YMMV / Jason Donovan

• Americans Hate Tingle: Jason Donovan attempted to conquer North America, and signed a deal with Atlantic Records for a brief time, but Stock Aitken Waterman acts as a whole were declining stateside amidst the rise of hip hop and new jack swing by the time he debuted, so he never made it onto the Hot 100 even once (fellow S/A/W newcomer Sonia suffered the same fate, despite her world-conquering "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You"). The 1990 Milli Vanilli scandal certainly didn't help his chances.
  • He also wasn't too popular in Italy, where the Italo Disco movement (the primary influence to Stock Aitken Waterman) had fallen out of the mainstream by the time he arrived onto the scene. Despite his weaker popularity there, his music videos have still aired on various Italian music channels (including Videomusic) and he has/had fans there.
  • He used to be popular in the United Kingdom, until the time he sued a magazine for accusing him of lying about his sexuality in 1992. Luckily, he didn't alienate all of his fans, as there are still some fans who are fond of him to this day.
  • Similar to Italy, he also had a weaker popularity in Germany.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Prior to the spring of 1992, Jason Donovan was huge in the United Kingdom. Many teenage girls went crazy for him as "Jasonmania" swept through and almost all of his songs went into the top ten there. The rise and popularity of Neighbours in the UK did help him.
  • He had much more popularity in Ireland, as most of his songs there has went into the top ten, including the ones that didn't make it to the top ten in the UK!
  • He was also huge in Japan, as bubblegum pop was well-liked in the land of the rising sun.
  • While he had a decent popularity in countries outside of Australia, he was/is HUGE in the Phillpines, Russia, Brazil, and Argentina!