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Season 11

Thursday, March 8, 2012

‘American Idol’ Elimination Leaves Hometown Crowd Rooting for Rosado

At the Brandon Ale House on March 8, family and friends talked about a bright future for Brandon HCC student Jeremy Rosado, whose March 8 elimination on “American Idol” did anything but dampen their support for the teen singer.

  In the end, there were tears and nothing but praise for Jeremy Rosado, whose family and friends stood by the "American Idol” hopeful, a student at the Brandon campus of Hillsborough Community College. At the Brandon Ale House on March 8, a modest-sized group of well-wishers clasped their hands and held their collective breath as “American Idol” judge Jennifer Lopez announced on behalf of her peers that Rosado’s televised journey had come to an end. “I wish I was here, I wish I was just there to hold him,” said his mother, Wendy Ocasio, who added that she had a brief talk with her son earlier in the day. “He said he will accept whatever God’s will is and he was at peace,” she said. "I totally believe great things are coming his way.” …

'American Idol' Results Show Has Brandon Community on Edge

Will Jeremy Rosado advance to the next round of "American Idol" competition? A student at the Brandon campus of Hillsborough Community College, Rosado works in Brandon and is a graduate of Durant High.

  All day Wendy Ocasio was a nervous wreck, but who wouldn’t be in her shoes? Her son, Jeremy finds out tonight, on national television, if his dream to become this season’s American Idol advances one round closer to fruition. “Okay, is he going home, or staying?” Ocasio said in an interview March 8, hours before the 8 p.m. airing of the live results show on FOX television. “If he moves on I’ll just move on right along with him. If he comes home, he’ll come home our American idol. Either way, it’s a great accomplishment.” Such were the sentiments as well last night, at the “American Idol” watch party at the Brandon Ale House. There, Rosado’s family and friends gathered to root on the hometown favorite. Rosado, 19, is a student at the …

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