'American Idol' season six top 10 finisher Chris Sligh is doing fine. He has an album out and is making a living from his music. But he warns the new crop of top ten contestants from season eight that no one will care about them once the tour is over.

"You're not going to be successful. You're not going to be millionaires (with the exception of MAYBE Kris [Allen] and Adam [Lambert])," he writes on his blog.



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"You are going to struggle. No one will care about you. Those fans who've been asking for your autograph all tour long - 98% of them don't give a flying poo about you once next season of Idol starts," he continues.

"They're not going to buy your album when you put it out 2 years late. Chances are you'll never feel the rush of playing in front 10,000 people who care about you again. Your star is waning and remarkably quickly," Sligh adds.

The singer spells out what he thinks pretty clearly. "In other words, your days of being a star are over. But that's all right - so are mine. And I'm one of the most successful for my season of 'Idol.' I'm not a star. Chances are I never again will be."

Sligh finished 10th in the sixth season, with Jordin Sparks taking home the crown that year.

http://www.popeater.com/2009/09/22/chris-sligh-american-idol/

Seriously? I will always care for Allison Iraheta no matter what.

What about Chris Daughtry and Jennifer Hudson? Those two are more successful than the people who won those 2 seasons they were on. Kellie Pickler is still big with country fans.

There are some exceptions, but he's right that the majority of them do get forgotten.

Agreed on both of Chocoholic's examples. Jennifer Hudson was the only real breakout star from Season 3 of AI, and that was because of her surprising Oscar win for a role she had in the movie "Dreamgirls." Also, Season 5 of AI was the biggest example of how a loser can be more famous than the actual winner, and that was the case for 4th (yes, 4th) place finisher Chris Daughtry (despite the shock practically all of America had when he got eliminated), who ended up having a better music career and record sales than winner Taylor Hicks, 2nd place finisher Katharine McPhee, and 3rd place finisher Elliott Yamin combined. And yes, I'm sure (the very nice to look at) Kellie Pickler's popular with country music lovers with songs such as "Red High Heels."

What about this person...?

^ :lol:

There are some exceptions, but he's right that the majority of them do get forgotten.

I agree. But some fans do remain loyal to contestants who don't make it big in the music business.