We all remember back in 2018 when Tana Mongeau hosted TanaCon, and it ended up being one
big disaster. But now, fans think Tana could be giving the event another try and planning
TanaCon 2.
What’s up guys? It’s Emile Ennis Jr. back here with Clevver News bringing you all the
news updates from my Clevver home studio and could the now infamous TanaCon be making a
come back?!
Fans definitely think so, and we’ll get into all of it, but before we get there, be
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Alright, so in case you forgot, back in 2017, after Tana was denied a "feature" creator
badge for VidCon, she decided to take things into her own hands.
And while at first she was just mad a VidCon, she went ahead and decided to host her own
convention, which she called TanaCon.
But we all now know that the event didn’t exactly turn out as Tana was hoping. It was
supposed to be a huge success, but ended up being one of the biggest messes in YouTube
history.
The two day event was supposed to open on June 22nd 2018, and it promised concerts,
talks, and meet-up opportunities with stars like Shane Dawson, Bella Thorne, and many
more.
That hotel event space where Tana was holding TanaCon was originally intended to hold 5,000
people and the event had initially sold 4,200 tickets.
Her team did not anticipate so many extra attendees to show up, let alone an alleged
20,000 people to show up!
So TanaCon was shut down on its first day after thousands of people were stuck standing
outside in the heat or shoved into spaces that were too small.
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And Tana obviously received a TON of backlash and heat online for this.
But, she’s made multiple apology videos since and even sat down with Shane Dawson,
who was slated to be at the event, for an emotional “Truth About Tanacon” series.
To this day, Tana still talks about how big of a disaster the event was and That's why
fans were pretty confused when an Instagram account for TanaCon randomly popped up this
week.
The account doesn't have any posts yet, but the bio does link to officialtanacon.com,
however; you need a password to access the site.
It’s still unclear whether Tana herself made this Instagram page and website or if
it could just be some fans trolling her.
One sign pointing to it not being Tana who created the account is the fact that the Instagram
page only follows Michael Weist.
Michael owned Good Times Entertainment, the company that ran TanaCon, and who Tana partially
blamed for the event's failure.
And Michael Weist declared bankruptcy after the event but still was trying to start his
own TV company.
At the time Tana tweeted saying quote, “how does one have the money to start a whole a**
TV company and was claiming bankruptcy like five minutes ago lmao and like what r u gonna
put on your TV network hahahaha”
So it wouldn’t make a lot of sense that Tana would choose to work with him again and
have him be the only account TanaCon follows.
Regardless though, the Instagram account and website have people talking, and some are
even excited for the prospect of TanaCon round two.
Obviously assuming that Tana has learned from her mistakes the first time around.
And before we get into what everyone else thinks, I want to know what you guys think
about this.
Do you think that TanaCon 2 could actually be happening and would you go if it was?
Let me know down in the comments below and get that conversation started.
Ok, so fans are taking to Twitter to share their thoughts on the prospect of TanaCon
2.
One person wrote quote, “aight who’s gonna go to tanacon since it’ll probably be organized
more efficiently this time”
Another wrote quote, “TANACON 2 WILL BE ICONIC”
And another fan threw in their own suggestion and said quote, “@tanamongeau Please call
it tanacon 2.0”
But other fans were worried with the current state of the world with events, concerts,
and sports all being cancelled, that even if this event was real, it wouldn’t happen.
One person wrote quote, “f*ck social distancing for coming in the way of tanacon! i was so
excited”
And another wrote quote, “aw man i rly wanted to go to tanacon this year”
And while we’re not sure if the IG account and website are real, we agree that even if
they was a TanaCon 2, it likely wouldn’t be happening for a while.
I guess only time will tell!
And if you want more on Tana and Shane’s docuseries about the original failed TanaCon,
click right over here for another Clevver News video where we break it all down for
ya.
Alright, I'm Emile Ennis Jr. with Clevver News, bye guys!