Re: Amy Davisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’maybe she couldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t hear [herself] during her performance on top 24 night?

Amy should consider herself lucky. Unfortunately, I could hear her. The problem with that theory is she sang it equally as badly the next night when she was eliminated.

All joking aside, it is pretty pathetic that a show with the budget of American Idol cannot supply in-ear monitors for the Top 24 and beyond rounds. The fact that the “judges” don’t have in-ear monitors makes their judgments pretty useless.

http://www.myspace.com/amydavisvoice

Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve been several music compilations from Idol also rans. They keep churning them out, so I suppose someone is buying them. They must be cheap to make-low overhead.

You are right, they are probably cheap to produce as they don’t require big name promotions or special effects. Since SoundScan may not have every avenue for sales covered (I don’t think they follow independently-sold albums), they probably have sold a bit better than the charts show.

The also-rans also have dozens of individual albums out as well.

Ayla Brown (5) – had moderate airplay with her songs over the past couple years, even though it isn’t a big selling album
Brianna Taylor (5) – although she was helped considerably by a second TV appearance, she had recorded before appearing on Real World and sold really well (at least digitally)
Brooke Barrettsmith (5) – quite popular in the contemporary Christian circles with decent sales and significant airplay
Frenchie Davis (2) – although she had a sympathy vote for a controversial decision, she has become a mainstay on Broadway, and done some recording
Jeff Johnson (4) – while he didn’t sell much, he ranked high on the charts for quite a while in Christian music, reaching the top 20
Josiah Leming (7) – not sure what its physical sales are, but he sold a lot on iTunes
Sarah Burgess (6) – is getting a fair bit of airplay on many stations, especially in smaller markets

With one exception, none of them even made the semi-finals.

Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s actually the second edition in that compilation. There was another one released last year, with a slightly different cast of characters (Lisa Leuschner, for instance, was on that one but not this one).

There’ve been several music compilations from Idol also rans. They keep churning them out, so I suppose someone is buying them. They must be cheap to make-low overhead.

I feel bad for these guys. People who are just good singers (donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t write, donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t play instruments) should go directly to musical theater (or dinner theater). Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s just little market for them in the music industry (I guess Carrie Underwood is an exceptionà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’she just sings, right?)

Not sure about all of them, but Amy Davis writes almost all of her own songs. She’s definitely that singer/songwriter type that COULD have done well had she been given more air time in Hollywood Week and had chosen a different song Top 24 Week.

Also, Carrie has co-written several of her songs. One on her first album and like four on her second. She also wrote one of the songs Kristy Lee Cook’s album.