Like It Or Not: Bands Made On Singing Shows, One-Hit Wonders, and Autotune

I love it.

I think it's a great platform for exposure for new singers, for up-and-comers, and I think it's a great way for people to sing and bring their passion to the table, so I love it.

I also love it.

I say like it.

I think there's so much talent out there, and, you know, sometimes you'll never get to see it unless you put it out there, so I'm glad the platforms are there for the artists.

B, I'm gonna throw you a curveball here.

Okay.

Let's talk about these competitions, but some of that are they create some of these groups with strangers, right? These made up groups that start performing for the first time together.

So I think places where One Direction or Fifth Harmony were born.

Yeah.

I mean, those are great groups.

So they knew what they were doing.

I feel like on the- But those are the groups that survived.

Yeah, yeah.

I feel like on a smaller scale, singing competitions can really be awesome for somebody's career or artistry.

And then even on the bigger scale, depending on how it works out in the fine print, I think it can really boost your whole platform.

Yeah,

because even if you don't win,

You

know, if someone likes you, they hear your sound in social media nowadays.

Jennifer Henson? Yeah.

Clay Aiken, even, right? I don't think he won his season on American Idol.

But all right, we started off tame.

We'll start to move in a different direction here.

Now, when you're on these competitions, like it or not, they're really mean, picky judges.

I love it.

I think it's a great platform for exposure for new singers, for up-and-comers, and I think it's a great way for people to sing and bring their passion to the table, so I love it.

I also love it.

I say like it.

I think there's so much talent out there, and, you know, sometimes you'll never get to see it unless you put it out there, so I'm glad the platforms are there for the artists.

B, I'm gonna throw you a curveball here.

Okay.

Let's talk about these competitions, but some of that are they create some of these groups with strangers, right? These made up groups that start performing for the first time together.

So I think places where One Direction or Fifth Harmony were born.

Yeah.

I mean, those are great groups.

So they knew what they were doing.

I feel like on the- But those are the groups that survived.

Yeah, yeah.

I feel like on a smaller scale, singing competitions can really be awesome for somebody's career or artistry.

And then even on the bigger scale, depending on how it works out in the fine print, I think it can really boost your whole platform.

Yeah,

because even if you don't win,

You

know, if someone likes you, they hear your sound in social media nowadays.

Jennifer Henson? Yeah.

Clay Aiken, even, right? I don't think he won his season on American Idol.

But all right, we started off tame.

We'll start to move in a different direction here.

Now, when you're on these competitions, like it or not, they're really mean, picky judges.