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She'd just be another winner with less than stellar sales! :)

I was thinking tonight that Kelly Clarkson set the bar really, really high for subsequent winners. Each winner is just the winner of a single contest against a set of specific competitors. Who's to say that Fantasia would have even made the Top 12 if she had competed in Season 5 or that Carrie would have won if she had competed against Kelly in Season 1? The PTB probably hope and pray for a truly marketable (as in marketable to the largest possible audience) winner, but it doesn't always work out that way.

I was thinking tonight that Kelly Clarkson set the bar really, really high for subsequent winners. Each winner is just the winner of a single contest against a set of specific competitors. Who's to say that Fantasia would have even made the Top 12 if she had competed in Season 5 or that Carrie would have won if she had competed against Kelly in Season 1? The PTB probably hope and pray for a truly marketable (as in marketable to the largest possible audience) winner, but it doesn't always work out that way.

In my opinion, Fantasia never should have won. One decent song (Summertime) doe NOT a star make. Her subsequent sales have proven that! They've had two winners (Kelly and Carrie) that have gone to be stars in their own right. I raelly thuink that LaToya or Jennifer Hudson were much bettr than Mantasia.

I didn't watch the the first two seasons, but from 3, 4, 5, and 6 I would say that last year, season 6 was the weakest, especially considering the eventual winner.