what ever happended to the winners of american idol?
Many feel the problem with American Idol is the infamous line, “It’s a singing competition”. Unfortunately, popular music (pop/rock, rap or country) is not a singing competition, but a performing competition. This year was a perfect example: Blake Lewis is a much better performer than Jordin Sparks. Jordin had a better voice. Jordin won, but Lewis is going to have a longer career. The same happened last year. Elliott Yamin and Chris Daughtry went on to big hit albums even though Daughtry didn’t make the final 3, and Yamin finished 3rd. Meanwhile, Taylor Hicks did the album that Bo Bice would have done, Kat McPhee ended up in a Stuff pantyhose shoot that left only a little to the imagination. Winning can catapult a great performer. It can also showcase one who doesn’t finish in the top. Josh G
You mean like Jennifer Hudson 12th runner up on American Idol 2002? This bright and booming talent is a perfect example of how NOT winning the title of “American Idol: The Search for a Superstar” (2002) can actually be a boon to your career and not necessarily the end of a childhood dream. What seemed like an eventual road back to obscurity, she found her way into the auditioning room for the coveted role of Effie Melody White, the cast-off member of a popular 60s Supremes-like girl group in the long-awaited film version of the esteemed Broadway musical “Dreamgirls”. Among Jennifer’s competition of over 750 hopefuls was Fantasia herself. This time Jennifer was the winner…and she was even ordered to gain weight for the role. With the insurmountable task of taking over a role so indelibly identified with the original Effie on Broadway, the Tony-winning legend Jennifer Holliday, the making of Dreamgirls (2006) for Jennifer Hudson could only have been described as daunting, surreal and t
