maybe next year we'll have an asian american idol

i've written before how much my family loves american idol and how we miss simon cowell's tight v-necks and pissy face; this entire season, i've been rooting for heejun han and jessica sanchez. one, because they both sound the way warm chocolate chip cookies taste and two, because i was hoping this would be the year we would have an asian american american idol.

alas, it was not meant to be. georgia crooner, philip phillips, has taken the title and i'm ok with it. he's talented, sultry, doesn't give a fuck about tommy hilfiger, and his eyebrow does funny things while he sings.

i'm confident jessica will go far and that this is just the beginning for the young san diego native. it's probably a good thing she didn't win. hollywood will have to wait a few more years before draping the child in drug habits and eating disorders.

here's philip singing his final song, and my favorite: home




 and as always, here's my girl jessica sanchez with the prayer at the finale:





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here's the video of philip being announced as the winner. he makes it halfway through his celebratory performance before letting it all out. it's quite touching and i'll admit even my blackened ice heart got emotional watching:




but i'll tell you what was really touching, i wasn't able to watch the finale live last night and so my family agreed to all wait to watch the recording tonight instead. i stayed off facebook, twitter, yahoo, and gmail all day for fear of seeing an announcement of the winner. i told everyone i came into contact with, "i haven't seen the american idol results yet. please don't tell me who won."

after we all finished watching the recording, my mother turns to me and says: i have a confession, me and dad watched it last night. we're so bad. 


yes, yes you are mother. but i appreciate all the effort that went into pretending you didn't know philip phillips won this year's american idol. <3


-melissa