At least that's what Mary Carole McCauley says in the May 9 Baltimore Sun.
Go fourth and conquer. Experience shows that, even if you don't finish in the Top 3 on American Idol, you can still score big.
Fort Meade resident Lakisha Jones has made it into the final four. Even if she were to lose as early as tonight, she could still be a winner -- if you consider the success that previous fourth-place finishers on the show have experienced.
Afterall, every singer who has placed fourth for the previous five seasons has gone on to a solid performing career -- and in the most recent instance, has outshone the winner.
Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Blake Lewis and Melinda Doolittle "By the time someone has come this far, if they capitalize on the post-tour momentum, they have a shot at a respectable career. In fact, it's impossible to predict, based on standing alone, which singer's record will have the most sales. These things are less comprehensible than I would want them to be.
Go online for an update on the other fourths.
Here's how the Sun reporter ended her latest article:
"The 27-year-old former bank teller with the powerhouse voice might come in third. Or second. Or even, gasp, first.The point seems to be that, by persevering to this point in the competition, Jones has a solid chance of forging a musical career. Chances are that she'll be able to provide at least an upper-middle-class lifestyle for herself and her 4-year-old daughter, Brionne, by doing what she loves best.
She'll no longer have to worry that her lights will be shut off because there isn't enough money left from her paycheck to pay the electric bill.
Isn't that the real prize?"
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