Ramiele Malubay, David Archuleta and Syesha Mercado – Tour Blogs

I was not a fan of Syesha’s during the show, but I have to say that reading her blog entries has really given me a different impression of her. She’s opened up, and she appears funny, likeable, self-effacing…in other words, she’s just another human being. She has her own charm; she doesn’t have to put down others or put on airs in her writing. I think I’m really beginning to see that the Syesha! image she projected on Idol was either fear or defense. I’m not sure I’ll ever buy a records of hers, but more and more she seems like the kind of girl I’d love to grab dinner and go shopping with. From the rumors floating around out there, she seems to be facing some tough times on the tour, and she is handling it all with dignity and grace. She should be proud of herself.

The rumor is that some fans out at the buses told her they hated her to her faceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

And that was necessary, why??? Geez….

You know, I always kind of liked Syesha on the show. I can’t quite see myself buying her music—just not my style of music—and sometimes her choices of song seemed almost designed to get someone on the panel of judges to whack her around for picking a classic diva’s classic song. But she always seemed to handle with grace being in the bottom two or three, and seemed to work hard to improve each week. (KLC was similar for me—I don’t think that I ever really, really liked any of her performances, and most of them were bleh to me, but she seemed to be really trying, and her best two performances were her last two weeks. Which I appreciated.)

I’ll also note this: if you want to know why Syesha made it to Top 3 and your favorite did not, take a look at http://www.whatnottosing.com. Syesha never had a five-star performance, but she never had a real stinker (according to the blogosphere). No one else can say that—even Cookie (my favorite contestant this year) flirted with a one-star the week that he did Innocent. So, Syesha may never have won the hearts of viewers like the contestants who had some real highs this year, but she also never really gave a universally trashed performance.

Just because you wish that someone else had been in the top 3 and had had the chance to battle for the top spot doesn’t mean that you should be rude.

Haha, puto! Rami sure sounded like she had fun eating that for freaking breakfast and dinner. lol

Anyway, the song Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been really into lately is the live version of Free Fallinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ that John Mayer does. If you havenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t listened to it yet you should check it out. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s awesome.

Thank you, dear Archie. I love you even more now.

Yay! The lads went to Powell’s Books!

That is one of the most awesome, huge bookstores ever.
Glad they got to Portland’s Saturday Market too…it was a perfect day for that.

The rumor is that some fans out at the buses told her they hated her to her faceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

That really does suck. Why all the hate? There’s no need for it.

“The rumor is that some fans out at the buses told her they hated her to her faceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦”

This was allllll kinds of wrong and rude – I hope the Idol they did like saw this and ignored them. I think I agree with Kat, if Syesha was facing a whole lot of this, she or anyone for that matter, would put on a tougher face in order to defend themselves from that type of thing. I frequent Mj’s a whole lot now and have read blogs from all of them, love their music or not – the nice people writing these blogs comes thru and never would I “hate” them! I dont hate some of their music either, just some are not what I would buy or sit down and listen to but HATE – no.

I love that Archie and Jason went to Powells. I love that bookstore. Well, I love the Chicago version. I’ve never been to the reportedly ultra-cool original store in Portland. I also love that Jason has said on a few occasions that he loves to read. /geek

Anyway, I hope all the idols have thick skins, because they’re gonna have to deal with bad reviews, cruel comments, etc. Personally, I don’t get my jollies by making fun of others, but many do.

Hang in there, Syesha.

I appreciate Syesha.

Archie’s blogs are hilarious. It’s really cute to see him and Jason forming a close friendship. They seem to be much closer now than they ever were on the show. I can’t imagine what their conversations are like. I’d sure love to be a fly on the wall during one of their convos haha. ;)

So Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m going to try and figure out how to do another video blog on this computer. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve had issues haha, but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m determined to make another one.

Evidently he told a fan this weekend that he was going to get Jason to help him figure out how to do another vlog. If Archie spins like Jason did in his last one, and rambles on in the cute way he does, I’ll need a dramamine for sure.

I love that the idols are blogging and letting us know what is going on. Archie is so funny. Archie and Jason are just having a blast exploring together. I think they need a break every so often from the tour and the singing because they do seem a bit fatigue.

As for Sye’s post, it’s kind of weird to me. Why is she so bitter? I guess I could understand, and how could fans be so mean? I would be star struck. I would never be able to say something mean to an ex-dol except for maybe Constantcrap but that is a given, lol.

Rami seems a bit desperate for attention but hey I am sure tons of people are going to do it now for backstage passes. Now if we can get Michael John’s to do a blog, I sure it would be hilarious.

Sue, I know, I just can’t imagine the context in which people would say “I hate you” to a stranger, let alone a relatively famous one. It’s just awful. Hopefully they were the silliest kind of fans so that she might be able to shrug it off eventually. (Although, seriously, how can you ever shrug that off?) It just makes me sick. I guess she’s making it known because she wants the reassurance that most people don’t hate her.

Syesha really is an interesting girl – no matter what she just can’t seem to pull off a good interview in which she doesn’t seem hopelessly vain – but on the other hand I think she really is a sweet girl who’s dealt with a lot of crap in her life. She must feel the need to put up a pretty strong emotional barrier in certain situations. She is still quite young too, and still learning to deal with all of the media. I get the feeling that sometimes she’s saying what she thinks she should be saying rather than just being herself. That differentiates her from most of the contestants this season, who are unusually genuine and unassuming, and that might be part of the problem. As grating as she might be in interviews, I still want to give her the benefit of the doubt. The other kids seem to genuinely like her. And there’s no doubt she’s talented.

Anyway, even if she were a hateful, annoying wench (and clearly she’s not) I’d still think that it was wrong for fans to tell her that they hate her.

I don’t see bitterness at all in any of Syesha’s blogs. She seems to be trying to stay positive and trying to do right by her fans. I have liked her from the beginning. I think she is just a bit introverted, and some may take it as being aloof, sometimes it looks similar, but it’s not. I think she’s had a difficult youth, and that it’s been a struggle to make it as far as she has. I admire her because plenty of young people use a difficult youth as an excuse to do nothing. That’s not supawoman, not Syesha.

I love all of the relationships that these young people have cobbled together. The Davids, David C and MJ, Rami and Sy, Carly and David A, Carly and Brooke, Brooke and Kristy, Rami, Sy and Chikeze. Jason and the Davids, it’s all so sweet and they must all learn alot from each other. Also glad to see that papachuleta doesn’t seem to be the overbearing nutso that he was pegged to be. Archie seems to have the freedom to hand with his friends and just be a regular young man, well not regular on an arena tour facing the screaming throngs, but as normal as his life is gonna be.

Keep on blogging guys, it’s bringing your fans closer, and making new fans too. Archie your blogs make me break out in a big smile, every time, ha ha, lol.

I should add that during Hollywood week and early semifinals, I was certain that Sy would be there until the end. I lost my faith in the middle, but damn if she didn’t make it there.

Oh geez — it seems to me that Syesha was an issue from the getgo. She does have a way of elevating herself brought on by either her ego or a desperate desire to succeed. NTL, she’s always been polarizing.

I’m not sure that the ‘I hate you’ was all that — it could have been ‘I hate you because Jason should have been third’, or ‘ if not for you and Jason and Carly, Michael Johns would have won.’ Fans will be fans. Agreed they shouldn’t have said anything that but that’s the price of fame in Idol land. You’re always a number.

Sweet that JC and DA are traveling buddies. But! — the real side of me thinks they were squeezed out by the DC smother ‘ers, MJ and Carly – throw me a crumb DC. Similar to fans with an agenda (remember Squishy!).

It’s so great that this season’s Idols are taking the time to keep writing blogs and making vlogs to send out to their fans.

Such a shame that Syesha had what must have been a really shocking, ugly experience. The people who insulted her should be ashamed. I admire Syesha so much, not only for her talent, but for her courage and determination to overcome her childhood/teen traumas. After such experiences, it’s a struggle simply to live a normal life. But Syesha has also managed to grow into a beautiful singer. Much success to her as she continues her progress.

Have to also mention Archie’s blogs with the “hahas” inserted. He’s too cute! He writes the way he talks, complete with giggles.

I love that the Idols are so diligent about blogging the tour for us this year. Especially Syesha – she’s blogged about every stop so far, I think? That’s horrid if someone said something like that to her face. I think it has to do with how we tend to turn them into characters on a TV show, and forget they’re real people even when they’re right there in the flesh.

btw I don’t see anything weird/bitter about her blog posts? If anything she tries to always insert something positive at the end. If I had a rash on my face cause of some stupid soap I’d be cranky about it too!

LOL Ramiele. No shame in her game! I’m glad someone brought her some pilipino treats…wish I’d thought of that, d’oh! Maybe I’ll mail her some polvoron.

Archie alllways cracks me up with his “haha”s. I bet some Archie/Castro fans are smacking themselves for not staking out downtown on the day off. Poor kids are gonna be ambushed at every city they have a day off in from here on out…

Why would anyone say that to Syesha? I don’t get that at all. (1) Saying bad stuff might as well be an announcement that the speaker is completely a social moron. (2) She’s an extraordinary vocalist and otherwise seems very nice. I personally have a fantasy that I get to meet her and ask her how she makes the transition between chest and head voices so imperceptively. (She’s an amazing vocalist.)

She’s also really beautiful, which prompts my question–what’s up with the picture at the top of this thread. Is that her? Maybe it’s a weird picture–I mean, Archie has his eyes open occasionally. And the hair in the picture looks like a complete wig. I get that extension are in and they’re all wearing them, etc. But in that pic, it looks like a hat o’ hair.

Go Syesha. She’s excellent.

WOW!!! I doubt somebody really did say that. If they did, it’s a shame. I posted on a different blog of how sweet Syesha was when I met her at the staples center and how she wheeled my friend who is in a wheelchair upstairs to the meet and greet. She is the nicest idol I have ever met. For someone to say that is just dumb. I never understood why people didn’t like her and it’s so unfortunate because she is so beautiful, so talented and such a good person. She is who she is. She even replies to her fan mail. I hope she does make an album and I will buy it, because she has one of the best if not the best voice ever on idol. And I am almost certain that if it were any other idol season, she would have won hands down. I can’t wait until this girl blows up in films and selling records. We love you Sye.