Thia Megia’s performance of “Summertime” got the unanimous nods of show judges Randy Jackson, Steve Tyler, and Jennifer Lopez to qualify her for the second round of eliminations of “American Idol” during a period in the contest dubbed “Hollywood Week.”
The 15-year-old Fil-American is now among the remaining 100 as over 200 other hopefuls didn’t make the cut from the original 300 contestants.
Megia auditioned during the show’s Milwaukee leg. She first made waves in 2009 via the show, “America’s Got Talent,” where she made it to the quarterfinals.
She was also among performers chosen by David Foster to perform during a leg of the “David Foster and Friends” tour, which, incidentally, also featured Filipino singer, Charice Pempengco.
The 100 hopefuls who survive “Hollywood Week” will go on to the next round, where, for the first time ever in “American Idol,” contestants will get to perform in Las Vegas, on the stage of Cirque du Soleil’s theatrical production, “Love.”
