terrific.

•  “It’s A Man’s Man’s World” – Joshua Ledet
• “I Knew You Were Waiting For Me” – Joshua and Jessica
• “Superstition” – Phillip Phillips

               He has good command of the stage.  He engaged the audience well and he was great on guitar, I must say. In between, he was mumbling something but I could barely understand him because of the shrieks and cheers from the crowd. 

• "Somebody That I Used To Know” – Phillip and Elise

               Definitely one of the highlight of the show. I love the song and I loved how they performed it on stage.

•  “Home” – Phillip Phillips (with the Top 9 as backup)
•  “Raise Your Glass”- Girls 
• “Glad You Came”- Boys (Eventually, girls joined in) 

              This was a great way to close the show.  Everyone did their parts well, the performance had great energy and these songs are a great feel good way to close out a concert. Though, the audience was screaming for "moooorrrreeee...moooorrreee!" of course, they had to end the show.

        

All in all, I can say that the show was really worth the price of admission. We really enjoyed it and we definitely had a good time. 

**I wanted to share some pictures from the concert but I won't be able to at this time since I'm still waiting for my friend to upload it. Pls. bear with me. =))