Chris Sligh to Season 8 Idols: You're Not Going To Be Successful

Chris Sligh wrote a blog post for the American Idol Season 8 contestants. Great reality check, although I'm a little shocked at his claims of being the Top 5 most successful Idol over Seasons 6 & 7.

I'm trying to imagine how, but Chris might be right, assuming he makes a ton of money on his "touring" and the royalties from "Here Comes Goodbye" which he wrote for Rascal Flatts. If that's the case, then Chris should account for Jared Cotter, who was a Semi-Finalist in Season 6. Jared co-wrote the smash hit "Down" for Jay Sean -- and things are in the upswing for Jared now. In an interview I had with Jared (which I will post soon!), he mentioned that "Down" has been downloaded on iTunes at least 1,000,000 times. Also, I'll see what I can gather from Sanjaya Malakar regarding his book deal and his appearance on "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here." Sanjaya said in an interview with Howard Stern that he got a $100,000 advance for his memoir. (Although, Chris did say one time on the Vote for the Worst radio show, that he has turned down "$250,000 worth" of various Idol-related appearances since he left the show -- which might mean that he's earning really well now.)

The bottom line though is: hard work. And this I agree with Chris 100%.

He also mentioned that the tour pays at least $200K. Interesting!

Read it at From My Mind To Your Eyes