While American Idol Kris Allen, and contestants Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta enjoy the comfort of signed recording contracts and CDs due out in the fall, other Idol contestants are pinning career hopes on garnering record label attention and deals during the popular show’s 50-city whirlwind tour that kicked off in Portland last night.
Danny Gokey, reportedly in the midst of meetings with record labels, hopes for a contract “the quicker, the better.”
But most of the other contestants are in various stages of the waiting game, anticipating that the Idol tour will ignite the interest of recording company execs and bring contract offers onto the table.
Michael Sarver, first of the ten finalists eliminate from the show, said that he has some options to consider, and Scott MacIntyre, who has a recording studio, has started to work on his own record.
But several of the other contestants said that they expect the Tour to be their platform for displaying their talent and drawing record label interest. Matt Giraud, who performs a piano-enriched version of “Georgia On My Mind” on the tour, is hopeful for a record deal and “waiting to see what will happen.” Lil Rounds believes, “the tour is a great showcase. … I’m thinking after the tour is when we’ll see something happen.
Anoop Desai has no CD deals yet, but he views the tour a part of the audition process. And Megan Joy said, “We’re supposed to find out if anything is lined up for us this month.”
The signed Idol contestants are breathing easy. And the unsigned contestants are too busy to be waiting by the phone from calls from record execs – instead pumping out rock and ballad songs on the Idol tour and hoping they are good enough to end this gig with contracts signed on the dotted line. Sphere: Related Content
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