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In the latest edition of the WWE Magazine, "The Informer" character teases that there will be a musical performance at this year's Summerslam show. Here is what was posted…
This musical act is currently in negotiations to perform at this year's Summerslam. Want a hint? He was a former American Idol runner-up."
Some of the more popular American Idol runner-ups are Clay Aiken, Bo Bice, Blake Lewis, David Archuleta, and Adam Lambert. Also, former contestant James Durbin started working with WWE for the B.A. STAR campaign this year. He placed fourth in the competition.
Its largely to do with WWE attempting to target a mainstream audience. Hard rock/death metal/metal are not mainstream types of music. Additionally, the bands within these genres are arguably not as good as they were fifteen to twenty years ago.Wow, former American Idol runner up. Didn't wrestling used to get bands like Anthrax, Megadeth, Motorhead, Kiss and Rage Against The Machine? Not even the winner, man. The American Idol runner up.
:mark: :mark: :mark: I'll certainly be spending 50 bucks on this PPV!
Here is a really radical thought: Add another 8 minutes of wrestling on the wrestling PPV. Goddamn this company is dumb sometimes.
Very intelligent. I'm astounded by such innovative insights.Gay.
What the fuck is that? Bring back Chris WarrenFrom Lemmy to this in less than 10 years...
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It just really depends on how popular each former contestant is globally. There have only been a few successful American Idol contestants outside the USA: Adam Lambert, Jordin Sparks and Jennifer Hudson. The most successful is Kelly Clarkson. So, it is plausible that they will target Adam Lambert because he has been somewhat successful, he fits in with WWE's current image in appealing to diversity, and he will likely want to market his own music material considering he is releasing a new album. I don't think they will be using his former American Idol status as a marketing strategy.I might be Irish and have no idea of how American Idol works, exactly; but can anyone honestly explain how "American Idol" winners are good for worldwide entertainment? Don't get me wrong, there are hundreds of great singers/musicians from America. WWE prides itself on "worldwide" entertainment. So other than WWE are trying the "come to SS, see X star that was in American Idol", I have no idea.
I do recall Kelly Clakrson's name. TBH my knowledge of popular music is actually horrible so for me to recgonize a name is surprising. But I do see your point. Assuming the man is good, hopefully they will use X, for AI winner, releasing Y album/single (that's his own) and actually try to push an artist and get some AI fans at the same time. But, this is WWE so we'll probably have something along the lines of this month's "nobody hear of this guy before" artist.It just really depends on how popular each former contestant is globally. There have only been a few successful American Idol contestants outside the USA: Adam Lambert, Jordin Sparks and Jennifer Hudson. The most successful is Kelly Clarkson. So, it is plausible that they will target Adam Lambert because he has been somewhat successful, he fits in with WWE's current image in appealing to diversity, and he will likely want to market his own music material considering he is releasing a new album. I don't think they will be using his former American Idol status as a marketing strategy.
Globally, I think its safe to estimate that Adam Lambert has been more successful than Carrie Underwood. That's because though the popularity of country music is largely confined to the States. There have been a few exceptions, e.g. Shania Twain.By the way, the only legit people who went to be a mainstream success after Idol were Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and Carrie Underwood. Lambert to a small degree but at that point, Idol had been watered down.