In the writing of this blog series – I will not be commenting on who stays and who is voted off, no matter how tempted I may be. My purpose in writing this blog is to help you in your serious pursuit of success doing what you love. While American Idol may feed into the confusion of success and fame (which don’t necessarily coincide), I believe that there is a lot here to be learned about what works and doesn’t work in the music industry. And many of these principles can be extrapolated to apply to any industry both in the arts and outside of it.
Here are 7 lessons I pulled from Thursday night’s results show. Many of these came in the form of advice about what contestants need to do or comments from the judges. And one came from a contestant who’d been eliminated:
- Consistency
- Have fun
- Be unique
- Sing from your true experience
- Confidence
- Believe in yourself (not exactly the same as confidence, although they generally coincide)
- Use “losing” as an inspiration or a push to do more
What were your biggest lessons from this week in American Idol?
