{"id":2335505,"date":"2026-03-18T19:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2335505"},"modified":"2026-03-18T19:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:45:14","slug":"jake-thistle-brings-jersey-shore-to-american-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jake-thistle-brings-jersey-shore-to-american-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Thistle brings Jersey Shore to &#8216;American Idol&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"86149048007\" title=\"Sunset on Day 1 of Sea Hear Now 2025 festival in Asbury Park, Sept. 13 2025.\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/09\/14\/PAPP\/86147006007-sea-hear-now-53.jpg?crop=2999,1688,x0,y171\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Sunset on Day 1 of Sea Hear Now 2025 festival in Asbury Park, Sept. 13 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Sunset on Day 1 of Sea Hear Now 2025 festival in Asbury Park, Sept. 13 2025. Hozier, Alabama Shakes, LCD Soundsystem, ZZ Top and more played.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.app.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2026\/03\/10\/american-idol-2026-top-20-jake-thistle-bruce-springsteen-bob-dylan\/89079016007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jake Thistle<\/a> may have been in Hawaii on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.app.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2026\/03\/03\/american-idol-2026-julia-sienna-freehold-jersey-shore\/88956894007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Idol<\/a>,\u201d but he was thinking of the Jersey Shore.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Thistle&#8217;s spirited performance of Huey Lewis and the News&#8217; \u201cPower of Love\u201d on the Monday, March 16 episode of \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d was performed with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.app.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/12\/08\/sea-hear-now-2026-asbury-park\/87673233007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sea Hear Now<\/a> festival in mind, said Thistle to the Asbury Park Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was super excited for this Beach Round,\u201d said Thistle, a 21-year old Paramus native who often plays in Asbury Park music venues. \u201cI had a great time at all the rounds before but this was the one that felt the most like an outdoor fun Sea Hear Now-esque music festival, which is sort of my backyard, and that&#8217;s something I&#8217;d really love to do so it meant the world that I got to make it to that round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sea Hear Now festival, which features greats of music from Green Day to Bruce Springsteen, takes place in September on the Asbury Park North Beach. This year&#8217;s lineup has not been announced yet.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/03\/17\/PAPP\/89190548007-180848-1880.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/03\/17\/PAPP\/89190548007-180848-1880.jpg?crop=2996,2249,x4,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/03\/17\/PAPP\/89190548007-180848-1880.jpg?crop=1797,2399,x875,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/03\/17\/PAPP\/89190548007-180848-1880.jpg?crop=2996,1687,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Eric McCandless, Disney\" caption=\"Asbury Park musician Jake Thistle performs on the March 16, 2026 episode of &quot;American Idol,&quot; filmed at Aulani, A Disney Resort &amp; Spa in Ko Olina, Hawaii.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thistle&#8217;s \u201cPower of Love\u201d was the second performance on Monday&#8217;s episode, filmed at Disney&#8217;s Aulani Resort on Oahu, Hawaii. It was a hit.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>\u201cIt felt like a party out here,\u201d said guest judge KeKe Palmer. \u201cYou saw how all the girls were screaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid I detect this sexy Jake?\u201d said judge Lionel Richie. \u201cAnd then, did you notice judges, I&#8217;ve never seen you with your ugly face. That means you&#8217;re singing your heart out, man. I mean, honestly, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m looking for man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"88859476007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Guest mentor Brad Paisley had suggested that Thistle emote more on stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJake makes it effortless and sometimes you want to make it look hard,\u201d Paisley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPower of Love\u201d was a contrast to the mid-tempo songs Thistle had previously performed on the show, including his original, \u201cSleep on Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI showed the mellow side of me,\u201d Thistle said. \u201cI auditioned acoustic and now it&#8217;s time to pump up the fun and it was a daytime performance on the beach in Hawaii in front of the amazing judges and incredible crowd at the resort who came in, standing room. Full band, so everything for this was it&#8217;s going to be a party, this is going to be a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The Wonder Bar in Asbury Park hosted a Thistle \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d viewing party on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Thistle is in the Top 20 and 10 contestants performed on Monday&#8217;s episode, followed by a public vote from 8 p.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 17. The next 10 contestants will perform Monday, March 23, also followed by a public vote.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cIdol\u201d live performance episodes will begin after the Hawaii episodes. \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d airs 8 p.m. Mondays on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Subscribe to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.app.com\/offers\">app.com<\/a> for the latest on the New Jersey music scene.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at cjordan@app.com<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-03-18 19:08:53.683532847 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-03-18 19:08:53.683532847 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mycentraljersey.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunset on Day 1 of Sea Hear Now 2025 festival in Asbury Park, Sept. 13 2025. Sunset on Day 1 of Sea Hear Now 2025 festival in Asbury Park, Sept. 13 2025. Hozier, Alabama Shakes, LCD Soundsystem, ZZ Top and more played. 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