YouTube sensations reign longer than Talent Search Winners

Personally in my opinion a lot of times it is really up to the person and who their sponsors are after the competitions are over if they can keep on succeeding or not. Maybe they also decide it is not worth it, and take themselves out of the limelight and go do something else. There are many who continue to be Good or not until yrs. later who might have been shunned and not won. Look at Jennifer Hudson. She might not have won Idol, but today she is one of the better talked about from her season.

I agree with you on this. Those who got popular through YouTube reign longer than those of talent search winners. Probably because they have more retain since it is the people who get to watch their videos are the one who judge by themselves that these talents are worth watching and worth sharing the video for. So it is more raw for that matter. While in talent search, they have designated judges who gets to be part of those who will be deciding whether a talent deserve to be given the limelight. People have different taste and judgement so I don't think that those who were judges by few number of people has the retaining power.

well this is what is happening, all right. Justin Bieber were more popular than the guys who won in the american idol for the last couple of seasons... but my take is that probably because the artists from youtube have been given the better option - to start the career right away, to have an album produced upon their discovery... unlike the talent search winners where they have to be seen in the show for the season, people have already lost interest before they even get to see them out of the show and into the really show business. Perhaps, seeing them every time in the show has already put a stopper to their career as it is a huge factor for fans to be following those that seemed more mysterious, unlike the celebs or talent search winners whose lives have been exposed all over the show.

i agree with you. sometime it feel sad to know someone with great talent just vanished after the show is over, It showed us how hard for someone who decide to become a singer to survive in that industry. they must have innovation to keep their popularity.

I agree with you, people becoming famous through youtube seem to reign longer. To me it seems they have a stronger fan base also the fact that you can subscribe to them helps and get updates from them. It's easier to connect with and to comment on youtube sensations then talent search winners. Also their videos are easier to find, and they are usually there for the long haul. Maybe if you combine Talent Search Winners with youtube, they might last longer? Another reason could be to do with technology, the later generations are more tech savvy.