I read this article by Eric Olsen ver at Salon the other night. The contracts the AI contestants had to sign were pretty insane, with one lawyer recommending one potential contestant not even sign it. It makes you wonder whether someone as talented as Kelly Clarkson needed to sign away her life and all details, "factual or fictional", in order to become a successful singer. I'd have to say that with what I know about the music industry she might have ended up being a cocktail waitress for the end of her life had it not been for that show, but come on: through the universe and in perpetuality? Geesh...