Interviews with Michael Johns, Jason Castro, Ramiele Malubay and Syesha Mercado – VIDEO
Check out these lengthy video interviews with Michael Johns, Jason Castro, Ramiele Malubay and Syesha Mercado.
Interesting factoids:
- David Cook and Syesha Mercardo are moving to Los Angeles after the tour.
- Michael Johns absolutely thinks he was voted off too early. He thinks he should have finished 4th.
- Michael Johns has 7 or 8 songs in the can already for his album. He plans on releasing it independently, but using a major label to distribute it to stores like Target, Wal-mart, etc.
- Brooke White hopes to “solidify a good deal” by the time she gets home in September.
- Jason Castro packed more books than clothes for the tour.
- Ramiele Malubay and Danny Noriega are going to the Philippines to perform concerts in December.
- Ramiele Malubay is meeting with Disney after the tour.
- Syesha Mercado’s fiance is a producer. She wants to do movie.
Videos after the JUMP…
| American Idols Live Tour: Michael Johns |
| American Idols Live Tour: Brook White interview |
| American Idols Live Tour: Jason Castro interview |
| American Idols Live Tour: Ramiele Malubay interview |
| American Idols Live Tour: Syesha Mercado |
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102 Responses to “Interviews with Michael Johns, Jason Castro, Ramiele Malubay and Syesha Mercado – VIDEO”
I think MJ was just saying that he thought he would end up in the top 4. I don’t think he’s thinking what he’s saying through very well. He might not realize what he’s saying.
Even though he’s been giving these interviews every day of the tour, he is still not experienced at it. When I talked to him, he said he really liked Jason and Brooke. He has said good things about the two Davids and has said he thought the judges were unfair in their comments to Syesha.
He just needs to think through what he is saying and change his elimination remarks to just that he was surprised – and go no further.
He is very loose in interviews and he talks to people like he is chatting with a friend. Sometimes that can backfire.
Rami’s interview was so cute
Jason’s interview was so laid-back, just like him
Brooke was affected in her video, with her hair tossing and actions.
She always complaining about something. Does she actually think
she is the first performer to play an instrument and sing LOL, and
then of course there is the poor me and the boys got more fan mail
and have more fans.
Michael’s interview was very funny and informative. Loved the bum in
the girl’s dressing room with the whopee cushion. Glad he spoke his
peace and I agree with it.
Overall these interviews aren’t going to mean a thing one way or
another to their future or success.
Seems that after the show Michael went to the Kat McPhee/ Blake Lewis school of “honesty” and charm. Worked out well for them, huh. Every rude, self-centered, whining, victimized, poor me, super ego driven thought that pops into ones head does not have to come out of ones mouth during interviews on TV, radio and in print.)
IMO, Michael and Carly are not better singers than Jason and Brooke, just different. Musical tastes are subjective. I happen to like Jason’s and Brooke’s voices, music, vibes, personalities, musical tastes, etc, at lot more. IMO, Michael should not have made Top 10. I think that David Hernandez was much better.
Michael received lots of undue praise on sub-par performances in the early rounds, IMO. I definitely did not hear performances which deserved the kudos he was getting. I guess the judges finally gave up on the pimping since he was not living up to it and it made them seem silly to keep it up. It was pretty obvious that Michael and Carly were TCOs during the early rounds.
I don’t think that he was being “honest”. I think that he was being arrogant, conceited, whiny and disrespectful.
SherryL – thanks for explaining MJ, as one who has actually met and spoke to him personally I can understand how he has been misunderstood on here and you would know better than all of us.
and my last comments, he say “I think I would have been” in the final four as did I, not that he “should have been” and I love Australians, they don’t try to make every single word politically correct so as not to offend anyone, they are often cheeky and I will take cheeky over phoney or boring anyday….
MJ has proven day in and day out to be a very giving and humble Idol to all his fans and even other Idol fans, far from being arrogant he understands very well how important fans are to the success of any artist and what a great opportunity this tour is, I wish more artists would remember that. Watch Shannon Doherty in action at a charity event. That’s arrogance personified.
The bottomline however is even if someone is an arrogant SOB, if that person is talented and I get entertained, that is beside the point. When an artist is a decent person that is a bonus but it is not necessary, because it should be about the art, the music and not the artist but our celebrity obsessed society expects that artists have to be role models have to be perfect have to be this have to be that, no they don’t. All they owe their fans really is to put out good music and an entertaining show, if they are musicians or singers.
Elton John may be a pompous diva offstage but I’ve bought his music and paid to see his shows, a good portion of Hollywood and the music world are screwed up arrogant perverted SOBS but we still love the TV shows and the movies they appear on, we still buy the albums and go to the concerts………so you think MJ is arrogant fine, bye bye, go buy David Archuleta records, I think he is the only squeaky clean artist left now, since Miley has gone evil apparently.
MJ is just a pompous, arrogant sob to me now. I liked him on the show, at one point he was even my favorite guy. And then after the show, he lost me with him always hamming it up in interviews. With this, I’ve turned from indifference to complete annoyance. I don’t want to hear him anymore.
Even if his records after AI happen to be good, I have no interest in buying them as I don’t want to add to any kind of success he might have coz it’s just gonna blow up his overinflated ego even more.
This is what bothers me, everyone take a good look at your current CD collection. Is every single artist in there an angelic person ready to qualify for the Nobel Peace Prize and let me tell you Bono is no angel either. In fact many people consider Bono pompous and arrogant. I don’t care for some of Bono’s preachy politics, even his bandmates roll their eyes but do I love U2 music, you better believe it. Do you think Bono is out there signing autographs every night after each concert? Nah he’s off downing some brewskis somewhere.
Again the bottomline is do you enjoy the music or don’t you? If every artist has to meet some unrealistic standard you impose upon them, you have a very small CD collection and you aren’t about music or the art, which is what it should be mainly about. If you buy your music that way, you will miss out on a lot of great music.
Mozart was a very cheeky arrogant party boy but millions of people still enjoy his music. Beethoven was an abusive horrible man but millions of people still enjoy his music. And the reality is Michael Johns is actually a decent guy but if you can’t see it you can’t see it so be it.
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I never said I wasn’t going to listen to it. I just said I’m not going to buy it. I listened to Constantine’s album for free, I just didn’t care to spend my money to feed his ego.
And most of the time, yeah, I only spend my money to buy CD’s of artists that have really endeared themselves to me, one way or another because I feel that they deserve success. Or if the artist’s music is so good that I can overlook whatever personality problems he/she may have (so I guess that’s where U2 falls for you). Otherwise, I just listen to them for free.
Just listening is one thing, shelling out money is another.
I don’t think it has to be such a black and white issue. I believe you can take exception to a person’s comments without finding them to be a nasty human being in general. I understand on the other hand that for some people there’s a point where the line has been crossed, where you find them so objectionable you can no longer enjoy their art. I certainly don’t feel that way about MJ, nor do I think what he said is that big of a deal.
You mention Elton John for instance. I love a lot of his music, and I still listen to it. But, would I go see that blow-hard douchebag in a live show these days? Probably not, because I can no longer stand to listen to him talk.
And, Bono is an arrogant loudmouth with an ego the size of China. I don’t really own much U2 music, and I’m not a huge fan. But, I went to their concert a couple of years ago and it was fanfreakingtastic.
Sometimes, my distaste for a person influences my cd buying, sometimes not. I have no explanation for it and I can’t even measure it on levels of dickheadedness. For instance, I think Michael Jackson has committed acts more heinous than any other entertainer of the 20th or 21st centuries. But, I’ll still pop in the old Thriller once in a while, because it was great effing music. Although – I sure wouldn’t give him any of my money these days.
Of course, I don’t think Michael John’s one little sour-grapesy comment comes close to reaching any of Elton or Bono’s doucebaggery, so it’s not really a fair comparison for me anyway.
DON’T lecture your fellow posters. NO FINGER-WAGGING. It’s rude and off-topic.
I’m deleting and editing posts as we speak.
Well MJ you started the rude fest, just trying to give the other side of it.
If anyone started the controversy, it was MJ… Michael Johns.
Ummm, yeah, it’s rigged. DUH. Does anyone REALLY think Syesha got more votes than Jason? LOL.
Oh, also, did you guys know that Michael had the flu that night? And he was completely different than in any other interview? If you had a fever, would you be bubbly?
I do.
Part of the transcript from the above interview. Credit to crazyannie23 from MJO.
Usage of SHOULD and WOULD will give a different meaning, don’t you think? :wink1_tb:
Cryptogram,
MJ actually says, “I would have, I SHOULD have finished Top 4….the two Davids were the right winners and stuff like that but…”
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I can just imagine what all the other Idols would say if they heard MJ’s 2 seconds being dissected into – Mj is an arrogant, conceited ass. They all seem to love him and probably would completely disagree with that, in my opinion. Carly if you read this please give us your take on this. That would be interesting to hear.
Sumidol,
MJ has his over-confident moments (quite a few of them) but I don’t think anyone thinks he’s some jerk. I personally don’t. But I do believe it would be better for him if he responded with, “I was surprised but c’est la vie” rather than reiterating the fact that he thinks he should not have left when he did, deserved someone else’s place etc. If I thought that, I would keep it to myself.
Honesty is good but humility is admirable.
Zepplin, I do believe from a lot of comments above that some do believe he is a jerk but I am not one of them. I love him and sort of skimmed over THAT comment as he was doing his interview, no big deal – the rest of his interview was so funny and interesting that I didnt think twice about THAT until I saw him being called names on here. I think the Mavid show is hilarious and can see how all the Idols just adore MJ but now I do wish he had just left that remark out too but I didnt think badly of him.
For me, it’s not just these 2 seconds… after the show, he has very many times commented about how he was robbed, how he should’ve stayed longer or whatever. This new comment from him just further pushes some of those teetering over the edge of annoyance towards him.
Reading back, a few people do think that, you’re right sumidol. Can’t blame them though. His public persona, his comments do often come across egotistical.
After watching and reading so many of his interviews, I believe MJ wanted Cook to win, and places himself (and probably Carly) higher than almost everyone else. I love them all (although I don’t think MJ’s nearly half as good as he thinks he is) but that vibe I get is annoying. I think all the hype got to his head. He needs to leave this alone (/respond differently) and look to the future so people like me who have no life won’t disect his every word lol.
But, this is why I like personalities like Archuleta and Jason so much. I doubt they will ever say a bad word about anyone or pimp themselves up. Archie, well can you get any more humble than that kid?? Jason too obviously. Even after his elimination he said, “I had a blast here, it’s been the time if my life but it was my time to leave. I think the three that are left are oustanding singers.” And, “My mother taught me to never make a person look wrong…I think it’s just respectful.” Take notes MJ
You can be funny and modest without being phoney or dull. But I agree with you about the rest of his interview. It was very funny – the last few minutes spoiled it but he’s a funny guy. Rami’s was very amusing also. She’s super bubbly and quirky-cute.
So, on another note, Carly reads these boards? For definite?
* this SITE, rather.
It won’t let me edit.
And yes, the Mavid show is still entertaining lol.
youtube.com/watch?v=Mj-P_Gc4gPk&eurl
You are missing my point. The tone of your post was inappropriate for my site.
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Yes Zeppelin just another reason why Jason became and has stayed my #1. I dont know for sure if Carly reads this but I know that Purple sent her mom a message to tell her about the pic MJ took of her and she responded to that and put the pic up on her myspace. So I believe Carly knows about this site anyways. Zeppelin you do word your thoughts in a very calm and nice way – good or bad, I like that. I could learn from you.