Idol’s Elliott Yamin In Chile When Earthquake Hit

American Idol Season 5 finalist Elliott Yamin is currently in Chile and survived the massive 8.8 earthquake that struck early Saturday morning.

Elliott, who is in Viña del Mar about 90 miles from the epicenter, was in his hotel room on the sixth floor when the quake hit around 3:20am local time and immediately took to his Twitter account to report the news.

Here are some of Elliott’s tweets –

-Huge earthquake just now in Chile!!….I swear I thought this was the end of my life!!!!!

-I just escaped w my life,from an 8.3 earthquake!!!…is everybody ok?

-Complete and utter choas on the streets…no power…my heart is beatin outta my chest!….tsunami warnin…I am only a mile inland!

-Hey everybody…we r totally safe and sound 4 the time being…I’m finally calmer,and dawn is approaching,which will help!..thx 4 ur prayers

-I’m totally calm now….were all 2gether…got blankets from our rooms, and we’re all hudled on the street..no aftershox in a while..

-Oh shit!!..here come some more aftershox….sweet jesus,and baby jesus!!

-Just got word that the airport in Santiago is closed…the tarmac has been reduced 2 rubble…my blood sugar is really hi

-Imma Type 1 diabetic, and was sppsd 2 leave sunday.I only packed enuf insulin pump supplies 2 last til then….airports r closed!

-The next closest airport 2 where we r in vina del mar is 6 hrs away!!…we’ve felt about 30 aftershox already!!!

CNN began retweeting Elliott’s tweets and phoned him in for an on-air interview.

Elliott also spoke with NBC’s Today Show early Saturday Morning.

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According to CNN, at least 122 people have been killed and tsunami warnings have been issued for the entire Pacific basin.

Follow @cnnbrk and @elliottyamin on Twitter for updates.

Hope For Haiti – Christina Aguilera Performs New Song ‘Lift Me Up’

I was in Egypt during the Hope For Haiti Telethon and missed the television broadcast, so I’ve been catching up on the performances since I returned home a couple of days ago. Christina Aguilera performed a new song off of her upcoming album called ‘Lift Me Up’ and I believe this is one of her best performances to date. Aguilera is known for incredible vocal performances, but here she takes it to another level with the power of her emotions in the delivery of each word. It was truly and inspiring moment and a great way for Aguilera to introduce the world to her upcoming album. After her Back To Basics album, it’s good to have the old Aguilera back that we’ve come to know and love.

Check out Aguilera’s performance of ‘Lift Me Up’ on the Hope For Haiti Telethon –

Jessica Simpson Tweets After Experiencing Earthquake

Jessica Simpson is in Japan filming her new VH1 series, The Price of Beauty. She was shaken by the impact of a magnitude 6.6 earthquake.

“Thought I was hallucinating,” she posted on Twitter Monday. “I have never felt anything like this in my life. Laying in bed watching CNN.”

The earthquake struck Japan’s Tsuruga Bay, which is southwest of Tokyo, at 5:07 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the nation’s weather agency said there wasn’t any serious damage and no one was killed.

Beyonce and her Sister, Solange also felt the quake!

“My sister said she was scared out of her mind and calling my mom and I was snoring,” Solange posted on Twitter.