Joan writes in an email:
The one that is probably the most important is very difficult to see. It’s titled “ai jason guard” and it’s when the tour manager/security guard with the white beard stops Jason Castro, who was skipping towards the crowd to sign autographs. Many fans were very, very disappointed. Jason had the largest group of fans, and they had rented an airplane with a banner and all, and he never got a chance to greet them. Anyway, this picture proves that he was making the effort to come but stopped by evil white goatee man. There is a picture of my daughters in front of the tour bus where Jason Castro was inside. There is also a shot of the dreadheads airplane banner, if you can see it. I have not cropped these pictures yet.
A really funny thing that happened was that David Cook was signing autographs and someone asked him to sign a David Archuleta picture. He held up the picture to his head in front of his face and said “aw, gosh,” doing a David Archuleta impression. Then someone asked him to sign their shoe, and he did. I have that picture attached.
Her Recap (from the LA Show Thread)
I was at last night’s show with my 2 daughters, who are big Jason Castro fans. At least they were until last night, when David Cook rocked the arena. Jason’s tunes on itunes are beautiful, but Cookie really knows how to play the live stage. We couldn’t hear what any of the performers were saying, except for Cook, because they don’t have that speaking to a stadium skill yet.
We waited by the buses for fan meet n greet beforehand, but the Idols never came out. There was an airplane with a banner that said “Jason U R Our Idol [Heart] The Dreadheads” which was pretty amazing. We even stood near VoteforCastro, who had organized the airplane with donations from the Dreadheads. AND SHE DID NOT GET TO MEET JASON. At least not beforehand. And judging from afterwards, when he came out LAST to sign autographs, and the white goateed handler stopped him from signing any at all, I don’t think she or anyone got any contact with him afterwards. Everyone else came around and signed stuff.
Oh, and a little tip. We had bought a poster. Don’t do that, buy the 8×10 of all the idols. Only Chikezie signed my poster. Thank you Chikezie! And, we were 3 or 4 rows back in autograph signing, which was bad. Why not have the Idols sit at tables and have fans line up in front of them, instead of have them come out to the fans?
I was thrilled to get pictures of Carly’s husband, Brooke White and her husband together, and Jeff Archuleta who was very nice to everyone.
Anyway, enough about the autographs and pictures. The show was a lot of fun. It was a great experience and totally worth it. I don’t think Ramielle was that bad, she and Chikezie are the only ones who can dance. She was not able to be heard on her last song, tho. Kristy Lee Cook did not wow the audience, which is not a big country music audience it seems. Other than that, everyone was really well received. And Chikezie is a very talented party starter!!
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Nice recap, Joan, thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Look how skanky that shoe is inside, lol, but innovative! Cute pic of Brooke and her hubby (he’s a cutie, isn’t he) she looks like Goldilocks.
Nice recap Joan. Love the pics too. :) Brooke and her hubby make a cute couple. :)
LMAO I love that Cook did an Archie impression…makes my day. What’s weird, though, is that I’ve heard good things about that security guard..I’ve never had any contact with him personally, so I don’t know..but that’s very odd that he would stop Jason from going to see fans.
So, does this mean your daughters stopped being Jason fans because he was stopped from meeting his fans? It doesn’t sound like it was his fault.
Pam, thanks!! It was really a lot of fun. Jul, I think that they wanted to get the Idols moving because they had to drive up to San Jose (5 hours or so) for today’s concert so that may be why they got Jason going and kept him from the fans. skylight, they just really liked David Cook a lot more because he was great at working the crowd, all around good performer. It’s an experience thing, I’d bet, that Cook is used to gigging and knows how to manage and excite crowds.
Yes, that is a sign of a good performer– Cook knows how to work the crowd. He can really get people on their feet. From what I can tell the “handlers” always kind of try to get the contestants moving and often prevent them from meeting the fans if they are running late. Cook usually ignors them and takes the time to meet his fans. Everyone else (maybe not Michael or Carly) listen to the handlers. Cook always breaks the rules LOL. He did that when they went to Vegas the first time at that break….Love that about him. He’s down to earth and he loves his fans and if they are willing to wait for the idols–he goes out of his way to greet them even when he’s in a time crunch.
LOL at the shoe autograph. (Kind of a cute idea, actually!) Loved the little Davids story. Thanks so much for the pics and recap!
Yeah, I saw the pic of that guard planting himself in front of Jason. That’s sad for all of his fans and for him because I’m sure he didn’t want to disappoint anyone. It sounds like bad circumstances and some jerk of a security guard caused it.
The ones who ignore need to teach the others how to ignore. That would be good for everybody :)
My recap:
The whole night was amazing. The concert was 100 times better than last year’s, everything from the streamers to the t-shirts thrown out to the format. I can honestly say that the top 10 sounded even better live than on the show, and that the concert is definitely worth buying tickets to.
Before the show, my group and I waited outside. Not only did we see the Idols, but we ran into Jeanette McCurdy from iCarly. :) I was overwhelmed when I met the two Davids. During the show, we also sat near Carly’s husband and Chikezie’s parents.
While we were waiting for the show to begin, a Pop-Tart taught us cheesy dance moves. There was also a show ‘host’, Corey.
Here’s how the show went:
They showed a video montage about how the idols got to where they were… “163 people made it to Hollywood week and only 60 made it through…” blah blah blah.
The American Idol theme song played and the audience went nuts.
Corey came over the speakers, “Number 10- Chikezie.” Chikezie came out first and set the standards high for the rest of the top 10. His “I Believe to my Soul” was very energetic and the crowd went wild. He then told us that his parents were in the audience and sang a version of “Act a Fool”. I felt like he should have not been voted off so soon, even if his fashion choices weren’t the greatest. “Caught Up” was great, too. His “So High” was soulful yet not boring at all.
“Number 9- Ramiele Malubay.” Sorry Rami, but I did feel like you needed some work on your first song, “I Want You Back.” It was very shrieky and you lost your breath at times. The next two songs, “Love Will Lead You Back,” and “If I Never See Your Face Again,” needed just a little extra push. Despite her ‘just okay’ singing styles, she did look cute and her and the audience had a lot of fun.
“Number 8- Michael Johns.” Geez. The crowd could have made you deaf as he rose up from the top of the stairs singing a medley of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions”. I’m sorry, and I know girls think differently, but I felt that this was the right time for him to go. He was a very bad speaker and was only there to impress the ladies. He even said so himself when he introduced his blues arrangement “It’s All Wrong but It’s All Right”. Bleh. All three songs were just okay, including “Dream On”.
“Number 7- Kristy Lee Cook.” Although no one knew some of her songs, Kristy definitely knew how to perform like a true rockstar and could believably sell out concerts. She threw out T-Shirts and knew how to work the stage. Her songs were, “I’m Through Squeezing the Love Out of You”, “God Bless the USA”, and “Cowgirl”.
Before singing her second song she gave a brief speech to thank the people who have defended and are defending our country this very moment.
“Number 6- Carly Hennesy *cough* I mean- Smithson.” Her husband was in the audience so nobody dare boo her. XD The fan was way too much while she was singing “Bring Me Back To Life”. The fan kept blowing her lips and cheeks in funny directions. Her next song, “Crazy On You”, she sung on the show. Her final song was “I Drove All Night”.
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“Number 5- Brooke White.” What a joy to have on the tour. Her songs, “Let it Be”, “1 2 3 4″, and “Yellow” were perfect choices for her voice. I’m glad she didn’t choose some Billboard Hot 100 crap that didn’t even fit her voice, like many people did. Brooke was very good.
Chikezie through Brooke sang “(Pride) In the Name of Love” while clips from Idol Gives Back played on the jumbo-tron.
“Number 4- Jason Castro.” Two words- bo. ring. Jason looked like he had just woken up, sounded like he hadn’t rehearsed, and had the stage presence of a mouse. His “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was hard to hear. “Crazy” was my personal favorite, and I went to buy a program during “Daydream” because he was so boring.”
“Number 3- Syesha Mercado.” Felt a little fake for me. I don’t know, maybe that’s just her. Songs were “Umbrella”, “If I Ain’t Got You”, and “Listen”. Crowd went nuts as she introduced Archie.
“Number 2- David Archuleta.” That kid’s got a voice! Dang! He rose through the stage and played “Angels”. Smoke made it uneasy to see. “Apologize” was popular, as usual. During “Stand by Me” the girls in the crowd went into ultra fantard mode. “When You Say You Love Me” was the most boring of the bunch but one of the better vocals in the show.
“David Cook!” Eh… He sounded better on the show. He tried too hard to beat Michael Johns. ;) “Hello” was just okay for him. “Time of my Life” made me want to barf when he sang about magic rainbows. He filmed the audience with his video camera for about 30 seconds… that was a waste of time. “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” was next, and these two Russian ladies in front of me sang along. “My Hero” was a mess. Oh well. He went off the stage for about 2 minutes and half the people left. He came back and performed “Billie Jean”.
The top 10 sang “Don’t Stop the Music”. Streamers fell. The end. D:
Carlystatooewhatever - you first said that this was 100 times better than last year and then proceeded to Hate on all of them and everything except one nice line about Brooke - did NOT sound like a good time from YOUR recap?? The way you put it sounded a 100 times worse - a recap of your recap - it was a blah blah blah, shrieky, boring, bad, Blonde Kristy - good, boring, blonde Brooke good , most boring, barfy mess.
I’m pissed that they sent Ramiele, Brooke, Syesha & Chikezie out to greet the fans before the show and didn’t send MJ, Carly, Davids, Kristy and Jason. What a kick in the hoohah. I’m still pissed and it’s been 2 days. Dudes…seriously…push back the press or make them come outside with you, but don’t diss your fans. Brutal.
The show was amazing…blah, blah, blah.
So bitter.