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Blake Lewis gets the boot
Jun 25, 2008 | 2:51 PM
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'Idol' Runner-Up Blake Lewis Dropped by Arista Records

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

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Blake Lewis is the latest "American Idol" finalist to be dropped by his record label, he told the Internet radio show Maximum Threshold.

Lewis, who finished second behind Jordin Sparks in Season 6, signed with Arista Records after the show and released "Audio Day Dream" in December. The album sold only 300,000 copies and did not produce any singles, prompting Arista to drop Lewis from its label.

Aside from the major success of past winners like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood and fourth-place finalist Chris Daughtry, many "Idol" winners and runner-ups have had a hard time after leaving the popular show.

Both Season 5's winner and runner-up — Taylor Hicks and Katherine McPhee — were dropped from their respective labels, and Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard was dropped from J Records for falling “short of expectations.”

Click here to hear Lewis' interview with Maximum Threshold.

Does this surprise you? Did you listen to the CD? If so, what are your thoughts?

Happy blogging,
Corrina

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Vancouver read my blog
Jun 25, 2008 | 6:17 PM

I think I might have heard his CD when I went over to my uncles one day. It was one of those people's CD's he had in his Bose. If he could not sell more then 300,000 copies then the record label had every right to get rid of him. Record labels are there to make money and if they can not make money off of an artist then they should give him the boot.
Vancouver read my blog
Jun 25, 2008 | 6:18 PM

uncle's.
smitty read my blog
Jun 28, 2008 | 4:55 AM

I'm not surprised about Blake. He seemed
a little over-confident most of the time
and the beat-box stuff didn't work
either. I actually loved it when he did
a Morissey/The Smiths song on Idol. He
should have hung with the alternative scene
because he has the look and sound for it, not for hip-hop. Thank the agent for that one.

I am surprised at Taylor Hicks though. I
always wondered what happened to him.
He was probably the best (most entertaining) performer Idol's ever had yet, I guess
his music and/or his writers music fell short, shame!

It's all a symptom of getting too
much before your time and of the
recording companies rushing to release
albums.
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Corrina_Sullivan

Corrina Sullivan joined FOX 35 as primary anchor in January of 2007. Corrina co-anchors FOX 35 News at 6 & 10. Not an anchor glued to the desk, she enjoys working in the field providing dynamic, in-depth reports. Corrina hails from Baltimore, Maryland. It was there she quickly acquired a love for the water and boating. She and her husband met and married in St. Louis, but now consider Orlando home and look forward to making an impact on the community together.

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