The 'American Idol' Matrix: Why It's Tough to Create a Superstar

[Mac]

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/...r-20120118

Quote:I classify previous Idol winners and the occasional runner up lucky enough to get a contract through the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) growth-share matrix, a business tool oft used to classify successful and struggling business units in a company.

The model is predictive. If you’re a cute, sugary sweet sometimes blonde your potential for success according to the matrix is quite high. If you’re a dude’s dude with a penchant for artfully mussed hair and flannel all bets are off (unless you’re Daughtry) and if you’re a poppy gay then things are still up in the air.

The matrix has four categories: Star, Cash Cow, Problem Child, and Dog. Stars make money, Dogs don’t, and the other two exist in purgatory somewhere in between.

[Freebird]

I have a feeling that Taylor was "Star" to his fans and "Problem Child" to the AI machine

[UHadMeAtWooHoo]

Even as a daycare teacher I always loved the problem child the most! Behavior problems, send 'em my way. I liked taming the beast

Like Taylor or not, they have to admit he is still very well known and recognized, still busy, and successful-someday that's going to be a bonus for the show when most of their graduates have faded into the woodwork...