Jessica Sanchez's for Singing Lupang Hinirang?

I agree with you, Jessica Sanchez should not be blamed on anything here. First, she is still under the AI management and naturally will favor the US National anthem. And like what you said, Jessica is an American citizen which makes much difficult for her to sing our National anthem. What is she sand our national anthem and ending up messy, I am quite sure that more crabs will react violently.

LOL! I like it LK25!, Let's give a sort of respect to Jessica,bearing a Filipino blood doesn't give us the right to demand or pressure her to sing our national anthem. It is more adorable if Jessica sing our national anthem voluntarily.. sing it from her heart as Filipino.

I just don't understand other Filipinos who were disappointed when Jessica Sanchez did not sing Philippine Anthem. Why such an anger?It's very obvious that Jessica cannot speak tagalog how much more sing the national anthem. The trouble with us is we kept on insisting to make her a true Filipino in reality and sentiments when she is not. It's okay to praise her but to force her to think like a Filipino I think is wrong. Give her a break.

I totally agree with you, LetranKnight25. Why would Filipinos be disappointed with Jessica Sanchez? She grew up as an American so isn't that how she should be? Why take credit for the talents of an American girl who grew up to be an American only to be disappointed in the end because she cannot sing the Philippine National Anthem even though she has a little Filipino blood? Seriously, these bunch really needs to change their way of thinking into that of a mature and wise person. That way our society will progress to a better future.

You are right, there are many Filipinos that are really sourgraping on why J-San choose to sing the American National Anthem. They want her to sing our national anthem which really give her hard time to study and perhaps could not deliver the right pronunciations of the words. In case this happens, The NHI will again criticize her. Remeber that there are many singers criticized by NHI just becuase of having their own interpretation of the song? Another, she said that she is wiling to sing ours but she cannot argue with the production of AI where I think opted for her to sing the American National Athem.

Correct Letran! Why would they be surprised that Jessica sang the national anthem of the the US. She is an American Citizen and is an American Idol finalist, so logically she will be requested to sing it. And it would be awkward for her to sing our national anthem, because for sure she would be pronouncing them in a slang way, thus will get reprimand from the Filipino critics.

Very well said my dear. So haters will stop bushing for nonsense.

I agree with you. She was an American in her heart and it just so happen that her race is Filipino. But looking at her at how she talked and behave is so American already. I think her parents did not taught her to speak her native tongue that is why she would have a hard time singing our national anthem. That is why I agree with you in saying give her a break. She needs to re-learn being Filipino again before we can expect her to be what we want of her.

bashers will always have a reason to complain about... hi lk! she'll one day sing lupang hinirang. and like every song she did, she'll give it her all, her best. for now, it's only but natural for her to sing the american national anthem... being an american herself. all i know is jessica sanchez received more cheers singing the national anthem... than bradley winning the fight. lolz

dear LK, Mind the buggers :p I would rather be feel proud. Imagine our very own Jesse singing the US National Anthem -that's a real wow. That only means, Jesse is a real winner for American people

I am a fan of jessica but even I would be disappointed if she choose to sing Lupang hinirang over the star spangled banner at such a high profile fight. Jessica's career has barely started and landing on the number two spot on American Idol, I think the least she can do is give tribute to the americans where she also happens to be one . I'm sure there'll come a time when she will trace her roots back in the Philippines just like the previous AI contenders who got filipino blood. They all visited our country and they are welcomed with open arms. Filipinos are everywhere all over the world, they may change their nationalities but once they come home they will always feel that they're one of us. So we should just let jessica's career soar to new heights because her success is also ours.

Well, I don't get it either. It's only natural that she sings the US national anthem since she is very familiar with it. If she wishes to sing the Philippine national anthem, she is also welcome to do so if she considers herself a Filipino. No matter what her ethnicity is, she is foremost an American citizen. So, she is entitled to her national anthem. I don't get why she gets bashed by singing her own anthem. If someone wants her to sing the Lupang Hinirang, let her learn it so that she could sing it pt properly and do ti justice as r she did to the American one. Give the girl time. There are still many boxing matches around. Then again, I think people expect her to sing The Lupang Hinirang since many Pinoys voted for her.

I couldn't agree more. She will be having a hard time singing our national anthem because she doesn't know how to speak Tagalog. It is fine with me if she is singing the national anthem of the US. Let's give her some time to practice our language.

i was disappointed at first, too. Then, i remembered she's an american citizen and maybe she has Filipino blood but, she didn't really grew up here in the Philippines. So, i definitely agree with you Letran. :) Some people just don't know how to understand.