Jason Yeager Idol Vlog FTW!

I think I love Jason Yeager. Huh.

LMAO…ilu Jason. I found myself nodding along to most of the first video, too, regarding the format and which contestants he liked best. I hope he keeps this up throughout the season.

At least he got rid of that weird skunk strip in his hair. He’s so much cuter without it.

I agreed with pretty much everything he said. And he’s funny!

Oh! I remember him! :rolleyes_wp:

Great perspective. I wish a finalist would do this.

Ok, I only watched the first video so far, and I’m not (yet?) watching AI8. So, with that intro….

My reaction is all over the map, sort of like the video. LOL I can’t help but hear an undercurrent of (rotten) sour grapes. And, I think I may be one of those who cringes a little as he throws criticism back at his fellow contestants (and his own experience) from AI7. But, then, I SO never ever liked Jason Yeager — one big ball of greasy cheese, imo. Moving on…

Guy sure doesn’t like the format this year, he sounds like he’s crying a little as he talks, and boy, he’s a little hard on Archuleta (or the pimping thereof.) I have to say, I LOL more than once, so he’ll probably be popular with these vlogs. I’d like to say I won’t be following them too closely, but then again, I’m going now to watch the results one (due largely to MJ’s teaser, but still. LOL)

ETA: Well, I guess I’m just jaded anti-Yeager. Although I found his facial expressions in the results video mildly amusing, I gagged as he dropped the line “Well, I have to go do a radio interview now….” I know, I know, no biggie really, but still, I gagged.

I thought Michael Johns was the one being pimped the first week of idol last season? I know Jason Y. made a mistake, but he seems really attached to the whole Archie-pimpage thing, it’s all good, it’s his opinion. Well I still think Archie deserved the pimping, lol, he was that good.

I still enjoy Jason Y. vblogs, it seems like he agrees with a lot of what people on the boards are already saying. He wasn’t on the Anoop train though, . He didn’t think Sarver was going through either. He was just not happy with all the Danny pimping which was more pimping than any contestant in idol history, LOL. It’s fun to get different opinions from previous contestants. Good job Yeager.

I agree with him 100%. And his reactions in the second video were hilarious. Especially that first look toward the camera. XD

Awww, I miss Season 7.

Tatiana was hilarious wobbling like she was going to pass out. I was actually laughing with her “performance” throughout Danny’s rather sorry reprisal of Hero as well.

Yeager’s blogs are like a breath of fresh air and it is pretty obvious he ain’t on the 19E payroll.

I’ll have to watch when I get home, but based on the comments and impressions here so far, I have to say that if he’s still bitter about last season, then he needs to find a new hobby and move on with his life already. And if he hates pimping that much, then he never should’ve auditioned for the biggest King Of Pimpage Talent Show in the history of America. LOL! Love ya Jason, but if you’d pulled out a performance like the other previously unseen Jason last season, then perhaps you would’ve fared much better. Just my two cents.

From the warning of this post I was expecting him to totally bash on Archie but he didn’t. He just pointed out how the producers like to pimp out their favorite contestants.

Now Danny is getting some major pimpage from the producers and judges (except simon). I don’t know if I’m just being bias but in my opinion, he’s being pimped a lot more than Archie did during the semi-finales.

Ooh, I can’t watch it, can someone tell me what he said that was so controversial? I would agree that Archie’s pimping bothered me last year, but at least in comparison to this year (cough, Gokey), his Top24/Top20 performances deserved it. I don’t get the Gokey pimping in regards to the singing (I get why they’re latching to the story though, of course).

But I don’t think the pimping is that different this year from last year. I recall Carly was pimped quite a bit leading into the first performance week last year, and just like with Gokey, Simon made a comment about not getting the hype after the other judges stopped fawning. I don’t expect it to be too different this year, so I’m not too worried– Simon will criticize the perceived frontrunners if he thinks they are falling short. He did it with Michael Johns as well. Archie got copious screentime in Hollywood, but wasn’t lauded as a front runner, it’s just that he earned that status after his semifinal performances. And whenever he floundered or had middling performances later on in the season, Simon brought on the critiques. I expect Simon to keep tempering the other judges’ praise for Danny unless Danny starts to live up to the hype in a big way.

I’m fine with him commenting and telling it how he sees it (and I do agree with some of the stuff he says about the performance show on Tuesday), but yeah, he’s got sour grapes. I admit I’m not entirely comfortable with him commenting that way about one of his fellow contestants–if DA was from a different season and he didn’t know him or compete against him, then maybe I wouldn’t feel as squicky about it. But as DA was in his season it comes off as bitterness towards a 17-year-old who just out-performed him.

He didn’t get to see last year’s semis how the audience saw it. Danny pimping does not equal Archie pimping. DA was only pimped alone after “Imagine” and, IMO, it was well deserved (“Hero” from Danny didn’t even come close). He only got the pimp spot after he did so well with “Shop Around” (and if DA had kept his original choice for 70s night he may not have gotten it at all–I think it was “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” or something like that). I wonder if Yeager will turn the tables on DC once he starts commenting on the Top 12 when DC started getting a lot of pimping. Probably not since they’re such good buds.

I understand Yeager was just rambling off the top of his head, but it’s disappointing that that is the impression he left Idol with.

I think he has every right to be a little sour to the producers. They make it so obvious who they want to make it through and possibly win. Rickey had no chance, and Jason Y had no chance last year. Between Archie, Michael, and Carly, no one really had much of a shot for a while last year, and it is unfais to the other people.

He was really funny, especially about Danny and he made some great obsevations.

I actually found this vlog to be very informative and interesting, especially given that he has been in their shoes.

I really agree with the Michael Sarver thing. He is a nice guy but that doesn’t translate into stardom. Danny- way overpimped compared to how he has done. He is good but especially last night, I was not at all impressed by heros. Sorry Danny.

Alexis- amazing. Anoop- I think he will get the wildcard vote, although I am not yet sold on him and he didn’t awe us on Tuesday.

I am a huge David Archuleta fan and feel the pimping was probably not necessary at all and in the end probably hurt him. I just wish the producers and judges would give honest opinons but not push people. I am sure that is why Sarver went on– simon pushing for him. I hate it.

I expect Simon to keep tempering the other judgesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ praise for Danny unless Danny starts to live up to the hype in a big way.

Even as a huge Danny fan, I was glad for Simon’s dose of realism Tuesday night. Hero was good, but not what the other judges made it out to be. It irks me becuase they kind of made everything else he might do anti-climactic now. What will their reaction be when he really does something amazing?

And just another tought on Yeager. I can see being upset at the unfair advantage the pimping puts on certain contestants at the expense of others, but somehow I doubt he’d be so upset if HE had been one of the pimped ones last season….just sayin’.

I think he has every right to be a little sour to the producers. They make it so obvious who they want to make it through and possibly win. Rickey had no chance, and Jason Y had no chance last year. Between Archie, Michael, and Carly, no one really had much of a shot for a while last year, and it is unfais to the other people.

While I agree that Michael, Carly and DA were somewhat pimped early on, none of them were as pimped as Danny was. DA got no extra amount of air time during Hollywood week that several others didn’t get (like Brooke). They didn’t keep repeating his vocal paralysis story (which wasn’t even mentioned after his initial audition). They didn’t show one of his Hollywood performances because the song wasn’t cleared. He didn’t get the pimp spot first week (Michael and Carly did).

There was far more of a shot for people like Jason, Cook (who had screen time, btw), etc. because the format gave them up to 3 weeks to prove themselves. DA simply proved himself the first week and picked a great song the second week. That, more than excessive screen time, guaranteed his spot in the top 12. And Cook proved himself the second week with “Hello,” guaranteeing his spot. From top 12 on, Cook was just as pimped.

Danny just needed one overhyped performance to make it this year because he was shown excessively during Hollywood, and never in a bad way.

what? no job on the cruise ship yet? Sorry, I know it’s just his opinion, but he shouldn’t try to come off like he knows it all when he was one (or close to that) of the first to go. JMO

I’ll have to see it later, but I was just watching Jason Yeager singing Moon River this morning. How weird? I haven’t seen that since it aired and now on the same day, this.

You know what–Jason is a very good singer who picked poorly– Moon River and that typical 70s song Without Love. I know he had some sentimental reason for Moon River, but it was just sucked the life out of the audience energy. I haven’t seen what he said about David A, but David picked WAY better songs, for sure.

I agreed with most of what Jason said and the second video was hilarious!

The part I didn’t agree with is the season 7 issue. From my perspective it was Michael and Carly that were going to be the pimped ones going into the first night. Sure there was a lot of DA footage but there was also quite a bit of footage of other contestants. After those first two performances ,David enjoyed the kudos but it was performance based not manufactured like Danny’s is so far.

Sour grapes!

Even though Castro had two other weeks to prove himself beyond his first time onscreen which was Top 24 Week, he pretty much sealed the deal for himself with Daydream that week much like LaToya did back in her season and that time with just one shot to prove herself. Screen time does help, but even with it, I doubt very much that Yeager would’ve made it. He had more than one shot to prove himself too and he just didn’t do it.

I doubt heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be so upset if HE had been one of the pimped ones last seasonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.just sayinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢.

Word.

he vlogs now? what happened, did he lose his waitressing job? ah, recession!

I remember his skunk hair more than anything else about him but he seems like a fun guy in his vlogs. I guess nobody warned him about the perils (attack of the ArchAngels!)of not being an Archie butt kisser. Whoops!

I don’t have a problem with him expressing his opinions on the show or seeming like a “know it all,” because, let’s face it, he’s actually been on the show and definitely knows more about it and the way things go than any of us who sit here and comment.

Word.

Yeah it’s not like he’d be vlogging about all the poor little other contestants who weren’t pimped if it were him getting pimped.

I would have loved Jason just for the look he gave to the cam before Danny was sent through. :wub_tb:

I guess nobody warned him about the perils of not being an Archie butt kisser. Whoops!

Has nothing to do with that actually. It’s just that sour grapes never taste good. It actually makes one start looking pathetic and desperate. I guess if you have no career to speak of though, then by all means, go ahead and rag away I would feel more on his side perhaps if he’d actually proven himself more worthy of praise last season in his own performances. He failed and it’s no one else’s fault but his own. Neither Archie’s nor anyone else is to blame for it.

I went into last seasonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s AI cheering for Michael Johns initially, but when David A. performed Imagine, I was done for. I couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t envision him not winning. Unlike Danny Gokey, David fairly and legitimately earned that praise and very few can possibly deny it. Letà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not forget though that as quickly as David A. rose to frontrunner status following that performance, he as quickly plummeted in a sense. Perhaps Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m in the minority, but I do recall the judges giving him several critiques throughout the show and it seemed like a lot of people deserted him then and took great pleasure in taking their shots at him. So for that reason, I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t quite see the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹extremeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ pimping of David A. that others have spoken about. There were times I actually felt downright sorry for the kid. When I think about it now, I’m quite proud of the way he rose above it all, maintained his composure and managed to see the positive. Quite a feat, especially for a just-turned 17 year old kid who was the focus of so much unwanted attention.

Unfortunately for Jason, he comes off as a sore loser who is a little bitter about it all. Hopefully I’m wrong. Regardless, he’s entitled to his opinion.

^^^ Well, to be fair, Jason Y. also came across this way on the show, or at least to me he seemed to think way more highly of himself and his talent than anyone else did.

Well, to be fair, Jason Y. also came across this way on the show, or at least to me he seemed to think way more highly of himself and his talent than anyone else did.

Is that why he did that cool dance move at the end of his performance?

I enjoyed Jason’s vlogs, especially his reactions in the second one. It is interesting to hear a former contestant’s take on the show. I do, however, wish he had not brought Archie (or Cook for that matter) into the fray as we all know how that always ends up. As for his take that Archie was heavily pimped, he was portrayed as frontrunner early then gradually derailed as TPTB brought Cook into the spotlight. Archie deserved whatever praise he got, as did Cook in my opinion. Tuesday’s poor showing proves that what those two did during the course of season 7 was phenomenal. I think there might be just a dash of sour grapes in Jason’s perspective but so be it, he has a right to his opinions.

Is that why he did that cool dance move at the end of his performance?

A dance move that the entire top 10 performed at the end of the Dallas concert because Jason Y. was in attendance. It was meant to be funny… but not when Jason Y. did it initially. lol.

I would never go so far as to say past contestants should never say anything negative ever. But when you’re trying to make a career in the public eye, a little diplomacy and tact goes a long way. Bitterness is rarely a marketable trait. And for the record, I did not see Danny as untactful one bit last night…nervous, anxious, excited, yes.

Word.

Yeah ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not like heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be vlogging about all the poor little other contestants who werenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t pimped if it were him getting pimped.

Hehe. He would most definitely not even have time to do this many vlogs if he would have gotten pimped. Seriously, Idol’s a “pimp” show. I guess he hadn’t seen previous shows. Maybe he was too busy with some other reality show.

Anyway, it’s interesting to hear the perspective from someone who’s actually been on the other side of the screen, although being cannon fodder has to suck.

Ricky Braddy was indeed a million times better than Danny, Anoop and a lot of the others. Hands down had the best vocal. Jason is harping on HYPE and for good reason. Archie was totally hyped, but he also had the talent to back it. Danny…I’m not sold on yet. I don’t agree that Danny could have come out and said, “I hate Jews and Blacks” and been accepted by America, but I appreciate Jason’s passion about the issue. And I understand where he is coming from. To me, America got ONE out of three correct…and it wasn’t Michael Sarver or Danny Gokey.

Okay-I’ve seen it. I really like Jason and I’ll probably watch the vlogs. (Is the sound out of sync with the pictures for everyone watching?)

I didn’t think his sour grapes were extremely sour. And he’ll probably be over it by next week.

He’s articulate and cute (but a little too close to the camera!).

Anyway, ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s interesting to hear the perspective from someone whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s actually been on the other side of the screen, although being cannon fodder has to suck.

Yeah, I don’t think his comments are directed at Archie or Danny per se, but the frustration he feels at having been cannon fodder. That has got to be the worst thing in the world, especially if you take music seriously and have been working on it for years. But honestly, its not like his little vlog is going to toke anyone’s career away, so who cares?

My opinion, as others have stated, is that Danny did not deserve the pimping for Hero, not by a long shot. David Archuleta got praise he deserved, and to people who were rooting for others, that translated as exorbitant pimpage. But objectively, was it really?

Yeager just sounds like an idiot to be honest. I can’t get over these singers who think it’s some other reason besides their lackluster vocal skills that got them the boot. Like when Stevie Wright and her mom kept saying that they were confused b/c they thought the negative critique for her was b/c of her song choice. That might have been 10% of it, but honestly her singing kind of stunk. I hope singers like Yeager and Wright see the light one day.

Jason, like Ricky Braddy, got no exposure at all before the semis, if he is bitter, then so he should. And if Ricky doesn’t get through to the Top 12, I’d be seriously bitter on his behalf as well.

I really enjoyed Jason’s Vlog and he’s saying much the same as the rest of us about the format and pimping. It’s good to hear from someone who has been there and has the ability to give their impressions without fear of reprisal from the boss.

His critiques of this year’s contestants were spot on and in no way mean spirited in my mind.

Ricky Braddy was indeed a million times better than Danny, Anoop and a lot of the others. Hands down had the best vocal.

He probably had the best vocal, but “better” includes a lot of other factors, IMO, and I don’t think he was better than Anoop or Danny. Like Jason Y on Moon River, Ricky sings great, but I didn’t like his tone that much, or his performance style. The tone thing is a taste thing, but AI is based on popular vote, so audience taste matters. And since AI is not a radio show, performance style, presence, and a contestant’s overall look, etc also matter. Personally, I also look for relevance to music/sounds I enjoy. You won’t see me rooting for Whitney or Josh Groban wannabes. I tend to root for the best overall musician with great vocals, not just the best vocalist. As a whole package, neither Ricky nor Jason Y impressed enough to capture the requisite votes to go through. Though poor Ricky only had one shot with this format– he could’ve proven this first impression wrong had I seen more. He might still come back, though… Jason, on the other hand, might need to move on, LOL. But personally, I’m glad he’s doing this. Sounds like it’ll be fun to watch!

I’ve always loved Jason Yeager. He was shafted last year!

I enjoyed hearing Jason’s perspective since he was actually in their shoes a year before. I didn’t get that he was blaming Archie or anyone else for his demise on the show. I think he’s just giving his own personal viewpoint. And I do think he is bitter about his AI experience, but if that’s how he feels then he should be able to express those feelings. I hope he continues to do these vlogs. They’re entertaining.

I just like good singers, and IMO Danny Gokey is absolutely one of the best this year (but I think there are a lot of great singers this year. Hello, can’t wait to hear Matt Giruard).

Now about the pimping — and apologies, because I haven’t read all of the comments from MJ’s other posts — are most people mad at FOX or mad at Danny?

If I auditioned 4 weeks after my husband died, and now am in this bubble called “Idol”, I think I would still be grieving, no? I don’t think this man has had time to grieve.

But nonetheless, shouldn’t we be mad at the Producers and not take it out on Danny? Now if you don’t like his singing, then go on with your good critiquing.

I don’t get sour grapes from his video at all. But apparently, I’m in the minority. XD

I mean, heck, a lot of people here have been saying the exact same things in various threads the past few weeks and none of us (to my knowledge) have actually been on the show. Sooo…is it sour grapes for us, too? Or is Jason merely speaking as a fellow Idol fan, albeit one with first hand experience?

I have to say that I’d likely say the same things he’s saying if I were in his position. Not because I’d be bitter, but because it’s the truth.

sma11ie…I somewhat agree. But, Michael Sarver applies to your same theory and I didn’t get that performance, the presence, or the vocals. If it was a “Nice Guy” award then okay. But, seriously? That guy over Ricky Braddy? Robin Thicke, Eliott Yamin all have the same kind of identity/vibe as Ricky Braddy. I totally dig that vibe. Much more potential to WOW us than Michael Sarver. I think there is a happy medium between our two perspectives!!! I lean more towards vocals and you seem to lean more towards package/marketability. Obviously vocals matter to you as you mentioned tone etc. You might be more middle of the road than I am pegging you for…please forgive me! Hopefully, we’ll get a GREAT mix of both as the series progresses! The only thing that continues to bug is that a lot of previous season greats would not have made it through this first round. David Cook, Elliott Yamin and a few other notables included. Their personalities and potential didn’t materialize until at least 3 weeks in.

I’m waiting to fall in love with Danny just like the rest of the fans out there.. however I am disliking him more as the weeks go on. And it’s not the producer’s fault. I have taken notice to his facial expressions and his singing and am not that impressed. He has a tendecy to scream the high notes, which I have never been a fan of. When he’s in his middle register, his tone is actually not that bad, it has a rich timbre, but otherwise he is a little shaky and I was most impressed with his first audition. After that, his singing has lacked something special. His voice would be great in a group.. a boy band if you will. As for facial expressions, he just has that cocky, smug look that I can’t stand too. I notice it more and more as time passes. I honestly thought he came off badly when Ryan asked him for commentary before revealing the final decision, and he muttered he wanted to just get on with it. Anyways, these are just my opinions. To me, fox is pimping him only b/c he has a great backstory, but the talent hasn’t lived up to the pimpage. Tuesday night he came off as half decent, only b/c the rest of the group was so awful. I think they placed Ricky so far away from Danny b/c if they sang back to back, people would realize that Danny’s vocals aren’t all that.

Hilarious! Add me to the Jason Yeager fan club!

Yeager IS sourgraping b/c he thinks it was the overpimpage of other contestants last year that caused his demise on the show. What he doesn’t realize is that there ARE many other reasons why singers like him, and others, got booted as early as they did. That’s not to say that all early booted singers just deserved to be booted b/c of their lackluster performances. There are some exceptions to this rule, however he is not one of them.

If you take out the sourgraping in the first video, I would have enjoyed it much more.

I doubt heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be so upset if HE had been one of the pimped ones last seasonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.just sayinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢.

I don’t know about that.

I always got the feeling that Archie was very uncomfortable with all the pimping, and, yeah, I thought he and Carly and Michael were The Pimped Ones from the get-go last season. Not coincidentally, they were my three favorites going into the Top 24. I liked Cook and Brooke and one or two others, but I was very influenced by the producer hype/manipulation. That doesn’t take away from any of the pimped ones’ respective talents, but it definitely hurts them when they don’t live up to the hype. Case in point: Danny Gokey.

And I can’t blame Jason for being a little bitter about being used as fodder. I don’t find his assessment of the pimping of Archie mean-spirited, and he never faults Archie for it anyway. Jason’s perspective helps us empathize with this season’s contestants and that’s why I appreciate what he’s done here.

Thanks for making this a thread, MJ. I thought the vlog was great when somebody shared it on another board yesterday.

I am a major lurker here and have never commented before, but these vlogs by Jason are great! I found myself agreeing with almost all of his observations.

I do agree that he harped on the DA pimping last year and it did sound like sour grapes. But it is apparent that every year TPTB choose at least one contestant as the heir apparent. That person can change, see last season.

I just wish TPTB had focused more on all of the Top 36 so maybe Ricky Braddy could have had a fighting chance on Tuesday. IMO, he was the best. They could have given us waaayyy less of Tatiana.

I am looking forward to more of Jason’s vlogs.

And mj, keep up the good work! You do an awesome job on this blog and I look forward to it every day.

I think he’s bitter, but he probably has a right to be. I mean, he was never shown before the semis, had to sing old crappy songs, then was never given a chance by the judges. It would be hard to be invested in music then go on American Idol and realize that there is absolutely nothing you can do to make it.

It’s fun to hear behind the scenes stuff from former contestants.

I always got the feeling that Archie was very uncomfortable with all the pimping,

Im pretty sure he was quite uncomfortable with it. He just said I think it was on iCarly crush night rerun while answering questions.. or it may have been something else… either way it was a vid or something..

That the hardest comments during idol, for him to hear, were the good ones. Because it kept raising the bar more and more each time.
I dont think he found them all that helpful either lol lol

Why does it seem that anytime anyone says anything against DA, somehow it is treated like a high crime. He did not come off bitter at all, and considering how disgustingly obvious AI pimps certain contestants, if he were bitter, he’d have every right. It was his and every other contestants big chance, and for as much as AI gives you exposure, the blantant pimping steals the opportunity. If the contestants, ie DA is so fantastic, he’d have gotten by on his talents w/o the extra help.

Ha, he makes perfect sense and I agree with pretty much everything he said except the comparisons between David A and Hokey Gokey; David A actually sings really well, Hokey Gokey is only fair to middling imho so David A was justified the praise, Hokey Gokey wasn’t, IMO.

Interesting info about how the song choice happens, i’d read something like that before and his comments about Stevie and the sound was interesting too because listening to her on Tuesday something seemed off to me about that whole thing but I just thought it was me, maybe not.

Wow, Jason displayed more personality in his vlogs than he ever did on the show!

I don’t see any sour grapes… he’s just telling it like it is! And honestly, he didn’t say anything bad about David Archuleta. He didn’t say he wasn’t a good singer. He just expressed that the producers have an agenda, and guess what? They do! Besides, he’s presenting the new format as a more extreme example of manipulation than what he experienced as fodder. As far as I can tell, he’s expressing empathy with the Ricky’s of this season. If he said he didn’t deserve to get voted off, then I missed it.

I’m looking forward to more vlogs from him!

I loved this! I hope he keeps it up. I like hearing the “behind the scenes” input.

Hey MJ!

I just want to say thanks for adding this thread to your blog! : ) I was trying to figure out why all of a sudden my iphone was getting blasted with subscriber requests today. hahahahahah now I know. That was really cool of you. Hope you guys enjoy the Vlog!

Much Love -Jason Yeager

Hi Jason. .

LOVE your Vlogs. I really appreciate your honest and informed perspective. Keep ‘em coming!

As a whole package, neither Ricky nor Jason Y impressed enough to capture the requisite votes to go through. Though poor Ricky only had one shot with this format

True, and even as a diehard Cook fan, I have to agree with an earlier poster (sorry forgot who exactly :-{ ) that I find it highly doubtful that he would have progressed on Happy Together alone. Maybe as a wild card but not on his own. With a different format his strategy may have differed, but based solely on his initial performance, nuh-huh.

The Archie pimping is tough for me, because I agree with others that by and large — before Top 3 which was an entirely different story for me, as I believe Randy threw Syesha under the bus and afterward overpimped Archie to a large degree — he was quite deserving and had the talent to back it up. But then, there were those times (after the first instance, which was duly noted) that he fumbled words but the cameras cut away or shot him from behind and from the ceiling rafters (or so it seemed lol) so that the viewing public would miss it and the judges gave a pass. Maybe after all his greatness, he deserved the pass, so I’m good. But, not all the pimping was backed up all the time, imo.

That said, I’m one of the ones here who read Jason Y’s references to Archie as over the top. And, just today on another post, my comments have been obliquely admonished as Archie hating. So, I don’t think the sensitivity to Jason’s Archie references here can fairly be dismissed as ArchAngel fanaticism. LOL But, I agree, Jason’s vlogs can be interpreted differently by different people based on impressions of him generally, recollections of him from the show itself, and a whole host of other things. So, we’re all good in my view. And, Jason’s perspective definitely is a unique one!

ETA: Hello Jason??!! *blushing, slowly creeping out of thread lol*

I think Jason is pretty funny. I enjoyed the vlogs.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t see any sour grapesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just telling it like it is! And honestly, he didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say anything bad about David Archuleta. He didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t say he wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t a good singer. He just expressed that the producers have an agenda, and guess what? They do!

Yeah, and that. I didn’t get a huge sour-grapey vibe either. I look forward to more of Jason’s insider perspective.

The producers are purposely being over-the-top with the Danny pimping to piss people off. The whole point is to get people like Jason Yeager annoyed.

Danny is just being set up as a stooge. He won’t win.

K so I finally got watch both of these in their entirety and like others have said, nothing he said was really that bad. I don’t even have a problem with him using Archie an example necessarily because yes, he was pimped last season, BUT then again, he did outperform Jason and others “by a comfortable mile” as Simon noted last year. So like I mentioned earlier, I guess if Jason had performed better and not sounded like nothing more than a cruise ship or lounge singer, I’d feel that he’s a bit more entitled feel bitter, but he simply didn’t perform well enough. And forgive me, but Ricky Braddy totally reminded me of Jason last season too as far as the cruise ship/lounge singer type goes. That’s exactly the vibe I got and sorry, but that’s not what America wants.

Apparently the pimping and special treatment given to the chosen ones are noticed by the contestants as clearly as it was by the audience. I never thought about J Yeager one way or the other since he was never one of my favorites. The videos are entertaining.

The pimping of Archie, MJ and Carly was very obvious last season especially early on. Early on, no matter how bad MJ and Carly sounded, the judges still gave them undue praise, especially Randy. I was just sitting there scratching my head wondering what they heard because that was not what I heard.

Randy is so obvious in his bias and over the top, undue praise that he is mostly useless, IMO.

This year’s pimping of Danny is obvious. I wonder who they will heap OTT praise on for the next two weeks.

All right, this Archie comment FTW: …….that he fumbled words but the cameras cut away or shot him from behind and from the ceiling rafters .

weareallinnocent, you just made me spit water at my work computer with your (unintentional and/or intentional) snarky Archie comment. I can just see that camera man hanging upside down from the ceiling rafters to shoot that shot.

Thanks for the laugh. :mrgreen_wp:

Jason’s vlogs are amazing. I enjoy his insight into the entire process. I don’t think that he was disrespectful to Archuleta in any way. He pretty much stated the facts. A) They all knew Archie was the frontrunner from the get go because of everything the judges, producers etc. said and did to make is seem so. B) Editing can suck. I mean, seriously, this is television. They peg AI to be a reality show when it’s really a drama; scripted, manipulated, and shaped to be so. They want their come from behind victories (see S1 and S7), their glorious takedowns (see “too early bootings” of JHUD season 3, Tamyra season 1, Latoya London season 3, MJ/Carly season 7, and I can add to this mix now Tatiana season 8 albeit for different reasons than the aforementioned contestants). The show thrives itself on its story archs. What do we all think that whole Tatiana hoopla was for?

I hope Jason keeps going with his vlogs for the rest of the season. He adds an amazing amount of perspective to this show.

Jason, like Ricky Braddy, got no exposure at all before the semis, if he is bitter, then so he should.

Yeah but Ricky is good, so good that I will hate AI if he doesn ´t made it to top 12!!!!!

Jason was so bad that more scream time and exposure for him would have being like torture for him and every person wathin AI…

CookorHubbyHmm, not ignoring you, but just now checked in again. I wanted to say that I did NOT think Michael Sarver deserved to advance over Anoop or Ricky. He seems like a super decent guy, but the singing was not as good as some others! In terms of leaning towards package/marketability over vocals in general… I definitely care a LOT about the voice and singing ability, but if someone is perfect vocally and I don’t like the timbre of his voice, or his vocal stylings, or he chooses to sing really schmaltzy crap, I won’t be impressed. Package/marketability encompasses, in my mind, a bunch of other things like musical style, song/genre choice, which affect/bleed into the vocal aspect, so it’s not so clear cut. Even in the “real” world of pop music, I prefer those who are real singers (Xtina Aguilera, Pink, 90s Mariah, even Avril can belt) over those who depend on studio magic (Rihanna, Miley, JoBros, or any other teeny boppers). But I don’t really like Leona Lewis even though I know that girl can really sang, just because I dislike her songs and can’t really stand her vocal ticks. I know lots of people do. Just a preference thing. And In terms of pop voices in the Idol world, I really like Jordin Sparks and Kelly Clarkson. I’m sticking to pop voices cuz we’re talking marketability, and country/rock aside, Idol is mostly pop-relevant. Also, if I get into describing male rock or alternative voices that I like, I would go on forever, haha. But what it boils down to is: what is Ricky’s relevance to popular music based on his very good vocal performance? I don’t see it.

Wow, very cool that Jason came to say hi, [waves]. Great vlogging, keep up the candor, haha!

Win.

Love you, Jason! Keep it up. :bye_tb: (It might not hurt to disable or moderate the youtube comments. It’s easier than deleting the trollish ones after the fact.)

Jason was so bad that more scream time and exposure for him would have being like torture for him and every person wathin AIà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

I’m not quite sure what “scream time” is but I’ll assume that it’s a typo and comment accordingly.

I actually thought Jason was a good singer with a very hammy, over rehearsed cruise ship sort of delivery style that was totally unsuited for television. He had a cute son and did fine in interviews but when the performance started he was just not somebody that I connected with. He wasn’t quite as over the top as Casey Carlson was this week but….

^^ Haha, I have a feeling Jason’s vlog will be SO FUN to follow this season. It’s already so much drama. I love it! Hope he keeps it up! Also, loved the Superman shirt and hat. Bahaha, too too much WTF goodness.

If the contestants, ie DA is so fantastic, heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d have gotten by on his talents w/o the extra help.

I do believe DA would have gotten by on his talents, and I am sure he would have rather not been pimped.

I would personally rather each contestant get equal air time and less over the top pimping for the judge’s/producer’s favorites, especially when the judges now get to choose three of the 12 themselves.

Also, I didn’t like Jason’s comments about DA were bitter at all.

Hmmm, that “clear the air” vlog is not a great idea in my view, but does show a little more of the “I have my idea of how things should go and how folks should respond to me, despite what I do or how I do it, and in my perfect world that is how it will be, because well, I’m me” Jason Yeager that I’m remembering so fondly right about now. LOL Perhaps a Moderating 101 course taught by MJ is in order for JY. ;-P

PokeSmot, you’re welcome. It was about time I returned the favor of a laugh to you. I hope I can continue, as my debt has grown quite large!

Hm. Interesting. I have a feeling if Jason Y dares to say anything about the preferential treatment Cook got during his AI run then the tone of some posts here would be different. But then I’ve seen that for myself everytime Michael Johns has been very candid about feeling he was screwed over for Cook. It’s sometimes fun when it’s not our faves being singled out as producer pets but not so much when they are for the same reason.

Archuleta had the fanbase, the looks, the likability and the talent that would get him far without the OTT pimping that sometime works against a contestant and certainly caused significant backlash against him. But I will say that Archie never once got a standing ovation from any of the judges during the competition. He got a standing O from all three judges on the second finale night when it no longer counted towards the competition. I actually like it that way. His vocal paralysis was never mentioned beyond the initial audition and he didn’t have any dead or dying relatives to ensure the sympathy vote. Thank God.

All that said, JY may be a little bitter that he didn’t stand a chance, but he did a good job giving balanced opinions on everyone on AI8. I laughed at the stuff he said about the dialidol results last year because it was true.

Well apparently Yeager is now backpeddling faster than a cyclist at Ringling Brothers Circus…lol

As I recall when Archie made that mistake with the lyrics the camera was right in his face and followed him from there. Because I remember that his face was like “oh crap”. So he is wrong on that.

Plus the fact that it was Michael Johns who got the “pimp shot” on the first night of the competition not Archie.

Plus wasn’t Cook featured doing his audition and in Hollywood week also?

I wanted to say that I did NOT think Michael Sarver deserved to advance over Anoop or Ricky. He seems like a super decent guy, but the singing was not as good as some others!

Totally agree that Anoop or Ricky should have advanced and not Michael. However that’s the thing that happens when the audience votes. It’s often not right or fair, but it depends on who was able to inspire the most voters to get to work on their phones. I didn’t vote for anyone so I guess I can’t complain too much except be disappointed.

Ricky didn’t get any buildup earlier, but Anoop sure did, and I thought he would easily be voted through, but who can account for the voting public’s tastes?

Also the big difference. As I recall when Archie sang “Imagine” and Simon said that the competition was practically over and praised Archie. I remember Archie standing up for the other contestants and defending them. I guess Yeager and others forgot that part, something Gokey didn’t do that evening.

It’s true that David A didn’t seem to like the pimping. He’s a very unassuming guy, in fact probably suffers from low self esteem if anything. He was a class act in the way he handled it. A radically different guy from Gokey.

Still, the pimpee suffers from it even when it’s not their fault. OTT pimping causes viewers to hate on the one being pimped, unless it’s their favorite it’s happening to. Which backfires when the pimping is undeserved, but doesn’t seem to hurt when the person is truly the best. i.e. it didn’t hurt Carrie or Fantasia, and I don’t think it hurt Daughtry, I don’t think that’s why he was eliminated early. Well let me rephrase that. It did hurt Carrie and Fanstasia as it made some people dislike them, however they still won the show. Bottom line it creates resentment and it’s awkward and embarrassing.

I love these vlogs but maybe, because I just finished watching “Lie to Me,” I immediately noticed the micro expression that occured on his face when he says that “…they deserve whatever they’re getting…” or something to that effect.

I think he’s laughing at the absurdity of explaining himself to the haters. But that’s my interpretation…I’m most likely wrong.

Hm. Interesting. I have a feeling if Jason Y dares to say anything about the preferential treatment Cook got during his AI run then the tone of some posts here would be different. But then Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve seen that for myself everytime Michael Johns has been very candid about feeling he was screwed over for Cook. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sometimes fun when ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not our faves being singled out as producer pets but not so much when they are for the same reason.

David Cook got preferential treatment? How so? I recall Simon being hard on him several times, calling him pompous, smug, and the like. Yes he got some good responses when he deserved them, when he sang really well. That’s not pimping … Pimping is OTT praise whether it’s deserved or not, so OTT that it’s embarrassing. Pimping is OTT praise week after week, without fail, no matter what the person does. Pimping is telling the person over and over that they are the one to beat, they are the annointed winner. Pimping is overlooking weeks when the singer is not so good. That didn’t happen to David Cook that I recall. He received praise some weeks and criticisms other weeks, especially from Simon.

Michael Johns said he was screwed over for David Cook? First I’ve heard that. What did he say, and where/when? Thanks for the info.

Saying that DA was “pimped” isn’t a reflection on him, it’s a reflection on the idiocy of the judges and producers. He’s the victim more than anything else. It’s not his fault. Unless one is Glokey and seems to act like he has it coming.

David Cook was definitely a producer favorite early on and he was definitely pimped. Of course he’s talented and of course he was worthy of being TPTB’s chosen one, whether he was from the start or not. It depends on how you see things, especially in hindsight.

I know I’m not imagining that Cook fans have frowned upon Michael John’s sour grapes several times or the things he’s implied about why he left in eighth place. I’m just saying it’s natural to be a bit defensive when you’re invested in these people. Every fanbase has people always ready to jump to the defense for their artist of choice. I see no exceptions.

Randy swooned and hyperventilated over Archie so much every week that I thought that Archie may have needed to get a restraining order against him once the show was over. He probably didn’t need to do it. You never know, though. LOL.

It got kinda scary to watch.

Wow. I think I like Yeager now more than I ever did during Season 7. He seems totally unafraid to say it like it he sees it, and I totally respect that, even as an Archuleta fan. I actually wish he was on the judging panel. He had way more interesting input than all four judges put together.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not quite sure what à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“scream timeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  is but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll assume that ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a typo and comment accordingly.

I actually thought Jason was a good singer with a very hammy, over rehearsed cruise ship sort of delivery style that was totally unsuited for television. He had a cute son and did fine in interviews but when the performance started he was just not somebody that I connected with. He wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t quite as over the top as Casey Carlson was this week butà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦.

Yes typo…ooops…

I wont said anything againts his personality, since we all already have said that last year interviews presented before they sang never did a good job in represent the personality of the contestant, i.e. Jason Castro being call “retarted”, Archie being called “boring and retarded”, and Brooke being called “crazy” because of her videos… If I remember correctly Jason videos weren ´t any better and with the singing seem, IMHO, that was very boring and old fashioned…

Having said that nothing can be as bad as this week episode of the first 12….and that girl Casey and Steve were both so wrong that hurts… maybe only Amy Davis last year could be that bad…

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I actually feel really bad about Amy Davis, I do think she was better than her one performance on AI.

Yeager could have said not a word and I’d have been amused by the Superman tee and matching hat. Ha, superhero geeking out FTW. Anyway, I am enjoying the Confessions of a Fodder blog. Keep em coming Jason. Pimp happens. Some people choose to ignore it and hate being told they could have been manipulated by the producers. Some obsess about it. Sometimes it backfires. Sometimes it happens to be deserved. Some singers rise above the manipulations, some crumble under the pressure. And for sure, for me, the show is way more fun to watch when I’m digging on one of the chosen ones, and way more annoying when I think someone has been unfairly thrown under the bus. I imagine it’s pretty sucky getting on national TV and realizing you are not on the producer’s short list of potential stars, or worse, thinking you were, and then realizing that maybe you aren’t after all. The pyschology of AI has always fascinated me. I’d prefer the manipulations to not be so soo heavy handed, and because of that I agree with Jason that this new set up is kind of icky. When you have one shot to get to the top 12, you don’t have a chance to learn from a mistake through the semis, and on top of that, it makes Hollywood week pimpage and camera time even more important. Last week Danny Gokey, for example, did not have the same kind of pressure that, say, Ricky Braddy had, and vice versa.

Just thought of something else interesting that he said. He said MJ’s Go Your Own Way sounded amazing in the studio but not so good on TV. That’s pretty interesting, because the judges were also in the studio, and if I recall correctly, the judges heard what we heard and were underwhelmed as well. Hmm…

Thing is, I was recently just thinking about that performance, trying to figure out what it was about MJ’s performance that was lacking, if perhaps the song just doesn’t work as a solo (since Carrie & DC’s duet sounded so good)… and then Jason Y. goes and says it rocked in studio. Very interesting– kinda explains MJ’s indignance or whatever to the judges’ critiques. But I’m not sure I can go all knolly and say that they screwed his sound mix to match the judges comments since East coast is live, right?

RE: Cook’s pimpage, I don’t think Simon gave DC OTT praise except after his best performances, at least “best” according to whatnottosing.com. He gave faint praise to Little Sparrow, and MOTN (the latter, incidentally, was actually rated quite highly on WNTS), he hated Innocent and the 2nd Beatles night, didn’t like Hungry Like the Wolf, that first Neil Diamond song, or Dare You To Move… and of course slammed him during the finals. Seemed to me that he just praised what he liked, and happened to echo a lot of critic’s sentiments (since that’s what the WNTS rankings use).

I wasn’t nearly invested in Season 7 as I was in 5 or 6, but I consider myself a big fan, and I have to say I don’t even remember Jason Yeager! The name isn’t even ringing a bell. I’ll have to go dig up old videos…

Just thought of something else interesting that he said. He said MJà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Go Your Own Way sounded amazing in the studio but not so good on TV. Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s pretty interesting, because the judges were also in the studio, and if I recall correctly, the judges heard what we heard and were underwhelmed as well. Hmmà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

That’s nothing new, actually. I remember several times when Simon has mentioned on the results shows that he listened back to the performance afterward and that it was either better or not as good as he remembered from the live performance the night before.

Of course, he could have simply been backpedaling, but meh. lol

Poor jason, he just posted a Vblog to ask ppls to minimize the personal attack comments . Feel bad for him. …

I am a major lurker here and have never commented before, but these vlogs by Jason are great!

This totally describes me as well. I also agreed with many of Jason’s observations and I enjoyed all of them.

Thanks, mj, for putting together a fantastic blog. I really enjoy coming here and appreciate all your hard work, time and dedication.

David Cook was definitely a producer favorite early on and he was definitely pimped.

I guess that lies in the eye of the beholder. Not going to belabor the point.

I know Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not imagining that Cook fans have frowned upon Michael Johnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sour grapes several times or the things heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s implied about why he left in eighth place.

Michael and David appear to be friends. There did seem to be some sour grapes but I don’t think Michael blamed it on David. Anyway, it was because Michael was pimped that he (and we) expected him to stay longer, even though he had several mediocre performances. A lot of it is about expectations.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m just saying ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s natural to be a bit defensive when youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re invested in these people. Every fanbase has people always ready to jump to the defense for their artist of choice. I see no exceptions.

Well I don’t think I was being defensive. I just saw it differently than you did.

David Cook was definitely a producer favorite early on and he was definitely pimped.

I guess that lies in the eye of the beholder.

I think there’s no doubt that Cook was heavily pimped towards the end of last season, but I also agree that it lies in the eye of the beholder. There are going to be those who feel that Archie didn’t deserve some of the over-the-top pimping he got, those who feel that Cook didn’t deserve the over-the-top pimping he got, and those who think that the pimping either David received was well-deserved and not over-the-top at all. I kind of fall in the middle. For instance, I didn’t think Archie’s performance of Imagine was all that (it was good, but I didn’t love it as much as everyone else seems to). I thought the pimping/praise for Cook’s ABMB was over the top and didn’t think the performance was worthy of a standing ovation (Billie Jean was better, IMO). But again, these things are just a matter of opinion. I do feel that both Davids were pimped heavily by the producers last season, it’s just that Archie received the brunt of the backlash for the pimping because he was hyped as “the one to beat” from the very beginning. By the time the producers really amped up the pimping of Cook, he’d already built up a lot of good will and the Archie hate was at full blast by then. I’m seeing almost the same thing happening with Danny Gokey with the frontrunner backlash, and the judges didn’t help matters with their ridiculous over the top pimping on Tuesday night (I think Danny was good and one of the better performers of the night, but he wasn’t that good. Sold-out arenas? Really?).

As for Jason Yeager, he could have received screentime/pimping on the level of Gokey, Cook and Archie combined and I still don’t think it would have helped him go further because (in my opinion) he just wasn’t that good. I thought he should have been sent packing after Moon River (which bored me to tears).

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