As we know you don't have to come out as winner of a singing competition show to have a successful career afterwards. And luckily that's the case for runner-up's on The X-Factor, according to Examiner.com's X-Factor reporter.
Carly Rose Sonenclar, third-place finalists Fifth Harmony, and the all-male group Emblem3 are reportedly set to ink record deals with Sony Music, which will be announced and made official in early 2013. It’s rumored that the three, along with winner Tate Stevens, will be signed to Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music. They'll then partner with a larger Sony Music label, either Epic Records or Columbia Records for promotion.
Carly Rose Sonenclar, third-place finalists Fifth Harmony, and the all-male group Emblem3 are reportedly set to ink record deals with Sony Music, which will be announced and made official in early 2013. It’s rumored that the three, along with winner Tate Stevens, will be signed to Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music. They'll then partner with a larger Sony Music label, either Epic Records or Columbia Records for promotion.
For girl-group Fifth Harmony, he's hoping to fill a void in the market. 2013 could be a year of girl-groups as UK girl-group Little Mix is also hoping to crack America in the new year. Here's what the insider tells Examiner.
"Simon is determined to prove that he can find the next big girl group in America. He missed out on a chance to sign the Spice Girls and he's regretted it ever since. Little Mix [2011 winner of 'The X Factor' U.K.] might not have crossover success in America, so he's hoping Fifth Harmony can fill what he likes to call 'the gap in the market' for a superstar all-female pop group."
Of course it's been rumored for weeks that male group Emblem 3 would get a deal following the show and they've been Simon's priority all along. There's also apparently some in-fighting going on at Sony Music on which record label would get them. LA Reid wants to sign them badly to Epic Records but Columbia wants in on the action also.
"Emblem3 has always been Simon's biggest priority out of this year's contestants. He thinks Emblem3 can be as big as Hanson was in the late '90s.
"Epic and Columbia both want Emblem3," reveals the insider. "L.A. Reid [chairman/CEO of Epic Records] is hot to sign Emblem3, but don't count out [Columbia Records], because Columbia has One Direction. Syco has an interesting dilemma on which label to choose."
Sounds like an interesting situation indeed.
Meanwhile, we all know how insanely talented Carly Rose is, sounds like Simon wants to stick with a successful format to make her successful.
With Carly Rose, Cowell wants to use a marketing strategy that was similarly used for ["America's Got Talent" 2010 finalist] Jackie Evancho, who's been very successful for Syco. Carly's first album will be more pop than Jackie's music, which is is more operatic."
One things for sure, we haven't seen the last of The X-Factor finalists and we're sure to be getting a whole lot of X-Factor news in 2013!
Posted By: Joe
Posted By: Joe