Jessica Sanchez coming back for V-Day concert

MANILA, Philippines - Due to the insistent clamor of Pinoy fans, Jessica Sanchez is coming back to perform at a major solo concert on Feb. 14  at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The musical event, dubbed Jessica Sanchez Live In Concert!, is in fulfillment of the promise made by the 17-year-old Fil-Mexican singer to return following her successful debut performance in Manila last year,  together with her fellow Top 10 finalists on the Season 11 of the reality singing competition, American Idol (AI), where she won second place.

The concert is expected to draw thousands of music enthusiasts looking for good, quality and wholesome entertainment fare to cap a romantic and fun-filled celebration of the season of love. 

To be featured as a special guest in the Valentine treat from Ovation Productions is Jessica’s fellow AI finalist Colton Dixon, who has earned some degree of popularity himself in Manila, especially among the female fans, since his initial appearance here.

The one-night gig is expected to stir another massive outpouring of pride and affection from her fans as they welcome her back five months after she and her fellow AI finalists rocked the Big Dome on Sept. 21, leaving the audience in complete awe and admiration with her endearing personality, amazing vocal quality and terrific singing style that catapulted her to the limelight.

Another factor that will contribute to the interest in the Valentine show is Jessica’s Filipino roots — her mother being a native of Samal, Bataan, before she moved to the US and settled with her Mexican-American husband.

Since her AI stint, Jessica has been involved in a flurry of activities that kicked off with a 45-day US tour with her fellow finalists and culminated with the Smart Araneta concert, the stellar cast’s first Asian engagement.

On Sept. 5, 2012, she took the stage with DJ Cassidy and Brandon Marshalls at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, where her soulful rendition of Marvin Gaye’s All I Need To Get By brought the house down with God’s Appointed People Choir backing her vocals.

She continued her streak of high-profile appearances when she joined Neil Diamond, Babyface and David Foster at the 26th Annual Carousel Ball of Hope on Oct. 21 at the Beverly Hilton, which featured George Clooney as an honoree.

She also performed at the City of Hope Spirit of Life Awards Gala in Los Angeles with Jordin Sparks and Miley Cyrus, the 2012 BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Los Angeles Brittania Awards and the Trevor Live 2012! benefit event in Los Angeles, along with Glee actors Darren Criss, Naya Rivera, Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch and Kevin McHale.

Recently, she made waves with the release of the music video for Jump In, featuring fellow Pinoy apl.de.ap of the Grammy-winning hip-hop group Black Eyes Peas. Shot in the Philippines last year, the danceable video first went online in October before being officially launched last Dec. 2 on radio, TV and online.

Expected to be released this year is the first single for her debut album for 19 Recordings/Interscope Records, to be followed by the launch of a CD in March or April. 

Jessica’s star continues to sparkle with her forthcoming appearance in a multiple-episode story arc on the fourth season of Glee, the hit musical-comedy-drama series on Fox Television, where she will play the lead of a rival show facing off against the New Directions in the regional competitions.

Jessica looks forward with great interest and enthusiasm to watching Season 12 of AI that will open this month with a new panel of judges. Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban join remaining original host Randy Jackson in each episode.

Before 2012 ended, she notched another milestone when she topped the searches on Yahoo! Philippines.

(Jessica Sanchez Live In Concert! is produced by Ovation Productions and made possible by etc, 2nd Avenue, Diva Universal, Jack TV, RJ 100.3 FM, History Channel, Discovery Channel and EDSA Shangri-La Manila. The media partners include The Philippine STAR and philstar.com. Tickets are priced at P10,560 - Patron VIP (Reserved Seating), P8,976 - Patron (Reserved Seating), P6,864 - Lower Box VIP (Reserved Seating), P5,808 - Lower Box  Regular (Reserved Seating), P3,907 - Upper Box A (Reserved Seating), P2,851 - Upper Box B (Free Seating),  and P792 – General Admission (Free Seating). For ticket inquiries, and reservations, call Ticketnet at 911-5555 or visit www.ticketnet.com.ph to buy tickets online.)