American Idol: Elliott Yamin Survives Earthquake in Chile
The world was stunned to witness the devastation of an 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday, but American Idol fans will be relieved to know that season five runner-up, Elliott Yamin is among the survivors! The singer, in Chile for a music festival, has been tweeting about the chaos, destruction, and fear thats been surrounding him
American Idols Elliott Yamin is among the lucky ones. The singer was on the sixth floor of his hotel in Chile when the 8.8-scale quake shook the nation. Almost immediately after, the American Idol alum tweeted, Huge earthquake just now in Chile!!..I swear this was the end of my life! F***!!!!..I just escaped with my life.
Yamin also tweeted, Complete and utter choas on the streets no power my heart is beatin outta my chest! .tsunami warnin I am only a mile inland. CNN began reporting the American Idol stars tweets as part of their earthquake coverage. Fortunately for fans, Yamin later reported that he was safe via Twitter. We r totally safe and sound 4 the time being Im finally calmer, and dawn is approaching,which will help!..thx 4 ur prayers Im totally calm now .were all 2gether got blankets from our rooms, and were all hudled on the street..no aftershox in a while, the star tweeted.
The former American Idol contestant spoke to ABC News about his experience with the earthquake, which is reportedly among the strongest ones on record. Im doing OK, all things considered, Yamin told ABC. It was a real fast, gyrating kind of shaking I havent been in an earthquake like that since I was a kid. I didnt even know if I was going to make it downstairs. The singer also admitted that he was pretty emotional and shed a few tears.
Yamin and his band were fortunate to be in Vina del Mar, for the Vina del Mar International Song Festival, when the massive quake hit. According to Yamin, there was no immediate destruction in the area.
Just in case anyone was missing me... I was traveling last week, so I’m still catching up on performances (actually up to results). I’ve been avoiding the thread to steer clear of “spoilers” — I should be more “real time” starting this week.