JT Podcast: CGT S2 Special #9 – Raymond Salgado

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com   Author’s Note: My conversation with Raymond Salgado was previously recorded before it was announced that he would be competing in the Canada’s Got Talent: Season Two semifinals.  Canada’s Got Talent (CGT): Season Two Judges Auditions are over! Judges Howie Mandel, Trish Stratus, Kardinal Offishall, Lilly Singh, and host Lindsay Ell have […]

Jake’s Take’s Best of the 2010s: Top 30 Reality TV Performances

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com December 31, 2019, will mark the end of the 2010s. Throughout this decade, there were impeccable moments throughout performance-based competition shows. I have picked out performances from eight different seasons on four continents.  Here are my Top 30 performances that happened during this decade. (Editor’s Note: Earlier this summer, I revealed […]

Jake’s Take’s Fifth Anniversary: Top 30 Greatest Reality TV Performances of All-Time-Part Three

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Missed part two of my countdown? Click here to read it! This is it! Here are the ten greatest Reality TV performances of all-time:   #10-Candice Glover: “Lovesong” (American Idol, 2013) 2013 was a year of lasts for American Idol. It was the last year that Randy Jackson was on the […]

Jake’s Take Music Reviews: Week of May 20, 2016

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Welcome to another exciting edition of Jake’s Take’s Music Reviews! This week, we have a lot of material to chug through! So let’s get this party started. Thank You by Meghan Trainor Last year, Meghan Trainor took the world by storm with her smash single: “All About That Bass” and self-titled […]

A Conversation with Jessica Sanchez

  By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome Jessica Sanchez to Jake’s Take. Since she was 10-years-old, Ms. Sanchez has blown worldwide audiences away thanks to her appearances on Showtime on the Apollo’s Kid Stars of Tomorrow and the first season of America’s Got Talent in 2006. But, it was not until […]

American Idol’s Best Female Vocalists

  By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com American Idol XIII returns with a two-night premiere on January 15 and 16. Joining returning judge Keith Urban on the Judging panel will be newcomer Harry Connick, Jr. and Idol veteran Jennifer Lopez! But, before the trio begins their search for the next big superstar, Jake’s Take is celebrating the […]

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