• This video from Artisan News Services was posted on 2/25/2010, uses footage (that we haven’t seen) from Allison’s interview before the Z00 Jingle Ball in December: Watch here! (embedding disabled)

• Allison named as one of “The Next Big Stars” by an executive at z100, New York – New York’s largest Top 40 Station (from: @summerdaze_)

• FIBOU is on the Top 8 videos on Vevo! Cool!

• Megan Joy posted some twitpics from the Idol’s Tour this past summer:

]]> http://www.alliholics.com/2010/02/27/allison-iraheta-2272010/feed/ 1264 http://www.alliholics.com/2009/12/31/newspaper-in-el-salvador-devotes-almost-an-entire-page-to-allison-span-weng-translation/ http://www.alliholics.com/2009/12/31/newspaper-in-el-salvador-devotes-almost-an-entire-page-to-allison-span-weng-translation/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:09:58 +0000 Alliholics http://www.alliholics.com/?p=12 Newspaper in El Salvador devotes almost an entire page to Allison Iraheta in their Outstanding News of the Year.Periódico en El Salvador dedica una página entera a Allison Iraheta como parte de las Noticias]]>

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English Translation:

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