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[quote]She's not an 'Idol' yet, but fans worship her
Local singer has devotees both near and far

By CHRISTINE HAWES CORRESPONDENT
Published Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.


Any loyal "American Idol" viewer recognizes these names. They belong to contestants voted off the show too early for their talent, great singers who put on stellar performances but did not get the telephone votes they needed to advance to the next round.

But that is not going to happen to Syesha Mercado, the Booker High graduate named Wednesday to the top 24 of "American Idol" this season, if her family, friends and mentors have their say.

As the show enters its first week of using phone and text votes rather than judges' opinions to winnow the field, supporters of Mercado, 21, are already hard at work building networks and campaigns to bring out the vote.

Mercado's sister, Xtavia Bailey, is about to hit area Ford dealerships to see if they will display posters of Mercado. Bailey's employer, the nonprofit Amer-I-Can organization founded by football hall of famer Jim Brown, has pledged to spread the word about Mercado throughout the eight states where it has offices.

Mercado's mother, Zelda Mercado, who lives in North Port, is already in touch with relatives in Ohio, Illinois, California, Connecticut and Puerto Rico.

Brother-in-law Edward Bailey, president of the Manatee County NAACP, is reaching out with e-mails to NAACP organizations nationwide.

Zelda Mercado said she is getting calls from various groups offering to help support her daughter.

"Anything and everything will be helpful, it really will be," Mercado said. "It's still all very new."

Mercado also said that her daughter's colleagues on "The One," an "American Idol" copycat that appeared on ABC for two weeks in 2006 before being canceled because of low ratings, have vowed to support Mercado.

Mercado, who now lives in Miami, attended schools in Manatee and Sarasota counties. Friends and relatives say those school districts are also going to get behind her.

Booker High School, where Mercado graduated in 2005, is starting to circulate word on Mercado on its in-house television show and morning announcements.

Bailey said she would ask the Manatee County school district to circulate a districtwide e-mail notifying employees of Mercado's shot at making it into the show's Top 10.

And Mercado is now the beneficiary of a Web site in support of her Idol bid, titled www.syeshasfaneshas.com.

The site is designed by Tyler Graves, 17, a huge "American Idol" fan from New York who also built Web sites in support of previous Idol contestants Melinda Doolittle and Kimberley Locke.

Graves was going to skip doing an "American Idol" Web site this year to focus on school, but a friend showed him a tape of Mercado performing on "The One" and he was sold.

"Everything about her just screams 'American Idol,' and I don't think we've seen that in a while," Graves said. "I don't think she's really like anybody else."

The site includes links to Mercado's own MySpace pages and is intended to further Mercado's chances of earning enough votes each week to advance.

"We want to let people know why Syesha should be the next American Idol," Graves said.

The Amer-I-Can organization, which has a presence in four Manatee County schools, may prove to be an especially effective source of support.

The organization is informally behind the Mercado family, and it would be happy to consider a more formal role if approached by the family, said president Dean Renfrow.

"We're very proud that one of our employees has a sister that is doing so well," Renfrow said.

"In all eight states where Amer-I-Can is, we'll support Syesha with our thoughts."

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Citation :Syesha fans, your Idol comes home

By Eric Deggans, Times TV/Media critic
Posted: May 08, 2008


Entertainment

Syesha Mercado didn't get the boot from American Idol Wednesday night, but she's still headed home. Today she's doing the Idol media extravaganza where she'll be filmed by Fox receiving a burst of adulation from hometown fans, doing radio and TV appearances, visiting her Sarasota high school alma mater and performing the National Anthem at tonight's Rays-Angels game. Longtime Idol fans will recall the show airs a segment close to the season's end that's all about their final three. Her schedule is dizzying. (Is it any wonder that Jason Castro seemed relieved to get the boot Wednesday, and the Davids seemed just as worn out?) Because the closest Fox affiliate to Mercado's Sarasota hometown is Tampa's WTVT-Ch. 13, she'll spend a fair amount of time in Tampa. Her day:

7 a.m.: WFLZ-FM 93.3's MJ Morning Show and WFLZ-FM 99.3.

8: WTVT's Good Day Tampa Bay.

10:30: Downtown Bradenton appearance between City Hall and the Manatee River.

11:15: Autograph session at the AT&T store at 4708 Cortez Road, Bradenton.

12:30 p.m. or thereabouts: At her alma mater, Booker High School in Sarasota, for a mini-parade and private concert.

2:45: She's scheduled to hop aboard WTVT's SkyFox helicopter for a ride to the Ringling Museum where she'll present another short concert for the public.

6:30: Heading to St. Petersburg, where she'll sing the National Anthem at the Tropicana Field before the Rays game against the Los Angeles Angels. The game starts at 7:10 p.m. and tickets start at $9 at

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Citation :Syesha Embraces Homecoming

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By WALT BELCHER | The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 9, 2008

Syesha Mercado, showing more personality than she's ever revealed on "American Idol," rolled into Tampa early today for what she calls "a most surreal" homecoming.

"Sometimes when I am on stage and I see all these signs in the audience for the others I think, 'Where are my signs?' but today I'm seeing a lot of signs," says the 21-year-old singer from Sarasota.

She was greeted by sign-carrying and cheering employees of Fox affiliate WTVT, Channel 13, where she did a series of interviews and performed the Beatles tune "Yesterday" on the "Good Day Tampa Bay" morning show.

At her first stop (at 7 a.m.), she sang a snippet of the national anthem on the MJ Kelli Morning Show on WFLZ radio (93.3 FM), She also did a dead-on impression of "Idol " judge Paula Abdul (whom she "dearly loves") and she touched and signed MJ's "Jesus Door" for good luck. The door, taken from a restroom entrance, has the outline of a face in the wood.

Mercado also sang a bit of "Proud Mary" and did a good Tina Turner impression for radio personality Nancy Alexander during a stop at WMTX (100.7 FM).

At WTVT, she was interviewed by TV reporter Charley Belcher as well as a gaggle of print media. Her every move is being recorded by an "American Idol" film crew for airing next week.

Through it all she displayed a cheerful, playful attitude, something that hasn't come through on "Idol."

She says she has been told that she should smile more on the show. "But you try to stand up here and try to smile," she says. "There is so much pressure, it's nerve-wracking. Some weeks I'm smiling and some weeks I'm too nervous. This entire experience is so much fun that I don't want to go home."

Mercado has survived to land in the top three on this season's competition. She says she coped with the competition by setting a series of goals. First was to get past the auditions, and then to make it to the top 24 and then to the top 12. Now the goal is to win.

"I've heard a lot of people say that I am really poised and composed, and I say 'Really?' But I guess it's just that I talk to friends and family everyday and they keep me sane and remind me who I am," she says.

"When I get a little crazy, they say 'Syesha, this is not you, just clam down, take a deep breath and pray.' So I pray and it makes everything better."

She also is scheduled to attend a celebration in Bradenton, visit her alma mater, Booker High School in Sarasota, perform a live concert at Ringling Museum and close out her visit by singing the national anthem at a Tampa Bay Rays game tonight.


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National anthem

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felix  a écritNational anthem

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Merci!    

Est vraiment bonne !

Pour les fans de «Syesha» faites-moi savoir si ça intéresse, car je pourrais vous avoir des liens pour pouvoir télécharger les vidéos en «HQ» de ses 2 dernières performances, soit :

- "Proud Mary" (45 MB HQ XVID)
- "Change Is Gonna Come" (44 MB HQ XVID)

P.S.
Je ne les mettrai pas si personne est intéressé !!!

Je suis toujouuuuurs intéressé Ça serait vraiment gentil de ta part

Ok., «Micka», mais à condition que «Cook» devienne ton no. 1 !!!
 



   
Je blague..., voyons !!!


Alors voici les liens pour pouvoir les télécharger :

"Proud Mary"
45 MB HQ XVID

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"A Change Is Gonna Come"
44 MB HQ XVID

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Enjoy !!!

Ah bin là là Il reste mon #2 par contre !

Merci beaucoup !

Ah, tiens, j'ai aussi ces 2 là qui pourraient également t'intéresser :


"One Rock 'n' Roll Too Many"
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"Hello Again"
42 MB HQ XVID

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Là j'en ai plus d'autres pour «Syesha» !!!
Enjoy !!!

Micka  a écritAh bin là là Il reste mon #2 par contre !

Merci beaucoup !

Oui, mais comme «Syesha» quitte cette semaine, donc, logiquement «Cookie» va devenir ton no. 1 !!!
 

Je déteste ton côté pessimiste ! Elle va faire la finale avec Cook !

Merci encore

Micka  a écritJe déteste ton côté pessimiste ! Elle va faire la finale avec Cook !

Merci encore

On appelle pas ça être pessimiste..., mais plutôt réaliste... !!!


Désolée..., mais il n'y a aucune chance que «Syesha» fasse la finale, c'est coulé dans le béton que c'est les 2 «David» et, naturellement, «Cook» "The Next American Ido" haut la main !!!  Tu me gueuleras après si je n'ai pas raison sur ce coup !!!
 

Depuis des semaines que c'est "réaliste" qu'elle parte pis, malgré toutes attentes, elle est encore là !

Je ne dirais pas qu'elle a AUCUNES chances, mais bien une MINIME chance... Si un des Davids se plantent et qu'elle, elle fait trois perfos extraordinaires + Qu'elle ait le pimp spot + Le fait que ses fans votent toujours beaucoup plus car ils sont beaucoup moins confiants que ceux des autres = Elle pourrait bien éclipser un des deux Davids...

Je dis bien qu'elle a pas grand chance, mais on sait jamais ! Je continue d'espérer que ce soit Archie qui se fasse booter mercredi

Micka  a écritDepuis des semaines que c'est "réaliste" qu'elle parte pis, malgré toutes attentes, elle est encore là !

Je ne dirais pas qu'elle a AUCUNES chances, mais bien une MINIME chance... Si un des Davids se plantent et qu'elle, elle fait trois perfos extraordinaires + Qu'elle ait le pimp spot + Le fait que ses fans votent toujours beaucoup plus car ils sont beaucoup moins confiants que ceux des autres = Elle pourrait bien éclipser un des deux Davids...

Je dis bien qu'elle a pas grand chance, mais on sait jamais ! Je continue d'espérer que ce soit Archie qui se fasse booter mercredi

Mais tu as le droit et raison de continuer d'espérer... !!!

un p'tit lampions... ça peut toujours faire la "job"!

Citation :5/13/08
3:00 PM
‘American Idol’: How Can Syesha Stay Alive?
syesha

Courtesy of Fox
This is either the hardest or easiest night of the season if you are Syesha Mercado. It's hard because you have been dissed by the Zeitgeist. The David-versus-David finale is destiny, we have all been told. It is to be man against boy, comb-over against nervous giggle, "I found this great alternative arrangement" against "I sometimes sing this to my dog." On the other hand, it's easy, because Syesha is the contestant with nothing to lose, and as you know if you've watched a few movies about renegade cops, that makes her very, very dangerous.

On Three-Song Night — when the last three contestants each perform one song they choose themselves, one chosen for them by a judge, and one chosen by "the producers" — Syesha is going to go for the glory-hogging ballad. It's always obvious when she hits the big notes in "I Will Always Love You" or one of its close relatives that she believes this to be her sweet spot. Spoilers suggest, though, that the glory-hogging song has been taken care of — Randy Jackson has picked out Alicia Keys's "If I Ain't Got You." Having seen some success with a couple of Broadway-esque numbers, Syesha should probably make room for an up-tempo showpiece if "the producers" don't send her out to sing something from Chicago. The more fun she's having, the less average she seems, so we prescribe a lot of finger-snapping. If she can stand on the piano again, so much the better. That way if she loses, she can still book a slot in the (Tony-nominated!) revival of Grease.

But how can Syesha overtake the Davids? She could hope that David Archuleta will be distracted by his father's attempts to signal to him from the audience with semaphore flags. But everyone probably feels so sorry for him at this point that America would draw a stumbling David Archuleta to its speed-dialing bosom in an instant. Furthermore, rumor has it that Paula Abdul (of course) has chosen the Billy Joel song (of course) "And So It Goes" (of course) for David's "judge's choice" number. Syesha's greatest hope is that David Cook decides to … try something. A guy who likes to try things is the one you want to bet on if you're looking for an enormous misstep. Simon Cowell may done him a favor if he's really chosen "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" for David, who could sing it straight and avoid a whole evening of growl-rock. David's own supposed choice of Collective Soul's "The World I Know" puts him back in his comfortable, Daughtry-ish box, but if the "producers' choice" song gives him a gun, he's not above shooting his own foot off. He almost offed himself with Duran Duran; who knows what a more potent weapon could accomplish?

So sing your heart out, Syesha. You're probably doomed, but there's nowhere to go from here but up. —Linda Holmes

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Citation :
'Idol' Exit Q&A
'American Idol' Exit Q&A: Syesha Mercado

Was the top 3 ''Idol'' finalist resigned to a two-David finale? ''I didn't get that memo,'' this season's third-place finisher assures us

SYESHA MERCADO ''I was thinking it was going to be a miraculous change in voting, that little girls stopped voting for David Archuleta and a cloud of votes came in for me''



By Jessica Shaw

We knew this day was coming. Syesha Mercado didn't have a chance in hell of stealing one of the Davids' spots in the finale, so her ousting last night was no surprise. At least it wasn't to any of us. To her, on the other hand...

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, Syesha, the whole country seemed to know it was going to be a David vs. David finale. How was it being on stage when you knew your fate?
SYESHA MERCADO: Well, I didn't read that press. I didn't get that memo. I've been in a little bubble for a while. I heard rumors that it was going to be a David-Syesha finale.

Which David?
David Cook. I was thinking it was going to be a miraculous change in voting, that little girls stopped voting for David Archuleta and a cloud of votes came in for me. But I had a feeling I was going home, especially after the bad commentary I got for two of the songs I did. At this point in the game there couldn't be any harsh comments. I'm at peace with everything I've done, though. I learned a lot.

Randy talked a lot about you peaking late in the season. Why'd you wait so long to show off your talent? Or was that your secret strategy?

A lot of people have asked why I was holding back. Some of it was nerves. But it wasn't my game plan. It just worked out that way. I wasn't holding back — I just became more comfortable with myself as the show went on. Also, I felt early on I was being overlooked. And the more negative comments I got each week, the stronger I got and the harder I worked. The minute I made the decision to enjoy myself, everything got a lot better. That's when the real Syesha came out. And there's more to come. An hour TV show only shows you a glimpse of somebody's life. There are going to be ample opportunities to see more of me.

Are you going to pursue acting or singing now?
I want to do everything. I want to make an album, do Broadway, act in films, open restaurants, homeless shelters, Lupus foundations. I want to do so many things. I'm really goal-oriented, and if you're driven and focused it will happen for you.



ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: That is quite a list. So, looking back at Tuesday night's show, do you wish you'd chosen a song other than ''Fever''?
SYESHA MERCADO: No. Everything happens for a reason. There were a couple of songs I had my heart set on that were songs I felt from the heart. I felt if I had sung those songs I would have touched a lot of people and changed people's opinions of what I could do. Unfortunately, I didn't get the opportunity to do them.

What songs were those?
I've been told not to say. But the song I most enjoyed was ''If I Ain't Got You.''

Even though you were going up against Alicia Keys' original?
That didn't make me nervous. Every contestant on American Idol is compared to someone. It's not my fault if they choose to compare me to the person who sang the song. I can't get wrapped up in that. I move on from that. It is what it is.

I thought all three of the ''producers' choice'' song selections were atrocious. When you heard you had to sing ''Hit Me Up,'' did you curl up in a fetal position and cry?
I knew I had to do the song they gave me. I didn't feel it was as recognizable to the older public. My nieces and nephews love that song and their ages range from 2 to 6. They're not really the people who are voting. Maybe it did put me at a disadvantage. I never really thought about it like that.

What was it like behind the scenes with you and the two boys this week?
As the competition went on and there were fewer people, it became different. In the beginning it was all fun and games, and then it got serious and our relationships became more intimate. I felt like I was their sister. Someone was always saying, ''Can you tap David on the shoulder for me?'' and I felt like I had to go get my brother to sign someone's autograph.

You definitely upped the glamour as the season progressed. Why'd you wait so long to break out some of those looks?
In the beginning I was having a hard time with my stylist. Some things I wore I wasn't very happy with, but it got better over the weeks. It helped me when I was on stage to have a look that was different from normal Syesha, which is jeans and sneakers. I wanted something that made me feel like a star. But the hair was a long process. That's the one thing the boys never had to go through. It took so long.

The judges seem to think you're destined to be a Broadway performer and not a pop star. Any last words for them?
I think they put limitations on me by saying that. I set a goal and I don't quit. I want to do everything. I will be in films and do Broadway. But Broadway is very time-consuming. It's intense, so maybe later in my career. But I want to do everything, and I can do everything.

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