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Old 04-03-2013, 22:13
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Both have been removed from the Artist Roster.

http://www.epicrecords.com/artists

Lol the X Factor US is a joke.
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:18
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Melanie has really been messed around hasn't she, I hope she recieves the 5 million dollars that probably hasn't been spent.
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:20
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Melanie has really been messed around hasn't she, I hope she recieves the 5 million dollars that probably hasn't been spent.
She gets 5 million regardless. The prize is 5 million PLUS the record deal, not a 5 million dollar record deal. They cut a check for a million dollars every year for five years to the winner regardless of success. (or at least that is what they are told)
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:22
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At least they haven't dropped Lea Labelle. They need to hurry up with her album, though.

Btw, was this recently? Were they on there before or was it just never updated?
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:23
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At least they haven't dropped Lea Labelle. They need to hurry up with her album, though.

Btw, was this recently? Were they on there before or was it just never updated?
They both have been removed today.
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:29
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They both have been removed today.
Judging by her latest tweets, she has definitely been dropped.
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:34
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She gets 5 million regardless. The prize is 5 million PLUS the record deal, not a 5 million dollar record deal. They cut a check for a million dollars every year for five years to the winner regardless of success. (or at least that is what they are told)
Oh that's good. I wasn't a fan but she hasn't even been given a proper shot at a succesful music career from Epic.
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:49
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Oh that's good. I wasn't a fan but she hasn't even been given a proper shot at a succesful music career from Epic.
Never mind. According to the Syco website, it was a 5 mill contract, but I remember seeing an interview with Cowell where he said it was a separate 5 mill that was guaranteed,
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Old 04-03-2013, 22:50
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Looking at the list of artists there that Epic have, I can't understand why it's such a sought after label.
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Old 04-03-2013, 23:07
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I'm not surprised Melanie has been dropped, she doesn't have any star quality to me, but I do feel sorry for her though. I didn't think Astro seemed ready for the big time either tbh, but at least he had some music out unlike Melanie.

Her two singles seemed like complete non-events to me. A shame as she did have a good voice, but to me she is just bland. Also Tamar Braxton is now signed to Epic WTF?
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Old 04-03-2013, 23:10
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did Melanie even release an album?
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Old 04-03-2013, 23:37
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Melanie had a good voice just no star quality, i wasn`t too keen on the song(s) she did put out, (i don`t know if they got officially released or not?)
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Old 05-03-2013, 00:32
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She gets 5 million regardless. The prize is 5 million PLUS the record deal, not a 5 million dollar record deal. They cut a check for a million dollars every year for five years to the winner regardless of success. (or at least that is what they are told)
If only this were true.
The prize for The X Factor USA was a Super Bowl Pepsi commercial & a $5million record deal. Melanie does NOT get $5million cash.

Melanie was screwed over - I can guarantee she did not get a $5million record deal. If she did then I'm sure they could have spent that money actually promoting her!!

Shame, as she had such an amazing voice!
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Old 05-03-2013, 00:44
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This is what Simon said

"I'm nervous but I'm also confident that it was the right thing to do," he explained. "I think it should be a life-changing prize and just to be clear, this isn't a dressed-up $5 million, this is a guaranteed $5 million payable to the winner. The recording, marketing and video costs are completely separate to that. It will be paid over five years at $1 million a year."
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Old 05-03-2013, 00:47
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This is what Simon said
Source!??

I can't actually believe he said this!? ... It doesn't make any sense. If this is fact & If I were Melanie, I'd be pretty happy with $1Million a year (every cloud has a silver lining)
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Old 05-03-2013, 01:04
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I hope it's not true but I can see it being so. Melanie had such potential and it's a shambles the way she's been treated. I really can't believe it...such a shame, and so ridiculous. But this sort of thing is par for the course when it comes to these talent shows.
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Old 05-03-2013, 01:06
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Source!??

I can't actually believe he said this!? ... It doesn't make any sense. If this is fact & If I were Melanie, I'd be pretty happy with $1Million a year (every cloud has a silver lining)
That was from DS, but I saw a video of him saying something similar that someone posted on here a while ago that I've been looking for, but I cant find it. He said it at some press conference.

When I first heard it I thought he was crazy, but as I said earlier, on the SYCO website it says a 5 million dollar contract, so who knows what the truth is. There is also a video of Melanie a few weeks after she won when she told the interviewers it was a separate 5 million dollars along with the contract. Here http://omg.yahoo.com/video/melanie-a...173000843.html
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Old 05-03-2013, 01:09
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Syco doesn't have a website
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Old 05-03-2013, 01:10
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Syco doesn't have a website
Simon's website is used for news about everything.

http://www.simoncowellonline.com/syco/4560890384
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Old 05-03-2013, 01:14
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Simon's website is used for news about everything.

http://www.simoncowellonline.com/syco/4560890384
That's only a fansite.

"PLEASE NOTE: We are an unofficial news site with no affiliation to Syco Entertainment"
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Old 05-03-2013, 01:19
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That's only a fansite.

"PLEASE NOTE: We are an unofficial news site with no affiliation to Syco Entertainment"
My bad. Anyway, that means the separate 5 is most likely true.
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Old 05-03-2013, 09:10
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They still have Chris Rene and Marcus Canty (who I didn't even know had got a record deal?!) Are they doing well in the States then?

I never really warmed to Melanie. Josh should have won IMO.
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Old 05-03-2013, 09:14
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I think we can expect to see the prize drop dramatically this year.
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Old 05-03-2013, 15:03
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Looking at the list of artists there that Epic have, I can't understand why it's such a sought after label.
Until L.A Reid showed up it wasn't (they nearly closed it in fact). It's obviously taking longer to turn it around than he might have hoped and The X Factor experiment has failed badly for him. He signed so many from that first season as well.

I think we can expect to see the prize drop dramatically this year.
It's a total waste of time in the end. I think it probably hurt Melanie's career because Sony were already so deep in the hole with her that, with her album sure to flop, they just couldn't risk blowing more money on her so cut her loose.

I don't think people really care whether it's a $5m prize or a $1m record deal. People always tuned in for American Idol and X Factor finals that had the original prize.
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