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’s Fifth Anniversary: Top 30 Greatest Reality TV Performances of All-Time-Part Three
August 22, 2016 By
Alicia & Miley join “The Voice” for Season 11
August 21, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com The Voice began a new era as veterans Adam Levine and Blake Shelton welcomed former advisors Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus to the coaches’ chairs. As the Rio Olympics concluded, The Voice gave their fans a taste of things to come for the eleventh season with a half-hour special. Will the […]
Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews: Week of August 19, 2016
August 19, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Welcome to another exciting edition of Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews! This week, I will look the latest offerings from the Queen of Country Music, several rising artists, two friends of the blog and the one and only Britney Spears! Let’s get this party started! Pure & Simple by Dolly Parton […]
Jake’s Take On: Dolly Parton’s “Pure & Simple”
August 17, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Two years ago, I had one of the biggest interviews of my career when I interviewed the Queen of Country Music: Dolly Parton. Ms. Parton just released one of her biggest albums of her career, Blue Smoke, and traveled across North America, Europe, and Asia as a part of her Blue […]
Jake’s Take’s 5th Anniversary: The Top 30 Greatest Reality TV Performances of All-Time-Part Two
August 15, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Missed Part One? Click here to read it! Here’s a little fascinating fact about the artists that are featured in part two of my Top 30 Greatest Reality TV Performances of All-Time. I have interviewed ALL of these excellent performers! #20-Sharon Irving: “Glory” (America’s Got Talent, 2015) Sharon Irving kicks off […]
Gwen Stefani & Eve rock the Sprint Center
August 13, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com One of the hottest summer concerts visited Kansas City’s Sprint Center. Gwen Stefani’s This is What the Truth Feels Like Tour marks the former Voice coach return to the touring world. While she performed three concerts as a part of MasterCard Priceless Surprises Presents concert series, the This is What the […]
Jake’s Take’s 5th Anniversary: The 30 Greatest Reality TV Performances of All-Time Part One
August 11, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Over the past five years, Jake’s Take has covered some of the best talent shows on the planet! My blog has covered nine seasons of The Voice USA, five seasons of both America’s Got Talent and American Idol, three seasons of The X Factor USA (please bring back this show, FOX […]
Jake’s Take-The Fifth Anniversary: My Fitness Journey
August 8, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Throughout my career as a blogger, fitness has played a role in my life. Around the blog’s inception, I returned from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a few pounds heavier than before. I immediately went back to the Jewish Community Center of Kansas City and started to exercise again. At […]
Jake’s Take: New Music Reviews (Week of August 5, 2016)
August 5, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Welcome to another exciting edition of New Music Reviews! Let’s get this party started! Encore by DJ Snake Over the past few years, French DJ and EDM music producer DJ Snake has been building a following thanks to his projects with Lil John (“Turn Down for What”) and Major Lazer […]
iLuminate returns to “AGT” with Fitz & The Tantrums
August 3, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com One of the greatest acts in America’s Got Talent (AGT) history returned home tonight! Since their first audition in Season Six, Team iLuminate’s excellent combination of technology, dance, and music blew audiences away, and their performances took them all the way to the Season Six finale, where they took home third […]
