Why aren't any of the winners famous

To be honest with you, no one really watches this series for the contestants, they watch it for the celebrity judges. That's the main difference between this and 'American Idol'. Whereas in that series you invest into a contestant you want to see succeed, in this show you watch for the show itself - the spectacle of seeing huge stars like Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Usher, and others engage and "coach" contestants. They also regularly feature other big names from the industry to come in and help, like Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Rihanna, etc etc, as well as having these big names and celebrity judges perform regularly.

It's almost unfair to the contestants that they're under the impression this show is to help them become successful, but it's now on what, its 11th season? Not a single contestant has made it big. They might as well embrace it as a platform to get their name out there and build a fanbase on their own rather than expecting this show to help mold them into pop stars like 'American Idol' did for their winners.

During an interview with Howard Stern, Adam Levine admitted that the producers who help the winners with their Albulm haven't done a good job

"You are your own world."

Also, look at most of the contestants you listed from American Idol, they were mostly all from the earlier seasons, before these types of shows really exploded. So at that time American Idol was the only show in town and it appeared in all the newspapers / entertainment shows / gossip magazines etc.., so it was hard not to know who these people were, even if you didn't watch the show.


Can you name the winners or runner up of the last 5 or 6 American idols, unless you watched probably not.

I certainly don't care about the contestants sappy stories about cancer or death or struggle, etc...stfu and SING!!!
I've never watched this show but have watched all seasons of American Idol and all 3 seasons of The X Factor US and 5 seasons of the UK version...

The Voice's premice is just so FAKE about "We are only interested in their voice!" and all the "Please pick me!" pleading judges...PLEASE STFU!

But then came Alicia Keys and this time around I am watching .
But skipping over all of the fluff.

Good question. I've watched this show off and on from the beginning. It's far less annoying to me than, say, the X-Factor or America's Got Talent set up. I used to watch American Idol but that show's charm wore off, too.

I wish there were bigger stars from this. I do think that's weird and too bad for the contestants. I think, like someone said below, the best they can get out of it is just it being a platform for exposure, a small fan base, getting their name out there. But no Kelly Clarksons, Carrie Underwoods, Jennifer Hudsons, Chris Daughtrys, Katharine McPhees, Adam Lamberts, Clay Aikens from this show fo sho

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Idol was integrated into the music industry, with big sponsorship as well. It was much more of a business from the ground up. Talent on the Voice is being very much used, and it's more about selling the Coach's music than it is the contestants. I couldn't guess how much Maroon 5 and Blake's album sales have skyrocketed since this show began. Even now Miley is rebranding herself to a whole new audience that wasn't open to her before. It's a fine platform to get the world knowing who you are, but you still have to do ALL the work after the show is done with you.

"I said no camels, that's five camels, can't you count?"