Ramiele’s guesting stint on SOP is part of her promotion for her upcoming concert with Ogie Alcasid dubbed as “The Idol Experience: Ogie Sings with the Idols,” a two-night concert that will also feature Pinoy Idol winner Gretchen Espina and the 11 Pinoy Idol finalists.

The Idol Experience is happening on December 20 and 21(Saturday and Sunday), 8 PM at the Aliw Theater.

Video Link: Ramiele Malubay on SOP

The Asian Excellence Awards is an annual celebration of the outstanding achievements of Asians and Asian Americans in film, television, music, and the performing arts.

The complete list of nominees are:

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION ACTRESS

Yunjin Kim – Lost
Lucy Liu – Cashmere Mafia
Parminder Nagra – ER
Sandra Oh – Grey’s Anatomy
Lindsay Price – Lipstick Jungle
Navi Rawat – Numb3rs

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION ACTOR
Naveen Andrews – Lost
Daniel Dae Kim – Lost
Masi Oka – Heroes
Sendhil Ramamurthy – Heroes
B.D. Wong – Law & Order: SVU

SUPPORTING TELEVISION ACTRESS
Moon Bloodgood – Journeyman
Michaela Conlin – Bones
Janina Gavankar – The L Word
Mindy Kaling – The Office
Michelle Krusiec – Dirty Sexy Money
Sonja Sohn – The Wire

SUPPORTING TELEVISION ACTOR
James Kyson Lee – Heroes
Rex Lee – Entourage
Will Yun Lee – Bionic Woman
Ken Leung – Lost
Kal Penn – House M.D.
James Saito – Eli Stone

OUTSTANDING FILM ACTRESS
Devon Aoki – War
Joan Chen – Lust, Caution
Vanessa Hudgens – High School Musical 2
Sharon Leal – This Christmas
Maggie Q – Balls of Fury
Tang Wei – Lust, Caution

OUTSTANDING FILM ACTOR
Naveen Andrews – The Brave One
Jackie Chan – Rush Hour 3
Chow Yun-Fat – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Tony Leung – Lust, Caution
Jet Li – War
Lee-Hom Wang – Lust, Caution

OUTSTANDING FILM
Finishing the Game – Dir Justin Lin
Lust, Caution – Dir Ang Lee
Rush Hour 3 – Dir Brett Ratner
War – Dir Philip G. Atwell

People’s Choice:

FAVORITE TV PERSONALITY
Julie Chen – Big Brother
Mark Dacascos – Iron Chef America: The Series
Padma Lakshmi – Top Chef
Tila “Tequila” Nguyen – A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
Vern Yip – Deserving Design
Carrie Ann Inaba – Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann
Kimora Lee Simmons – Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane
Cheryl Burke – Dancing with the Stars

FAVORITE REALITY STAR
Ronald & Christina – The Amazing Race
Yau-Man Chan – Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites
Victorya Hong – Project Runway
JabbaWockeeZ – Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew
Kaba Modern – Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew MTV
Ramiele Malubay – American Idol
Nicole Niestemski – Your Mama Don’t Dance
Jonathan Silva – Your Mama Don’t Dance
Hung Hyunh – Top Chef

The Asian Excellence Awards is an annual celebration of the outstanding achievements of Asians and Asian Americans in film, television, music, and the performing arts. This year’s show, hosted by Carrie Ann Inaba and Bobby Lee, will reach a broad national televised audience with the premiere on E! Entertainment on May 1 at 6 p.m. ET/PT. The show will also be available on Comcast On Demand throughout the month of May in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

The Asian Excellence Awards is the only nationally televised event celebrating significant Asian and Asian American achievements in entertainment, the arts and other disciplines that have had a profound impact on American culture. The show will be taped live on April 23 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Welly, the creator and one of the executive producers of the Asian Excellence Awards, is an actor, singer, producer and founder of the Asian theatrical group Second Generation, which produced the earlier version of the “Asian Excellence Awards” known as “The Concert of Excellence.”

Past honorees and presenters have included Chow Yun-Fat, Lucy Liu, Quentin Tarantino, Daniel Dae Kim, Masi Oka, Rex Lee, Margaret Cho, Rob Schneider, Kelly Hu, Parminder Nagra, Yunjin Kim, Lisa Ling, Bobby Lee, Carrie Ann Inaba, Grace Park, Maggie Q, Vivica A. Fox, Jason Scott Lee, Sharon Leal, B.D. Wong and many more.

You can vote for Ramiele Malubay, Mark Dacascos, Cheryl Burke and/or Jonathan Silva in the People’s Choice category here.

Check out the studio version (full song), it’s good!

Alone
(Ramiele Malubay)

I hear the ticking of the clock
I’m lying here the room’s pitch dark
I wonder where you are tonight
No answer on the telephone
And the night goes by so very slow
Oh I hope that it won’t end though
Alone

Refrain:

Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone

You don’t know how long I have wanted
To touch your lips and hold you tight,oh
You don’t know how long I have waited
And I was going to tell you tonight
But the secret is still my own
And my love for you is still unknown
Alone

Refrain:

Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone

I hear the ticking of the clock
I’m lying here the room’s pitch dark

Video courtesy of sunkissed867

Click HERE to watch Ramiele Malubay’s Cast-off Interview on My Fox

Watch the video after the jump…

The Top 8:

David Archuleta
Michael Johns
Syesha Mercado
Carly Smithson
Brooke White
David Cook
Jason Castro
Kristy Lee Cook

It’s the end of the road for our kababayan, at least she made it to the Top 10. Furthermore, she is the only genuine amateur left competing against seasoned professionals, so that’s an achievement already!

Thanks Ramiele, you really made us proud!

Videos:

:: The Clark Brothers (winner of The Great American Band) Performs on American Idol

:: Dolly Parton Performs on American Idol

Videos courtesy of Slimtainment’s Idolbloglive.

Randy Jackson said, “I wasn’t jumping up and down, but I wasn’t mad at you either.” Paula Abdul said, “I’m proud of you, Ramiele. I’m very proud of you.” Simon Cowell said, “Look, we’re not going to remember this in ten years time, are we?”

Watch the video after the jump.

Save Ramiele Malubay! If you are in the US (or US territory), please Dial 1-866-IDOLS-03. That’s 1-866-43657-03 NOW!

If you are in the Philippines, you can use your mobile phones (Smart, Globe, Sun, etc) and dial 001-866-43657-03.

IDD rate is only $0.40 per minute or P16.68 ($1=P41.7). A voice prompt will inform you that you are calling from outside the US and that your call is subject to your local IDD rates. You just need to wait for the confirmation that your vote has been cast.

Voting period is only until April 2, 2008, 12:30 p.m. (Manila Time)

The Philippine campaign for Ramiele Malubay to become the next American Idol has just been elevated to the next level as our Consul in New York released an open letter urging Filipino-Americans to vote for the pinay contestant.

Here’s the letter:

Dear Friends in Media and Community:

Please find below letter of Mr. Joseph Zing requesting for assistance in promoting Ramiele Malubay – the Filipina contestant on Americal Idol.

Your support to our very own kababayan would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.
Philippine Consulate General New York

* * *

The Honorable Ms.Rebong:

We write to your honorable office asking for your valuable help in promoting and supporting your very own Ramiele Malubay – the Filipina contestant on American Idol.

She has the talent and charisma to reach all the way to the top. However, as she struggles against insurmountable odds, she needs the very committed support of her fellow countrymen in this battle. In fact, she is the only genuine Amateur competing against seasoned professionals.

Any help your office can extend will be greatly appreciated by her committed fans, including the thousands of Filipinos living here in the USA and in the Philippines. Should you have the time, please visit her official fan site at http://www.ramiele.com.

Thank you very much for whatever manner of assistance you may be able to extend to her.

Sincerely,

Joseph Zing

Go Ramiele!

In our power ranking yesterday, we find David Archuleta, Ramiele Malubay and Kristy Lee Cook at the bottom of our list. It’s based on how they performed, according to my own opinion with a little influence from the judges. If i’m biased, you will not see Ramiele in my bottom 3 list, ok? I know Kristy Lee Cook did better last night compared to her performances in the past but i find her song choice “indulgent” rather than “clever.”

Personally, i think the bottom 3 would be the “less popular” ones or those who have been in the bottom 3 before like Chikezie, Syesha and of course, Kristy Lee Cook. Don’t expect David Archuleta to hit the bottom 3 because the title is already reserved for him. The process of elimination week after week is just for technical reasons.

Now for the results.

By the way, Kimberly Locke visits to perform a single from her new album. Kimberly, for the clueless, is the 3rd placer on American Idol season 2. Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard made it to the Kodak theater that year.

Without further ado, the bottom 3 tonight are:

Chikezie
Syesha Mercado
Jason Castro

Yes folks, Kristy Lee Cook is safe.

Ramiele Malubay is safe.

Jason Castro is safe.

Chikezie goes home.

Syesha is safe.

Next week is Country Week. The Top 9 will have Dolly Parton as their mentor. I hope Ramiele will consider “How Do I Live” or “I Need You” by LeAnn Rimes as her song choice. Picking another Carrie Underwood song would be “too big” for her.

Go Ramiele!!!

Randy Jackson said, “It wasn’t the right song choice for you for me.” Paula Abdul said, “You’re really sick. I know that. So, I’m hoping that you stay through and keep going, because you’re a very big talent in a little small package.” Simon Cowell said, “I didn’t think it was as bad as Randy said.”

WATCH THE VIDEO

SAVE RAMIELE MALUBAY! 1-866-IDOLS-01

If you are in the Philippines, you can use your mobile phones (Smart, Globe, Sun, etc) and dial 001-866-43657-01.

IDD rate is only $0.40 per minute or P16.40 ($1=P41). A voice prompt will inform you that you are calling from outside the US and that your call is subject to your local IDD rates. You just need to wait for the confirmation that your vote has been cast.

Voting period is only until March 26, 2008, today! 1:00 p.m. (Manila Time)

Now it’s Amanda Overmyer’s turn to get eliminated. The rocker nurse has a DUI record controversy that started to surface when she made it to the Top 24. Carly Smithson and Kristy Lee Cook joined her in the bottom three. But after a while, Ryan Seacrest declared that Amanda is leaving the competition.

So who’s next? Kristy Lee Cook who, according to some blogs, has a sex video in a pay porn site? Or our very own Ramiele Malubay who has a naughty “groping” photo from facebook?

So who says there’s no such thing as bad publicity? On American Idol, it might be a different story.

Dial Idol’s bottom three are Chikezie Eze, Amanda Overmyer and Kristy Lee Cook. Slimtainment’s bottom 3 are: Amanda Overmyer, Michael Johns and Ramiele Malubay. Buddy TV’s bottom 3 are Amanda Overmyer, Ramiele Malubay and Kristy Lee Cook.

Guess what? We have a different bottom 3. Check our our power ranking after the jump…

1. Syesha Mercado – “Yesterday”

2. Carly Smithson – “Blackbird”

3. David Cook – “Day Tripper”

4. Chikezie Eze – “I’ve Just Seen a Face”

5. David Archuleta – “The Long and Winding Road”

6. Brooke White – “Here Comes the Sun”

7. Jason Castro – “Michelle”

Paula thinks Jason gets a little disconnected without his guitar.

8. Ramiele Malubay – “I Should’ve Known Better”

9. Michael Johns – “A Day in the Life”

Michael’s voice cracked in the middle of the song. Simon thinks his performance was a mess.

10. Amanda Overmyer – “Back in the U.S.S.R.”

11. Kristy Lee Cook – “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”