Let’s get this out of the way right now – I have a thing for Jordan Knight. In the purely ‘he’s so dreamy and I feel like I’m 16 when I see him, but I’m not crazy I swear’ sort of way. I have been lucky enough to interview Jordan on the phone and meet him in person at his concert in Ottawa. I have to tell you that both times he was incredibly kind genuine and obviously cares about his fans. This is a man who can sell out 18,000 plus stadiums for a concert tour but still takes the time to meet with fans and do things like this – trust me, not all people who can sell out stadiums are nice like this. Just ask Sarah about Derek Hough – and then ask her who Derek Hough is. Because he is no Jordan Knight! Exactly my point.
My very dear friend Eric Alper works for EOne Music Canada which happens to be Jordan’s record label and he isalso friends with Jordan. Knowing I would be in town for Blissdom, Eric asked me if I wanted to do an interview about Jordan’s new show on CBC, Cover Me Canada, that airs on Sundays at 9pm and I obviously said yes (actually my email to Eric might have contained numerous OMG’s and multiple !!!). When I met up with Eric at Blissdom to figure out the interview details, he decided to surprise me and tell me that I was actually going to go with him to pick Jordan up at his hotel and bring him back to the conference to attend the closing costume and karaoke party. Um, say what now?! Yes, yes I can do that. Cue my inner school girl doing jumpy claps while squee-ing at a volume that I’m pretty sure only dogs can hear. Whatevs, don’t tell me you wouldn’t do the same.
So I got that out of my system, got ready and headed over to pick up Jordan (we’re on a first name basis now) and bring him back to the Blissdom Canada costume party where a room full of the most digitally connected and influential women in Canada collectively lost their shit at the sight of him. It was pretty awesome. Within minutes of arriving at the party Jordan Knight was a trending topic on Twitter proving the social media power within the room. Jordan posed for picture after picture after picture, walked through the party, chatted with the awesome ladies who were at the conference and then did this:
Amazing right?! Because not only did he sing one song, he sang two. And he sang those songs on a stage with hundreds of women. I can’t tell you how many came up to me after he left who were so genuinely surprised that he did that. Who couldn’t get over how nice he was. Who were impressed by how fantastic he sounded! And all of them who loved the fact that he was just such a nice, down to earth guy. He definitely made a lot of new fans that night.
I have a feeling that last night's episode of CBC’s Cover Me Canada will have an entirely new audience of social media types whose inner teenager has been unleashed. Gotta say that I’m a little sad that I had to leave Toronto before I was able to attend the filming of the show, but am still hoping to make one before the season finale on November 15th. (or maybe even the finale, hint hint:)) As much as I enjoyed Blissdom Canada and all of the great content and networking, bringing Jordan Knight to our costume party was the best thing ever. I think we might have to make this a Blissdom tradition – what do you say?
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