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Allison Iraheta made El Salvador shine in “American Idol”
A 16 year youngster entered United States most important singing competition. In it, Allison Iraheta shined and achieved being the only female of the competition.
Clary Castro/Wilmer Merino
The year of 2009 brought one of the best musical surprises for El Salvador on an international scale. Allison Iraheta, 16 years old, daughter of salvadorean parents from Sensuntepeque, entered and formed part of the most important competition of the United States: “American Idol”.

Her peculiar rocking style, her raspy voice and the selection of her songs made the jury – amongst them Simon Cowell, considered the iron judge – to say tha she was one of the biggest promises of the program and the competition. Even, Paula Abdul went to say that such was Allison’s talent that that se could “sing the phone book and still wow the public”.

Her performance brought her to become the only female in the competition, as well as reaching fourth place, leaving the program with her head held high and leaving “doubts” in the public and jury.

Thanks to the duet that a week before she did with another great talent of the program, Adam Lambert, many thought that both were a preview of a possible finale, both becoming the TV monster of “American Idol”.

At the moment, it was thought that Allison did not reach the final because of her latin roots, and Adam Lambert couldn’t win because of his marked sexual tendency.

All this disappeared when the youngster’s work saw the light with her new record production. Amidst so much work, Allison was a victim of rumors. After her exit of the program it was talked about her entry to Disney Channel for a program similar to “Hannah Montana”, rumors that her record company dispelled.

Right now, Allison is promoting her first recording material called “Just Like You”, a record that is even now excelling in the Internet, in sites in which the singer is having a lot of support from her fans.
This, above all, because of the presence she has in Facebook, MySpace and her official site on the web.
[Larger lettering]: “You are one of most promising of the talents of this competition.
You could be a monster and the new idol”
~Simon Cowell, the iron judge of American Idol



El viernes te olvido yo plays from [0:00 - 3:14]
[3:14-7:20]
D: That sounds really good! Allison Iraheta, hey, what a cool song! She’s an ex-American Idol participant
A: Yeah
D: One of the most watched tv shows in the world
A: Definitely
D: Before you tell us about all that, what a great song we just heard and it’s yours! We applaud you, really!
A: Thanks so much, yes, it’s really good, I’m very happy with that song
D: What’s it called Allison?
A: El viernes te olvido yo
D: It’s really cool, really; Friday I’ll be over you in English. Did you ever imagine that you’d have an album in Spanish or that you’d be releasing something in Spanish when you auditioned for AI?
A: I definitely wanted to do the English one first but then also in Spanish because I started out singing rancheras and all that
DJ: Really?
A: Aha, with mariachi and all that, so if I can do it in English and I speak Spanish, I’ll try it in Spanish too
D: We found out you’re salvadorean
A: My parents are salvadorean, yes
D: But where did you grow up?
A: I was born in Glendale CA,
D: Oh, you’re from here, from Los Angeles
A: LA, yes, but I’ve moved in LA, right now I’m in Downey
D: The best city in the world (laughs). So honey, how old are you? 17?
A: 17 years old
D: How old were you when you were on AI? 16?
A: I was 16
D: You went to the auditions like the millions of people who go to auditions
A: Yeah, I slept outside on the floor, I auditioned in SF and it was really cold
D: so your audition comes, you get to the judges, you sing, is it true that it happens like on tv that you get to meet Simon and Paula
A: Well, first you have to get through about 3 auditions before that one, because since there are thousands of people they can’t have the judges seeing them all.
D: What did you sing in your audition?
A: The first one, I sang Heartbreaker de Pink y Natural Woman
D: I think we have audio of her audition, let’s hear that
[5:41-6:27]Allison’s AI audition
A: (raspberry at Simon)
D: So Simon really is kind of a jerk even in real life? You got to know him
A: He’s really a man who knows what he’s doing and what he’s talking about and he definitely has the role of the judge who tells the truth
D: So a question, what spot did you finished up? The truth, there have been many good singers on AI this year.
A: This year, it was definitely, maybe…not because I was there but it was the best year, everybody was great
D: So this was this last year, so the guy that was just kissing his keyboard player
A: Adam Lambert
D: So he was a finalist when you were there?
A: Yeah
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D: Because on the AMAs, he got up on the stage, he’s a great singer, he goes to the back of the stage, grabs the keyboard player who’s a guy and he just tongue kissed the guy all the way to the tonsils and then let’s go and keeps going. Everybody criticized him for that, did you know him?
A: Yeah, yeah, he’s like my brother, we lived in the mansion together with all the other idols, we were together for 3 months on the road and on tour
D: He just wanted to send out a message and make it official with the kiss
A: Well, everyone already knows that, we all knew, it definitely wasn’t shocking
D: So a question, you just said that you lived together with the other participants in a mansion. Does every one of you get a room? How do you live?
A: It was a huge mansion in Bel Air, it was huge
D: like millionaires
A: It was like two stories…or three, I don’t even remember, I got lost. I didn’t even know where I was. Some had their own rooms. I was upstairs with Megan and four other girls in a room, but it was a huge room with like two bathrooms, it was so big.
D: So you were in the Top 10, to be in the Top 10 after all the people that audition, that’s awesome
A: I didn’t even think I’d make it pass Hollywood week, I thought that was it. I was lucky enough to keep going and I ended up 4th
D: And you can tell with that song, you can tell how much work you put into it, your voice, your style. Right now you’ve dyed your hair red, you’re a redhead and it’s got blue, I like it! It’s super crazy. This song you did it English too?
A: Yeah
D: That’s good, so you’ll be going for both audiences and you’re backed by Simon’s label? How did you get this deal? How did they notice you after you make top 10, which is great? How did this happen? You said, I made Top 10, I’m out of American Idol…what happened next?
A: After the show was over and Kris won, I got a call
D: Right away
A: Hm…what? (laughs)
D: How long after the show as over
A: After the show was over, they called me to tell me they were having a meeting, I didn’t know what about but they called me with Simon Fuller, the creator of AI. I sat down with him and he told me that he had a contract for me with Jive and that they wanted to have me, with 19Entertainment and that they wanted to record me, so I was like “What? Why? How? Where?”
D: I sing mariachi!
A: I sing mariachi!
D: And I like pupusas! What’s with you gringo?!
A: Well I was super surprised but so happy and excited that I was going to be putting out an album in English
D: Have you gotten offers for Television?
A: Well, we’re looking at that now, once the album is done because that was priority
D: When was AI over? A couple of months?
A: About 4 months I think
D: And you started working like crazy in 4 months you have your album
A: Yeah and after the show there’s the American Idol tour, three months, 52 cities…concerts
D: And you got to play in huge arenas?
A: Huge, we were at Staples center and sold out shows
D: So, a question…imagine, that’s why Simon Cowell is a millionaire, he first gets money in the ratings then after they’re all famous, they go on tour and by then they start paying you guys, right?
A: Yeah…
D: How much were you getting for each concert?
A: Ahhh….that’s none of your business (laughs)
D: I wanna know! I wanna know!
A: They pay well because it’s day after day after day singing and when one is singing so much you have to learn how to sing so much without losing your voice, it’s definitely hard, it’s a challenge. I was losing my voice in the middle of the tour, it was…I couldn’t do it anymore but I got help/
D: So 52 concerts in 3 months
A: Yeah, and on top of that we were recording my album
D: Also?
A: Also, in off days, which was like, after three days of concerts we had a day off and that day off, we had to record for the album
D: That’s good, so you were part of it and now they gave you a job so now you’ll make some money from the album too
A: I mean, it’s what you want when you get into AI
D: Who do you admire, latin singers?
A: Latinos? Alejandra Guzman
D: You like her a lot?
A: Yeah, I grew up listening to Shakira when she started, the rock
D: Actually you remind me a little of Shakira, now that I watched you come in…(to the other DJ), do you remember when we interviewed Shakira years ago when she started? The red hair
A: yeah, she had red hair, I remember
D: yeah, yeah, you remind me a lot of her and hopefully you’ll do better than Shakira. Do you write your own songs?
A: There’s one song in the album, it’s the last one, called You don’t know me (No me conoces), it’s a song that basically says “why are you judging me if you don’t know me?”
D: Of course! Great! (Applause) Don’t let anyone put you down. So, this was great, we wish you the best of luck, thanks for coming and hopefully we’ll keep hearing the name Allison
A: Hopefully, we’ll see
D: And remember us when you become famous
A: I’ll come back and visit you guys
D: With your limo and your cameras, like a diva…hey it would be great to have you for a Superestrella concert, hopefully we can make it happen
A: Hopefully
D: We’re going to ask for you and try to get you into a show because I like your songs, I’d like to hear more of your songs…didn’t you bring any albums?
A: Oh…I think so…of course, my Spanish isn’t all that great
D: No! You’re great! My English isn’t that great
A: Ok…so tacos y burritos then (laughs)

Just Like You: