Kelly Clarkson Says Peers Who Were 'Mean' to Her After Her 'American Idol' Win Later Joined 'The Voice'
Kelly Clarkson is reflecting on how the music industry’s attitude towards singing competition shows has changed over the years.
The 42-year-old singer, who won the first season of American Idol in 2002, said that many of her peers judged her for getting her start on a singing competition show.
However, some of them ironically later became judges on another popular singing competition show, The Voice.
“People that were really mean have been coaches. [They] hated talent shows, and they ended up being on The Voice,” Kelly revealed on Kylie Kelce‘s Not Gonna Lie podcast.
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Without naming names, Kelly then said that while people in the industry originally turned their nose at her, they eventually started coming around when singing competition shows became more prevalent.
“People were really cruel at first. They didn’t like it. It took the industry kind of by storm, the talent shows. It was a very unlikable thing in the industry concerning the populous. Now there’s so many,” she added.
Kelly also became a coach on The Voice herself, and said that her background gave her valuable insight and empathy towards contestants.
“People like us who have been there in that audition process, and just being so judged instantaneously, on maybe not your best performance but you know you can do better. It’s a grueling thing,” she said.
She continued, “It’s unforgiving in a lot of ways, and a lot of pressure for these artists that I don’t think a lot of artists that sell tons of records would be able to handle. It’s a different thing.”
Meanwhile, the season 1 top 10 finalists of American Idol have all gone on to do different things with their careers.