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If your name is Taylor Hicks, then probably not. Even though the crooner won the talent competition in 2006, he is now crooning away as a lead character in Grease on Broadway. Not that it wasn’t a dream of his to perform on Broadway, because that is totally respectable.

Obviously I wasn’t a card carrying member of the Soul Patrol, but the guy has a voice and some degree of talent. That is what winning American Idol means anyway, right?

On March 10, 2009, Taylor released his second album, The Distance, to dismal record sales. Therefore, he was soon dropped from his record label, J Records.

Even more recently, Kris Allen won 2009′s American Idol, yet hasn’t seen the success as runner-up, Adam Lambert. Sure, he raked in $650,000 in 19 Entertainment contracts, as well as deals to work with Disney, but what winning the competition done for his career as a singer? He obviously doesn’t have the same draw as Adam and even after he won, who was asked to out himself on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

But don’t think that any of the people who appear on the show don’t make their share of the payola.

The leader of the Soul Patrol, Taylor Hicks, was giving away tickets to his concert at The Roxy for tonight’s show.

TMZ reports that his tickets ended up going for nothing on Goldstar.com, but hasn’t sold out. Apparently, after they covered it, people decided to come in droves to fill those seats.

I’d go see Taylor Hicks for an $8.50 fee. He probably still sings live, unlike many other stars, and he most likely puts on a really good show.

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If you’re a fan of Taylor Hicks, then this post is for you. We’ve got in our hot little hands a signed copy of Taylor Hicks’ album, “The Distance”.

To enter, just leave a comment on this post and that’s it! The grand prize is a signed copy of his new album. Two runners-up will receive a copy of the album, each.

What are you waiting for?

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Here’s Taylor Hicks’ new video for his new single, “What’s Right Is Right”. This song is off of his upcoming album, “The Distance”, which is due out on March 10th.

I like this song, it reminds me a lot of Michael Bolton in it’s slowness, but it’s got a good vibe.

What do you think? Even though I wasn’t a card carrying member of the Soul Patrol, I still like Taylor’s voice when he sings certain songs. “Give Me Tonight” is my favorite by him, but I like my music with a lot more pulse to it.

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Via TMZ, I see that American Idol has-been Taylor Hicks has put out his very own autobiography:

In addition to covering his lackluster post-”Idol” career, the 272-page lullaby mentions how Hicks realized “Eminem has it right: when you only have one shot, you’d better lose yourself in the music.” Mission accomplished Taylor — you lost it alright!

Jeezus, and the Soul Patrol head hancho had to quote Eminem? That plan backfired on him to score some kudos. Hopefully, the book is better than his singing. I found AI5 to be a snooze-fest.