Kelly, Ruben, Fantasia, Carrie, Taylor, Jordin, then ?
Of the six winners so far, only Kelly and Carrie have become true A-list stars. Ruben has turned to a career in gospel music, the last that was heard from him. Fantasia is a B-list R&B celeb sliding toward C-list. Taylor is performing on the Southeast Asia circuit. And even with the help of a collaboration with the current hot guy in hip-hop, Jordin's first album has been disappointing.
So far the winners have been white, black, black, white, white and mixed race. On Larry King a week or so ago, Cowell said that he thinks David A. will win this year. Gotta have a Hispanic winner, dontcha know.
And no loser has done better than Daughtry. If his next album is half as good as this one, getting radio play every day then he'll be right up there.