Blake Lewis Dropped from Arista

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Arista Drops Idol Runner-Up Blake Lewis After Less Than A Year [Heaven Needed A Timberlake Wannabe]
Published 6/23/2008 by Anthony Miccio at Idolator
... The question remains: what will become of Blake Lewis? Will he find a home willing to encourage his whimsical ways? Will the lack of the necessary flash and budget force him to abandon his dramatic R & B and settle for a Broadway cameo? While the answers are blatantly "nothing much," "no," and "maybe he can play Prez in The Wire: The Musical," I feel sorry that we'll probably never see a freak like him reach so high on American Idol again. Blake Lewis Dropped From Arista [MJ's Big Blog] Blake Lewis - Break Anotha [Dailymotion] ...

Blake Lewis dropped from Arista
Published 6/24/2008 by Shirley Halperin at Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
... The news first broke on popular Idol online destination MJ's big blog, which featured an audio interview with Lewis where he said that, as of three days ago, he was informed he'd lost his recording contract. By Idol standards, his debut album, Audio Day Dream, which has yet to go gold, did not perform as well as expected. It sold 98,000 its first week and almost 300,000 to date. Lewis contends that, despite keeping most of the control over the recordings, he didn't have proper support for the release. He's not alone. Earlier this year, EW ...