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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by wearelistening:
'Contests', in any field, are successful. Almost all require you to subscribe to a membership, buy a product, pay a fee or sign a contract (except jpfolks of course!).

Large brands often run contests to increase brand awareness, market research and generate sales. In my opinion, one way or another, you pay.

American Idol, Pop Idol, Fame Academy, X-Factor and all the syndications in almost every nation I can think of have launched careers. Yes, all the contestants could take part without paying at the door but have little control over their careers if they are selected.

These shows can not afford to select a winner who may not feel like singing a certain song, do a press conference, go on a diet or perform to an audience of twelve year olds. As such, they are legally obliged.

Although, to many, this is a small price to pay for a blessing, it IS a price and, sometimes, for a blessing in disguise.

What we offer is for free agents. Whether you win or not, you are free to do as you want with your art and the business of it. We charge you at the door, upfront, no strings... but I assure you, when British Airways decides to sponsor us, we will waive this (for a short survey and an email blast perhaps).

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There is a HUGE difference between signing a recording contract and getting a trophy to put on your shelf. Moreover, idol contestents don't have to pay an entry fee to audition. As I said before, I know of no cases of someone scoring a major cut from a contest. You really have to ask yourself why that is? If contests were such a great way to find cuttable songs, I would think that you would see more being offered with winners getting cuts. The only reason I can think of for this not being the case is that the quality of the submissions is so low that it isn't worth the time and effort to use them to find needles in the haystack. On the other hand, there seems to be new contests all the time. Again, one might ask why. Could it be that it is an easy way to score some cash from really bad submissions?

Exactly HOW MUCH money do you make from these contests? What is your net income?

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