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Melanie Amaro and Astro dropped by Epic Records |
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Melanie Amaro and Astro dropped by Epic Records
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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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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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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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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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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They both have been removed today.
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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)
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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.
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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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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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did Melanie even release an album?
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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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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)
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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This is what Simon said Quote:
"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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This is what Simon said
![]() 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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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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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) ![]() 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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Syco doesn't have a website
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Syco doesn't have a website
http://www.simoncowellonline.com/syco/4560890384 |
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"PLEASE NOTE: We are an unofficial news site with no affiliation to Syco Entertainment" |
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That's only a fansite.
"PLEASE NOTE: We are an unofficial news site with no affiliation to Syco Entertainment" |
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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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I think we can expect to see the prize drop dramatically this year.
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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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I think we can expect to see the prize drop dramatically this year.
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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