The participating talents include Omar Hussain and Bader Saleh, two Saudi comedians who are active on YouTube, the musical band “Farabi,” black light entertainers “Khawater Aldalam,” magician Mohammad Balkhi, and Johnny Madness, a beat box artist.

JETS is organized by Modoud Events, a Jeddah-based event management company that was founded in May 2010.

Almost immediately after the video of the event was shared by Omar Hussain on Twitter, the hashtag #JETSJeddah was born. Tweeters expressed their excitement over the event and wanted to know more. However, some of them became furious after finding out that the standard ticket would cost SR500 and the VIP ticket SR750, a high price to pay for local talents. Hence the hashtag #noJETSJeddah emerged.

One Twitter user joked, “The salary: electric bill, car payments, phone bill and Omar Hussain’s fee.” Others compared the event’s ticket prices to international events for world-famous talents, saying that this event shouldn’t be as high. “Nancy Ajram’s concert cost me SR200 only, and she’s Nancy Ajram,” someone tweeted.

Although the event is organized by Modoud Events and not by Omar Hussain himself, tweeters did not stop attacking the YouTube vlogger (video blogger). “The problem is that Omar Hussain just posted an episode on high prices!”

On the other hand, Bader Saleh wasn’t left alone either: “Why is Bader Saleh’s ticket double the price of famous comedian Rickey Gervais?” read one tweet. “I attended Fairuz,” tweeted a Saudi writer, “and the seats were SR150; SR500 to attend a party of Badr Saleh and Omar Hussein is inappropriate for the reputation of the young Saudi new media representatives.”

Despite all the attacks, other tweeters defended the comedians by writing, “Bader and Omar have nothing to do with it; they are only paid to perform. The rest is up to the event management company, from providing the place to the ticket prices.”

After almost two days of discussions over who is to blame for the costly tickets, the YouTube vloggers decided to defend themselves. Omar Hussain posted another one of his apologies he is famous for on Facebook by saying, “I apologize: I am not the organizer of the ceremony. The only thing that binds me is a contract to perform. God willing, there will be stand-up comedy-only shows in the future with cheaper tickets.”

“I apologize for the price of the ticket even though I don’t benefit financially from it,” tweeted Bader Saleh shortly after. “For those who got mad over the ticket price, there will be other shows in the future with cheaper prices, God willing.”

A explaining the event and everyone behind it can be found on YouTube under the name “Jeddah's Entertainment & Talents Show.”