Chris Sligh: Talented, Funny, and Business-Smart
Chris Sligh: Talented, Funny, and Business-Smart by Roxanne McDonald
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He knew what he was doing: not going for the title of Idol but going for the exposure the association with Idol would bring. |
I knew there was a reason I wasn’t getting all apoplectic when Chris was eliminated….
Unlike several other eliminated contestants on Idol and on several other shows, Chris Sligh is not responding to his elimination under the guise of any sour grapes defense mechanism.
Instead, he is being candid as ever (part of his humor and charm), explaining in exit and other interviews how he was not using Idol as a way to win the coveted title. Rather, Sligh realized he is more from “an indie/alternative rock kind of background,” he said (to TV reporters, according to TV Squad).
In fact, he added, for him, “I think winning would hurt what I was really going for.”
What he was really going for is what I have suggested is the understood outcome for high-end performers who make it to the top twelve of American Idol but who do not win the grand prize. Chris Sligh has picked up on what Daughtry, Aiken, Hudson, and other runners-up, if you will, have hit upon: Sligh has followed the results and subsequent non-Idol
successes; used Idol as his platform (the best platform on the planet right now); and branded/marketed and continues to market his name, his talent, and his true calling.
So, after having written all gushingly about Sligh being my favorite, now I get why I didn’t sob and scream defiantly at the screen when he was “voted” out last night.
He would have dropped from the race, anyway. In fact, he almost did—though once again, his smart inquiries (asking if he dropped out would he be in good stead for independent contracts) kept him right where he was—and is—supposed to be.
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