Martha Joy- July 31, 2007 Results

They say never discount a mother's intuition. But it wasn't only just Sonia's, it was our ENTIRE family. We all knew it was coming. After listening to Jake Gold berating Martha Joy for weeks on major radio stations in Toronto, we felt that Mr. "I'm not feeling it" was on a personal crusade to tarnish Martha in her hometown. It would be a different situation if he was flying out to Alberta and trashing Martha there but to do it in Toronto against the only competitor from Toronto was just sickening!

The family cried all day on Tuesday July 31, 2007- like a lamb to a slaughter house we all filed into John Bassett for the last time to watch the hopes of our Martha Joy come to an end. Words cannot describe the feelings of our family. To add further insult to injury, July 31 2007 is Arlindo's birthday. Yes, the father of Martha Joy had to celebrate his birthday watching his precious daughter eliminated from the competition. It was a dark day.

We all knew that we had to be strong for Martha, to fight back the tears and the look of disappointment. As with tradition, the entire family made its way to little Portugal to our usual spot in the patio of Barraida's Portuguese restaurant. As we were greeted by the staff, where the routine question was "what's Martha gonna sing next week?" the look on our faces said it all. Quickly, word spread throughout the restaurant that Martha was eliminated. People were shocked.

About an hour later Martha arrives and as she makes her way through the restaurant, patrons begin clapping and giving her a standing ovation. Martha once again is brought to tears.

How can Jake Gold say that Martha shows no emotion, when on every single elimination including her own, Martha shows such vulnerability.

Things happen for a reason and while many may theorize why Martha was eliminated there is no denying that Martha is gifted. She has in my opinion, given millions of Canadian a chance to hear her gift and Canada has become the first stop on her journey as Enrique Iglesias would say "conquer the world".

Our family finds comfort and hope that a mega star like Enrique can appreciate Martha's gift and go so far as to say this girl is going to "conquer the world". What the producers of Idol did not show in that pack was that Enrique had never seen a 16 year old with so much control of her vocals. Enrique was truly mesmerized by Martha Joy and so was Martha by Enrique.

What does Jake Gold know anyway when it comes to artistry when a multi platinum artist is standing on his desk, and all Jake Gold can do is lick the souls of Enrique's shoes. I thoroughly enjoyed that part!

This is not the end for Martha but the beginning of her journey to conquer the world and for that we thank all the fans and welcome the new ones.

Martha is in great spirits, she has had overwhelming support coming through various channels and she knows that this is just the beginning. She finished her media this morning and she's hanging out swimming and just unwinding, looking forward to enjoying the balance of her summer break with her family and friends.

I will continue my blogs on a weekly basis to share with all of you what Martha Joy is up to.

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