Chris Sligh’s blog “From My Mind to Your Eyes” is getting a lot of flack from Idol fans, celebrities and talk shows because of the advise he gave to past American Idol contestants. On his blog, Chris Sligh posted what he believes to be truthful and honest advise in an article entitled “To the Idols: A Realistic Look at Your Career Prospects”, having been a 10th place finisher on American Idol‘s season 6.

Chris’ blog post even became a hot topic on The View where Sherri Shepherd, Whoopi Goldberg and Barbara Walters shared their mixed opinions on Chris Sligh’s blog post.

Bloggers all over the internet have blasted Chris for his supposed “arrogant” and “harsh” tough-love message to former American Idol hopefuls that their dreams of becoming mega-millionaires in the music industry ended the moment the 50-city Idol tour reached its conclusion.

Chris’ reality check may not be what Idol contestants want to hear, but there’s a lot of truth to Chris’ statements. Haven’t you ever done a search for “whatever happened to” so-and-so from American Idol, and find that many have gone back to their former lives and are doing nothing at all in regards to singing, never got a record deal at all, or are now working in television?
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