Jessica Sanchez Comes Home to San Diego, CA

By On 05/12/2012 · 114 Comments · In American Idol, American Idol 11, Jessica Sanchez

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Via Haley Karine

Jessica hugging her parents goodbye @blkeener

Jessica Sanchez returned to San Diego CA last night for her hometown visit. I’ll be gathering media from the festivities right here, so watch this space.

  • At East Lake High school, Jessica sang: “Try a Little Tenderness”, “Stuttering” and “I Will Always Love You”. “Proud Mary” was an encore.   The mayor declared it “Jessica Sanchez Day” in Chula Vista.
  • @Blkeener: Plane with sign “Jessica is SD’s Idol” flying around the stadium. #idolhomecoming http://pic.twitter.com/QELDmnxa
  • At USS Midway: It has been declared “Jessica Sanchez Day” in all of greater San Diego. And Honorary crew member of the new ship being commissioned in San Diego next week.
  • Jessica sang: the National Anthem and “Try a Little Tenderness”. She brought her dad on stage and dedicated “Dance With My Father” to him.
  • Jessica Leaves in a helicopter: PHOTO
  • Thousands Greet Jessica Sanchez Read it HERE.
  • Jessica Sanchez sings at East Lake High School. Read it HERE.
  • Photo Gallery of Jessica’s high school visit from NBC San Diego

Follow @blkeener. She’ll be trailing Jessica all day.

I’m So Happy To Be Representing Chula Vista

Jessica landed in a helicopter! Here is her FOX 5 interview

Jessica Sings “Try a Little Tenderness” at her High School

Stuttering

I Will Always Love You

Star Spangled Banner at the Midway

Dance With My Father

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Jessica’s schedule for today:

10:15 a.m. to noon Saturday, Eastlake High School’s Stan Canaris Football Stadium in Chula Vista. The Chula Vista homecoming will begin with a brief parade outside of the stadium, which has a capacity of 6,000. Attendees should arrive from the south, using Olympic Parkway, or from the east, using Clubhouse Drive to Eastlake Parkway. Eastlake Parkway will be closed to traffic, from Clubhouse Drive to Otay Lakes Road, from approximately 8:30 a.m. until noon, in order to permit safe viewing of the parade.

2 to 3 p.m. Saturday on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum at downtown’s Broadway Pier. The homecoming celebration on the USS Midway is free, but only for those boarding between 1 and 2:30 p.m. Admission is limited to the first 3,500 people, so it is advisable to line up before 1 p.m. Public parking is available nearby, but is expected to fill up quickly. (UT San Diego)

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NDYOWBIIPZU6PBRHGOPT2ZZJXQ sweetmm

    I enjoyed this highlight at the USS Midways :) thanks to the uploader
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0O1WUpVK00

  • Ch Ris

    I can’t believe some people really believe the “out of the country” votes. Are they really that in denial that Jessica has a huge following in the U.S.? 

  • Anonymous

    I think the vast majority of people who vote for her are and will do so, because of Jessica herself, and not because of what other people say or like.  That’s a good thing, because I doubt that too many of the people who would vote for her because Adam or anyone else says so, can be counted on for a lot of votes, or would even bother picking up the phone over the next two weeks.

  • Anonymous

    People can vote on Facebook more than 50 times, but as the rules state, the votes over 50 are dismissed.  Sometimes mistakes are made and the telephone voting lines are open longer than they should be, but again, it’s easy to throw out those votes.  Given that, and the fact that there is a company in charge of looking out for these things, it’s easy to see that the company would also have ways to throw out votes that come from other countries.

    More importantly, if people from other countries can cast votes for Jessica, that means that they can do the same thing for the other contestants.

     

    springboard2 said: However, it is unlikely that enough people know how to do it to make a difference to the result. 

    Or, that they would care enough to do it.

  • Anonymous

    Reminder:

    The Topic is: Jessica Sanchez’ homecoming NOT: Half-baked voting conspiracy theories.  Deleting everything out of there that’s off topic.

  • Anonymous

    Awesome videos! You can always count on Jessica to nail her songs all the time. Once again, effortless & perfect. I couldn’t wait to see the final cut ’cause the crowd’s receptions were amazing too. 

    Jessica has both the support of the Mexican and the Filipino communities – a killer combo when it comes to number. Add the military families to that and she gets a solid fan base to help her win. Now all she need is to sing like she wants to win it. Energize the fan base and the rest will be history.

  • http://www.facebook.com/tyleraugust Tyler August

    Her voice is literally perfect in everyone of those videos. No band, No back up speakers, No Production. Wow, just wow.

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    I am so happy that Jessica had such a special day, one she’ll always remember!

  • http://twitter.com/ZarkeMulgore Zarke

    Nobody should with Jessica…You’ve got to face a well muscled navy man for a Dad! :)

  • http://twitter.com/cocoloids Franco Carlo Buendia

    Hey anybody who were at the homecoming venue: Any song spoilers??? Songs chosen by the Judges and Jimmy? Spill em out guys! Haha!

    Another question, compared to previous Idol Homecomings, Did Jessica gather enough crowd to keep her until finale? =P

  • Anonymous

    I don’t know about conspiracy theories but I do know for a FACT that votes from overseas are coming in for Jessica through internet phones such as Skype, Magic Jack and Vonage, as well as online voting through Facebook. Just keeping it real.  In my opinion that show of support is great for Jessica!  Great homecoming turnout as well!

  • http://twitter.com/jepriy Jepoy Ramos

    Her rendition of the National Anthem gave me shivers. Wow.

  • http://twitter.com/cocoloids Franco Carlo Buendia

    Have you guys watched the Fox News about Jessica’s homecoming? The anchor said that the song choices for the top 3 are TOP SECRET, but Jessica told Fox News that one of the songs she’ll be performing is a song she has sung before on Idol—–> The Prayer? or her Audition song, Natural Woman?

  • Anonymous

    “…but Jessica told Fox News that one of the songs she’ll be performing is a song she has sung before on Idol”

    When the anchor made that statement in the Friday news clip, she was discussing the Saturday concert and how Jessica was looking forward to surprising the audience. I don’t think the statement was meant to refer to the Wednesday show since they had already completed that discussion.

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