Andrew Garcia. American Idol Season 9 early favorite. Not surprised. His acoustic rendition of Paula Adul’s Straight Up gave me chills and made me pretty emotional. Dayum.
Simon: “The only person who’s walked through today who I genuinley believe is a good singer…a genuinely, genuinely, good, good singer…and I can tell you like music, it was a good choice…it’s a very difficult song to sing in this kind of situation…I think you’re a really, really good singer, Andrew, and I’m glad I met you…” Note: Simon repeats to emphasize.
Though not confirmed on any primary sources (My Space or Idol site), my best guess is that Garcia is of Hispanic descent, while his girlfriend/baby mama, Christine Conception, is of Filipino descent. Let’s see if factual info emerges anywhere…anyone want to ask them on twitter?
Anyhooo…check Garcia’s Idol audition below, which includes clips and stills of his family, his cutie son, Caeland (pretty cool name, by the whhey), and a quick clip of his Christine. He samples Maroon 5’s Sunday Morning.
Here’s a SICK Fugees, MJ and more medley with Garcia on guitar and Lydia Paek (who’s also been circulating on the interwebz. She is a dancer, as well as a singer, and is of Korean descent.) on vocals.
Here’s Garcia doing Fireflies as a duet with his girlfriend, baby mama, Christine Conception.
Garcia’s MySpace, Twitter; Conception’s MySpace
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