As we’ve all heard three American Idol stars have been dropped by the same record label all within a week of each other. Two winners: Ruben and Taylor and a runner up Katherine were all dropped by the same record label due to poor sales in their records. Although all three made it as far as possible in the talent competition, this does not seem to correlate well to record sales. Of course there have been several big name players generated from the show and it still has the best ratings ever it seems like producers are scrambling thanks to the recent bad news.

Simon Cowell is reporting that he’ll be leaving the show sometime soon if they don’t find good talent in this season and producers have also said the show seemed to showcase less talent but more ‘flair’ in past seasons. They are also claiming that the new season starting on Tuesday will not have celebrity judges or will focus more on those celebrities who are popular now rather then in the 80s, 70s or even 60s as they have had in the past.

In all honestly I don’t get the hype over American Idol anymore. Only two of the winners have become actual “music stars” along with a few who didn’t come in first or even close to it. I watch the show for the first half only, the auditions. After that I don’t tune in but still keep some track of whats going on because well… it’s all over the place. It’s a mega hit in ratings but with the last few years of less then spectacular singers and winners, can the show hang on? I know for a fact that many people hate Simon Cowell but will the show even exist if he’s not on it anymore? There are a few questions surrounding the new season of American Idol. I’m sure it will do well but if he doesn’t overdo itself for the past few failures they might have a hard time selling to new and veteran fans.

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